The Middle Tennessee State University community showed what it really means to be “true blue,” smashing this year’s fundraising goal through the annual “True Blue Give” 72-hour donor drive. Almost 700 MTSU alumni, friends, faculty and staff and even some current students donated more than $450,000 toward scholarships, student emergency funds, academics and athletics during…
MTSU students are invited to a meet-and-greet and luncheon with the FBI from 11 to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Daniels Veterans Center in Room 324 of the Keathley University Center. The lunch, which is free, will be provided by the Daniels Center. To attend, RSVP to [email protected]. Hilary Miller, veterans center director,…
In anticipation of the upcoming national election in November, MTSU will host a gathering designed to increase civic engagement. The 2020 Middle Tennessee Campus Civic Summit, the third annual statewide event of its kind in Tennessee, will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in the Student Union Ballroom. Registration, breakfast…
Interested in biochemistry and hunting for the right college for him, Ross Sibley, his mother Pam and sister Emily flew 2,000 miles from Southern California to Nashville, Tennessee, last summer. They planned to check out schools in Nashville and Knoxville, then discovered Middle Tennessee State University. “We stopped here, in Murfreesboro, and I fell in…
Beginning this fall, Middle Tennessee State University will begin offering a new bachelor’s degree of data science as well as a graduate certificate geared toward working professionals in the emerging field. MTSU leaders announced its Tennessee Data Initiative at a Tuesday, Feb. 18, news conference at the Nashville Technology Council’s headquarters attended by university and…
Moved by the devastation of Hurricane Dorian in 2019, Nathan Lathrop and four high school friends at the Center for Creative Arts in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wanted to do their part. So they planned a fundraising yard sale, pooling items for the one-day event. Lathrop, 18, handed MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee a check for $740…
It’s time to connect with fellow Blue Raiders. And it’s as easy as joining MTSU Connect, a new career and mentorship network where Middle Tennessee State University students, alumni, faculty and staff can share experiences, enhance skills and gain fresh perspectives. MTSU Connect enables community members to network by finding fellow alumni in their local…
Middle Tennessee State University has selected Barnes & Noble College to manage its campus bookstore operations. The store will reopen as MTSU Phillips Bookstore under Barnes & Noble College management on April 6 in the Student Union Building. MTSU Business and Finance Vice President Alan Thomas and Barnes & Noble College President Lisa Malat announced…
The MTSU Honors College, Office of Admissions and various departments across campus are collaborating for the annual Presidents Day Open House. The daylong event is scheduled for Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 17, for high school and transfer students across the region and beyond. Registration is open now at www.mtsu.edu/rsvp. The Honors College offers personalized teaching,…