College Celebrations
College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture Commencement Welcome Tent
Date: May 1, 2021
Time: 7:30am-8:30am
Place: Lawn on west side of Linfield Hall
Details: College of Agriculture graduates are invited to park on the Northwest side of campus and visit the College of Agriculture pop-up tent where CoA faculty and staff will offer their congratulations as graduates walk up 11th avenue to the commencement ceremony. Coffee, hot chocolate and mini doughnuts will be available. Faculty and staff will be distributed so that everyone can maintain social distancing requirements and masks are required for all in attendance.
Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship
Jabs Graduation Gift Pick-up & Photo Booth
Date: April 30th, 2021
Time: 2 – 4 PM (MST)
Place: Jabs Forum
Details/Special Notes: This is a chance to show your parents around Jabs Hall and take some photos to commemorate your time as a business student. We’ll have some snacks and a little gift for you!
Jabs Virtual Graduation Celebration
Date: April 30th, 2021
Time: 5 – 6 PM (MST)
Platform: WebEx
Link: https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=m0318f90c9d9264cd2ec7ff06877a3795
Details/Special Notes:
Student RSVP by 4/21 here: www.montana.edu/business/oss/ugrad-guest-list.html
College of Education, Health & Human Development
Department of Education Spring 2021 Graduation Party Open House
Date: April 30, 2021
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Place: Centennial Mall – North of Reid Hall
Details/Special Notes: Education Faculty, Staff, Family & Friends welcome!
Department of Health and Human Development Spring 2021 Graduation Party Open House
Date: April 30, 2021
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Place: On the Lawn East of Herrick Hall
Details/Special Notes: HHD Faculty, Staff, Family & Friends welcome!
College of Letters and Science
In-Person Celebration
Date: May 1, 2021
Time: Immediately following the 9AM commencement ceremony (11AM)
Place: The tents in the field next to the parking garage (see map)
Details/Special Notes: College of Letters and Science graduates and their families and friends are invited to a college graduation celebration. This is open to all graduating students in the College of Letters and Science, along with their family and friends. No RSVP is needed. Masks will be required at all times during the event. We ask that everyone keep 6ft of distance between each other.
Virtual Celebration
Date: April 30, 2021
Time: All Day
Platform: Facebook
Link: https://www.facebook.com/letters.science/?ref=page_internal
Details/Special Notes: College of Letters and Science is collecting photos from 2021 graduates now until April 29th. Please submit photos in cap and gown, during classes, out in the field or working in a lab to this link. A Facebook photo album will be created on April 30th to celebrate CLS’s amazing graduates. Please share, comment and congratulate their accomplishments with family and friends.
College of Nursing
College of Nursing Recognition Ceremonies
Date: Saturday, May 1
Time: 4-7pm
Place: SUB Ballrooms ABC
Details/Special Notes:
This event is not open to the public due to COVID restrictions. The event will go as follows;
- 4-5pm Missoula and Kalispell Campus Graduates
- 5-6pm Billings Campus Graduates
- 6pm – Bozeman and Great Falls Campus Graduates
Honors College
Honors Medallion Presentation Walk Through
Date: Friday, April 30th, 2021
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Place: Norm Asbjornson Hall, outside Honors College Offices (Room 347)
Details/Special Notes: Students may walk by Honors offices, between 3-5 PM, masked
and socially distanced, at which time they will be presented with their honors medallions.
Photos will be taken with the Dean, Honors faculty and staff members.
Honors College Graduation Celebration
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Time: 7:00 pm
Platform: Facebook Live
Link: https://fb.me/e/ac3aZcIVp
Details/Special Notes: Prerecorded segments/live chat Facebook event
Diversity and Inclusion Student Commons
The Diversity and Inclusion Student Commons (DISC) will host three virtual graduation ceremonies to celebrate our Black and African students, Latinx/Hispanic students, and LGBTQ+ students. Students will be recognized online during the last week of classes: April 26th to May 1st via the DISC website (www.montana.edu/studentdiversity) and our social media platform (Instagram: @msudisc). Applications can be found on CatsConnect and the deadline for recognition is Friday, April 9th.
Lavender Celebration
If you are graduating in the Spring or Fall of 2021 and identify as LGBTQ+ or an ally, we invite you to be an honored graduate.
Kente Cloth Graduation Celebration
Graduating students in the Spring or Fall of 2021 who identify as Black, African-American, or from African-descent are invited to register to be honored in the Kente Cloth Graduation.
Latinx Graduation Celebration
Any graduate in the Spring or Fall of 2021 who identifies as Hispanic or Latino/a/x is invited to register to be an honored graduate in the Latinx Graduation Celebration.