After nearly 30 years in the music industry, Middle Tennessee State University alumnus Jeff Lysyczyn will be singing a new tune as the first executive director for the local nonprofit Rutherford Arts Alliance. The advocacy group was founded six years ago to promote the arts and culture throughout Rutherford County, and in 2023, the organization…
As professors in the College of Media and Entertainment at Middle Tennessee State University, Bob Gordon and Michael Fleming usually grade the work of their students on classroom assignments. This past weekend, however, MTSU’s classroom was the 2024 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. And it was Daniel Gibbs, director of broadcast and content at C3,…
Middle Tennessee State University is helping ensure student success with free digital access to scholastic materials through the James E. Walker Library’s Open Educational Resources, or OER, with approximately $1.4 million in textbook savings since the program was implemented in 2021. More than 14,200 students have benefitted from at least one of the 78 OER…
Registration is open and spots are still available for Middle Tennessee State University’s Inclusive College Experience camp for people ages 16 to 25 with intellectual disabilities. Hosted at the College of Education, the weeklong camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 15-19, and the cost is $150. The registration deadline is July…
Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees raised tuition and mandatory fees by 5.39% for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year during its quarterly meeting Tuesday, June 11, at the Miller Education Center. The increase in undergraduate, graduate, and out-of-state tuition rates, recommended by the board’s Finance and Personnel Committee, was necessary to meet inflationary adjustments,…
The Nashville Sounds and the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center at Middle Tennessee State University teamed up on the 80th anniversary of D-Day to honor one of the survivors of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. Bill Allen, of Murfreesboro, was a 19-year-old Navy corpsman on June 6, 1944, often…
Six Middle Tennessee State University ROTC cadets in the Military Science program were commissioned as second lieutenants in a special ceremony held in the Tom H. Jackson Building’s Cantrell Hall in early May. With department chair and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Arlin Wilsher presiding and administering the Army Oath and alumnus and guest speaker Lt….
Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Educational Media is hosting its annual PK-12 Collaborative Summer Academies — full-day professional development opportunities for teachers of English Language Learners, special education teachers and school counselors. The School Counselors Collaborative Summer Academy is set for July 9, followed by the ELL Collaborative Summer Academy on July 11 and…
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,…