Defense Announcements
Graduate students and their department are responsible for submitting an announcement to the MSU Calendar at least seven (7) business days prior to the defense.
Submitting an event:
- Create a calendar event through the Submit an Event button on the MSU Calendar.
- Place the appropriate “Tag” on the event so that it will appear on the Graduate School
webpage. To get a “Tag” to appear, start by typing “presentation" and choose from:
- Presentations (Professional Paper)
- Presentations (PhD Comp Exam)
- Presentations (Doctoral Defense)
- Presentation (Thesis Defense)
Current Defense Announcements:
Doctoral Defense Announcements
- Dissertation Defense—Morgan Neavill, Department of Psychology Friday, October 23, 2026 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Morgan Neavill presents her dissertation defense.
- Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Laura Berrios Ortiz Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Laura Berrios Ortiz Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - "Agroecological responses to crop management practices in dryland wheat systems: Fusarium crown rot, Bromus tectorum, and crop performance"
Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams
Thesis Defense Announcements
- Hezekiah Afolabi Thesis Defense: Pesticide Vertical Transport in Semi-Arid Irrigated Loamy Sand Soil Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Join the LRES Dept for Hezekiah Afolabi's Thesis Defense: Pesticide Vertical Transport in Semi-Arid Irrigated Loamy Sand Soil
Professional Paper Presentations