For MTSU supply chain management professor Cliff Welborn, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — and the resulting concerns about testing capacity, food supply and the scarcity of household items such as toilet paper and wipes — highlights the growing importance of his field of instruction and a key concept within it: “right product, right place, right…
For the first time, MTSU’s Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center will hold a virtual Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, and can viewed on MTSU’s or the Daniels Center’s Facebook page. More than 90 student veterans will…
Thinking of pursuing that advanced degree? Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Graduate Studies is offering a limited number of very reduced application fees for summer and fall to make that decision quite a bit easier. Once the limited number of $1 application fees has been reached, the fee will return to $35. You can…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…