Middle Tennessee State University is preparing to celebrate the 2,440-plus members of the first class of 2024 with a trio of commencement ceremonies set for Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4. Graduate and undergraduate students in the university’s College of Behavioral and Health Sciences and College of Liberal Arts kick the festivities off with…
Two of Middle Tennessee State University’s original five buildings are getting a significant upgrade through a $54.3 million renovation project of Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall. MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee was joined by other university leaders Wednesday, April 24, to announce the upcoming construction project that is scheduled to begin in mid-May with…
Melinda Crook marveled at the joy and fun the schoolchildren from Mitchell-Neilson Elementary and other schools were having recently in the Tennessee Livestock Center on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. At the MTSU School of Agriculture Ag Education Spring Fling, Crook, assistant principal at Mitchell-Neilson, knows her school’s youngsters live in downtown Murfreesboro and…
Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media is celebrating its 50th year of teaching students reporting, storytelling, breaking news and everything in between. Approved in 1972, the program began when Ed Kimbrell started the Department of Mass Communications, which included sequences in advertising and public relations, news-editorial, graphics and photography, and broadcasting….
Middle Tennessee State University chef Mike Wojciechowski has combined his passion for cooking with his penchant for competition to create an award-winning combination. Wojciechowski — who oversees McCallie Dining Hall inside Keathley University Center and Farmers Market Dining Hall inside the Student Union on campus — recently garnered third place in the regional collegiate Aramark…
As the solar eclipse peaked at 93% totality locally just after 2 o’clock Monday, April 8, on the Middle Tennessee State University campus, several groups of mostly MTSU students began cheering the rare, natural phenomenon. It had been seven years since the 2017 Great Tennessee Eclipse brought 100% totality for about two minutes on campus…
Many of them dressed for success and exhibiting research at a top level, middle and high school students from as far away as Fentress County, Tennessee, recently converged at Middle Tennessee State University to showcase their STEM exploration in science, technology, engineering and math. Among them were seniors Ella Holtermann and Matthew Jackson from Hendersonville…
Mark your calendars for an upcoming Middle Tennessee State University-hosted horse event that supports health care for recovering veterans. The 10th annual MTSU CERV Showcase will be held Saturday, April 6, at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum, 304 W. Thompson Lane, in Murfreesboro. This year, the CERV Showcase will be run in conjunction with the two-day…
A Middle Tennessee State University Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty member will open the MTSU Observatory for two hours during the 2024 solar eclipse Monday, April 8. Professor Eric Klumpe said the observatory near Wiser-Patten Science Hall will be open from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m., weather permitting, for the eclipse. Scientists said Murfreesboro will…
The June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students at Middle Tennessee State University is spearheading a half-dozen inclusive activities on campus in April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. “Activities throughout Sexual Assault Awareness Month are important to our entire community,” said June Anderson Center Director Maigan Wipfli, “because we understand that all students may…