Middle Tennessee State University continues developing financial incentives to attract new students to its Blue Raider family, the latest being a new guaranteed scholarship that may hold the key to helping some students earn their degrees. MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee brought the breaking news to guests attending the recent kickoff for the 2019 True…
Daniel McGrath has lived all of his life in Murfreesboro. But even he made more discoveries about his hometown through the annual “Meet Murfreesboro” event on the MTSU campus earlier this week. Meet Murfreesboro is the annual Connection Point event sponsored by New Student and Family Programs and Center for Student Involvement and Leadership that…
Area high school students, their parents and families are invited to attend the upcoming Rutherford County College Night – one of the first college recruiting fairs in the Middle Tennessee region this fall. The event, hosted by MTSU, features 50 colleges and universities from across the Southeast. It will be held from 6 to 8…
Middle Tennessee State University announced Wednesday (Aug. 28) a first-of-its-kind partnership focused on bringing research-supported innovations to how the university prepares students to become K-12 teachers. MTSU and the State Collaborative on Reforming Education, also known as SCORE, have signed a three-year renewable agreement to develop an innovative strategy for the MTSU College of Education…
Addressing the new batch of Middle Tennessee State University freshmen, the Class of 2023, near the end of her nearly 20-minute talk, historian and author Tara Westover provided sound advice. “Don’t mistake the middle of your story for the end,” Westover said. “Every life has that moment and you can’t avoid it. All you can…
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee kicked off the university’s new academic year Thursday (Aug. 22) with a call to develop more ready-to-work graduates and begin work on bold ideas to increase success in, around and beyond the classroom. McPhee’s remarks came during his traditional State of the University Address at the Fall Faculty Meeting inside…
Pumped up by a medley of tunes performed by the MTSU Band of Blue pep band and bolstered by a multitude of on- and off-campus volunteers, more than 1,500 new freshmen — part of 2,500-plus students altogether — moved into campus residence halls Friday (Aug. 23). The well-oiled machine is officially called We-Haul, MTSU Center…
WMOT Roots Radio, MTSU’s flagship public radio station, will be among co-producers of the AmericanaFest Day Stage as part of the 20th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference (AmericanaFest) taking place Sept. 10-15 in Nashville. WMOT joins NPR Music, in partnership with the nationally-syndicated “World Cafe” daily music program produced by WXPN/Philadelphia and the Tennessee…
Three longtime insurance professionals will be the latest inductees into the Robert E. Musto Tennessee Insurance Hall of Fame at Middle Tennessee State University. The inductees into the 2019 class are Julie Mix McPeak of Nashville, Mary Francis Miller of Nashville and William “Dick” Williams of Crossville. An induction ceremony will be held at 6…