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Emily Criswell, you are PURE GOLD!

Emily Criswell is a staff member at the Museum of the Rockies in the Visitor Services office in Montana State University Bozeman.
26th annual Can the Griz food drive launches Nov. 8

The friendly, off-field competition between MSU and UM aims to see which school and community can collect the most donations for its local food bank.
MSU senior Doriane Keiser wins Rhodes Scholarship

The MSU senior from Wolf Point majoring in psychology and community health will begin graduate study at the University of Oxford next fall.

MSU photo by Colter Peterson

Portrait of Doriane Keiser | MSU photo by Colter Peterson

MSU senior Doriane Keiser wins Rhodes Scholarship

People gathered around an exhibit as a student answers questions | MSU photo by Colter Peterson

First-generation students display passion projects

The image shows a large group of students walking and biking across the green, tree-lined lawn of Montana State University. In the background is the iconic brick structure of Montana Hall, with its steep gabled roofs and central cupola. The sky is partly | Marcus "Doc" Cravens/MSU Photo

MSU ranked top affordable college in Montana

Students walking on campus with Montana Hall in the background | MSU file photo

MSU chosen as on-ramp to DoD projects

Announcements

The MSU Student Art Market is just around the corner! Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to show their support by spreading the word and shopping local student art Nov. 19 and 20.

Starting Monday, Nov. 10, MSU community members can donate 10 canned goods for Can the Griz at Parking and Transportation Services and receive a $30 reduction on any outstanding parking tickets.

The CatTracks shuttle will not operate Nov. 24-28 during fall break. Service will resume Monday, Dec. 1.

The Bounty of the Bridgers Campus Food Pantry is seeking volunteers to assist with intake, weighing and sorting food donations during the Can the Griz food drive Nov. 17–21.

Common Threads is a networking and learning community for those engaged or wanting to engage with Indigenous communities to conduct research and/or provide service program support. Faculty and staff can sign up for the site and email listserv.

Tickets are available for Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, held Dec. 2 in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.

Registration is open for a day of Canvas workshops on Dec. 4, featuring analytics, rubrics and more.

Nominations are open for the 2026 Founders Day Student Awards, due Friday, Dec. 5.

The application for the ITHS TL1 Translational Research Teaching Program for 2026-27 closes on Dec. 22. Students seeking mentorship, collaboration and focused training to launch a successful career in translational research are encouraged to apply.

Planning, Design and Construction is seeking proposals from professional artists for five art installations located in Caring for Our Own Program spaces at Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing buildings.

Today @ MSU

9:00 am: One End or the Other, Analysis of Novel Terrestrial Feeding Traces from Egg Mountain
10:40 am: Cole Hammond Doctoral Defense - ECE
11:00 am: Thesis Defense Notice: Aidan Gregory
11:00 am: Music Seminar: Student Recital
12:00 pm: Dr. Uta McKelvy- Disease management for Montana crops
12:00 pm: November 20th Cultivating Healthy Plants Webinar - Houseplant Diagnostics
12:00 pm: Bair Ranch Foundation Seminar: Innovative strategies for private rangeland conservation
12:10 pm: Climate Week: Baucus Climate Scholars Panel
12:15 pm: Earth Science Seminars Series: Talk by Dr. Drew Laskowski
1:00 pm: Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation Hours
1:00 pm: Demian Dlakic Doctoral Dissertation Defense
1:00 pm: Dr. Anish Sapkota- MAES Hatch Review Seminar
1:45 pm: CBE Seminar: The hitchhiker’s guide to the marine plastisphere
2:00 pm: Comprehensive Exam for Dillon Anderson
3:10 pm: Numerical Study of a Traffic Flow Inspired by DNA Transcription Modeling
3:10 pm: PhD Defense in Biochemistry - Gwendolyn Cooper
3:30 pm: Ecology Fall Seminar Series: Dr. Danielle Ignace
4:00 pm: 2025 MSURA & OLLI Brawl of the Wild lecture: Changes Occurring in Intercollegiate Athletics
4:00 pm: Signing Day for Champions Club
4:10 pm: OpTeC hosts Farshina Nazrul Shimim's talk Satellites to Soil: ML-driven Daily Crop Water Predictions
5:30 pm: Archives in Action - Celebrating Student Research at MSU Library
6:00 pm: Climate Week: NASA edited climate change out of my work. What would you do?
7:30 pm: University String Orchestra & University Band Concert

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Upcoming

ASMSU Fall Art Market | Nov 19 & 20 | Ballroom A 9:00am - 3:00pm

Dr. Diane Charlton MAES Hatch Review Seminar 11:00am

Ceramics Guild Chili Bowl Sale 11:00am - 2:00pm

After-WARD: the future of Bozeman's water needs 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Climate Week: Baucus Climate Scholars Panel 12:10pm - 1:30pm

Term Dates & Deadlines

Fall Break (no classes, offices open until 11/27)

Pure GoldMSU's most recent recpients

Emily Criswell

Robert Zimmer

Kate Emmerich

Sarah Smith

Lynette Champlin & Tyren Cleasby

Aaron Murrish

Kyle Ganley

Jerry Girard

Chris Pruden

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