Led by Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney A. McPhee, Engineering Technology Chair Ken Currie and alumnus Donald McDonald, the university held a final beam signing and topping out ceremony Wednesday, May 1, for the new Applied Engineering Building on the southeast side of campus. Construction is moving along with the new $74.8 million, 90,000-square-foot…
Middle Tennessee State University officials collected nearly 76.5 pounds of medications during the spring Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on campus Wednesday, April 24, as part of a national drive. The public contributed 76.5 pounds, said Tabby Ragland, pharmacist in the MTSU Pharmacy. This included 41.8 pounds of over-the-counter drugs, 32.2 pounds of prescription medications and…
The Patton Foundation, based in Brentwood and founded by entrepreneur Spencer Patton, is announcing the winners of its Patton Entrepreneurship Grant (PEG) Challenge at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro. Six finalists were named as part of the “Shark Tank”-style competition, which was open to the university’s New Venture Creation Class. Those finalists were…
The contributions of Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Liberal to the Rutherford County arts community has paid off, with a recent study detailing how the community’s arts and culture sector generated a staggering $52.4 million in economic activity for the county in 2022-23. MTSU partnered with the Rutherford Arts Alliance to obtain the data…
Join friends, family, and the Middle Tennessee community for a one-of-a-kind light show and orchestral concert at Middle Tennessee State University School of Music’s Hinton Hall! Join us on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 3:00pm for our next 2023-2024 season concert entitled ‘Light’. This concert will feature an immersive light show alongside the rarely performed…
Middle Tennessee State University is preparing to celebrate the 2,440-plus members of the first class of 2024 with a trio of commencement ceremonies set for Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4. Graduate and undergraduate students in the university’s College of Behavioral and Health Sciences and College of Liberal Arts kick the festivities off with…
Two of Middle Tennessee State University’s original five buildings are getting a significant upgrade through a $54.3 million renovation project of Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall. MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee was joined by other university leaders Wednesday, April 24, to announce the upcoming construction project that is scheduled to begin in mid-May with…
Melinda Crook marveled at the joy and fun the schoolchildren from Mitchell-Neilson Elementary and other schools were having recently in the Tennessee Livestock Center on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. At the MTSU School of Agriculture Ag Education Spring Fling, Crook, assistant principal at Mitchell-Neilson, knows her school’s youngsters live in downtown Murfreesboro and…
Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media is celebrating its 50th year of teaching students reporting, storytelling, breaking news and everything in between. Approved in 1972, the program began when Ed Kimbrell started the Department of Mass Communications, which included sequences in advertising and public relations, news-editorial, graphics and photography, and broadcasting….
Middle Tennessee State University chef Mike Wojciechowski has combined his passion for cooking with his penchant for competition to create an award-winning combination. Wojciechowski — who oversees McCallie Dining Hall inside Keathley University Center and Farmers Market Dining Hall inside the Student Union on campus — recently garnered third place in the regional collegiate Aramark…