MTSU Alumni Summer College

Spaces still available to learn about ‘better living’ at 11th MTSU Alumni Summer College

With the registration deadline quickly approaching and spaces still available, the MTSU Office of Alumni Relations looks forward to bringing “better living” to some of its faithful alums and supporters during the 11th annual Alumni Summer College on June 20-22. Highlights of this year’s three-day event will be entertainment by Emmy-nominated comedian Chonda Pierce, a…

MTSU and Chinese partner

MTSU, Chinese partner agree to launch joint International Ginseng Institute

Middle Tennessee State University and its primary research partner in China agreed to create a joint ginseng institute that will study, develop and promote Tennessee-grown herbal products for sale in Asia and other emerging markets. MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Miao Jianhua, director of the Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, signed the agreement…

MTSU robot competitors

MTSU students make major impact at National Robotics Challenge

For the second consecutive year, members of the MTSU Robotics Club shined at the National Robotics Challenge recently at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Marion, Ohio. This year, MTSU emerged with gold and silver awards in the Mini-Sumo Robot competition, silver and bronze in Combat Robot competition and a bronze in the Autonomous Vehicles Challenge….

MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee

MTSU president touts successes, explores joint research options during China tour

Middle Tennessee State University helped its primary partner in China, Hangzhou Normal University, celebrate its 110th birthday, participating in a series of events that wrapped up Monday. HNU, which helps MTSU operate the Confucius Institute on the Murfreesboro campus, marked the anniversary of its 1908 founding with an international assembly of scholars, which featured MTSU…

MTSU Global Commerce

MTSU report: Foreign firms invested $2B, created 3,400 jobs in Tenn. last year

Tennessee again attracted substantial foreign investment in 2017, amounting to roughly $2 billion from 11 different countries, according to the latest “Global Commerce” report from MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center. This investment by 19 foreign-owned firms created almost 3,400 new jobs, and the amount of new investment was the highest over the past 10…

MTSU President Sidney McPhee in China

MTSU president to stress cultural outreach, partnerships during China visit

MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee began a lecture series Wednesday (May 9) that will take him to four Chinese universities as part of a concerted effort to share American culture with high-ability students who are considering potential study-abroad opportunities. McPhee’s first stop on his lecture circuit was at North China University of Technology, on the…

Winner’s Circle Art Exhibition at MTSU

5th Annual Winner’s Circle Art Exhibition at MTSU

The MTSU Department of Art and Design announces Winner’s Circle 2018, an invitational showcase of artworks from the Kindergarten through 12th grade students of Murfreesboro City Schools, Rutherford County Schools, area private schools like Saint Rose of Lima, and community home-schoolers. Scheduled May 11-19, 2018, a closing Awards Reception is planned Saturday, May 19, 1:00…

MTSU team with awards

First-year MTSU coach guides equestrian team to third-place finish at nationals

Middle Tennessee State University’s equestrian team has sent individual riders to the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championship for many years. However, it had been five years since the well-respected program had qualified as a team. Now, a third-place finish at nationals is how coach Ariel Herrin capped off her first year as coach following…