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MTSU Board of Trustees Approves 5.39% Tuition Increase

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,…

MTSU, Nashville Sounds Honor Midstate D-Day Survivor at Military Appreciation Night

MTSU, Nashville Sounds Honor Midstate D-Day Survivor at Military Appreciation Night

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…

MTSU Military Science Commissions New Leaders as 2nd Lieutenants

MTSU Military Science Commissions New Leaders as 2nd Lieutenants

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….

Registration Open for MTSU Center’s July Educator Training Academies

Registration Open for MTSU Center’s July Educator Training Academies

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…

MTSU Alumni Summer of Fun 2024

MTSU Alumni Relations Plans ‘Summer of Fun’ Activities, Special Discounts

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…

MTSU Education College Inducts First Students Into Initiative to Provide Teachers to Area Districts

MTSU Education College Inducts First Students Into Initiative to Provide Teachers to Area Districts

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,…

MTSU Alumna Mastermind Behind USPS’ New Bluegrass Forever Stamp

MTSU Alumna Mastermind Behind USPS’ New Bluegrass Forever Stamp

A Middle Tennessee State University alumna is the artist behind the new High Lonesome Sound Bluegrass forever stamp released by the United States Postal Service last month. The new stamp, designed by 2009 MTSU fine arts graduate Heather Moulder, features a five-string banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass in navy and white on a multicolored background….

MTSU Hosts Army Reserve Commanding General for Opry Event, Campus Visit

MTSU Hosts Army Reserve Commanding General for Opry Event, Campus Visit

This year’s edition of Grand Ole Opry’s annual Salute the Troops celebration, again sponsored by the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center, featured not one, but two generals and two country music stars with ties to Middle Tennessee State University. Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve, and…

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MTSU Student, Alum Tap Campus Resources to Clinch Highly Competitive NSF Research Fellowships

A recent graduate and an alumni from Middle Tennessee State University used their MTSU education and opportunities for research to land one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious and long-established research fellowships. Monika Fouad, who just graduated with her degree in professional physics and biochemistry and will continue her studies at Michigan State University…