MTSU students and faculty will be on spring break from Monday, March 4, through Saturday, March 9. Classes will resume Monday, March 11. During this time, all university offices will be open their normal hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Also, some buildings and MT Dining food venues will be open during the week and…
Downtown on the Farm, presented by Locally Owned Murfreesboro, raised $4,000 for a scholarship in MTSU’s Jones College of Business. “We are grateful for all of our supporters who came out for the dinner,” said Michelle Willard, vice president of Locally Owned Murfreesboro. “You have made and will continue to make Murfreesboro such a wonderful…
Thirty concrete and construction companies were invited. Dozens of MTSU concrete and construction management students seeking summer internships or full-time employment following graduation registered to attend. The regional and national companies met with the MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management students Wednesday (Feb. 27) in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building for…
Delta Airlines officials who work with more than 10,000 veterans at their company visited Middle Tennessee State University Wednesday (Feb. 20) to gain a firsthand look at the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center and veterans’ initiatives. The purpose of the half-day meeting was for MTSU to learn more about Delta’s Veterans…
Ana Cannon of Clarksville, Tennessee, and Joseph Howard of Murfreesboro are firmly committed to attending MTSU starting this fall. Buchanan Scholar Emma Beard of Clinton, Tennessee, also wants to come to the Murfreesboro university, but with a 35 ACT score and a 4.47 GPA, other in- and out-of-state public and private schools are still knocking…
MTSU Tennessee STEM Education Center conference first-day keynote speaker Ilana Horn viewed a newspaper account of the state’s high school students generally not being prepared for college in math, her specialty, or reading, with a number of reasons why there are problems. Horn is a professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in…
The Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center at Middle Tennessee State University this week honored The Palm Restaurant in Nashville for expressing its commitment to hiring and supporting those who have served in our country’s armed forces. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Huber, MTSU’s senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives, and…
About 20 Girl Scouts spent time on the Middle Tennessee State University campus this week as part of a daylong career mentoring project hosted by first lady Elizabeth McPhee that provided exposure to a wide range of professions. McPhee, a retired educator with Murfreesboro City Schools, hosted the girls for a breakfast in the President’s…
Blackman High School juniors who are part of the Blackman Collegiate Academy partnership with MTSU learned about biology research, how foreign languages can enhance their lives, unmanned aircraft systems and more. Eighty Blackman students visited MTSU Tuesday (Feb. 12) as part of the partnership between the university and the Rutherford County high school on the…
Middle Tennessee State University has set a $300,000 goal for its second year of “True Blue Give,” a 72-hour online push for donations from Blue Raider alumni and supporters. This year’s goal is to raise funds from at least 600 university alumni and friends during the Feb. 13-15 drive to support academics, athletics and scholarships….