Outreach and Engagement
EHHD campus and community involvement
MSU to host 30th annual Bug Buffet Feb. 20
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
BOZEMAN – Montana State University will host its 30th annual Bug Buffet from 12-4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Strand Union Building, Ballroom A, as part of MSU’s 125th Birthday celebration. MSU President Waded Cruzado will offer opening remarks at 12:30 p.m.
This year’s event is part of a week-long celebration of edible insects as a sustainable food source. The week will feature a number of events, including the first annual Bug Cook-Off, a film screening, field trips, lectures, an academic conference and the annual Bug Buffet event, where the public can sample a varied menu of dishes prepared with edible insects.
The bug week celebrations will begin this year with the first annual student Bug Cook-Off competition, which will take place from 1-4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, with judging beginning at 3 p.m. MSU’s new hospitality management program, partnering with Gallatin College MSU’s culinary arts program and Montana PBS, will host the event, which will feature renowned chef and author David George Gordon of Seattle as an expert consultant and guest judge. Marcy Gaston, a professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Development, is organizing the competition. Read more about the Bug Buffet.
Seifert to speak about pathways to student success in next installment of provost’s lecture at MSU
Tricia Seifert, head of the MSU Department of Education, will deliver the fourth lecture in this year’s Provost’s Distinguished Lecturer Series at MSU. The lecture will be given at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Museum of the Rockies’ Hager Auditorium. It is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow. MSU photo by Colter Peterson.
JANUARY 24, 2018
BOZEMAN —Montana State University associate education professor Tricia Seifert has spent the majority of her professional academic career studying the experiences students have while attending college and the role the college environment plays in facilitating students’ learning, growth, development and, ultimately, success.
As part of her research, Seifert – who came to MSU in 2014 – has asked hundreds of high school students about their questions and concerns related to higher education. Many of the students with whom she has spoken – students from both inside and outside Montana, and from schools both large and small – have anxieties about college, she said. Those anxieties range a gamut.
“Many students – even those who live in Bozeman – are worried about living away from home, without their parents,” noted Seifert, who also serves as head of the Department of Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Development. She added that students often have questions about how to choose a major, if they’re choosing the right major, how to finance college and what to do when they’re homesick.
Many students also are unsure how to navigate the support systems available to them through their colleges and universities, Seifert said. What she refers to as the “hidden curriculum” of higher educational institutions can be baffling, particularly for students who are the first in their family to attend college.
What she has found, Seifert said, is that there is room to provide additional information to help students learn to navigate college life and tap into the support that is available to them. Read more about pathways to student success.
MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development to host 'EHHD Talks' on Jan. 30
JANUARY 11, 2018
BOZEMAN —Montana State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Development will celebrate the college’s outstanding teaching, research and engagement efforts with a series of talks known as EHHD Talks. The event will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the Museum of the Rockies’ Hager Auditorium.
EHHD Talks will feature six faculty members in education and health and human development who won awards from the college in 2017. Each will present a 10-minute talk related to their teaching, research or engagement efforts. Read more about the 2018 EHHD Talks.
MSU chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron wins professional program award
The Epsilon chapter of the national honor society for family and consumer sciences won the 2017 national project award for their awareness-raising project about Bozeman’s veterans and the 2016 award for their project spotlighting homeless youth. Pictured with the 2016 and 2017 awards are, from left to right: members Tracy Robecker and Lindsay Stickel, chapter adviser Sandy Osborne and alumna Tarra Holmes. Photo courtesy Lindsay Stickel
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
BOZEMAN – Montana State University’s chapter of the Phi Upsilon Omicronhonor society recently won the 2017 national award for its professional project, “Serving Our Veterans One Step at a Time.”
MSU’s Epsilon chapter worked to raise awareness and provide support for veterans in the Bozeman community in the annual professional project competition sponsored by the national honor society in family and consumer sciences. The local chapter designed and implemented a community walk on the MSU campus, said Lindsay Stickel, a senior family and consumer sciences education major from Fallon who is chapter vice-president and project chair.
Working with the local American Legion Auxiliary Post 14, the event included a presentation of colors, a rifle exhibition drill, opening comments from a local post representative, a photo booth, raffles, information tables and other fun offerings, according to Stickel.
“The Epsilon chapter raised over $500 in donations for Post 14, and distributed information about veterans to the local community,” Stickel said. Read more about the MSU chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron.