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How to Watch: Bobcat football hosts Yale Dec. 6

The second-round playoff game will kick off at noon in Bobcat Stadium. The winner will advance to play the winner of Stephen F. Austin and Abilene Christian.

MSU photo by Colter Peterson

Amana Andrews adjusts a knob on a laser tower inside a lab | MSU photo by Colter Peterson

Gallatin College student earns optics scholarship

Streamline bus with ramp |

Free shuttle rides available from MSU to airport

Joan Broderick | MSU photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez

MSU professor named Hagler Institute Fellow

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Museum of the Rockies hosts member days Dec. 6-7

Announcements

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2026 Founders Day Student Awards is Friday, Dec. 5.

The Office of Student Engagement is hosting a giving tree in SUB 222 through Dec. 11 to support families served by the nonprofit THRIVE.

Staff members employed before April 1, 2025, can use their free lunch credit until MSU's dining halls close on Dec. 12.

For its Winter Pledge drive, Montana PBS is accepting donations from new sustaining members or those wanting to increase their sustaining donation from Friday, Nov. 28, to Sunday, Dec. 14.

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.

Registration is open for Safe Zone workshops held in the spring.

As of Nov. 1, MSU is operating under a new contract with Enterprise Rent-A-Car for vehicle rentals which includes new rules for employees renting vehicles for university business.

The Division of Student Success is reactivating the MSU chapter of the Mortar Board National College Honor Society and is seeking a faculty or staff adviser.

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

Today @ MSU

All Day: Psychology Department Senior Thesis Seminar
8:30 am: Canvas: Course Data and Analytics
10:15 am: Canvas: Group Work and Collaborations
11:00 am: Small Business Webinar: Entrepreneur Spotlight From Side Hustle to National Sales
11:00 am: Music Seminar: Student Composition Recital
12:00 pm: MSU Pesticide Education Fall Webinar Series
12:00 pm: Feedbacks Between Geomorphic Processes and Permafrost Dynamics
1:00 pm: Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation Hours
1:00 pm: Canvas: Creating Mastery Paths
1:40 pm: Rob Ley guest artist lecture
2:45 pm: Canvas: Outcomes, Rubrics & Learning Mastery Gradebook
3:30 pm: Ecology Seminar presents Dr. Beth Gardner
4:10 pm: OpTeC Colloquium, Nick Holom, MT Dept of Labor, Photonics Workforce Roadmap
5:00 pm: International Student End-of-Semester Rec Center Party!
5:30 pm: Walking with Mary Anning: A Journey Through the Fossil-Rich Shores of Lyme Regis
7:00 pm: Bending Towards the Light … A Jazz Nativity

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Upcoming

School of Music Event

Madrigal Dinner in Big Sky

2:30pm Big Sky

Focus Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm

Faculty Annual Reviews: Departmental Expectations 9:00am - 10:30am

Physics Colloquium 4:10pm - 5:00pm

Bending Towards the Light … A Jazz Nativity 7:00pm

Term Dates & Deadlines

Last Day of Fall Semester

Winter Break runs December 12th - January 12th

First Day of Spring 2026 Semester

Pure GoldMSU's most recent recpients

Julie Barnwell

Emily Criswell

Robert Zimmer

Kate Emmerich

Sarah Smith

Lynette Champlin & Tyren Cleasby

Aaron Murrish

Kyle Ganley

Jerry Girard

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