A recognition of MTSU veterans who served – including five who died – in World War I, the legacy from that war, a veterans’ picnic and the presentation of the Dr. Joe Nunley Award to Jeff Davidson highlighted the pregame activities surrounding the 37th Salute to Veterans and Armed Forces at various campus venues. It…
Veterans from all eras will be recognized, but those from World War I will be featured Friday, Nov. 2, during the 37th Salute to Armed Forces during several pregame activities and also during the nationally televised Middle Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference USA football game at Floyd Stadium. The MT-WKU game has a 7 p.m. kickoff and…
With December graduation quickly approaching, MTSU senior Malcolm Dorsey of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, came to Murphy Center this week with his job face on as he made the rounds of employers on hand for the university’s Fall Career Fair. “I was looking for an opportunity that would take me to the next step after graduation,” said…
MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business again honored a group of business people with special awards in recognition of their contributions to business and industry. The four honorees were formally recognized at an awards reception Sept. 27 as well as at the Jones College-hosted Leadership Summit nationally known speakers John O’Leary and Mel Robbins…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…