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Darrin Boss, you are PURE GOLD!

Darrin Boss is a staff member in College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station on the Bozeman Campus.
Montana State honors Excellence in Service and Employee of the Year award winners

Thirteen individuals were recognized at Montana State University’s 37th annual Celebrating Excellence in Service and Employee of the Year awards ceremony on April 16.

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Learn about upcoming listening sessions and take a survey to help shape MSU’s future.

MSU is developing a new strategic plan that will guide MSU for years to come. This effort is more than planning—it’s an invitation to imagine MSU’s future. Learn more at montana.edu/strategicplan.

Hang Yu standing next to a whiteboard filled with mathematical equations | MSU photo by Kelly Gorham

MSU physicist wins NSF CAREER award

Balloons fall from the ceiling at an MSU commencement ceremony |

MSU to hold commencement ceremonies May 8

A woman studies a with a laptop sitting under a tree | Colter Peterson

MSU named Tree Campus USA ahead of Arbor Day

Portrait of Joshua Howe standing outdoors wearing a blazer |

MSU names Wallace Stegner endowed chair

Announcements

Registration is open for faculty and researcher trainings on the artificial intelligence platform CatChat, starting Friday, April 24.

RSVPs are open for the first-generation graduation celebration.

Election nominations for Staff Senate members are due Friday, May 1.

Nominations are open for at-large awards presented during Homecoming week.

Participants can sign up for a SharePoint site or email listserv for Common Threads, a networking and learning community for faculty and staff engaged or wishing to engage with Indigenous communities to conduct research or provide service program support.

Registration is open for the workshop "Intro to Dissemination and Implementation Science" on Tuesday, May 12.

Registration is open for a three-part series on effective research mentoring in May.

A new faculty-led study abroad proposal form is live on the the study abroad programs's webpage

Campus Civil Rights is seeking volunteers to assist community members participating in investigations under MSU’s Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy.

The Women's Center has announced its 2026 Students of Achievement.

Today @ MSU

9:00 am: Stacy Schmidt Delivers Thesis Defense for M.S. Degree in Biological Sciences
10:30 am: Strategic Plan Listening Session - Ag Community
11:00 am: Electric Vehicle Showcase
12:00 pm: Mountains & Minds Toastmasters Club Meetings
12:00 pm: Virtual Staff Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future
12:00 pm: Idea Exchange: CLS Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Mixer
12:00 pm: Key changes in the 2026 Reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research programs
12:15 pm: Wellness Wednesday Weekly Drop-in
12:30 pm: MSU Ecology Earth Day Celebration!
1:00 pm: Lukas Draugelis M.S. Defense: Rainbow and hybrid trout production dynamics in the Flathead River, MT
2:00 pm: World Premiere of "Yellowstone Wild through Time” at Museum of the Rockies
3:00 pm: Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation
3:00 pm: Caleb Binfet MS Thesis Defense - ECE
3:00 pm: History Graduate Student Assosciate: M.A Research Showcase 2026
4:00 pm: QCORE Seminar Series - Shaping the future of quantum education
5:00 pm: Virtual Grad Student Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future
5:30 pm: Green Drinks
6:15 pm: Extending the Chatbot: Getting Started with AI Agents and Human-in-the-Loop Design
7:30 pm: Studio Recital: Piano Student of Dr. Er-Hsuan Li

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Upcoming

Our Next Chapter: Writing MSU's New Strategic Plan

Virtual Staff Strategic Plan Listening Session

12:00pm - 1:00pm Virtual Zoom meeting

Memorial for Doc Hamburg 3:00pm - 4:00pm

World Premiere of "Yellowstone Wild through Time” 2:00pm - 4:30pm

Assessing Core Quality Learning Outcomes 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Integrating AI into Assignments and Assessments 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Term Dates & Deadlines

Don't Curb Your Crap 12:00am - 11:45pm

Brain Break: PAWS to De-Stress 2:00pm - 4:00pm

April 29 World BBQ celebration dinner 4:30pm - 7:30pm

Brain Break: PAWS to De-Stress 10:00am - 12:00pm

End of Semester Rec Center Party! 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Bobcat Thrift Sale 2026 12:00am - 5:00pm

Pure GoldMSU's most recent recpients

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Miriam Daniels

Thomas Herring

Sharon Loftsgaarden, you are PURE GOLD!

Sophia Bielsky

Rikki Ollinger

Eva Stokes

Teresa Wilhelm

Jordan Penney, you are PURE GOLD!

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