Middle Tennessee State University alumnus Ronald Roberts was recently elected as new president of the MTSU Foundation while four other alumni were appointed as new members of the MTSU Foundation Board of Trustees. Roberts, a managing partner of DVL Seigenthaler public relations, will serve a two-year term as president that ends in June 2024. Newly…
For recent Middle Tennessee State University graduates Zaheerah Smith-Cooper and her daughter Aminah Smith, sharing interests and passions extended beyond the home to the classroom. The mother-daughter duo not only graduated together from MTSU’s College of Education this spring but did so with top marks — a 4.0 GPA for Zaheerah and 3.9 GPA for…
Public servants and others can get a financial boost when enrolling in one of Middle Tennessee State University’s newest programs this fall. Announced in the spring, the new public safety concentration in the integrated studies major is designed for those in law enforcement, homeland security, emergency management, fire safety, dispatch, and other public service professions…
Though most Americans are not afraid of a little heat, few know that there are more heat-related deaths in the United States than from tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, floods and lightning combined. High temperatures are even further exacerbated by the Urban Heat Island, or UHI, effect, the phenomenon of city environments with more concrete, more machines…
Alumni Summer College recently returned to MTSU in-person for the first time since 2019 after Covid forced the cancelation of the popular event the past two years. Nearly 70 participants came from across the region, state and Southeast, to learn what’s happening on the Middle Tennessee State University campus, renew and make new friendships and…
Qiang Wu, director of MTSU’s new Data Science master’s program and professor, knows from his 10-plus years of teaching and research that data science solves real-world problems. “I believe data science and artificial intelligence will be key powers to develop technology and change the world,” Wu said. Having just graduated its first cohort of undergraduate…
A $15,000 donation by rock band 3 Doors Down’s Better Life Foundation continues the tradition of benefiting MTSU students and faculty working in equine therapy with veterans from the Murfreesboro-based Veterans Recovery Center. This marks the fourth donation by the group’s foundation to support the Center of Equine Recovery for Veterans, or CERV. The foundation…
Can you attend Middle Tennessee State University tuition free? For many students, the answer is yes. MTSU launched Friday, July 1, an effort to help students navigate several scenarios and options that could eliminate, or greatly reduce, the cost of tuition. “MTSU’s tuition was already the lowest of the state’s three major universities,” said MTSU…
A Nashville education alliance has named longtime MTSU management professor Millicent Nelson as its top higher education professional for 2022. The Greater Nashville Alliance of Black School Educators will formally recognize Nelson, an 18-year veteran of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business and currently an associate professor, during a virtual ceremony in late August…
The MTSU Creamery — and its milk products and milk truck — have returned to the Murfreesboro Saturday Market. Whole white milk and the extremely popular chocolate milk can be purchased at the market. Operating hours are 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 2, and every Saturday through Oct. 30. For the third year, the…