It brought many people to tears, the nearly 40-minute 9/11 Remembrance ceremony held early Tuesday (Sept. 11) morning at the Veterans Memorial outside the Tom H. Jackson Building. From cadets and the new Department of Military Science chair Carrick McCarty to Gold Star Moms Tammy Bass and Jan Edens to Keith M. Huber, senior adviser…
The public is invited to join the MTSU community for the university’s fourth 9/11 Remembrance at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Veterans Memorial site outside the Tom H. Jackson Building, 628 Alma Mater Drive. The event commemorates the 17th anniversary of a series of four coordinated terrorist suicide attacks by the Islamic group…
Restaurants, the Smyrna Bowling Center, Murfreesboro Post, churches and more from the Murfreesboro and Rutherford County community met students, faculty and staff under two large tents on the MTSU campus Tuesday (Aug. 28). It was Day 1 of the two-day Meet Murfreesboro, where new and returning MTSU students capture a glimpse of what businesses in…
An overflow crowd of 300-plus very interested Department of Aerospace professional pilot majors and those from other areas heard the Delta Propel pitch that could ultimately land them with career positions with the major airline. They attended the official launch of the Delta Propel Pilot Career Path Program Friday (Aug. 31) in the Student Union…
MTSU students filtered into the Student Union Ballroom at a steady rate Thursday (Aug. 30), with about 100 in the opening hour of the Student Employment Fair to find part-time work while going to college. Many students gravitated to the Kroger table, where Karla Nipper, human resources manager at the South Church Street location, counted…
MTSU’s military science program ushered in the fall semester with a brief but formal swearing-in ceremony, as eight newly contracted students took the oath Thursday (Aug. 23) outside Forrest Hall after passing their physical training exercise this week. Before administering the oath, U.S. Army Maj. Carrick McCarthy addressed the new and returning cadets, family members…
Thousands of new MTSU freshmen and transfer students will help usher in the 2018-19 academic year along with their families during University Convocation at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in Murphy Center. The public is invited. Attendees will hear from President Sidney A. McPhee, Vice President of Student Affairs Deb Sells and attorney Bryan Stevenson,…
Middle Tennessee State University’s Scholars Academy continues to attract a growing number of incoming freshmen seeking early acclimation into the Blue Raider community. This year’s class of scholars for the academy’s Freshman Summer Institute consists of a record 460 students from more than 10 states, a significant increase from the 357 students enrolled last summer…
The Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame honored seven outstanding Tennessee journalists, including one posthumously, during induction ceremonies Tuesday, Aug. 7, during the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters annual conference at Murfreesboro’s Embassy Suites Hotel. This marked the sixth class to be inducted into the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame, located at Middle Tennessee State University. Pictured,…
MTSU graduate students Yiting Dong of Hangzhou, China, and Shannon Ghee of Eagleville, Tennessee, are part of the transformation for the growing actuarial sciences program that numbers more than 125 combined undergraduate and graduate students. The program dipped to a third of its current size 10 to 15 years ago, said professor Don Hong, who…