MTSU is continuing its remote tutoring into the fall as the option proved quite successful and popular with students during the modified spring semester when the university went to online learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office of Student Success is again leading the remote tutoring method during the fall semester, with opportunities for…
An adult learner who came back to MTSU to finish his bachelor’s degree after almost two decades is climbing the ladder at one of the largest airline companies in the world — while also nearing completion of his master’s. Now in aviation management at Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, Chad Goddard knew he wanted to…
The 2019-20 MTSU Experimental Vehicles Program lunar rover teams couldn’t compete along with the elite international field at the 2020 NASA Human Explorer Rover Challenge, as the in-person event was canceled in April because of the COVID-19 pandemic However, the 14-person MTSU Team No. 2 earned the top engineering achievement prize — the American Institute…
Decorated veteran and Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority president and CEO Doug Kreulen will be the guest speaker for the sixth annual Middle Tennessee State University 9/11 Remembrance, which will be held virtually this year on Friday, Sept. 11, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The public and MTSU community can watch the ceremony, starting at 7:30…
Caleb Watts and Christina Sayaboun came to MTSU for different reasons, but both have drawn the same conclusion: They want to pursue military careers, starting with opportunities with the MTSU Military Science Department. Watts, 22, and Sayaboun, 19, are among a diverse group of five newly contracted ROTC cadets, who passed their physical training exercise…
MTSU will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, for the Labor Day Holiday. All business and department offices will be closed and no classes will be held. Offices will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 8 a.m. and classes resume at their regular times that day. During Labor Day weekend, certain buildings will be open for full…
Justin Williams began his freshman year in college at Middle Tennessee State University on Monday, Aug. 24. However, the interactive media major in the College of Media and Entertainment from Memphis, Tennessee, received a jump-start two weeks earlier through the Office of Student Success’s weeklong Freshmen Summer Institute. Scholars Academy and STAR (Student Transition and…
MTSU Honors College Dean John R. Vile is the 2020-22 recipient of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Scholar Award. Vile, Honors dean since 2008, earned the recognition citation for his excellence in teaching, research and public service. He recently received the award from the national Phi Kappa Phi organization, which canceled its annual…
As classes kickoff at Middle Tennessee State University this week, returning students living in residence halls and frequenting high traffic locations are receiving some extra protection in the university’s ongoing efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The graduate chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. sorority partnered with university administration to make and distribute…
Michigan pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha used science-based research in a five-year Flint water crisis battle that resulted in a $600 million settlement for primarily young victims announced last week. At the MTSU Convocation, Saturday, Aug. 22, held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, Hanna-Attisha brought a motivating message to new students. They heard details about her…