The winter 2021 edition of MTSU Magazine spotlights two highly successful university alums, each of whom represent excellence and distinction through their professional careers, loyal support and service to the broader community. Darrell Freeman, vice chair of the MTSU Board of Trustees, is a first-generation graduate and entrepreneur. Freeman’s company Zycron grew to $40 million…
When a tired bunch of college students and several dozen other participants wrapped up the fifth annual MTSU computer science HackMT with the rousing awards ceremony before heading home in January 2020, no one had any idea Year 6 would be held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that’s the reality of the situation…
For special education teachers, the impacts of COVID on special education services extend beyond the challenges faced in the everyday classroom. The changes have been vast and unique for both teachers and students, explained Tom Black, associate professor of special education in MTSU’s College of Education. “Many students with disabilities, especially more severe disabilities, need…
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….