Area high school students, their parents and families are invited to attend the upcoming Rutherford County College Night – one of the first college recruiting fairs in the Middle Tennessee region this fall. The event, hosted annually by MTSU, features 50 colleges and universities from across the Southeast. It will be held from 6 to…
MTSU’s Donny Walker, assistant professor of biology, has landed a boost to his research through a National Science Foundation grant awarded in collaboration with researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California Riverside. Walker and MTSU will receive $870,000 of the $2.61 million highly competitive grant for the NSF project titled Understanding the…
The final 2021 “Friday Night Live” concert series in downtown Murfreesboro will include some True Blue flavor and participation. Middle Tennessee State University, in collaboration with Main Street Murfreesboro, is co-sponsoring the free Friday, Sept. 3, event from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the Rutherford County Courthouse square. Featured performance will be by the band…
One prospective MTSU student with aspirations to be an anesthesiologist likes the university’s special partnership with Meharry Medical College. Another student ranks MTSU as her “top choice” because of an outstanding aviation program. And a third young woman, who fell in love with the university as a child, likes the affordability, scholarship opportunities and not…
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Carrick McCarthy recently administered the Army Oath to five graduating MTSU senior cadets, who were commissioned as second lieutenants and soon begin new careers in various branches of the Army and National Guard. “So, as you leave this program and this campus, please remember my final words,” said McCarthy, chair of…
Faculty and staff at MTSU’s University College are making it easier and more affordable for students to succeed in the classroom. Kim Godwin, Meredith “MA” Higgs and Mike Boyle recently collaborated in publishing a textbook that will be used for two MTSU courses at no cost to students. The book can be accessed for free…
Youth advocate, social entrepreneur and military veteran Wes Moore challenged incoming MTSU freshmen and transfer students to take up a mantle of selflessness during his keynote remarks at University Convocation inside Murphy Center on Saturday, Aug. 21. Moore, a Rhodes scholar and New York Times bestselling author of MTSU’s Summer Reading Selection “The Other Wes…
The Middle Tennessee State University WISTEM Center has received the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award honors colleges and universities encouraging and assisting students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. MTSU’s WISTEM (Women in STEM) Center will be featured…
When Sierra Cruz attended a medical conference in Louisville, Kentucky, years ago, she never expected it to change her life. “I had never seen an all-Black panel of medical professionals,” Cruz said. Cruz grew up in Wisconsin and was one of only four minority students in a class of 2,000. “Hearing from Black women (in…
MTSU’s Lana Seivers, dean emerita of the College of Education, devoted her almost half-century-long career to education — from her years in the classroom and school administration, to her service as the Tennessee education commissioner and on to her decade as dean of the university’s College of Education before her retirement this year. In recognition…