MTSU STEAM festival

MTSU links to STEAM Festival with trio of October activities

An MTSU Art and Science art crawl-related event and two separate October Sky activities are the university’s contributions to the 2018 statewide STEAM Festival starting this Friday, Oct. 12. The Tennessee STEAM Festival is a celebration of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) across the state. It’s a community festival that will raise awareness…

F. Lee Bailey

Public invited to hear F. Lee Bailey speak Oct. 17 at MTSU

Noted trial attorney F. Lee Bailey will be speaking at MTSU next week, discussing the U.S. Senate hearings on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Bailey, who is known for his many high-profile cases including the O.J. Simpson trial, will speak from 10:20 to 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Room 106…

MTSU, Valparaiso Boards OK agreement to transfer law school to Murfreesboro

The governing boards of Middle Tennessee State University and Valparaiso University have endorsed the transfer of Valparaiso’s law school to the Murfreesboro campus, leaders from both institutions announced Wednesday. MTSU’s Board of Trustees approved an agreement outlining the transfer, as well as a recommendation to create a College of Law and establish a Juris Doctor…

MTSU United Way

MTSU, United Way partner online to help campus community find volunteer opportunities

Middle Tennessee State University students, faculty and staff looking for area volunteer opportunities — both on campus and off — now have a one-stop shop online thanks to a partnership between the university and United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties. For the past 18 months, the United Way has operated the Volunteer Connect website…

MTSU Chemistry Career Fair

MTSU science students explore career options at fair

Dozens of MTSU chemistry, biochemistry, preprofessional, science and nonscience-related majors recently networked with 22 organizations seeking future employees and summer internships. The annual Chemistry Career Fair occurred Thursday (Sept. 27) in the Science Building’s Liz and Creighton Rhea Atrium. Six companies joined 18 colleges and universities in sending representatives to the event, which was a…

Nashville student speechless

Nashville student ‘speechless’ after True Blue Tour recruiting stop yields new scholarship

Both young women come from the same high school, Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet, in Nashville. Diana Makram knows she wants to major in biology and minor in chemistry, and walked out of the Middle Tennessee State University True Blue Tour at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel with an $18,000 Presidential Scholarship. Martina Hannaalla wants…

Artist Susan Kae Grant

MTSU’s Baldwin Gallery hosts Susan Kae Grant’s ‘Night Journey’ project

MTSU will host Dallas-based photographic artist Susan Kae Grant for an Oct. 8 public lecture. The Baldwin Photographic Gallery, located in MTSU’s Bragg Media and Entertainment Building, will host a monthlong exhibit of Grant’s “Night Journey” project, which she will discuss in a public lecture from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Room…

MTSU Presidential Scholarship Check

MTSU significantly increases Presidential Scholarship

Middle Tennessee State University announced Tuesday (Oct. 2) it will substantially increase the value and broaden eligibility of its Presidential Scholarship, a move that will more than double the amount awarded to some high-ability freshmen who enroll next fall. President Sidney A. McPhee announced the scholarship enhancement at the university’s True Blue Tour stop in…

Raider Roundup

MTSU agriculture Raider Roundup tests high school FFA skills

Some of the high school students came from as far away as Pigeon Forge, Pikeville, Spencer, Baxter and McEwen, Tennessee. Others attending the first Raider Roundup Friday, Sept. 21, at Middle Tennessee State University were from Cannon County, Watertown, Riverdale, Stewarts Creek, Greenbrier and Station Camp High School in Sumner County. Sponsored by MT Engage,…