IGBR Research Award 2020

MTSU BERC director Arik presented multiple awards from the Institute for Global Business Research

MTSU faculty member Murat Arik, director of the Business and Economic Research Center, was recently recognized for exemplary service and research with multiple honors from the Institute for Global Business Research. For his supportive role to the organization, Arik was named a recipient of the 2020 IGBR Fellow Award. Serving as editor of IGBR’s Global…

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MTSU offers free online, remote mental health resources during COVID-19

As MTSU continues navigating the added stress of a social distancing environment, a variety of free mental health support services are available for students, faculty and staff. MTSU’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services housed in the Miller Education Center and MTSU Counseling Services inside the Keathley University Center are both offering remote mental health…

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MTSU Police raises profile with use of ‘cruise lights’ while patrolling campus

MTSU Police officers have begun using “cruise lights” while on patrol to enhance their visibility on campus. The lights will be solid (non-flashing) blue mounted to the roof of patrol vehicles. Community members should be aware that they are not required to pull over or stop for a police vehicle displaying only “cruise lights.” Flashing…

MTSU Finish Now Fridays

MTSU begins online ‘Finish Now Fridays’ Q&A to help adult learners seeking degrees

With social distancing guidelines still in place at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond, faculty and staff are using technology to their outreach advantage. Beginning Friday, April 17, MTSU Online staff will launch “Finish Now Fridays” to answer questions, offer guidance, and explain their programs to adults looking to finish their bachelor’s degrees. MTSU has…

MTSU student Jared Frazier

MTSU ‘scientist in the making’ Frazier earns Goldwater Scholarship

Middle Tennessee State University rising junior Jared Frazier has lofty aspirations to one day attend MIT. That’s the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, whose mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship and home to 95 Nobel laureates, 59 National Medal of Science winners and 77…

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MTSU online master’s in Supply Chain Management ranked nationally for affordability

MTSU’s online master’s degree in supply chain management has been ranked nationally for affordability. OnlineU, a Washington-based company that provides rankings for a variety of online educational programs, placed the university’s program at No. 15 in its 2020 list of top 25 online master’s degrees in supply chain management. See the complete rankings and other…

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MTSU Honors ecology class tackles real-world ‘flattening the curve’

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought experiential learning on multiple levels to a Middle Tennessee State University Honors ecology class. One week before MTSU spring classes began in January came the first reported U.S. cases of novel coronavirus. As weeks passed, the number of individuals testing positive exploded to hundreds of thousands of cases across…

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MTSU priority registration continues online through April 17

Online registration is underway for the upcoming summer and fall 2020 academic terms at MTSU. Priority registration runs through Friday, April 17. Students can access the MTSU Registration Guide at http://mtsu.edu/registration/registration-guide.php, then should contact and meet their advisers either online, email or phone and obtain the classes they need. Tyler Henson, director of the MT…

Coleman prepares to milk MTSU cows

Some students ‘essential’ to MTSU workforce, but health remains ‘top priority’

Erin Coleman works the front end of the process, one of several Middle Tennessee State University students milking more than 50 dairy cows twice daily at the School of Agriculture’s Farm Laboratory in Lascassas, Tennessee. Brendon Puckett and two others handle the back end, delivering the bottled and packaged white and chocolate milk across campus…

MTSU offers students remote tutoring in 200 subject areas – and it’s free

MTSU offers students remote tutoring in 200 subject areas – and it’s free

Many Middle Tennessee State University students are taking advantage of remote help in 200 courses and subject areas during the remainder of the spring 2020 semester. For freshman premed chemistry major Curtis Dearing of Ooltewah, Tennessee, remote tutoring he has received from graduate student Lindsay Czap and several others “has been very helpful and prepared…