True Blue Give 2023

MTSU Urging Alumni, Friends to Boost Students With 6th Annual True Blue Give

Blue Raider alumni and supporters can again show their love for Middle Tennessee State University and its educational mission during the sixth annual True Blue Give. Officially running Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 14-16, the goal of the 72-hour special valentines fundraising effort is to raise $650,000 in gifts of support from university friends for academics,…

MTSU, Siegel Humanities Partnership Allows High Schoolers to Celebrate Creativity, Community

MTSU, Siegel Humanities Partnership Allows High Schoolers to Celebrate Creativity, Community

It was more than an ordinary week recently for Siegel Humanities Academy students at Siegel High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee – it was their first Humanities Week. The week was packed with fun activities that pushed students to think outside the box, create, communicate their ideas, and bond as a community. It was a week…

International Student Council Grads

Revamped International Student Council Acclimates New Students to MTSU Experience

Megan Richard, coordinator of International Student and Scholar Services, along with staff at the Office of International Affairs wanted to update the International Ambassadors program to make it more impactful and meaningful for MTSU’s around 400 students from other countries. “We changed the name from International Ambassadors to the International Student Council to reflect a…

MTSU-Trained Engineers Bring Home 2 Grammys

MTSU-Trained Engineers Bring Home 2 Grammys

Two pairs of the music industry’s best “ears,” trained at Middle Tennessee State University, will be hearing plenty of congratulations as they figure out the best locations for their newly acquired Grammy Awards for engineering two spectacular albums. Both Brandon Bell and Tony Castle, graduates of MTSU’s internationally recognized Department of Recording Industry, have already…

Economics Ph.D. Student Named MTSU’s First Tennessee Doctoral Scholar

Economics Ph.D. Student Named MTSU’s First Tennessee Doctoral Scholar

When MTSU doctoral student Yolunda Nabors learned that tuition for her fifth and final year of her Ph.D. in Economics program would be fully covered along with a generous stipend, she was in total disbelief. “It was a total surprise!” Nabors said about the email from the College of Graduate Studies announcing her win. “It…

MTSU Alumni event-group

MTSU Student, Faculty Contingent Returns to Grammys to Network, Honor Alumni

Middle Tennessee State University returned to the Grammy Awards on Friday, Feb. 3, with a contingent from its College of Media and Entertainment traveling from its Murfreesboro, Tennessee, campus to Los Angeles for a long weekend of gathering with area alumni and attending backstage and pre-show events. President Sidney A. McPhee joined students and faculty…

MTSU Diversity Panel

MTSU to Host Panel on Overcoming Racial Prejudice, Discrimination

The Political Economy Research Institute in MTSU’s Jones College of Business is hosting a special off-campus community event Thursday, Feb. 9, that will bring together Nashville-area business leaders and scholars to engage in personal conversations on societal issues. As part of the PERI’s Dr. Ming Wang’s Cosmopolitan Initiative Lecture Series and in conjunction with MTSU’s…