Michelle Stevens

New MTSU Center to Help College of Education Better Serve All Students

MTSU College of Education staff are dedicated to making the best teacher preparation program and housing the most effective faculty and staff in the nation. So when the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education, better known as SCORE, and the MTSU Education Trust came to a joint decision to recommend the college create a center…

MTSU Aerospace Pro Pilot Grad Becomes 6th in Family to Join Marine Corps

MTSU Aerospace Pro Pilot Grad Becomes 6th in Family to Join Marine Corps

One of the newest members of the U.S. Marine Corps has a proud family history in this military branch. Recent Middle Tennessee State University graduate Isaac Wehner of Medina, Tennessee, near Jackson, was commissioned as a second lieutenant recently in a special ceremony at the Donald McDonald Hangar at MTSU’s Flight Operations Center at Murfreesboro…

Integrated Studies Major Allows Student to Build Degree Around Music Passion

Integrated Studies Major Allows Student to Build Degree Around Music Passion

Now more than ever, students at Middle Tennessee State University are creating their own degree paths — thanks to a highly innovative major inside MTSU’s University College. The integrated studies major is flexible by design, perfect for adult students with a wide range of experience or someone who wants a broad-based educational experience. Students within…

Little Free Library

MTSU Agricultural Education Class’ ‘Little Free Library’ Benefits Reeves-Rogers, Community

Five MTSU School of Agriculture students and Collegiate FFA members wrapped up the recent spring semester by providing Reeves-Rogers Elementary School and the surrounding community with a special gift … to enhance their reading skills. For a service-learning project, they built a “Little Free Library” and recently placed it outside the school, which is located…

MTSU’s Center for Educational Media

MTSU’s Center for Educational Media Supports Special Education Teachers

MTSU’s Center for Educational Media recently expanded its already robust offerings of professional development and support for Tennessee teachers by launching their newest initiative for special education teachers, called the SPED Collaborative, earlier this year. This new initiative — part of the larger PK-12 Collaborative serving preschool through 12th-grade school counselors and teachers of English…

3K-Plus New MTSU Students ‘Learn the Ropes’ of Campus Experience During Orientation

3K-Plus New MTSU Students ‘Learn the Ropes’ of Campus Experience During Orientation

Best friends and recent Bartlett High School graduates Kristen Gish and Han Mi Ko were part of MTSU’s newest wave of students attending CUSTOMS freshman orientation recently. Both from Bartlett, Tennessee, near Memphis, and set to be roommates this fall, Gish and Ko were joined by nearly 250 other MTSU Class of 2026 members —…

MCS MTSU Collaboration 2022

MCS Spearheads New Partnership with MTSU ALSS

Murfreesboro City Schools and the MTSU Assessment, Learning, and Student Success (ALSS) Ed.D. Program announces a new collaboration to leverage expertise and resources through a research-practice partnership agreement. After months of planning, this formal collaboration will become a reality for MCS and MTSU doctoral students this fall enabling research and planning for MCS initiatives. “The…

Terrapin scholarship recipient

MTSU Fermentation Science Major Receives $10K Scholarship from Brewer Terrapin

Emily Beavers, a rising junior in the MTSU Fermentation Science program, is the second recipient of the Brewing Education Scholarship awarded by Athens, Georgia-based Terrapin Brewing Co. Beavers, 20, who is from Dunlap, Tennessee, recently learned she would be the 2022 beneficiary of a $10,000 award during a Zoom session with Terrapin and MTSU representatives….

2022 MTSU Business Plan Competition Draws Top Notch Student Entrepreneurship

2022 MTSU Business Plan Competition Draws Top Notch Student Entrepreneurship

From top-shelf custom cabinetry to emergency tarping services to an innovative campus mapping platform, the top three choices from the 2022 MTSU Business Plan Competition Final made compelling pitches for why their businesses were poised to succeed and should win the top prize. And in the end, they were all winners, along with the three…

Murfreesboro Police

One Person Dead, Another Injured in Shooting at MTSU Following High School Graduation

One person is dead and another one was injured after a shooting on the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) campus. The shooting occurred after a high-school graduation on Wednesday, May 18. “The shooting at Middle Tennessee State University is a tragedy for our community,” said Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Public Information Officer Larry Flowers. “We…