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…
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…
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…
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,…
Middle Tennessee State University academic officials laid the groundwork for a new mechatronics engineering program in 2012-13. With the state’s blessings, the program went from ground zero in early August 2013 to 20 students that first semester. Five years and nearly 400 students later, mechatronics is a fast-growing program that’s already graduated 66 students earning…
Middle Tennessee State University is exploring the creation of a new bachelor of science degree in data science, the institution’s Board of Trustees learned at its quarterly meeting Tuesday. Pam Wright, chair of the board’s Academic Affairs, Student Life and Athletics Committee, told trustees of the administration’s intent to submit letters of notification to the…