Shelby West is an MTSU transfer student from West Tennessee. She made a major decision after the fall semester to switch majors, from science to agriculture, and works in retail. To help ease her spring academic load, she took a Winter Session course. Madison Berry plans to graduate in December. She wants to take fewer…
Middle Tennessee State University turned to a Nashville distillery on Friday to provide personal-sized bottles of hand sanitizer for students returning to its on-campus residence halls when classes resume in late January. Big Machine Distillery, with locations in Nashville and Lynnville, Tennessee, produces premium, handcrafted spirits led by a signature vodka and also produces hand…
Middle Tennessee State University will again honor slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in observance of the national holiday, though this year’s event has been moved to a virtual format due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The annual MLK Celebration and Candlelight Vigil will air at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, featuring…
Military-connected members of the Middle Tennessee State University community found themselves beneficiaries of numerous grants — helping Orrin Farmer and dozens more survive life in general, college life and more during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. MTSU’s Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center requested and received more than $80,000 from the Tennessee…
Here it is. The half court shot at an MTSU Basketball Game to win Zaxby’s for a year.
MTSU’s College of Graduate Studies recently released a “Pets are Invited” page on their website for graduate students to showcase the pets who have been their study companions this semester, with more than a few making Zoom cameos in this extended period of virtual learning. “We wanted to hear from our students about the support…
An MTSU ROTC alumnus has become the U.S. Army Reserve’s first cyber officer to be promoted to brigadier general. Robert Powell Jr., who graduated from MTSU’s College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor’s degree in international relations in 1991, was promoted from colonel to the one-star rank of brigadier general during a ceremony on Dec….
Including about 15 MTSU Health Services and Pharmacy staff members, dozens of area health care workers and first responders received the first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Dec. 23, at the Siegel High School gym in Murfreesboro. Wednesday’s vaccinations are believed to be some of the first to be administered in Rutherford County….
The College of Graduate Studies wrapped up a fall semester that posted an almost 28% increase in enrollment. As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue, MTSU recent graduates and faculty say now is an opportune time to pursue further education at graduate school. Sarah Hendrix, strategic communications manager for the College of Graduate Studies,…
MTSU alumni Billy Pittard, chair of the Media Arts Department, and Mike Forbes, assistant director of technical systems, use their years of media and entertainment experience to equip students with relevant and in-demand industry skills. The Media Technology course taught by Forbes trains students on LED video display technology, a developing and booming area of…