The Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider equestrian Western team has “ridden” to the occasion once again. For the second consecutive year, stellar team and individual riding performances have helped them earn the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Horse and Rider-sponsored Western discipline team national championship. Team member Jordan Martin of Murfreesboro, after finishing second in…
Two Middle Tennessee State University students Elliot Certain, a social work major, and Brian Maxwell, a video and film production major, and faculty member Jill Austin, management professor, were recently bestowed the 2024 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award at the state Capitol. Each year, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission administers the Harold Love Outstanding Community…
Tennesseans will have a better chance at recovering from opioid addiction through three grants totaling more than $9.1 million that was awarded to Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Health and Human Services by the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council. These three-year grants are included in the 116 projects the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council has approved…
Middle Tennessee State University recently celebrated its most prestigious individual student awards for the 2023-24 academic year. Recipients included President’s Award winner Ross Sibley, Provost’s Award honoree Sydney Robbins, Robert C. LaLance Jr. Award winner Sevinch Kamaridinova and MTSU Community Service honoree Brian Maxwell. A common thread: All are part of the MTSU Honors College….
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…