The Middle Tennessee State University Alumni Association is planning a summer of fun for alumni filled with discounts and special events across Nashville and beyond. From baseball games to summer pickleball clinics, museum visits to arena football nights, there’s something for everyone to enjoy and connect with fellow alumni. Reservation details, including ticket purchasing sites…
Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Education and its Center for Fairness, Justice and Equity recently held a signing ceremony for three of 25 students in the university’s first group of Tennessee Teach Back Initiative Scholars this fall. The center launched the initiative last spring with the support of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education,…
Sal Gonzalez made his Grand Ole Opry debut Tuesday to a sold out crowd and two standing ovations. Sal a resident of Rutherford County and even Alumni of MTSU is also a United States Marine Corps Veteran. After the terror attacks of 9/11, Sal decided to serve his country and shifted his focus from music…
A Middle Tennessee State University alumna is the artist behind the new High Lonesome Sound Bluegrass forever stamp released by the United States Postal Service last month. The new stamp, designed by 2009 MTSU fine arts graduate Heather Moulder, features a five-string banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass in navy and white on a multicolored background….
This year’s edition of Grand Ole Opry’s annual Salute the Troops celebration, again sponsored by the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center, featured not one, but two generals and two country music stars with ties to Middle Tennessee State University. Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve, and…
A recent graduate and an alumni from Middle Tennessee State University used their MTSU education and opportunities for research to land one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious and long-established research fellowships. Monika Fouad, who just graduated with her degree in professional physics and biochemistry and will continue her studies at Michigan State University…
The Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider equestrian Western team has “ridden” to the occasion once again. For the second consecutive year, stellar team and individual riding performances have helped them earn the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Horse and Rider-sponsored Western discipline team national championship. Team member Jordan Martin of Murfreesboro, after finishing second in…
Two Middle Tennessee State University students Elliot Certain, a social work major, and Brian Maxwell, a video and film production major, and faculty member Jill Austin, management professor, were recently bestowed the 2024 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award at the state Capitol. Each year, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission administers the Harold Love Outstanding Community…
Tennesseans will have a better chance at recovering from opioid addiction through three grants totaling more than $9.1 million that was awarded to Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Health and Human Services by the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council. These three-year grants are included in the 116 projects the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council has approved…
Middle Tennessee State University recently celebrated its most prestigious individual student awards for the 2023-24 academic year. Recipients included President’s Award winner Ross Sibley, Provost’s Award honoree Sydney Robbins, Robert C. LaLance Jr. Award winner Sevinch Kamaridinova and MTSU Community Service honoree Brian Maxwell. A common thread: All are part of the MTSU Honors College….