Events
PLS Annual Welcome Picnic
Thursday, August 27, 2026 5:00 PM at Patriarche Park
Please feel free to bring your family along to visit. We will have half of a pavilion reserved, and the playground is always nice for the younger children. We will provide the meal (TBD yet) and bottled water to drink.
Fall Department Meeting
Friday, September 11, 2026 1:00 PM at 104 S. Kedzie Hall
The Department of Political Science will hold its fall department meeting from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. in 104 S. Kedzie Hall. Agenda to come.
Science and Democracy Speaker Series featuring Dr. Eric Gonzalez Juenke
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 2:30 PM at Plant Biology Laboratories 168 and on Zoom
The Science and Democracy Speaker Series is held on the third Tuesday of each month in the fall semester 2026 from 2:30-4:00. We will hear seminars from four faculty across MSU departments who study how democracy, science, and society work. The seminar will be held in Plant Biology Laboratories 168 and on Zoom. Following an hour for the seminar and large group Q&A, there will be an informal social period to get people from different fields meeting each other, reflecting on current events, and developing new ideas.
PLS Undergraduate Open House
Friday, October 16, 2026 3:30 PM - Friday, October 16, 2026 4:30 PM at 105 Bessey
MSU Political Science will be hosting an open house for undergraduates in 105 Bessey Hall from 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday Oct. 16.
Science and Democracy Speaker Series featuring Dr. Erica Frantz
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 2:30 PM at Plant Biology Laboratories 168 and on Zoom
The Science and Democracy Speaker Series is held on the third Tuesday of each month in the fall semester 2026 from 2:30-4:00. We will hear seminars from four faculty across MSU departments who study how democracy, science, and society work. The seminar will be held in Plant Biology Laboratories 168 and on Zoom. Following an hour for the seminar and large group Q&A, there will be an informal social period to get people from different fields meeting each other, reflecting on current events, and developing new ideas.