After decade away from classroom, student veteran nears degree with new outlook

After decade away from classroom, student veteran nears degree with new outlook

A United States Navy veteran will graduate in December after returning to MTSU to finish his degree. Logan Stepp, who graduated high school and originally attended MTSU in 2009, returned to college nearly a decade later to earn his bachelor’s degree in Professional Studies with a concentration in information systems technology through University College. Stepp…

Princeton Review 2021

MTSU makes Princeton Review’s best colleges list for third straight year

Middle Tennessee State University returned to The Princeton Review’s annual list of the nation’s best colleges for a third consecutive year. MTSU remains the only locally governed institution in Tennessee recognized by the publication, having first achieved its spot in 2019. Only five higher education entities in the state — two public and three private…

MTSU celebrates concrete, construction building progress with topping-out ceremony

MTSU celebrates concrete, construction building progress with topping-out ceremony

Workers with Hoar Construction continue making tremendous progress on the $40.1 million MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management Building on the southwest side of campus. University and construction officials converged on the site Tuesday, Sept. 14, for a topping-out ceremony to celebrate the daily progression being made by construction workers by signing the final…

MTSU 9/11 Remembrance generates many emotions on 20th anniversary of terror attack

MTSU 9/11 Remembrance generates many emotions on 20th anniversary of terror attack

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was White House counsel in the George W. Bush Administration when the events of Sept. 11, 2001, began unfolding. An attorney and judge, Gonzales delivered a speech to government lawyers in Norfolk, Virginia, that morning. He already knew a plane carrying 93 people crashed into the World Trade Center…

MTSU signs partnership with Army to promote, develop innovation

MTSU signs partnership with Army to promote, develop innovation

Middle Tennessee State University and officials with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have formed a partnership to encourage education, research and innovation collaborations in STEM fields and other disciplines. MTSU Provost Mark Byrnes and Brig. Gen. Bob Ritchie with the…

Keying Ding, associate professor of chemistry at MTSU

MTSU chemistry professor lands two federal research grants

Keying Ding, associate professor of chemistry, has been involved in research since her time in graduate school at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, in 2004. “I have always loved doing research in chemistry,” Ding said. “I was a graduate research assistant in graduate school in Rochester and a post-doc research associate at…

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Deadline nears for girls’ math-science event at MTSU

Registration ends soon for the 25th annual Tennessee Girls in STEM Math and Science Conference at MTSU, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. The deadline to register is Tuesday, Sept. 7, event organizers said. The STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) conference is scheduled to be held in-person,…

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Free Speech Center offers teachers free Bill of Rights guide for Constitution Week

The Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University is offering teachers across the nation a new and free book to help them teach about the Bill of Rights on the upcoming Constitution Day on Sept. 17. “Each year teachers look for fresh resources to help teach young people about America’s core constitutional principles,” said…

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Registration open for MTSU Police Department’s free RAD self-defense course

Jason Hurley, MTSU police training sergeant, is one of three campus officers and one campus dispatcher certified to instruct this month’s Rape Aggression Defense Systems, or RAD, course. A Murfreesboro native, Hurley chose to become a certified RAD instructor after serving those who have been victims of sexual assault and abuse during his almost decade-long…

MTSU Jones College Accreditations 2021

MTSU’s Jones College of Business reaches international accreditation milestones

MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business continues to rack up international recognition for the quality of its programs. The premier accrediting body in business education worldwide, AACSB International, recently extended Jones College’s business and accounting accreditations for another five years, based on an exhaustive review. Established in 1916, AACSB is the world’s largest business…