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…
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…