MSU Parent & Family Weekend
October 13-14, 2023
Parent & Family Weekend gives family members a sense of what the MSU experience is all about. Our goal is to provide enjoyable and informative activities where you will have the chance to discover the intellectual, social, and personal growth opportunities available to your MSU student, and to explore our community from Main Street to the mountains.
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Featured Events (full weekend schedule available here):
Friday 10:30 a.m. | Check-in begins at Museum of the Rockies and continues until 3:30 p.m.
If you are unable to check in during this time, late check-in will take place at the Welcome Reception, beginning at 4:30 p.m. next to Montana Hall.
Friday 1:30 p.m. | Photos with Spirit
Get a snap with Spirit at Alumni Plaza!
Friday 3:00 p.m. | MSU Lecture Series with Jeffrey Arnett
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, the foremost authority on the age period from 18 to 29, who coined the term "emerging adulthood", is the author of the books Getting to 30: A Parents Guide to the Twentysomething Years and Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties. He founded the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and served as its first Executive Director. Dr. Arnett is a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has appeared on national television and frequently in print media, including a cover story in the New York Times Sunday magazine.
Friday 4:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception
Participants will enjoy light appetizers and a no-host bar.
Saturday 7:00 a.m. | Bobcat Parent & Family Breakfast
Enjoy many breakfast options with your student within the comfortable atmosphere of
Rendezvous Dining Pavilion. Please plan to visit during the following hours of 7-10 a.m.
and and show your name tag to enter.
Saturday 10:15 a.m. | Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing
This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the USA. It follows the ’Great American‘ total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico-US-Canada total
eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ‘ring of fire’ around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the USA from Oregon to Texas, and luckily, in Bozeman, we’ll see around 72% coverage of the sun. View from anywhere around town or campus, head to an open field,
or consider Hiking the M for optimal viewing.
Montana State University is proud to be part of the Montana Space Grant Consortium and
NASA space research.
Eclipse Viewing pinhole postcard and viewing glasses distributed at Parent
Family Weekend registration are provided by: MSU Academic, Technology & Outreach.
Saturday 12:00 p.m. | MSU Volleyball versus Idaho Vandals
Help MSU fill the fieldhouse in support of our Women's Volleyball Team.
Tickets must be purchased separately, here.
Saturday 3:00 p.m. | Parent & Family Tailgate
Mix and mingle with other parents and families before the game; there will be yard games
and food provided, and drinks available for purchase.
Menu for the Day: TBD and Pepsi products.
Saturday 6:00 p.m. Kick-Off | Bobcat Football versus Cal Poly | Sold Out
Show your MSU spirit and make sure to wear blue and gold or your Parent & Family Weekend
t-shirt to cheer on the Bobcats!
*Tickets are entirely sold out.
Come connect with your student and enjoy the MSU campus and the Bozeman area.
Registration fees rise on September 1st, so register today!
Registration Questions
Contact the MSU Alumni Foundation at 406-994-2586 or rsvp@msuaf.org. Fees increase to $130 for single adults and $250 for family registrations on October 6, 2023. Refunds (less processing fees) cannot be processed after October 6, 2023.
Bobcat Parent & Family Program Questions
If you have a question regarding your student or other MSU resources, contact the Bobcat Parent & Family Program at 406-994-7359 or parents@montana.edu.