All nine Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students survived their most strenuous and intensive aspect of the “SmokyMtnU” class they completed during the spring semester. The nine, plus graduate student Lee Rumble of Nashville, Tennessee, and associate professor Ashley Morris spent one night of front-country camping and three nights in the back country as their…
MTSU’s Asian Student Association recently accepted a donation from a Murfreesboro Buddhist temple to support the campus organization’s efforts to celebrate and raise awareness about Asian culture. The student group accepted $6,000 in total donations from the Wat Lao Buddharam temple during the recent Lao New Year celebration, which falls on Memorial Day weekend every…
Beloved community stalwart Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Rhea, often called Middle Tennessee State University’s biggest cheerleader, died Thursday, May 30, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville following a lengthy illness. She was 85. Rhea, a retired radiologist, was perhaps best known for her love of the Blue Raiders and, along with her late husband, Dr….
After having such a good time at last year’s Lifelong Learning Program at MTSU, retiree Donna Tuma returned this year with husband Robert for another series of informative educational sessions about a wide variety of topics. “This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about all different kinds of subjects,” said Tuma, a retired Murfreesboro City…
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…