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…
MTSU’s Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition (CALA) invites the public to register now for an upcoming introductory course to American Sign Language. CALA, the language training partner of the University Honors College, will help ASL course participants learn sign language “naturally through games and other fun hands-on activities dealing with greetings, numbers, colors, body parts,…
With interest at or near an all-time high in the burgeoning craft beer market, Middle Tennessee State University will be hosting industry representatives and the general public for the Tennessee Craft Beer and Spirit Distilleries International Sales Opportunities Forum. The event, which is free, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug….
More than 300 MTSU students filled two sections of Floyd Stadium Tuesday to unfurl a giant new banner for the Blue Zoo, a revived booster group that organizers hope will bring more pep into Blue Raider Athletics. The scene at the event, with students holding aloft the banner — when the football team scores in…
MTSU alumna Angie Grissom (Class of 2000) is among the 2019 recipients of a top national achievement award presented by the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society. Grissom, who earned her Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the Jennings A. Jones College of Business, received one of three Beta Gamma…