MTSU, Chick-fil-A Tuition Partnership Helping Engineering Tech Student Build Future

MTSU, Chick-fil-A Tuition Partnership Helping Engineering Tech Student Build Future

Middle Tennessee State University students are getting a financial boost thanks to a thriving partnership between the university and Chick-fil-A restaurants in Murfreesboro owned by the Noblitt family. Kaylin Garton started working at the Old Fort Parkway Chick-fil-A four years ago when she was attending Siegel High School in Murfreesboro. She says the job has…

MTSU Summer STEM Camp Registration Opens March 15 for High Schoolers

MTSU Summer STEM Camp Registration Opens March 15 for High Schoolers

Registration for the second Middle Tennessee State University College of Basic and Applied Sciences summer STEM camp will begin Wednesday, March 15. This summer, from June 19-23, the college will triple the number of participants and increase the number of faculty and departments involved with the camp highlighting science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students entering…

MTSU Alumna Helps Win NAACP Award

MTSU Alumna Helps Win NAACP Award

Middle Tennessee State University public history alumna Katherine Crawford-Lackey took a historic preservation philosophy to her role at founding father James Madison’s estate in Virginia, working to safeguard an honest and inclusive history at a National Historic Landmark. “It begins with addressing historical erasure” said Crawford-Lackey, a 2020 graduate of MTSU’s Public History Ph.D. Program….

MTSU’s Zaza receives Nashville Technology Council Award

MTSU’s Zaza receives Nashville Technology Council Award

Sam Zaza, assistant professor in the MTSU Department of Information Systems and Analytics in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business, recently received a prestigious Nashville Technology Council Award as Diversity and Inclusion Advocate of the Year. “I feel honored and humbled to be recognized by the Greater Nashville Technology Council for my Diversity and…

MTSU CERV Horse Show Benefits Recovering Veterans

MTSU CERV Horse Show Benefits Recovering Veterans

Mark your calendars for an upcoming MTSU-hosted horse show that supports health care for recovering veterans. The eighth annual MTSU CERV Spring Spectacular Open Show, which benefits the Center of Equine Recovery for Veterans, or CERV, will be held starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 1, in the main arena of the Tennessee Livestock Center,…

MTSU Alumni Association Seeks 2023-24 Distinguished Alumni Award Nominees by March 31

MTSU Alumni Association Seeks 2023-24 Distinguished Alumni Award Nominees by March 31

Nominations are now being sought and accepted for the 2023-24 Middle Tennessee State University Distinguished Alumni. The deadline to submit is Friday, March 31. The awards, which will include an overall Distinguished Alumni recipient and Young Alumni Achievement honoree, recognize those with prolonged records of achievement who have made outstanding contributions to society and who…

MTSU Agriculture Organizing Daylong Hybrid Field Day Collaboration Available to Public

MTSU Agriculture Organizing Daylong Hybrid Field Day Collaboration Available to Public

An upcoming continuing education collaboration between four universities will bring awareness to agriculture-related topics and issues that educators and the general public can attend online. Middle Tennessee State University, in partnership with Tennessee Tech University, the University of Tennessee-Martin and University of Kentucky, is hosting a Food Systems Hybrid Field Day from 8 a.m. to…

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New MTSU Education Dean Looks to Build up Existing Excellence, Modernize to Best Serve Students

For Neporcha Cone, the new dean of MTSU’s College of Education, the university’s award-winning teacher preparation program drew her in because she believes it is well-positioned to produce educational leaders of the future. “The university is made up of a dynamic body of administrators, faculty, staff and students who are committed to empowering and creating…

MTSU Chemistry Professor Earns $800K in Grants

MTSU Chemistry Professor Earns $800K in Grants

For Mengliang “Mike” Zhang, MTSU assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and rising research star on campus, successful research is all about collaboration. “Michael Jordan said, ‘Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships,’” Zhang said. “Similarly, research and education in science benefit immensely from collaborations and support.” Since joining the MTSU faculty…

Author-Educator Shabazz Speaks on Importance of Education, Unity at MTSU’s Black History Month Keynote

Author-Educator Shabazz Speaks on Importance of Education, Unity at MTSU’s Black History Month Keynote

Award-winning author and educator Ilyasah Shabazz closed out MTSU’s full calendar of Black History Month events Monday, Feb. 27, with her wide-ranging keynote address, discussing her parents’ legacy, the power of unity and the importance of education as “the key to understanding.” Shabazz, daughter of the late Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz as well as…