For the second consecutive year, the Middle Tennessee State University solar boat team finished fourth overall in the 29th annual Solar Splash, the world championship of collegiate solar boating. MTSU finished behind champion Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 2022 winner Cedarville (Ohio) University and third-place University of Southern Indiana. The MTSU team earned the Outstanding Solar System Design…
Middle Tennessee State University’s residence halls for Fall 2023 are at capacity for the first time in recent memory, thanks to a combination of rising enrollment of new freshmen and transfer students and changes in the off-campus housing market. Unlike other institutions in the state, however, MTSU does not require any students to live on…
Deborah Lee, NHC Chair of Excellence in Nursing at Middle Tennessee State University, will be a featured guest on the next episode of Nashville Public Television’s award-winning “Aging Matters” documentary series. The episode, titled “Second Acts,” will air at 8 p.m. June 20 on WNPT. The show spotlights stories of four retirement-age Middle Tennesseans who…
Middle Tennessee State University is partnering with R.I.S.E. Coalition to host the inaugural First-Aid for Mental Health Youth Wellness Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at MTSU’s Miller Education Center, 503 E. Bell St. The event is a collaboration between MTSU’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services, MTSU Center for Fairness,…
Summer vacation may have recently kicked off for educators, but the opportunities for their professional development from MTSU’s Center for Educational Media are in full swing as the center offers academies, workshops, conferences and more this June and July for educational professionals. “We are proud to support these summer events which are aligned with our…
A group of Middle Tennessee State University students will attempt to make waves this week when they compete at the 29th annual Solar Splash, the world championship of collegiate solar boating. MTSU’s Experimental Vehicles Program solar boat team left at 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, heading for Springfield, Ohio, and the five days of competition,…
MTSU recently sent 16 undergraduates to participate in the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research and one student, Janna Abou-Rahma, was part of the team that won a highly competitive challenge putting her in the top 1% of hundreds of applicants. More commonly known as NCUR, the annual conference took place this April at the University…
Incoming Middle Tennessee State University freshman biology major Laylah Coleman likes the diversity of opportunities on the Blue Raider campus. Taking a different slant, Cedric White loves the flat terrain, there’s a rock-climbing wall in the Campus Recreation Center and excited to pursue forensic science. They were two of nearly 250 freshmen that mid-May day…
Seventeen young males of color from Oakland Middle School recently completed the first Emerging Leaders Academy — a mentorship program launched this spring between MTSU’s Center for Fairness, Justice and Equity, Oakland Middle School and First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Michelle Stevens, the MTSU center’s director, said the nine-week academy “was a success” and…
Registration is open for MTSU’s Inclusive College Experience camp hosted at the College of Education for persons ages 16 to 25 with intellectual disabilities. The one-week camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 19-23 with campers enjoying multiple opportunities across campus. Cost is $150. Tom Black, associate professor of special education…