Congratulations President Biden and Vice President Harris!

Really great talk listening to the Craig Ogilvie share results of measuring #PTSD and #trauma in #grad #students during #COVID #Takeaway: those who had supportive #mentors were less likely to experience symptoms of #stress and #PTSD #nsfnrt2021

Can someone point me to research on good practices for annual reviews of a PhD student's progress. My sense is that students should be empowered to lead these

Montana State University and five of its graduate programs have been recognized as top universities and degrees by a website devoted to higher education. montana.edu/news/20875

Happy International Women's Day

Gregory Francis, a professor in MSU's Department of Physics and director of the Master of Science in Science Education program, will be awarded the 2021 Robert A. Millikan Medal at this year’s meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers. montana.edu/news/20998

We know that South Dakota State University is plowing the annual income they receive into their Wokini Initiative. Are the other 15 LGUs doing anything similar? How about Utah State University ? Travis N Thurston, PhD ⚡️ do you know anything about this?

I want to honour the memory of George Floyd today

Pleased to announce that GRE scores are no longer required for any graduate program at Montana State. Many thanks to all the faculty who have been flexible in finding new ways to evaluate strengths of students. This removes a systemic barrier to graduate education.

Working on a proposal to our Provost to reduce time-to-degree for our doctoral students. Any suggestions?

An important topic for those in physics and astronomy. Suzanne Ortega and Janet Gao of Council of Graduate Schools and Craig Ogilvie of Montana State University will be speaking on this topic. #iteachphysics

I was asked during a talk yesterday if there were any studies of PhD comp exams having different pass rates, i.e. contributing to a systemic barrier for different ethnicities. Does anyone know of such a study?

Madelyne Willis, a doctoral candidate in #MontanaState's ecology and environmental science program, spent 45 days in a mock space capsule as part of NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog. montana.edu/news/21743

Our amazing Graduate School team is actively seeking to fill two full-time positions! -Budget and Administration Manager -Administrative Associate III Think you are the right fit? Learn more at jobs.montana.edu!

The academic team lost the bet as to which football team would win the football national championship. We lost and this was our welcome today. Congrats Bison!

The pep band welcome!

Morning hike! Wildflowers in full bloom

Finished one of my summer reads, The 1619 Project - The 2019 Project edited by Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones. As an immigrant I learned a great deal in these detailed chapters about throughlines and times in history I was not aware of. Lots to think through no matter your background or politics.

Introducing the 2023 NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Summit! We are hosting our national Summit in Los Angeles, CA at the UCLA Luskin center. July 19-20, 2023. Call for proposals open now. Registration is coming soon. Join us bit.ly/2023AspireSumm…

Have you done work in promoting a diverse and inclusive faculty? Join us on July 19-20 in UCLA for the #2023NSFAspireSummit & submit a proposal here! Registration opens soon. bit.ly/2023SummitRFP