Middle Tennessee State University will be a hosting “Finish Your Degree” Q&A event Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce in Murfreesboro. The come-and-go event will run from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Chamber, located at 3050 Medical Center Parkway near Interstate 24. Working adults and professionals will learn…
A nearly $2.2 million in-kind donation by Petroleum Experts Limited, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based company, will help Middle Tennessee State University geosciences undergraduates become more adept at geomapping and in turn enhancing their career prospects. With the donation, Petex is granting access to the educational licenses of the Move Suite, an industry-leading software whose applications current…
A new concentration and minor within MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment will help fill the increasing need for sports media professionals throughout the country. The Sports Media concentration in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media started this fall for new and returning students. The new programs are a part of a growing trend…
The public and Middle Tennessee State University community are invited to the annual MTSU 9/11 Remembrance at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. It will be at a new venue, the Miller Education Center second-floor atrium, 503 E. Bell St., this year because of on-campus construction near the Veterans Memorial adjacent to the Tom H. Jackson…
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…