When MTSU’s Keith M. Huber met country music entertainer Rodney Atkins for the first time Thursday (Feb. 16), they discovered they had much in common. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives at MTSU, served nearly 40 years in the military, retiring as a lieutenant general. Atkins has entertained for troops with the USO…
Expansion of the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center will further help veterans — on campus and in the community — in the transition from the military to civilian life. MTSU held a ribbon-cutting for the Daniels Center Veterans Transitioning Home Tuesday (Feb. 14) in Keathley University Center Room 316 thanks to…
Middle Tennessee head women’s basketball coach Rick Insell has been selected for induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. He will be MTSU’s fourth coach to be inducted into a national hall of fame. In a statement from the school, Insell said, “I am truly humbled and overwhelmed by this tremendous news. To be included…
MTSU put its spotlight upon country star Hillary Scott as faculty and friends gathered Saturday, Feb. 11, in Southern California to celebrate the former student’s Grammy nods in two Christian music categories. President Sidney A. McPhee and College of Media and Entertainment Dean Ken Paulson also recognized three other Grammy nominees with MTSU ties at…
The deadline, Wednesday, Feb. 15, is fast approaching for students planning to transfer to MTSU from other colleges and universities and apply for two significant scholarships. The Guaranteed Transfer Promise Scholarship and the Honors Transfer Fellowship are available to qualifying students. However, applications, fees, transcripts and other requirements for both scholarships must be completed online (or mailed applications postmarked)…
Most public and private secondary schools are closed for the Presidents’ Day Holiday. MTSU happens to be open. That’s why the University Honors College and the Office of Admissions host public, private and homeschool students for the annual Presidents’ Day Open House. More than 500 prospective students and their parents will be attending the open…
MTSU is again offering a breakthrough learning experience during the university’s spring break with its accelerated language program that will get participants excited and confident about speaking Spanish. Registration is open for the five-day program, which will run from 6-9 p.m. March 6-10 at the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. A searchable campus parking map…
Always a teacher at heart, MTSU’s Gloria Bonner pledges to continue fulfilling that God-given purpose even after she leaves her alma mater in a few weeks. The woman known to so many as simply “Dr. Bonner” will officially retire March 1, leaving in her current role as Assistant to the President in the Office of…
It did not take Belmont University freshman computer science major Tito Ebiwonjumi to feel right at home at MTSU. Ebiwonjumi, 17, who is from Lagos, Nigeria, participated in the computer science department’s second Hack-MT that ended Sunday (Feb. 5) in the Science Building. He pitched an idea on Day 1, but not enough people worked…
Working in pairs of two, 10 Blackman High School students tackled an assignment from William McDowell, professor and chair holder of the Wright Chair of Entrepreneurship in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at MTSU. McDowell gave the students, part of a group of nearly 70 Blackman Collegiate Academy sophomores on campus Thursday, Feb….