Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday, April 5, to extend President Sidney A. McPhee’s contract through 2026. McPhee has led MTSU through an extended period of academic progress and more than $1 billion in capital investment during his two decades at the helm while developing world-class programs that attract students from across…
MTSU, its Aerospace Department and Delta Air Lines celebrated a fourth anniversary of their partnership Tuesday, April 5, with a very special occasion: Recognizing alumnus Colton Gray as the first graduate of Delta’s Propel pilot program. A 2018 MTSU graduate, Gray, 29, of Lebanon, Tennessee, will begin training next month to fly for Delta as…
An MTSU student is one semester away from graduating and already working her dream job at just 20 years old. She credits the university’s Dual Enrollment program for jump-starting her academic and professional life. Psychology major Haley Burt, a Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native, started high school at 13 and college at just 15 years old. Of…
MTSU’s annual “Scholars Week” wrapped up with a showcase of student research and creative activity demonstrating that student passion and imagination were the only limits to the work the university supported while celebrating its students in producing beyond the confines of the more typical science- and math-related projects. Senior theater major Gavin Strawn collaborated on…
The seventh annual MTSU CERV Spring Spectacular Horse Show will be held starting at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 3, in the main arena of the Tennessee Livestock Center, 1720 Greenland Drive. The event is free to spectators. The event, which benefits the Center of Equine Recovery for Veterans, or CERV, features open divisions for all…
The MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy Star Parties for spring 2022 continue Friday, April 1. Lecturer Neda Naseri will bring “Mysteries of Cosmic Rays” to the audience starting at 6:30 p.m. in Room 102 of Wiser-Patten Science Hall. Friday Star Parties are free and open to the public. The format is a 30- to…
The Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees will hold its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, April 5. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. in the Miller Education Center, Second Floor Meeting Room, 503 E. Bell St. The meeting is open to the public and also live streamed. The agenda includes reports from board committees; approval…
MTSU’s Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship program has been recognized by the Small Business Institute as the 2022 “Showcase Award” winner, signifying the top entrepreneurship program of the year. Headquartered in Clinton, Mississippi, the Small Business Institute has a mission “to be the premier provider of professional development for those engaged in experiential student team consulting…
Addressing a group gathered for a first-ever MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy research poster session recently, Chair Ron Henderson spoke of the past, acknowledged the present and looked toward the future for the small but growing program. Henderson credited past Chair Robert Carlton for implementation of a thesis for undergraduates and praised assistant professor…