TN STEAM Festival

During Oct. 13-22 TN STEAM Festival, MTSU Students, Faculty Featured at STEAM-a-Palooza

Middle Tennessee State University students and faculty will play a prominent role in the upcoming Tennessee STEAM Festival to celebrate the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and math. Particularly with the STEAM-a-Palooza from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. MTSU students will man…

Student Success Provides Tools, Programs to Aid in MTSU Academic Accomplishments

Student Success Provides Tools, Programs to Aid in MTSU Academic Accomplishments

Middle Tennessee State University’s Office of Student Success provides a multitude of options to help students stay ahead of the game in their academic efforts. Two ways to achieve progress are through the annual Scholars Academy for a target group of incoming freshmen to kick off the fall semester and Supplemental Instruction, an opportunity for…

MTSU’s June Anderson Center Collecting Bras, Comfy Clothing for Domestic Violence Center

MTSU’s June Anderson Center Collecting Bras, Comfy Clothing for Domestic Violence Center

Middle Tennessee State University’s June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students is hosting a variety of activities this fall, including a bra drive throughout October in recognition of Domestic Violence and Breast Cancer Awareness Months and nonperishable food collection. “We are collecting new bras, with tags, and comfy clothing like leggings, sweatpants and T-shirts…

MTSU Police Offering Free, Six-Week RAD Self-Defense Course

MTSU Police Offering Free, Six-Week RAD Self-Defense Course

Registration is open for the Middle Tennessee State University Police Department’s annual Rape Aggression Defense Systems, or RAD, course. The free training is available to women and girls ages 13 and older from the campus community and the general public, including women unaffiliated with MTSU. The six classes that make up the training will take…

Raider Roundup Gives High Schoolers a Glimpse of MTSU Agriculture Opportunities

Raider Roundup Gives High Schoolers a Glimpse of MTSU Agriculture Opportunities

Abigayle Houser may consider Middle Tennessee State University’s nationally recognized Horse Science program in about four years. At 15, the Bledsoe County High School freshman has plenty of time to ponder her future. Houser, who lives with her family on the 275-acre Rock Solid Ranch featuring Simmental cattle and working farm near rural Pikeville, Tennessee,…

MTSU’s 2023 Fall Career Fair Draws 1,000-Plus Attendees, Almost 180 Employers

MTSU’s 2023 Fall Career Fair Draws 1,000-Plus Attendees, Almost 180 Employers

More than 1,000 Middle Tennessee State University students and alumni fine-tuned their resumes, elevator pitches and dressed to impress as they descended upon the university’s Campus Recreation Center recently where dozens of prospective employers awaited to recruit them during the 2023 Fall Career Fair. The university’s largest and only campuswide career fair of the year…

MTSU’s Annual Lifesaving Blood Drive Rivalry With Western Kentucky Returns

MTSU’s Annual Lifesaving Blood Drive Rivalry With Western Kentucky Returns

Middle Tennessee State University’s campus and the surrounding community are again getting ready to roll up their sleeves for one of the biggest — and possibly the most critical — rivalry in the Blue Raider football season. The annual 100 Miles of Hope Red Cross Blood Drive competition between MTSU and Western Kentucky University is…

Five Siblings Pursuing MTSU Degrees Together

Five Siblings Pursuing MTSU Degrees Together

For the five siblings attending Middle Tennessee State University simultaneously, there has been nothing more special than sharing the experience together. “Being together is a step up from just hanging out with friends,” said Joseph Fisher, the second-youngest sibling of the group of five and a junior in the Aerospace Program. “There is a level…

MTSU Hosts Rutherford County College Night Recruiting Fair

MTSU Hosts Rutherford County College Night Recruiting Fair

Area high school students, their parents and families are invited to attend the upcoming Rutherford County College Night — one of the first college recruiting fairs in the Midstate this fall. The free event, hosted annually by Middle Tennessee State University, features 50 colleges and universities from across the Southeast. It will be held from…