For this week’s podcast we sit down with the Dean of the Jones College of Business, Dr. David Urban! Dr. Urban has an incredible story and has transformed the College of Business at MTSU for the better. He has some really great insights as to what makes MTSU so great and why the future is…
Middle Tennessee State University’s entrepreneurship program has been ranked among the top 20 in the nation in terms of affordability. University Headquarters (HQ), an independent online resource for prospective higher education students, ranked MTSU 20th nationwide in its Top 100 listing of the Most Affordable Entrepreneurship Colleges for 2021. Among key factors considered in forming…
The Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University is teaming with the Poynter Institute to bring First Amendment education tools to America’s college campuses. “The best way to build real understanding of the First Amendment is to engage college students on real-world issues, clearly conveying that 230-year-old free expression principles are critical to our…
True Blue seemed to be at every turn Friday, as Middle Tennessee State University’s programs for concrete and construction management, veterans service, Army ROTC and the alumni association were showcased during the first day of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix. MTSU’s School of Concrete and Construction Management and the Charlie and Hazel Daniels…
After winning the prestigious, three-year National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates site award grant in 2019, MTSU hosted undergraduates from across the country for eight weeks of workshops, courses, travel, research and experiments from June 7 to July 30. The students, selected after a rigorous application process, were part of one of two research…
Autumn Gates can already anticipate the rush of IndyCars reaching 200 mph soon in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. But the Middle Tennessee State University alumna and former Concrete Industry Management student is equally excited about taking some of her Irving Materials Inc. customers to the inaugural Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, and getting goose bumps…
Middle Tennessee State University aerospace professional pilot major Mike Harris can claim he had a near-out of this world experience during his summer break from classes. His “vacation” was more like work, though he was honored to serve an internship with Virgin Galactic — the American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson. Harris, 19, has…
Well before MTSU and Murfreesboro-based McGuire Management Group publicly announced a new partnership making it more affordable for current and future employees to obtain a degree from the university, word spread rapidly. More than 40 McGuire Management employees including Michael Johnson had already discovered they could attend Middle Tennessee State University tuition-free starting this fall…
It was hard to miss the plane that MTSU Aerospace graduate Mike Starnes brought to EAA AirVenture. That’s because Starnes, 54, a captain for United Parcel Service, brought a brand-new Boeing 747-8F to the world’s largest aviation celebration. It is more than 63 feet tall and more than 250 feet long. The long-range jet, with…
MTSU geosciences professor Mark Abolins recalls that moving from his native California to Tennessee centered around caves. “It makes the most sense if I came to Tennessee to involve students in cave studies,” said Abolins, an instructor of the Geoscience of Caves and Field Methods in Geology courses. “There are more caves in Tennessee than…