MTSU students engage in upcoming Scholars Week activities
MTSU students often toil one or more semesters — and sometimes year-round — to be part of the annual Scholars Week, which will be held March 18-22 across the MTSU campus. MTSU Scholars Week is an annual weeklong celebration of research, scholarship, and creative projects. All events are free and open to the public. To…
Take a closer look at MTSU during preview day
Middle Tennessee State University will host hundreds of prospective students and their families Saturday, March 23, for an MTSU Preview Day on campus. MTSU holds preview days as a way for prospective students to see the campus, take tours provided by student guides, learn about departments, programs and student organizations and meet faculty and staff…
MTSU proud of its long service to low-income students
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, in a note to university community Friday, underscored MTSU’s standing as a destination of choice for first-generation students and its long success in helping low-income students who meet admission standards overcome obstacles often posed by tuition and fees. McPhee’s message follows an announcement by the University of Tennessee System that…
‘SmokyMtnU’ experience in East Tenn. energizes MTSU biology class
The semester-long college course is called SmokyMtnU, a catchy name provided by Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials in partnership with Middle Tennessee State University for a pilot four-credit biology course. Nine MTSU undergraduate students spent most of spring break recently in indoor and outdoor “laboratories” inside the park, viewing elk and fish being studied…
MTSU taps partnerships, advisory board to boost new Professional Sales concentration
A new program within MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business is filling an increasing need for sales professionals in the Mid-state economy with the support of partnerships and a team of industry advisors. Launched last fall, the new Professional Sales concentration within the Department of Marketing was made possible through a $100,000 donation from…
Time’s the theme of Smith’s March 15 MTSU Star Party talk
Time will be the subject of MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy associate professor Nat Smith’s presentation for the next Star Party at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 15. The talk, which is titled “Something about Time,” will be held in Room 102 of Wiser-Patten Science Hall. Star Parties are a way for the department to…
Attorneys provide free legal clinic for MTSU student veterans, families
The Rutherford and Cannon County Bar Association is offering free consultation for MTSU student veterans and their families Saturday, March 16, at MTSU. The consultation with a licensed attorney will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center, Room 124, in Keathley University Center….
MTSU to host economist Art Laffer for public lecture on trade
The Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU will host well-known economist Art Laffer for an upcoming public lecture on international trade. Laffer, a former economic adviser for President Ronald Reagan, will present his lecture beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in the State Farm Lecture Hall, Room S102, in the Business and Aerospace Building….
MTSU kudzu, ginseng, volcano researchers show work at state Capitol
The Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students’ research topics ranged from kudzu to ginseng to volcanoes and more. Fifty-five other state university students joined MTSU with their own variety of research subject matter at the annual Posters at the Capitol at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville Tuesday (Feb. 26), showcasing their work to legislators…