An enterprising group of Middle Tennessee State University students recently captured the top spot in an international software innovation challenge pitting them against other students from universities across the nation. The group of five students from the Jennings A. Jones College of Business tied with a group of students from Florida International University in a…
Nuclear engagement is a big threat — at least it is this semester for students enrolled in the Humanitarian Aid and Crisis course taught each fall by Middle Tennessee State University that requires students to grapple with the complex decision-making surrounding the issue through interactive, “escape room”-type scenarios. Led by political science professor Amy Atchison,…
Two Middle Tennessee State University School of Concrete and Construction Management alumni are playing prominent roles in the Tennessee Builders Alliance team constructing the NFL Tennessee Titans’ new $2.1 billion Nissan Stadium. Already in the prime of their careers, Reggie Polk, CEO and co-founder of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Polk & Associates Construction Inc., and Paul Lawson,…
More than 1,760 Middle Tennessee State University graduates will soon be transferring the tassels on their mortarboards to the left following fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 16, to celebrate the last graduating class of 2023. Graduate students and undergrads in the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Jennings A. Jones College of Business and College…
Sixty-seven members of Middle Tennessee State University’s Band of Blue stood instruments poised and bodies packed into the College of Media and Entertainment’s Studio No. 1 for a project two decades in the making — an updated recording of MTSU’s fight song. Cue a collaboration with John Merchant, chair of MTSU’s top-tier Department of Recording…
Middle Tennessee State University is seeing year-over-year increases in applications from first-time freshmen and transfers as of Dec. 1. President Sidney A. McPhee, in a report to MTSU’s Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting Wednesday, Dec. 6, said freshmen applications were up 4.1% and admissions from that pool are up by 10.3%, adding both…
Longtime Middle Tennessee State University faculty and academic administrators Brian Hinote and Vincent Windrow are contributors to a student success book published earlier this year. Current administrator Hinote and Windrow, who retired from MTSU in May 2022 after 14 years as an adjunct faculty member teaching graduate courses and an administrator, have seen their work…
Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Liberal Arts wraps up the year with its annual burst of holiday spirit — the “Joys of the Season” arts showcase — as a thank-you to the campus community, its friends and supporters. The 30-minute broadcast will premiere Monday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. Central on MTSU’s True Blue…
Outstanding high school chemistry students from across the region participated in the recent Middle Tennessee State University Department of Chemistry Scholarship Tournament. Held in the Science Building in early November, the competition recognized 45 outstanding chemistry students from 14 schools in Rutherford and surrounding counties. Participants included 29 seniors and 16 juniors who had completed…
Secretary of State Tre Hargett recently presented Middle Tennessee State University with an award for its third straight win in the four-year public school category for the annual Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition. “The continued commitment of MTSU students to register their fellow students to vote is evident by their work to earn the top…