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…
Social work provided a back-door entrance into politics for newly elected state Rep. Aftyn Behn of Nashville, Tennessee, who spoke to a Middle Tennessee State University audience earlier this month about how to effect policy change. Behn, who earned a master’s in social work administration from the University of Texas at Austin, won the District…
A group of Middle Tennessee State University faculty, under the leadership of chemistry professor Andrienne Friedli, recently launched a last-dollar scholarship program to fund and support undergraduate and graduate biochemistry and chemistry students in need. “The project aims to increase student persistence in STEM fields by linking scholarships with proven effective supporting activities, including faculty…
Middle Tennessee State University awards an array of guaranteed scholarships to qualifying first-time, incoming freshmen – including scholarships enhanced in 2022 – but the deadline to take advantage is quickly approaching. Prospective students must have a complete application on file with the MTSU Admissions Office by Friday, Dec. 1, to be considered for an academic…
Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition will host two six-week online American Sign Language courses open to the public this fall. The courses are being taught by longtime instructor Haley Jensen through CALA, the language training partner of the University Honors College. Jensen leads the classes using games and other hands-on activities…
Bright lights will set the stage this month for MTSU Dance Theatre’s collaborative performance of “Moth to Flame,” a new work by Houston-based artist Colette Kerwick. The 2023 Fall Dance Concert featuring Kerwick’s work will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 16-18, at MTSU’s Tucker Theatre in Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building, 615…