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 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…
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…
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 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…
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….
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….
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…
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…