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….
Middle Tennessee State University alumnus Torrance “Street Symphony” Esmond, honored Saturday by his alma mater as part of its events before the Grammy Awards, had three pieces of advice to current students. The multiple Grammy and Dove award winner told them to graduate, network and take advantage of all the opportunities that the College of…
Six students from the MTSU Department of Recording Industry, who were selected by chair Beverly Keel to represent the university, went both backstage and on stage Friday as the Recording Academy prepared Staples Center to host Sunday’s national telecast. The students, along with professor Matthew O’Brien, also met with Billboard magazine’s west coast editor, Melinda Newman, and artist executive Jay Landers, who…
The MTSU Honors College, Office of Admissions and various departments across campus are collaborating for the annual Presidents Day Open House. The daylong event is scheduled for Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18, for high school and transfer students across the region and beyond. The Honors College offers personalized teaching, smaller classes and a competitive edge…
Middle Tennessee State University starts its sixth annual outreach at the 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this weekend with a series of events for alumni, artists and executives with ties with its Department of Recording Industry. President Sidney A. McPhee, Dean Ken Paulson of the College of Media and Entertainment and Beverly Keel,…
Middle Tennessee State University School of Concrete and Construction Management Director Heather Brown was supposed to be on a working trip to Nebraska. But others in the know had other plans for her and resorted to very persuasive maneuvers to keep her from going to Nebraska and also teaching a concrete class at MTSU. So…