There’s dancing in the aisles, dance ’til the cows come home and more dance phrases than you can shake a leg at these days. For MTSU junior Cassidy Johnson, her “happy dance” is not necessarily dance the night away, it’s dance the pounds away. About 100 pounds to be exact As a freshman Honors College…
The Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees will consider a proposal to increase undergraduate in-state tuition and mandatory fees at its June 18 meeting. The Tuition Transparency and Accountability Act (T.C.A. §§ 49-7-1601, et. seq.) requires boards of public universities to give public notice of proposed increases to tuition and mandatory fees charged to…
In observance of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, some members of the MTSU community are taking advantage of a recently launched opportunity to improve their own literacy of mental health topics. MTSU’s Center for Health and Human Services launched the Mental Health First Aid project on campus earlier this spring. Thus far the effort…
Nearly 1,300 Murfreesboro City Schools’ third-graders were fascinated by the butter-making process and much more during their fifth annual “Farm2School” field trip to the MTSU Farm and Dairy in Lascassas, Tennessee. The students visited the university’s Experiential Learning and Research Center — the farm and dairy — Wednesday, May 8. The farm experience is part…
Whitney Curtis and Erin Mckenzie received a life-altering education from Middle Tennessee State University, thanks to a one-of-a-kind Cartwright-Coakley Scholarship. Curtis and Mckenzie are the first two MTSU graduates of the scholarship, which was established in 2015 by Michael and Tina Cartwright of Franklin, Tennessee, helping students from L. N. Coakley High School in Great…
Nineteen MTSU seniors awaiting graduation were commissioned as U.S. Army second lieutenants Friday (May 3) during a formal ceremony in the Veterans Memorial outside the Tom H. Jackson Building. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jimmie L. Cole Jr., land component commander for the Tennessee Army National Guard, provided remarks, welcoming the new commissionees into the next…
As he walked across the Murphy Center stage Friday, May 3, to receive his doctorate in literacy studies — his fourth MTSU degree — Perry Louden Jr. of Woodbury, Tennessee, completed a 30-year academic journey sprung from the gritty determination of a high school dropout who is now a veteran Rutherford County Schools teacher. “Looking…
A return of moon rocks and soil and a discussion about the upcoming celebration of the 50th anniversary of the NASA Apollo 11 moon landing will highlight the 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy Star Party. The event will be led by lecturer Irina Perevalova in Room 102 of Wiser-Patten…
Four riders from MTSU’s equestrian program have qualified for the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association nationals, which will be held starting Thursday, May 2, in Syracuse, New York. The riders, all horse science majors, will be competing in Open Reining, Intermediate Horsemanship and Beginner Horsemanship in Western categories at the New York State Fairgrounds Expo Center….
For MTSU spring graduate Alexis Marshall of Murfreesboro, her hometown university provided her a chance to pursue her academic passion without mountains of debt, expand her worldview through overseas trips and prepare for the next steps toward a professional career. Graduating at Saturday’s commencement with degrees in journalism and Spanish and a minor in Arabic,…