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Aerospace

April 20, 2022- Graduating MTSU drone students conquer class challenges, ready to fly into real world
https://mtsunews.com/graduating-drone-students-conquer-challenges-2022/
Six MTSU Aerospace unmanned aircraft systems students were able to get hands-on experience at Cummins Falls State Park during a mapping mission.

August 6, 2021- MTSU student enjoys ‘amazing’ Virgin Galactic summer internship
https://mtsunews.com/student-enjoys-amazing-virgin-galactic-internship/
Mike Harris, an MTSU professional pilot major, earned an internship with Virgin Galactic, an American spaceflight company.

May 4, 2021- MTSU aerospace maintenance management seniors benefit from ‘scholarship’ training
https://mtsunews.com/training-benefits-aerospace-maintenance-students/
Five students from the MTSU Aerospace Department have received the National Business Aviation Administration Charities scholarship.

February 26, 2021- Aerospace professor helps students adjust to ‘new normal’ with encouragement
https://mtsunews.com/aerospace-professor-helps-students-adjust-to-new-normal-with-encouragement/
Dr. Kevin Corns creates opportunities for hands-on learning for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations programs, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 21, 2020- Humor, endurance maintain MTSU aerospace professor’s class
https://mtsunews.com/humor-endurance-maintain-mtsu-aerospace-professors-class/
Bill Allen, an Aerospace associate professor, found a way to ensure all of his aircraft maintenance classes participated in the hands-on labs that had been affected by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 30, 2016- Aerospace students can now train on innovative weather software
https://mtsunews.com/weather-software-training-2016/
Southwest Airlines and The Weather Company donated a WSI Fusion to MTSU for aerospace students to receive hands-on training before the software becomes available to all aerospace majors.

February 12, 2015- MTSU unveils bachelor’s degree in unmanned aircraft operations
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-unveils-unmanned-aircraft-bachelors/
Unmanned aircraft systems or UAS are creating thousands of new jobs in many industries and proving to be a major fixture in the future of aviation worldwide.

February 5, 2015- MTSU uses unmanned craft to study Argentina’s agriculture
https://mtsunews.com/unmanned-aircraft-aids-argentina-ag-research/
Along with the five undergraduate students and one alumnus, MTSU faculty members Tony Johnston from the School of Agriculture and Doug Campbell in the Department of Aerospace teamed up to travel to South America and learn how unmanned aircraft systems — or UAS — can be used in agriculture.

Advertising

February 20, 2016- MTSU advertising students take on stereotypes after Rutherford fight against mosque
http://www.brentwoodhomepage.com/mtsu-advertising-students-take-on-stereotypes-after-rutherford-fight-against-mosque-cms-25318#.V365tNIrLcs
MTSU advertising majors' social-media effort to fight community stereotypes has earned them acclaim in an international competition and a free trip to Washington, D.C. to present their campaign.

- February 18, 2016- MTSU students’ acceptance campaign earns world ‘Double Take’
https://mtsunews.com/students-double-take-campaign/
MTSU advertising majors’ social-media effort to fight community stereotypes has earned them acclaim in an international competition — and a free trip to Washington, D.C. — to present their campaign.

November 14, 2014- Business student’s design named winner of MT Engage logo contest
adv1https://mtsunews.com/mt-engage-logo-winner/
MTSU business student Justin Johnson created the winning logo design that will now represent the MT Engage curriculum enhancement plan for the entire university.

 

 

-October 14, 2014-Oct. 21 is deadline for students to create QEP logo for contest
https://mtsunews.com/qep-logo-contest-2014/
MTSU students have until Oct. 21 to showcase their visual creative skills and submit the winning logo to represent the   university’s next Quality Enhancement Plan.

May 31, 2013- MTSU students are finalists in national natural-gas advertising contest
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/mtsu-students-are-finalists-in-national-natural-gas-advertising-contest-cms-35712
A team of MTSU students were in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 29, as finalists for the America’s Natural Gas Alliance Scholastics Achievement Award in the ANGA Collegiate Energy Challenge.

adv2- May 30, 2013- MTSU students win national natural-gas ad campaign contest
https://mtsunews.com/student-finalists-natural-solutions/
MTSU students have won top honors and a $5,000 prize in a nationwide     collegiate advertising competition to promote natural gas usage.

April 26, 2012- Hodge discovers new use for dental technology
https://mtsunews.com/professor-dental-discovery/
Research by Dr. Shannon Hodge, assistant professor of anthropology at MTSU, could provide archaeologists with a new way to investigate the past while respecting the wishes of living Native Americans for the treatment of their ancestors’ remains.

Agriculture

December 12, 2021- $750K USDA grant establishes Tennessee Digital Agriculture Center at MTSU to enhance youth education
https://mtsunews.com/750k-usda-grant-creates-tennessee-digital-ag-center/
A new $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Institute of Food and Agriculture will provide a series of projects and community outreach events for MTSU’s School of Agriculture.

March 5, 2021- MTSU creates ‘Virtual Farm’ with USDA funding to educate kids during pandemic
https://mtsunews.com/virtual-farm-usda-chhs-mtsu/
MTSU’s Center for Health and Human Services received an $816,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support a new Virtual Farm project.

April 14, 2021- MTSU students carry a glimpse of agriculture to local schools [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/students-carry-agriculture-to-local-schools/
MTSU School of Agriculture students worked to prepare agriculture bags for over 1,000 Rutherford County fourth graders.

March 26, 2020- MTSU ag students learn life lessons repairing, donating bicycles to help the homeless
https://mtsunews.com/ag-students-repair-donate-bikes-for-homeless/
Chimney Mosely’s mechanics class in the School of Agriculture helped provide four repaired bicycles to the local Greenhouse Ministries.

December 2, 2019- Vintage-looking signs point to MTSU Creamery’s ongoing growth
https://mtsunews.com/signs-point-to-creamerys-growth/
MTSU Creamery continues to grow as new vintage-looking tin signs are promoted within the community.

May 8, 2019- Butter-making and more at MTSU Farm charms City Schools 3rd graders [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-farm-charms-city-schools-students-2019/
About 1,300 third-graders from Murfreesboro City Schools visited the MTSU Farm and Dairy in Lascassas, Tennessee for their fifth annual Farm2School field trip.

September 6, 2018- MTSU toasts local dairy, named among first with state’s Tennessee Milk logo [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-dairy-carries-tennessee-milk-logo/
MTSU Creamery is one of the first in the state to carry the Tennessee Milk logo on dairy products.

June 5, 2018- Lamb and goat camp attracts 60 youngsters from across South
https://mtsunews.com/2018-mtsu-lamb-goat-camp/
Over sixty young people, from ages five to eighteen, participated in Massey’s Show Lamb Camp to learn how to better care for their animals and show them in state competitions.

May 17, 2018- Murfreesboro City Schools third-graders visit MTSU Farm
https://mtsunews.com/2018-city-schools-farm-visit/
About 600 third-graders from Murfreesboro City Schools experienced the farm life during a field trip to the MTSU Experiential Learning and Research Center.

February 5, 2018- State lawmakers learn about MTSU Botanical Medicine Center’s hemp research [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/lawmakers-hemp-research-visit/
House Speaker Beth Harwell visits MTSU’s Tennessee Center for Botanical Medicine Research. Curtis Johnson, R-Clarksville, House speaker pro tem; and Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby also visited the center to discuss the success of MTSU’s hemp research.

June 21, 2017- Students help usher in MTSU Creamery’s milk bottling process [+VIDEOS]
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-creamery-debut/
MTSU students help to distribute bottles of milk from the new MTSU Creamery. Bottled milk will be sold on campus in the Phillips Bookstore and Dwight’s Mini Mart for the first time in 50 years. 

May 17, 2017- 1,300 City Schools third-graders experience MTSU farm life [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/third-graders-visit-farm/
Over 1,300 third graders from Murfreesboro City Schools visited MTSU’s Experiential Learning and Research Center for a Farm2School field trip. Students got to experience a farm day including feeding the cows, learning about tractors, and making crafts from dried beans and yarn.

April 11, 2017- MTSU ag students show youngsters the origins of their food
https://mtsunews.com/2017-ag-education-spring-fling/
G’Anni Milton, Tinsley Pittenger and Allison Swenson and nearly 900 other Rutherford County schools students had no idea how much MTSU senior Austin Brennstuhl wants them to know where their food comes from — and he doesn’t mean the grocery store.

June 17, 2016- Time to ‘Saddle Up’ for family fun July 29 with ACE Learning Center
abas2https://mtsunews.com/saddle-up-2016/
“Saddle Up,” the MTSU program’s annual fundraising event, is more family-friendly this year, opening up Murphy Center from 5:30 to 8 p.m. July 29 for kid-focused fun, hands-on activities and, of course, great food.

 

 

May 13, 2016- MTSU shares 'Farm2School' life with 1,200 City Schools' children
http://wgnsradio.com/mtsu-shares-farm2school-life-with-1-200-city-schools-children-cms-32874
About 600 Murfreesboro City Schools' third-graders learned about the MTSU gardens and another 600 took in the dairy portion of the MTSU Experiential Learning and Research Center Thursday (May 12).

May 12, 2016- City 3rd-graders enjoy MTSU ‘Farm2School’ field trip [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/2016-farm2school-at-mtsu/
Around 1,200 third-graders from Murfreesboro City Schools visited MTSU’s Experiential Learning and Research Center to learn about the MTSU gardens and visit the dairy portion of the center in Lascassas.

April 13, 2016- Agritourism class offers glimpse of farm life for children
https://mtsunews.com/2016-ag-education-spring-fling/
Children have a blast when they visit a farm — or, in this case, the assortment of agriculture-related stations manned by MTSU students and volunteers for the third Agricultural Education Spring Fling Tuesday, April 12, in the Tennessee Livestock Center.

April 15, 2015-Farm animals captivate 900 at Ag Education Spring Fling
https://mtsunews.com/farm-animals-captivate-students/
The young students came to MTSU from all parts of Rutherford County: La Vergne, Rockvale, Lascassas, Smyrna and Murfreesboro. Nearly 900 youngsters in all, from pre-kindergarten through second-graders, attended. They came for the second MTSU Agricultural Education Spring Fling April 14 in the Tennessee Livestock Center on Greenland Drive.

February 5, 2015- MTSU uses unmanned craft to study Argentina’s agriculture
https://mtsunews.com/unmanned-aircraft-aids-argentina-ag-research/
Along with the five undergraduate students and one alumnus, MTSU faculty members Tony Johnston from the School of Agriculture and Doug Campbell in the Department of Aerospace teamed up to travel to South America and learn how unmanned aircraft systems — or UAS — can be used in agriculture.

September 18, 2014- Fun, food, drones capture fancy of MTSU Farm open house crowd
https://mtsunews.com/farm-laboratories-host-open-house/
MTSU Farm Laboratories held an Open House for the public and MTSU community. Visitors toured the gardens, the apiary, and the MTSU Dairy. The Aerospace department captured footage of the event through the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

July 7, 2014- MTSU Student Farmers Market resumes July 11
https://mtsunews.com/friday-farmers-market-open-2014/
Sales at the weekly MTSU Student Farmers Market will resume Friday, July 11, from noon to 2 p.m. with fresh farm-raised produce plus delicious honey from the hard-working bees of the MTSU Farm — all perfect for a tasty summer meal.

- June 10, 2014- Pick up fresh produce, honey from MTSU Student Farmers Market
https://mtsunews.com/farmers-market-spring2017/
The weekly MTSU Student Farmers Market is open Friday, June 13, from noon to 2 p.m. with fresh farm-raised produce plus delicious honey from the hard-working bees of the MTSU Farm — all perfect for a tasty Father’s Day meal.

December 14, 2012-Students far exceed alternative fuels’ go-kart expectations
https://mtsunews.com/alternative-go-kart-challenge/
MTSU electronic media communication major Ryan Skelley may have discovered “the best way to end college.” He and three research project teammates raced a propane-powered go-kart in competition against three other vehicles using different alternative fuels.

- December 12, 2012- MTSU Students to Race Modified Go-Karts Fueled With Hydrogen and More
http://wgnsradio.com/mtsu-students-to-race-modified-go-karts-fueled-with-hydrogen-and-more-cms-10154
Twenty-one MTSU students, who have modified four go-karts and one golf cart to run on five different alternative fuels, will have an end-of-semester competition at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.

July 21, 2014- ‘Saddle Up’ July 31 with MTSU to give happy cowpokes a hand
https://mtsunews.com/saddle-up-fundraiser-2014/
Get ready to give some of Rutherford County’s finest young wranglers a hand Thursday, July 31, at the annual “Saddle Up” fundraiser for MTSU’s Ann Campbell Early Learning Center.

July 29, 2013- Consumers buy in to MTSU Student Farmers Market
https://mtsunews.com/consumers-buy-in-to-mtsu-student-farmers-market/
A self-proclaimed “farmers-market junkie from way, way back” Elizabeth Nelson has been looking forward to every Friday’s sale of produce, plants and honey inside the MTSU Horticulture Center.

June 15, 2012-MTSU, county farmers’ market partnership share success
https://mtsunews.com/grow-healthy-rutherford/
MTSU’s role in a collaboration aimed at helping low-income residents and fixed-income senior citizens to eat healthier has proven to be an instant success.

Anthropology

December 23, 2019- MTSU digs into little-understood aspect of Nashville’s African American history [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/fort-negley-bass-street-dig-2019/
Dr. Andrew Wyatt, an associate professor and the creator of the Bass Street Community Archaeology Project, and MTSU students have begun digging at Fort Negley Park in Nashville.

October 18, 2016- ‘Immigrants and Refugees’ are focus of student research events
https://mtsunews.com/2016-social-science-symposium/
The 25th annual Tennessee Undergraduate Social Science Symposium, “Immigrants and Refugees,” featured discussion panels, student presentations, and a keynote address from Dr. Ruth Gomberg Muñoz from Loyola University Chicago.

October 5, 2015- City Council OKs effort to transfer Black Cat Cave site to MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/city-transfer-black-cat-cave/
The Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department will continue working toward transferring Black Cat Cave to MTSU pending final administrative and legal approvals, the city announced recently.

- August 8, 2015- Native American cemetery discovered at Black Cat Cave
anth1http://www.dnj.com/story/news/2015/08/05/native-american-cemetery-discovered-black-cat-cave/31184793/
Discovery of a Native American cemetery at the Black Cat Cave archaeological site has led to securing the site, the city announced Wednesday.

 




- August 5, 2015- MTSU, city team up to study, secure Native American site
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-city-black-cat-cave-2015/
The discovery of a Native American cemetery at the Black Cat Cave archaeological site has led the city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University and other public and private partners to secure the cave area and discuss plans for its future.

June 30, 2015- High schoolers get facts of forensic science at CSI: MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/csi-mtsu-2015/
They came to MTSU from high schools in four different states to learn more about forensic science in a hands-on environment.

April 6, 2015- Forensic anthropologist is on the case on ‘MTSU On the Record’
https://mtsunews.com/berryman-on-the-record-apr2015/
A recent edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program took a look at professional development opportunities for law enforcement personnel.

January 22, 2015- Scientists work to determine origin of Nashville Zoo graves
http://www.wsmv.com/story/27918682/scientists-work-to-determine-origin-of-nashville-zoo-graves

Nearly 20 years after a secret cemetery was discovered at the entrance to the Nashville Zoo, there are finally some answers to who was buried there.

- September 11, 2014- Who was Buried at Grassmere Plantation?
https://tennesseearchaeologycouncil.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/30-days-of-tennessee-archaeology-day-11/
Do you ever watch crime-scene dramas on TV, like “Bones”, “NCIS”, or the latest permutation of “CSI”? If so, you’ll know that in the TV world, skeletal specialists often get middle-of-the-night phone calls, or have their dinners interrupted by the sudden buzzing of a cell phone which signals that the plot just got a lot more interesting.

June 24, 2014- Students unearth history at MTSU Archaeological Field School
https://mtsunews.com/archaeological-field-school-2014/
The MTSU Archaeological Field School has taken the classroom outdoors for the last six weeks, keeping students hoping for breezes and wearing extra sunscreen as they dig and learn at a site in the rolling hills of western Rutherford County.

Art

May 29, 2020- Budding art teachers guide state School for the Blind students’ video to international honors [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/arctic-blues-video/
Dr. Debrah Sickler-Voight and her art education students competed in an international arts competition, along with the help from students from Tennessee School of the Blind.

July 22, 2014- Scandinavian study abroad finds ‘happiness’ for art exhibit
arthttps://mtsunews.com/scandinavian-happiness-exhibit-2014/
MTSU students learned firsthand why the people of Scandinavia’s cozy countries continually top the United Nations’ “World Happiness Report,” and their own report is “Passport to Happiness,” a new art exhibit open through Aug. 15 in MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery.

 

 

- July 19, 2013- Scandinavian folktale inspires MTSU art exhibit
https://mtsunews.com/scandinavian-folktale-inspires-mtsu-art-exhibit/
Inspired by a Scandinavian folktale, the collaborations of MTSU art students and children from Denmark and Norway will be displayed on campus.

June 5, 2012- MTSU Art Education Students Paint Patterson Park Mural
https://mtsunews.com/patterson-park-mural-video/
MTSU art education students collaborated with fourth- and fifth-grade students from Bradley Academy to design, craft and paint a full classroom mural at Patterson Park Community Center depicting four themes: life skills, sports, arts and community.

Athletic Training

August 9, 2021- ‘Keep On Training’: Listen to Aug. 3 ‘MTSU On the Record’
https://mtsunews.com/phillips-binkley-training-aug2021/
MTSU faculty and staff from the Department of Health and Human Performance explain how they have continued to provide experiential learning opportunities for students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 3, 2021- ‘MTSU On the Record’ tapes up, stays hydrated to learn about athletic training
https://mtsunews.com/phillips-binkley-on-the-record-july2021/
Dr. Kristi Phillips and Dr. Helen Binkley discuss the importance of experiential learning in athletic training and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected that.

May 19, 2015- MTSU signs pact with South Korean sports science academy
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-ulsan-memorandum-2015/
MTSU has signed a five year memorandum with the Ulsan Sports Science Secondary School in South Korea.

Biology

October 4,  2021- Professor’s $272K grant helps MTSU students soak up sponge research in Florida Keys [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/grant-helps-students-research-sponges/
MTSU’s Cole Easson has introduced new hands-learning opportunities for marine biology students through a National Science Foundation grant for sponge research projects.

June 29, 2021- With $6,500 stipend, MTSU biology researcher, student tackle Stones River Watershed diversity
https://mtsunews.com/researcher-student-study-stones-river-diversity/
Cole Easson and Jacqueline Williams have earned a $6,500 stipend to test water quality at ten locations throughout the fall and winter.

May 10, 2021- MTSU biology researcher caps senior year with ‘positive’ Smithsonian internship experience
https://mtsunews.com/biology-researcher-smithsonian-internship-2021/
Sarah Clark recently earned the opportunity to complete a virtual internship with the Smithsonian Institution at the National Museum of Natural History studying the evolution of equine influenza.

April 13, 2020- MTSU Honors ecology class tackles real-world ‘flattening the curve’
https://mtsunews.com/honors-ecology-class-tackles-flattening-the-curve/
Ecology students learn to understand the spread of disease in wildlife and plant populations and apply that to humans in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

April 11, 2017- MTSU Stormwater spring volunteer events improve environment
https://mtsunews.com/stormwater-spring-roundup-2017/
The MTSU community has been busy throughout the spring semester helping clean up the city of Murfreesboro, protecting the local water supply and improving the environment in a series of volunteer efforts from MTSU students, faculty and staff.

July 21, 2016- MTSU, Tennessee Tech researchers discover new bacteria
 https://mtsunews.com/researchers-discover-new-bacteria/
Middle Tennessee State University and Tennessee Technological University student and faculty researchers have discovered two new species of bacteria found in a cooling tower and hot tub in Putnam County, Tennessee.

August 7, 2015- Experiential Learning Opportunities in Ecology at MTSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR1IwlmpIf0
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Middle Tennessee State University R. Drew Sieg discusses the experiential learning opportunities that he's been developing for ecology students at MTSU. His honors students partner with Murfreesboro Greenway System to research factors impacting the environment.
 

Business Administration

March 5, 2021- MTSU business students produce ‘stunning’ results in TVA Investment Challenge
https://mtsunews.com/tea-investment-challenge/
MTSU business majors completed the TVA Investment Challenge, proving their strong market analysis skills.

October 19, 2020- Pandemic opens door for MTSU business students to compete in national Fed Challenge
https://mtsunews.com/national-college-fed-challenge-team-2020/
MTSU organized a team for the National College Fed Challenge in which students created a presentation on “Monetary Policy Amidst Uncertainty and Inequality during the COVID-19 Pandemic” with the help of MTSU’s Center for Educational Media.

January 15, 2020- JA Finance Park features MTSU room to help teach students financial literacy
https://mtsunews.com/junior-achievement-finance-park-2020/
The Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee located on Powell Place in Nashville works to teach financial literacy to secondary students. MTSU represents higher education within the finance park simulation.

August 7, 2018- MTSU cuts ribbon on professional sales lab to train business majors [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/mel-adams-lab-ribbon-cutting/
The Jones College of Business has opened the Mel Adams State Farm Agent Sales Lab to allow students in the Professional Selling concentration to experience real-world sales scenarios.

June 13, 2017- Dale Carnegie Training honors MTSU’s Urban with Global Leadership Award
https://mtsunews.com/urban-dale-carnegie-leadership-award/
MTSU Professor David Urban earned the Global Leadership Award from Dale Carnegie Training Worldwide presented to him by Joe Hart, the organization's president and CEO.

December 22, 2016- MTSU business students tout value of hands-on internship experience
https://mtsunews.com/hytch-student-internships-2016/
A group of MTSU students earned the opportunity to intern with Hytch, a ride-sharing service app.

May 12, 2016- [WATCH] MTSU students pitch ideas for seed money at biz plan finals
https://mtsunews.com/biz-plan-finals-2016-video/
MTSU students displayed their ideas at the 2016 Business Plan Competition Finals, in which over $20,000 in prizes were awarded to students.

November 11, 2013- MTSU business students become teachers in ‘flipped classroom’ (+VIDEO)
https://mtsunews.com/exl-management-flipped-classroom/
Dr. Jackie Gilbert uses Experiential Learning techniques to make her students the teachers within the classroom.

May 14, 2013- MTSU launches ‘icon’ of study-abroad learning via computer
BUADhttps://mtsunews.com/study-abroad-icon/
In some college classes, studying abroad doesn’t require a passport, a visa or even a suitcase. For the first time, MTSU students enjoyed simultaneous cyberspace communication with students in another nation in Dr. John Lipinski’s Strategic Management class.

 




Chemistry

June 28, 2018- Project SEED helps Central Magnet student get jump-start on future career
https://mtsunews.com/project-seed-bullock-2018/
A local high school student participated in Project SEED sponsored by the American Chemical Society. This program provided hands-on scientific experiences in research labs around the country, including MTSU’s.

May 15, 2017- International Liquid Chemistry Research Project launches at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/international-liquid-crystal-research/
A unique partnership between Middle Tennessee State University and the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences will allow MTSU undergraduate students to interact daily with European scientists as the students conduct National Science Foundation-funded research on liquid crystals.

Child & Family Studies

January 28, 2022- MTSU departments are ‘United for ALICE’ in addressing local social needs
https://mtsunews.com/united-way-social-work-human-sciences-alice-jan2022/
MTSU’s Department of Social Work and Department of Human Sciences partnered with the United Way and the League of Women Voters to raise support and awareness of families above the poverty line, but still experiencing economic difficulties.

November 8, 2021- Literacy Nights help MTSU education students put books in hands of children, families
https://mtsunews.com/literacy-nights-education-students-2021/.
In the Experiential Learning Language and Literacy course, students participated in local Literacy Nights to provide students and families with a complimentary meal and books provided by Read to Succeed.

July 13, 2021- Social work adjunct helps students adapt to pandemic challenges, learn skills for future
https://mtsunews.com/social-work-adjunct-helps-students-adapt-to-pandemic-challenges-learn-skills-for-future/
Trish Hyes, a social work and adjunct professor at MTSU, found a way to still create hands-on learning opportunities for social work students throughout the pandemic.

May 24, 2021- ‘It takes a village’ to engage students with high-impact, inclusive teaching
https://mtsunews.com/dotson-mt-engage-profile-may2021/
https://mtsunews.com/dotson-on-the-record-june2021/
Carmelita Dotson, a lecturer in the Department of Social Work, uses her courses to send students out into the Murfreesboro community.

April 14, 2014- MTSU students offer kids, elders some Good Friday ‘egg-citement’
cdfshttps://mtsunews.com/exl-egg-hunt-s2014/
Some MTSU students will try to make Good Friday an even better Friday for some local youngsters and their elders. The 26 students of Stephanie Bush’s Aging Health and Development Class will host an Easter egg hunt at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, at Stones River Manor, a senior living community at 205 Haynes Drive in Murfreesboro.

Communication Studies

December 10, 2021- MTSU students help Spanish speakers talk to clients about domestic violence
https://mtsunews.com/cosmetologists-spanish-translation-dec2021/
MTSU Spanish translation students aided the YWCA’s Shear Haven Initiative in creating a script for an online training for cosmetologists to recognize signs of domestic violence.

May 20, 2021- MTSU’s 2020-21 debate team tops nation while adjusting to pandemic conditions
https://mtsunews.com/debate-national-champs-may2021/
The MTSU debate team competed with other schools in an online format to place first in the nation.

December 2, 2020- MTSU students help local, world artists promote peace on UN’s day for people with disabilities [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/borderless-peace-project-2020/
MTSU speech, dance, and communication students worked to celebrate and encourage peace through a partnership with Borderless Arts, an organization that supports art programs for people with disabilities.

November 5, 2020- Talented young Tennesseans compete in virtual concert with MTSU students’ help [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/young-soloist-competition-2020/
Borderless Arts and MTSU students worked to showcase vocalists and musicians in the annual Borderless Arts Tennessee Young Soloist Competition.

December 10, 2019- With transfers, newcomers, MTSU’s debate team continues winning ways
https://mtsunews.com/debate-team-update-fall19/
The MTSU Debate Team continues to impress as they participate in tournaments in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Knoxville, as well as MTSU’s own tournament.

May 25, 2019- MTSU Lifelong Learning Program continues to grow, educate community [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/lifelong-learning-2019-recap/
The College of Liberal Arts presented its lifelong Learning Program for the fifth year in a row.

April 30, 2018- MTSU offers hands-on, accelerated foreign language classes at summer institute
https://mtsunews.com/cala-summer-institute-2018/
The Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition holds its 15th annual Summer Language Institute.

April 2017- COMM 2200 Students partner with Mike Helms of Bridges
Mike of Bridges visits COMM 2200 Class
A group of students from Lori Kissinger’s COMM 2200 course enhanced their communication skills by planning a presentation for their EXL project. Students partnered with Mike Helms of Bridges, who is deaf, to give a lecture on how to communicate with the deaf.

March 15, 2017- COMM 2200 Students Participate in World Speech Day
COMM 2200 Students Participate in World Speech Day
In Lori Kissinger's speech classes, students were connected to individuals all around the globe for World Speech Day on March 15.

March 13, 2017- Speech Students Host St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Speech Students Host St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Students in Lori Kissinger’s COMM 2200 Fundamentals of Communication class received the opportunity to host a Saint Patrick’s Day party for young adults with disabilities.

February 20, 2017- VSA Tennessee's Young Soloist Competition set for Feb. 22 at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-tn-young-soloist-2017/
Students enrolled in Lori Kissinger’s Organizational Communication in Communities course have once again successfully handled the logistics of Very Special Arts (VSA) Tennessee’s Young Soloist Competition.

February 1, 2017- Speech Students Raise Money at ‘Souper Bowl’
Souper Bowl
Students in Lori Kissinger’s COMM 2200 speech classes received the opportunity to help others in need through an event called the “Souper Bowl.”

February 2017- MTSU Students worked with VSA Tennessee Assisting Young People with Disabilities
COMM 2200 Tea Caddies Project
A group of Lori Kissinger’s COMM 2200 EXL students worked with various young people with disabilities at MTSU in February. Under the direction of Lauren Rudd, in Human Sciences, the young students were assisted in making tea caddies. The tea caddies are part of the Teapot Diplomats program of VSA TN. This collaboration across disciplines allowed students to work together to benefit VSA Tennessee, which provides opportunities for young people with disabilities to participate in and express themselves through the arts and arts education.

November 10, 2016- MTSU Speech Students Help Make Costumes for a Great Cause
MTSU Students Help Make Costumes for a Great Cause
Middle Tennessee State University Fundamentals of Communication students recently teamed up with VSA Tennessee and Project 22 to assist individuals with disabilities make costumes.

April 16, 2015- Be Irish For A Day Festival
comm1http://40days.vsatn.org/festival-with-global-down-syndrome-day/
The Ambassadors of VSA Tennessee is a student organization based at Middle Tennessee State University. This group of students organized in order to assist VSA Tennessee as volunteers with their events, but also to organize events on the campus of MTSU for people with disabilities and that would help create a better understanding and acceptance of disabilities.

 



April 9, 2014- MTSU Blue Raider Debate team hosts national tourney
https://mtsunews.com/debate-national-tournament-2014/
The MTSU Blue Raider Debate team is hosting the International Public Debate Association’s National Championship Tournament and Convention for colleges and universities this week.

December 12, 2013- Young artists’ ornaments now shine beside national tree
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-students-vsa-ornaments-workshop/
The hand-painted ornaments created by 24 young artists from across Tennessee at an MTSU workshop now adorn the special state tree standing alongside the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., this holiday season.

December 10, 2013- Blue Raider Debate Team wraps up strong semester
https://mtsunews.com/blue-raider-debate-fall2013/
The MTSU Blue Raider Debate Team has represented the university well in recent months, wrapping up fall semester competition last week at Mississippi College.

November 14, 2013-EXL students plan Nov. 16 event to benefit MTSU Student Food Pantry
https://mtsunews.com/exl-turning-the-tables/
A Small Group Communication Experiential Learning Course (EXL) is allowing MTSU students to have some fun, help the campus community while also teaching them how to communicate with one another in a positive and productive way.

November 3, 2013- Team News
http://www.mtsu.edu/debate/team_news.php
Coach Richey entered students from his Comm 3210 Argumentation course as part of the Experiential Learning (EXL) project.

October 22, 2013- MTSU Students Help Artists Decorate National Christmas Tree
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-ornaments-workshop-video/
MTSU speech and organizational communications students helped 24 young artists from across the state create ornaments Oct. 21 for Tennessee’s 2013 national Christmas tree in Washington, D.C., and masks for an upcoming Legislative Plaza display in Nashville.

December 17, 2012- Students assist with special performance at Parthenon
https://mtsunews.com/golden-ratio-project/
MTSU students played a part in a recent arts performance that will soon be on exhibit across Tennessee and will ultimately travel to Athens, Greece, for an international arts education exchange.

Early Childhood Education   
     

November 17, 2017- Early Childhood Education students complete Grant Project
Early Childhood Education Project
Jane Seok Jeng Lim's Infant and Toddler Practicum students used an EXL Grant to purchase materials for a Make N Take session with families in the Infant Toddler Class at MTSU. MakeNTakeProject

June 19, 2015- Nissan employees donate vanload of supplies to ACE Learning Center
https://mtsunews.com/nissan-ace-supply-drive-2015/
As interim director of the early childhood education facility on MTSU’s campus, Ridgley was thrilled to see the excited group of employees from Nissan’s Smyrna plant unload three skids of needed supplies June 18— napkins, paper towels, wet wipes, paper cups, cleaning supplies and other similar items.

February 28, 2014-MTSU educators join the fun to ‘Read Across America’ March 3-6
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-read-across-america-2014/
Several members of the MTSU community will take time out of their busy schedules to read to preschoolers next week. They will participate in “Read Across America” Monday, March 3, through Thursday, March 6, at MTSU’s Child Development Center, located at 820 Fairview Ave. in Murfreesboro.

October 17, 2012-Child Care Lab
https://mtsunews.com/child-care-lab/
Preschoolers have fun and students get experiential learning at the MTSU while the toddlers’ parents work and study.

Electronic Media Arts


January 18, 2022- Baldwin Gallery artists gather online to discuss work in ‘Shaping Identity’ exhibit
https://mtsunews.com/baldwin-identity-exhibit-fall21/
Five artists gathered for a public panel discussion to present their art displayed in the Baldwin Photographic Gallery at MTSU.

May 4, 2021- MTSU senior projects lead student showcase at Baldwin Photo Gallery exhibit
https://mtsunews.com/student-photo-show-2021/
Three students from the College of Media and Entertainment will have their work showcased at the Baldwin Photographic Gallery in the annual Student photography Show.

March 30, 2021- Live concert lets MTSU students, departments collaborate for pro experience
https://mtsunews.com/concert-collaboration-spring21/
MTSU students from the College of Media and Entertainment and the College of Liberal Arts got the opportunity to organize and execute a live concert for CeCe Coakley and Briston maroney.

March 19, 2021- Professors encourage team to take risks for student-led COVID campaign
https://mtsunews.com/professors-encourage-team-to-take-risks-for-student-led-covid-campaign/
Matt Taylor and Leslie Haines, from the College of Media and Entertainment, organized a student-led campaign to encourage masks and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 9, 2020- MTSU helps host, produce new music video for Reba McEntire, Cody Johnson [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/hosts-reba-mcentire-music-video/
MTSU students and alumni recently helped produce a new music video for Reba McEntire and Cody Johnson’s new single “Dear Rodeo.”

November 20, 2019- MTSU Media Arts students work red carpet, telecast at 53rd CMA Awards
https://mtsunews.com/media-arts-students-cma-awards-fall19/
MTSU students from the Department of Media Arts worked the 53rd annual Country Music Awards as either talent production assistants at Bridgestone Arena or on the red carpet for show production.

June 13, 2019- MTSU reopens its ‘Bonnaroo Campus’ learning lab for sixth year in a row [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2019-day1/
For the sixth year in a row, MTSU College of Media and Entertainment students covered the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival as a team of multimedia communicators.

April 8, 2019- MTSU media students enjoy ‘incredible opportunity’ to learn at 2019 ACM Awards [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/acm-awards-2019-wrapup/
MTSU students and faculty used the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards as a learning lab for the second year.

April 3, 2019- MTSU returns to ACM Awards for student learning lab, celebration of alumni nominees
https://mtsunews.com/acm-award-2019-advance/
Pete Fisher, an MTSU alumnus and the chief executive officer for the Academy of Country Music Awards, has provided students with the opportunity to use the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards as a hands-on learning experience.

November 21, 2018 – MTSU EXL professor and students work with CMA Awards
https://mtsunews.com/students-up-close-cmas-2018/
Robert Gordon had 11 of his students serve as talent production assistants during rehearsals for the CMA Awards and the telecast at the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville.

July 11, 2018- MTSU Innovation J-Camp gives high school students snapshot of future media careers [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/innovation-j-camp-2018/
Fifteen students attended a week-long camp to learn the ins and outs of multimedia journalism along with the College of Media and Entertainment.

June 10, 2018 – MTSU EXL students return to Bonnaroo 2018 Day 4
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2018-day-4/
At the production truck alone, 14 students, including six undergraduate video majors, five undergraduate audio majors and three graduate audio majors, and four faculty and staff from the media college worked on the truck for five days, including setup.

June 9, 2018 – MTSU EXL students return to Bonnaroo 2018 Day 3
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2018-day-3/
At Bonnaroo, the students worked in concert with both a professional third-party sound-reinforcement company that projects the performance to the audience, as well as managed MTSU’s onsite Mobile Production Lab, which is captured video shot by students and audio recorded and mixed by MTSU Professor, Michael Fleming’s team.

June 8, 2018 – MTSU EXL students return to Bonnaroo 2018 Day 2
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2018-day-2/
Students from three of the college’s departments were represented at this year’s Bonnaroo: Video and film production and photography majors from the Department of Media Arts and audio production majors from the Department of Recording Industry. As well as multimedia majors from the School of Journalism and Strategic Media.

June 7, 2018 – MTSU EXL students return to Bonnaroo 2018 Day 1
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2018-day-one/
Most of the students at the festival are enrolled in credit-bearing courses based upon their Bonnaroo experiences.

June 11, 2017- Bonnaroo 2017 wrap: Experience for MTSU students ‘can’t be beat’ [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2017-mtsu-multimedia-students-attuned-to-ongoing-partnership/
MTSU video, film, and audio students worked to capture 15 concerts at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

April 20, 2017- MTSU entertains public, fights hunger at April 24 'End of Semester Show'
https://mtsunews.com/end-semester-show2017/
MTSU’s entertainment community is coming together Monday, April 24, for an “End of Semester Show” aimed at showcasing campus talent and industry partnerships with an eye toward helping hungry fellow students, too!

June 10, 2016- MTSU at Bonnaroo: Gordon keeps MTSU students truckin'
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-bonnaroo-2016/
For MTSU electronic media communications professor Robert Gordon, his role in coaching students working here is all about capturing the essence of “the Roo.”

August 19, 2015- MTSU Out of the Blue revisits Bonnaroo - August 2015
https://mtsunews.com/out-of-the-blue-aug2015/
In this episode of “Out of the Blue” we talk with Dean Ken Paulson and faculty from MTSU’s newly named College of Media and Entertainment. From their students’ recent work behind-the-scenes at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to the renaming of one of MTSU’s most well known and nationally respected colleges reflecting the new age of communication, it’s all here in our August 2015 episode.

June 11, 2015- MTSU students get 'real-world training' at Bonnaroo
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-bonnaroo-2015-day1/
Amanda Pierce is one of thousands of students taking a class this summer at Middle Tennessee State University.But unlike most, her classroom is behind one of the stages at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, where she is serving as student production manager for the MTSU Mobile Production Lab.

February 23, 2015 – MTSU professor examines ‘Orange is the New Black’ in lecture
https://mtsunews.com/bratten-oitnb-lecture-2015/
EXL Professor, Dr. Clare Bratten, a professor in the Department of Electronic Media Communication, will present “Orange is the New Black: How We Talk About the Show” at 3 p.m. Feb. 26 in Room 100 of the James Union Building.

October 8, 2014- MTSU studies business of Bonnaroo with help from organizers
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-business-symposium-2014/
Bonnaroo began as a way to reinvigorate outdoor music festivals, its organizers said Wednesday, Oct. 8, at MTSU, and over the last 13 years has used its business model to embrace and expand on the same peaceful, inclusive culture of the events that inspired it.

June 13, 2014- Bonnaroo gives MTSU students multimedia experience
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-teams-with-bonnaroo-2014/
MTSU students John Coulston and Kimi Thompson are enjoying this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival from a unique vantage point.

May 29, 2014- MTSU student team nabs national award for sports coverage
https://mtsunews.com/emc-productions-csma-2014-win/
MTSU’s student production team has taken a top national award for their live broadcast coverage of a January men’s basketball matchup inside Murphy Center.

April 4, 2014- MTSU College of Mass Communication teams with Bonnaroo
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-college-of-mass-communication-teams-with-bonnaroo/
MTSU’s College of Mass Communication and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have entered into a partnership that will help students better understand the dynamics of one of the world’s most successful entertainment events.

November 26, 2013- MTSU students lend skills to C-USA volleyball broadcasts
https://mtsunews.com/emc-students-produce-cusa-volleyball-tourney-2013/
The 2013 Conference USA Volleyball Championship showcased more than just the top C-USA teams and players at MTSU’s Alumni Memorial Gym last weekend.

October 29, 2013- Students bring expertise behind scenes at ‘Freedom Sings’
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-students-freedom-sings-2013/
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The experience MTSU students gain while working behind the scenes at events like the Newseum Institute’s “Freedom Sings” celebration at Nashville’s Bluebird Café Tuesday night is much more than camera angles and lighting.

June 28, 2013- MTSU honored for Capitol Street Party, other collaborations
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-honored-tcpra-2013/
MTSU’s Nashville partnerships, including its work with Capitol Records and Metro Nashville schools, received top honors from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association, the university announced Friday.

May 16, 2013- MTSU students create media for foreign language nonprofit
emc1https://mtsunews.com/exl-media-class/
MTSU students enrolled in Professor Clare Bratten’s Seminar in Media Issues class took their skills from the classroom to the real world this spring by creating a media campaign for the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute.

 




March 25, 2013-Project Real Students Helps Those in Need
Project Real Students Helps Those in Need
Middle Tennessee State University’s spring Project Real experiential learning class has offered to help local business, Journey’s in Community Living, with web and promotional content.

January 16, 2013- Street Cred
https://mtsunews.com/street-cred/
Fifty three MTSU students gained a variety of experiences on Nashville’s Lower Broadway covering artists such as Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, and Kelleigh Bannen.

December 5, 2012- Mass comm students ‘shoot’ for stars with CMT.com videos
https://mtsunews.com/emc-cmt-videos/
The work of MTSU mass communication students can be seen now on Country Music Television’s website in a series of music videos for a rising artist.

April 21, 2012- 11 Metro academies take 1st place in video-awards competition
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-mnps-video-awards/
The Academy of International Business and Communications at Hillsboro High School received “Best in Show” honors, as well as four other top awards, on April 21 in a Metro Nashville Public Schools video-awards competition sponsored by MTSU.

September 22, 2011- Capitol Street Party features MTSU onstage, behind the scenes
https://mtsunews.com/capitol-street-party-features-mtsu/
MTSU students were a major part of the “show behind the show” as the university partnered with Capitol Records at the “Capitol Street Party” on Nashville’s Music Row Sept. 21.

May 9, 2011- p.1 EMC Productions gets rolling
/news/Record/Rec_v19/rec1921.pdfemc2
“EMC Productions” is the official name of the student-run production company in the College of Mass Communication at MTSU, one more field where experiential learning—hands-on learning—is becoming a tradition.

Elementary & Special Education

April 12, 2021- ‘Saddle Up’ for drive-thru fun — and fundraising — with MTSU’s ACE Learning Center
https://mtsunews.com/saddle-up-2021/
The ACE Learning Center, a part of MTSU’s College of Education, participated in the annual Saddle Up fundraiser with the creation of a drive-thru version.

August 23, 2019- Hands-On, Minds-On: MTeach students research technology as a learning tool
https://mtsunews.com/hands-on-minds-on-mteach-students-research-technology-as-a-learning-tool/
MTeach students visited local classrooms to observe the integration of new technology-based programs.

March 4, 2017- Marvin Wright takes families to the stars
http://www.columbiadailyherald.com/news/20170304/marvin-wright-takes-families-to-stars
Marvin Wright Elementary School opened its doors to friends and family last week for a night under the stars at the school's annual family night celebration.

March 7, 2014- EXL grant extends the impact of family literacy nights
tharphttp://www.mtsu.edu/exl/pdf/EXL-News-Release-2014-03-07.pdf
READ4015 is a six hour course designed to introduce teacher candidates in the Elementary & Special Education licensure programs to the concepts of language and literacy. An integral component of the course is field experiences in elementary and middle schools, and this includes a concerted effort to introduce teacher candidates to the school community at large through participating in Family Literacy Nights.





Tennessee Girls in STEM

April 11, 2022- 25th annual math-science event at MTSU abuzz with challenging STEM activities, motivation [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/25th-annual-math-science-event-at-mtsu-abuzz-with-challenging-stem-activities-motivation-video/
The 25th annual Tennessee Girls in STEM Conference at MTSU welcomed over 175 middle school and high school girls to participate in a variety of workshops on campus.

February 13, 2018- Girls reign at MTSU math, science event [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/eyh-2018/
MTSU held the 21st Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference for middle school and high school girls looking for hands-on experience in math and science.

October 23, 2016- Girls find career options during 20th STEM event at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/20th-girls-eyh-2016/
Keynote speaker Dr. Rhea Seddon did not realize it at the time, but her words were directly aimed at Zeina Ahmad and probably dozens more girls attending the 20th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference at MTSU.

June 22, 2016- Registration underway for Oct. 22 math-science event for girls at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/2016-eyh-at-mtsu/
Registration has begun for the 20th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science at MTSU, and middle school and high school girls should act early to secure their place.

August 22, 2016- Seddon returns to EYH for STEM keynote; register by Aug. 25
https://mtsunews.com/2016-eyh-at-mtsu/
Dr. Rhea Sheddon, a 19-year NASA veteran, joined the EYH conference at MTSU as the keynote speaker for the second time. Dr. Seddon was the keynote speaker at the first EYH conference in 1997 and now returns to campus for the 20th EYH conference.

September 21, 2013- Girls’ STEM conference at MTSU brings hands-on learning (+VIDEO)
https://mtsunews.com/2013-stem-event-brings-hands-on-learning/
Kate Colson and Kelly Perry presented their keynote addresses at the 17th annual Expanding Your Horizons event for middle school and high school girls.

August 13, 2015- Girls’ STEM event features dog trainers, activity for parents
https://mtsunews.com/girls-math-science-registration-underway/exl1
Two women who train dogs for competitions, plus a special activity for up to 30 adults, will be featured during the 19th annual Expanding Your Horizons in math and science event for girls Saturday, Sept. 26, at MTSU.

March 12, 2015- MTSU, Nissan spark minds at Microsoft Digigirlz event
https://mtsunews.com/microsoft-digigirlz-2015-video-2/
Nissan partnered with MTSU and Microsoft recently to host the Microsoft DigiGirlz math-science girls event at Nissan’s North America headquarters. The Feb. 28 event was attended by 125 Midstate high school girls to provide them with a better understanding of what a career in technology is all about.

September 20, 2014- Curiosity reigns during 18th annual MTSU math, science conference
https://mtsunews.com/curiosity-reigns-at-eyh/
Lucy King was among the first to jump in and ask questions of Freneka Minter, keynote speaker for the 18th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference at MTSU

- May 30, 2014- Registration underway now for Sept. 20 girls’ math-science event
https://mtsunews.com/eyh-girls-registration-underway/
With registration already underway, middle school and high school girls should act early to secure their spot in the 2014 Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference at MTSU.

July 3, 2014- MTSU senior SURFs into summer forensic-science research
https://mtsunews.com/morgan-summer-research-fellowship/exl3
An MTSU senior is SURF-ing through samples of body fluids this summer in a research project that will ultimately help her assist investigators in their quests to solve crimes.

February 21, 2014- MTSU tech event for girls provides hands-on fun
https://mtsunews.com/girls-experience-fun-with-technology/
For Mary Neall of Bradyville, Tenn., the Friday, Feb. 21 visit to MTSU may have been a career-changing experience. And you have to wonder how many of her teenage peers felt the same way after attending the first Engineering Technology Girl Day.

February 13, 2014-Deadline looms for DigiGirlz high-tech event in Franklin
https://mtsunews.com/deadline-looms-for-digigirlz-event/
DigiGirlz Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 1, in Franklin, Tenn., and has a Tuesday, Feb. 25, deadline for high school girls to register.

September 23, 2013-Expanding Your Horizons: MTSU’s 17th STEM Conference for girls
https://mtsunews.com/2013-stem-event-video/
The 17th annual Expanding Your Horizons in mathematics and science conference at MTSU on Sept. 21 gave girls a hands-on perspective of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields.

- September 21, 2013- Girls’ STEM conference at MTSU brings hands-on learning
https://mtsunews.com/2013-stem-event-brings-hands-on-learning/
Marketing manager Kate Colson showed her passion for technology. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher   Kelly Perry showed a “sweet” side of science. And following their keynote addresses to girls and young women attending the 17th annual Expanding Your Horizons in mathematics and science conference Sept. 21 at MTSU, the 268 attendees gained a new hands-on perspective of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, careers.

- July 29, 2013- Registration underway for girls’ Sept. 21 math-science event
https://mtsunews.com/2013-math-science-girls-event-for-girls/
Registration is underway for girls to attend the 2013 MTSU Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics conference.

January 25, 2013-GRITS conference Feb. 6-8 at MTSU to spur girls in science
https://mtsunews.com/2013-grits-conference/
The 2013 Girls Raised in Tennessee Science Collaborative Project Annual Conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 6-8, in MTSU’s Tom H. Jackson Building.

September 24, 2012- STEM event creates career options for 400-plus girls
https://mtsunews.com/eyh-2012/
At least one high school student — and likely many others — added a potential career path to her list of choices during the 16th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference Sept. 22 at MTSU.

August 13, 2007- p. 3 EXL students can help EYH girls agree: ‘math is fun!’
/news/Record/Rec_v16/rec1604.pdf
…the organizers behind this fall’s 11th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science program want girls in fifth through eighth grades to know that math and science can be challenging and interesting, as well as fun.

July 30, 2007- p. 3 Guiding young math, science whizzes can earn course credit
/news/Record/Rec_v16/rec1603.pdf
There is a new service-learning class available through the Experiential Learning department for fall 2007. MTSU students can earn one hour pass/fail credit by serving as group leaders with middle-school girls with the Expanding Your Horizons, or EYH, conference in the EXL 2010 or 3010 Group Leaders class.
 

Experiential Learning Professors


October 25, 2021-
Civic Duty: Mary Evins fights for the right for all citizens to engage in American democracy
https://mtsunews.com/civic-duty/
Mary Evins, a research professor of History at MTSU and coordinator for the American Democracy Project, works to make voting easier and more accessible to citizens.

October 20, 2021- MTSU students, faculty share math, science at Tennessee STEAM festival
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-participates-in-steam-festival-2021/
A number of MTSU faculty and students participated in the fifth annual Tennessee STEAM Festival, which highlights science, technology, engineering, art and math.

June 24, 2021- University Honors professor proud of students’ dedication, hard work during pandemic
https://mtsunews.com/dr-mary-evins-faculty-profile/
Dr. Mary Evins involves her Civic Engagement students by taking them to vote during an election year, followed by a group lunch at a local restaurant.

June 11, 2021- Religious Studies professor empowers students through senior capstone
https://mtsunews.com/religious-studies-professor-empowers-students-through-senior-capstone/
Dr. Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, uses experiences in diverse communities to further her religious studies students.

May 17, 2021- MT Engage professor helps students collect, organize work in English classes
https://mtsunews.com/knox-mt-engage-profiles-english/
https://mtsunews.com/knox-on-the-record-june2021/
Alvin Knox uses his literature and writing classes to provide hands-on learning experiences.

December 9, 2020- Aerospace associate professor inspires students in ‘pursuit of wisdom’
https://mtsunews.com/faculty-profile-nate-callender/
Dr. Nate Callendar, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace, discusses how he has remained a steady influence to students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 9, 2020- MTSU Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Sheehan-Smith, Dietetics
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-faculty-spotlight-lisa-sheehan-smith-dietetics/
Dr. Lisa Seehan-Smith, a Nutrition and Food Science professor, has worked for MTSU for over 20 years. Her students will experience the MTSU Creamery and Dairy Farm as part of her experiential learning focus.

October 1, 2019- MTSU has featured role in Tennessee STEAM Festival events
https://mtsunews.com/state-steam-festival-features-mtsu-2019/
The third annual STEAM event brings in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math to young students in the community at both the MTSU campus and other venues in the state.

August 20, 2020- MTSU names 2020-21 Distinguished, Young Alumni, True Blue Citations of Distinction honorees
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-names-2020-21-distinguished-young-alumni-true-blue-citations-of-distinction-honorees/.
MTSU awarded Pat Duke the Distinguished Alumni Award for his ongoing musical career. LaShan Dixon received the Young Alumni Achievement Award and Odie Blackmon, Jo Ann Hood,and Ladawna Parham received True Blue Citations of Distinction.

September 2, 2019- MTSU Faculty Spotlight: Lara Daniel, Business Law
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-faculty-spotlight-lara-daniel-business-law/
Lara Daniel, a professor of business law and assistant dean for assessment in the Jones College of business, recommends students take advantage of study abroad programs, which she believes is the ultimate experiential learning opportunity.

June 12, 2019- MTSU EXL Institute hails learning-by-doing by honoring leading faculty
https://mtsunews.com/exl-faculty-awards-2019/
Diane Edmondson, Lori Kissinger, Todd O’Neill, Laura Buckner, and Jane Lim were awarded Outstanding Faculty Awards for their roles in the Experiential learning Program.

April 24, 2018 – MTSU professor and student both earn statewide community service awards
https://mtsunews.com/thec-2018-love-awards/
MTSU Professor, Dr. John Vile, and student, Robert L. Owen, are two of 10 statewide recipients of the 2018 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Awards.

April 5, 2018 – MTSU professor receives high national honor in business education
https://mtsunews.com/hemby-nbea-award-spr18/
MTSU business education professor, Dr. Virginia Hemby, has received one of the highest national honors her discipline can bestow, The John Robert Gregg Award presented by McGraw-Hill Education.

September 14, 2017- MTSU Faculty Spotlight: Kent Syler, Political Science
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-faculty-spotlight-kent-syler-political-science/
Kent Syler, a professor of political science and the Special Projects Coordinators for the Al Gore Research Center, believes experiential learning techniques will help students succeed both in and out of the classroom.

August 25, 2017 – EXL professors earn MTSU Foundation Awards
https://mtsunews.com/smith-career-achievement-award-2017/
The annual presentation of the MTSU Foundation Awards were presented at the university’s Fall Faculty meeting to recognize, celebrate, and reward university faculty members for their accomplishments inside and outside the classroom.

May 23, 2017- MTSU student government honors Syler with Distinguished Service Award
https://mtsunews.com/syler-sga-award-2017/
Kent Syler, an assistant professor of political science, received the John T. Bragg Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the Student Government Association.

May 15, 2017- MTSU’s EXL Program honors three with outstanding faculty awards
https://mtsunews.com/exl-faculty-awards-2016/
Odie Blackmon, Dr. Tricia Farwell, and Dr. Lauren Rudd were recognized with the 2016 Outstanding EXL Faculty Award for providing students with hands-on learning experiences.

July 1, 2016 – EXL chemistry professor earns national award for service
https://mtsunews.com/iriarte-gross-national-award/
Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross earned the American Chemical Society’s E. Ann Nalley Southeastern Regional Award for Volunteer Service and is included in the 2016 class of the American Chemical Society Fellows for her outstanding achievements in and contributions to science and her profession.

September 7, 2016- Judith Iriarte-Gross and Garon Smith Honored with Bennett Awards
Judith Iriarte-Gross Bennett Award
MTSU Chemistry and Physical Science professor Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross received the William E. Bennett award. She was honored this award due to her involvement in the SENCER community. The SENCER models are curricular approaches to improving science learning and supporting engagement with complex issues. Through the "lens" of a matter or set of matters of public consequence, a SENCER model course or program teaches science that is both challenging and rigorous.

September 2, 2016- 'MTSU On the Record' celebrates U.S. Constitution with civil rights activist
https://mtsunews.com/nash-evins-on-the-record-sept2016/
A pivotal figure in civil rights progress in Middle Tennessee shared her legacy on a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program in advance of her Constitution Day 2016 visit to campus.

July 21, 2016- MTSU, Tennessee Tech researchers discover new bacteria
https://mtsunews.com/researchers-discover-new-bacteria/
Middle Tennessee State University and Tennessee Technological University student and faculty researchers have discovered two new species of bacteria found in a cooling tower and hot tub in Putnam County, Tennessee.

July 7, 2016- ‘MTSU On the Record’ guest considers jazz’s effect on fashion, culture
https://mtsunews.com/cottle-on-the-record-july2016/
The impact of avant-garde jazz on five decades of fashion was the subject of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

July 5, 2016- Veteran MTSU professor earns national chemistry distinction
prof1http://wgnsradio.com/veteran-mtsu-professor-earns-national-chemistry-distinction-cms-33696
"This award recognizes Dr. Gross for her service to the American Chemical Society as well as her achievements in teaching and research," Fischer said. "Such awards also serve as further evidence of the quality of faculty who have chosen to invest their careers in Middle Tennessee State University and the students and public that this university serves."


 

June 21, 2016- Youngsters gain goat insights at MTSU camp in livestock center
https://mtsunews.com/2016-goat-day-camp/
Temperatures hovered around the 90-degree mark outside the Tennessee Livestock Center. Inside, where air conditioning made it quite comfortable, more than 40 youngsters from across Tennessee spent the entire day Tuesday, June 21, learning techniques about the care of goats and getting ideas for showing them in competitions from professionals.

November 11, 2015- MTSU Faculty Senate president appointed to state Board of Regents
https://mtsunews.com/farwell-appointed-to-tbr/
Farwell, an associate professor of journalism and president of the Faculty Senate, was nominated by President Sidney A. McPhee and Provost Brad Bartel this summer. Gov. Bill Haslam appointed her in July to a one-year term as faculty regent.

August 3, 2015- MTSU faculty talk ‘Money in Politics’ at League of Women Voters event
https://mtsunews.com/paulson-syler-voters-panel-2015/
A pair of MTSU faculty members will lead a timely discussion on “Money in Politics” on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro, located just off the Public Square at 225 W. College St.

June 29, 2015- ‘MTSU On the Record’ discusses religious plurality in curriculum
https://mtsunews.com/evins-plurality-on-the-record-june2015/
Exploring religious diversity among students who’ve not had opportunities to do so before entering college was the topic of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

June 25, 2015- Faculty Focus: Dr. Joey Gray teaches recreation, sport with high energy
https://mtsunews.com/faculty-focus-joey-gray-2015/
Dr. Joey Gray, an associate professor of sport and tourism, discusses her devotion to the classroom and her passion for advising.

April 21, 2015- New $120K grant for MTSU will boost study of religious diversity
https://mtsunews.com/new-religious-diversity-study-grant-2015/
MTSU will use a $120,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to will help higher education faculty improve their students’ understanding of diverse cultures.

June 25, 2015- Faculty Focus: Dr. Joey Gray teaches recreation, sport with high energy
https://mtsunews.com/faculty-focus-joey-gray-2015/
For the media theorist Marshall McLuhan, the medium was the message. For leisure, sport and tourism associate professor Joey Gray, the motivation is the message.

May 26, 2015- MTSU professor taps into technology to help blind student with statistics
https://mtsunews.com/bernstein-nfb-award-2015/
How can a totally blind college student pass a statistics class, which requires students to understand such visual items as graphs and charts? Dr. Stuart Bernstein, a professor of psychology at MTSU, found ways to help rising senior James Boehm of Memphis, Tennessee, in his Statistics 2030 class in the fall 2014 semester.

May 8, 2015- MTSU ‘honor flights’ bring smiles to veterans, family members
https://mtsunews.com/veterans-enjoy-honor-flights/
Eight veterans who served their country with pride received an airplane ride they’ll cherish the rest of their lives Wednesday (May 6).

April 30, 2015- Jill Austin recipient of ATHENA International Award
prof2http://www.dnj.com/story/money/business/2015/04/30/jill-austin-recipient-athena-international-award/26673701/
Jill Austin, an MTSU professor, Thursday night received the ATHENA leadership award at ceremonies at Stones River Country Club.

 

April 26, 2015- Professor promotes science, technology studies for women
http://www.dnj.com/story/news/2015/04/25/qa-professor-promotes-science-techology-studies-women/26368993/
Middle Tennessee State University chemistry professor Judith Iriarte-Gross has spent her career encouraging women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

March 16, 2015- MTSU faculty share knowledge on journalism, fashion, social media
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-faculty-share-knowledge-on-journalism-fashion-social-media/
MTSU faculty experts recently shared their knowledge of journalism, fashion and social media with various national media outlets.

February 20, 2015-MTSU professor brings ‘Kennewick Man’ to life in book about discovery
https://mtsunews.com/owsley-berrryman-kennewick-man-2015/
An MTSU professor’s contribution to a new book has helped alter the discussion about the origins of humankind on the North American continent.

January 12, 2015- ‘MTSU On the Record’ horses around with citrus-pulp nutrition idea
https://mtsunews.com/hoffman-on-the-record-2015/
A recent edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program dug into the feedbag in search of interesting developments in equine nutrition.

October 1, 2014- Oct. 3-4 show brings youths, 300 goats to MTSU Livestock Center
https://mtsunews.com/goat-show-set-oct-3-4/
Middle Tennessee State University will host the fourth annual Heart of Tennessee Junior Meat Goat Classic that will bring 75 boys and girls from across Tennessee to campus.

September 16, 2014- In the News: MTSU faculty weigh in on crime, politics, farming
https://mtsunews.com/in-the-news-mtsu-faculty-sept2014/
MTSU faculty continue to share knowledge and experience with national and international audiences, most recently on topics of crime, politics and farming.

August 25, 2014 – MTSU accounting professor honored at Fall Faculty Meeting
https://mtsunews.com/career-achievement-award-2014/
Dr. Paula Thomas was honored as the 13th recipient of the Career Achievement Award during MTSU’s Fall Faculty meeting at Tucker Theatre, along with a host of other professors.

August 11, 2014- ‘MTSU Magazine’ touts MTSU role in historic preservation nationwide
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-magazine-july-2014/
Caroll Van West, an MTSU professor and state historian, discusses the importance of historic preservation. West is also the director of the Center for Historic Preservation.

July 22, 2014- WGNS features Confucius Institute, ‘Happiness’ exhibit, equine therapy
https://mtsunews.com/wgns-mtsu-july-2014/
MTSU faculty and staff again shared their expertise with listeners of WGNS radio during the July 21 “Action Line” program with veteran host Bart Walker.

July 3, 2014- No kidding: Youngsters experience 1st MTSU Goat Camp
https://mtsunews.com/goat-camp-attracts-36-youngsters/
The back of their MTSU blue T-shirts read: BYOG (Bring Yer Own Goat). Thirty-six youth from across the state brought their own goats and learned more about preparing them for competition at the first Goat Camp Tuesday, June 24, in the MTSU Tennessee Livestock Center.

May 19, 2014-MTSU chemistry professor earns ATHENA International Award
https://mtsunews.com/chemistry-professor-earns-athena-award/
MTSU chemistry professor Judith Iriarte-Gross found herself “totally surprised” when her name was announced as the inaugural recipient of the ATHENA International Leadership Award.

April 26, 2014- Women of character, courage, commitment celebrated at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/women-of-character-celebration-s2014/
MTSU put the wraps on its National Women’s History Month celebration Saturday by acknowledging area residents who stand up for women’s rights.

March 18, 2014-New MTSU-created app gives police a crime-scene checklist
https://mtsunews.com/new-mtsu-crime-scene-app/
The first moments at a crime scene can be critical to saving lives and ensuring justice, and now, thanks to an MTSU-led effort, a key to preserving the initial scene can be held in an officer’s hand.

October 27, 2013- Dead Men Do Tell Tales
https://mtsunews.com/dead-men-do-tell-tales/
The forensic anthropologist discusses the Tennessee Valley Corridor Forensics Symposium, which brings crime scene investigators from all over the country to MTSU.

October 14, 2013- The (Not Quite) Lost World
https://mtsunews.com/the-not-quite-lost-world/
One MTSU professor’s access to material culture—all we have left of prehistoric interactions—sheds light on early Tennessee trade.

September 2013- MTSU Experts List
http://www.mtsunews.com/information-for-media/mtsu-experts-list/
As of September 2013, Several Experiential Learning professors were recognized as experts in a variety of subjects.

April 18, 2013- Agriculture Business Society dunks professors for a cause
https://mtsunews.com/dunk-your-professor-for-a-cause/
MTSU student organizations typically hold bake sales to raise funds. The new Agriculture Business Society, however, held a joint bake sale and Dunk Your Professor event April 17 outside the Stark Agribusiness and Agriscience Center.

March 28, 2013- Professors, state Veterans Home partner to give 3 vets flight
https://mtsunews.com/veterans-flights-2013/
Three veterans enjoyed a flight to remember Wednesday when MTSU partnered with the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro to fulfill their wish to return to the skies.

February 5, 2013 – EXL professor receives Silver Column Award
https://mtsunews.com/iriarte-gross-silver-column-award/
Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross was presented with the President’s Silver Column Award by Dr. McPhee. The award is designed to recognize employees who go above and beyond the call of duty and really show their commitment to the university.

October 23, 2012- MTSU recognized for support of employees in military
https://mtsunews.com/patriotic-employer-award/
Those who volunteer to serve in our Guard and Reserve forces sacrifice much to secure our freedoms. Having the security of knowing they have a job to return home to makes serving their country a bit easier.

October 7, 2012- ‘MTSU On the Record’ gets ‘fresh’ with farmers in new partnership
https://mtsunews.com/gardner-on-the-record/
An effort to get low-income citizens to eat healthier food was the topic of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program with host Gina Logue.

September 7, 2012-Fischer relishes role as new basic and applied sciences dean
https://mtsunews.com/dean-fischer-q-and-a/
Dr. Robert U. “Bud” Fischer became the fifth dean for the MTSU College of Basic and Applied Sciences June 1 following a national search. He replaced Dr. Tom Cheatham, who stepped down to become director of the Tennessee Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Center on campus.

December 13, 2011- Curriculum-integration grants available for faculty
https://mtsunews.com/pcsw-grants-for-faculty/
Tenured and tenure-track faculty at MTSU can apply until Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, for grants to help integrate of women’s experiences and perspectives into the curriculum.

August 26, 2011- McPhee says ‘exciting, historic times’ ahead
https://mtsunews.com/mcphee-says-exciting-historic-times-ahead-at-mtsu/Calling the start of MTSU’s second century in higher education “exciting and historic times for our University,” President Sidney A. McPhee welcomed more than 900 faculty members to the 2011-12 academic year today.

June 24, 2011- 20 students make their move with FirstSTEP
https://mtsunews.com/20-students-make-their-move-with-firststep/
Twenty MTSU rising sophomores participated in this year’s FirstSTEP Immersion program.

May 9, 2011- Professor’s efforts net Read to Succeed honor
http://www.mtalumni.com/s/1092/index.aspx?sid=1092&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=1385&ecid=1385&ciid=1363&crid=0
Dr. Terri Tharp, professor of elementary and special education at MTSU, has been honored as Read to Succeed's Volunteer of the Year Award for Family Literacy.

April 5, 2011-An internationally recognized expert in forensic science builds a powerhouse program at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/piece-by-piece-2/
It was bitterly cold and growing dark -a terrible time to hunt for bones.  But when Dr. Hugh Berryman got the call that a child’s skull had been found near Stones River National Battlefield, he knew he couldn’t wait for the luxury of daylight.  Soon, snow would blanket what was looking like a crime scene.
 

Experiential Learning Scholars Program

December 1, 2021- Newsweek names MTSU among ‘Best Maker Schools in Higher Education’
https://mtsunews.com/newsweek-best-maker-schools-2021/.
MTSU is named one of the Best Maker Schools in Higher Education for its implementation of learning by doing. The Makerspace and the Experiential Learning Program are the university’s most notable for learning by doing.

June 15, 2021- A healthy start: MTSU alumni in prestigious medical and graduate schools
https://mtsunews.com/a-healthy-start/
MTSU alumni recount their time at MTSU and discuss how it has enabled them to continue on into higher education.

November 23, 2020- Walker Library’s Makerspace keeps experiential learning safely in play
https://mtsunews.com/makerspace-adjusts-to-covid-protocols-fall20/
MTSU’s Makerspace has remained available to students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in order to promote hands-on learning.

February 12, 2019- Blackman Collegiate Academy juniors discover MTSU offerings [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/blackman-juniors-discover-mtsu-offerings-spr19/
A variety of MTSU faculty members greet Blackman High School students to give them a taste of the college campus.

August 2, 2018- MTSU students honored for ‘learning by doing’ in recording, communication fields
https://mtsunews.com/outstanding-exl-students-2017-18/
Katherine McCann and Ashton Prosser were awarded the Outstanding EXL Student Award for their participation in the Experiential Learning Program.

August 8, 2018 – Outstanding EXL Student Award 2017-2018 Academic Year
https://mtsunews.com/outstanding-exl-students-2017-18/
Two MTSU graduates, Ashton Prosser and Katherine McCann, recognized for their exceptional achievements in the Experiential Learning Scholars Program.

EXL Program Honors Five Faculty for 2017-2018 Academic Year
Outstanding Faculty 2018
https://mtsunews.com/exl-faculty-honors-2018/
MTSU’s Experiential Learning Program has recognized the hard work of five faculty members by presenting them with the Outstanding EXL Faculty Award.

Outstanding EXL Students 2017
Outstanding Students 2017
MTSU’s Experiential Learning Scholars Program honors two Outstanding EXL Students for the 2016-2017 academic year.

EXL Program Salutes Three MTSU Students for Excellence
https://mtsunews.com/exl-student-awards-2016/

MTSU’s Experiential Learning Program has again recognized three students for their accomplishments both in and out of the classroom. The Outstanding EXL Student Award is given annually to students who hold a distinguished record of service in the EXL Scholars Program.

MTSU'S EXL Program Honors Three with Outstanding Faculty Awards
https://mtsunews.com/exl-faculty-awards-2016/
MTSU’s Experiential Learning Program has recognized the hard work of three faculty members by presenting them with the 2016 Outstanding EXL Faculty Award.

March 2, 2017- MTSU's EXL Program recognizes three outstanding community partners
https://mtsunews.com/exl-community-partner-awards-2016/
The Experiential Learning Program at Middle Tennessee State University has once again presented a group of local organizations with its 2016 EXL Outstanding Community Partner Awards.

August 15, 2016- MTSU Students Represent MTSU at the 2013 APIEL Conference
APIEL Conference
Five students enrolled in Mary Evins’s Civic Engagement and Survey of United States History courses travelled to the 2013 Appalachian Public Interest Environmental Law (APIEL) Conference, taking place October 11-13 at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee.

March 9, 2016- Partner’s Magazine 2016 Vol. 1, No. 1
https://issuu.com/mtsumag/docs/partnersmagazineexlp
What's new in Experiential Learning at Middle Tennessee State University. Inside: a look at a cooperative program between the Horse Science program and Veterans, MTSU's partnership with TDEC, and many more examples of MTSU students engaging in their community.

December 21, 2015- MTSU EXL program recognizes outstanding partners
https://mtsunews.com/exl-outstanding-community-partners-2015/
http://www.dnj.com/story/money/2015/12/21/mtsu-exl-program-recognizes-outstanding-partners/77712404/
MTSU’s Experiential Learning Program has honored a group of community partners for their support in providing students with practical, hands-on experiences that allow them to put their knowledge to work.

October 6, 2015 – President McPhee wins national award for experiential education
http://www.nsee.org/past-winners_burke
Dr. McPhee wins the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) William M. Burke Presidential Award for his work and dedication to increasing the opportunities for all students to engage in experiential learning.

January 28, 2015- The ABCs of MTSU’s Quest for Student Success
https://mtsunews.com/the-abcs-of-mtsus-quest-for-student-success/
The ABC’s of how MTSU is working to increase retention and graduation rates among students.

June 11, 2015- Experiential learning program at MTSU
http://www.dnj.com/story/news/education/2015/06/11/class-notes-central-students-win-top-boys-state-posts/71079140/
A program meant to help educators tie experiential learning to their classrooms is scheduled to take place Wednesday at Middle Tennessee State University, according to a university announcement.

June 5, 2015- MTSU to host institute for educators on ‘experiential learning’
exlp2https://mtsunews.com/experiential-learning-institute-2015/
Registration is open for an upcoming daylong institute at Middle Tennessee State University for community college and university educators interested in incorporating experiential learning concepts into their classrooms.

 

 

 

June 4, 2015- MTSU EXL Program selects top students, faculty, administrator
https://mtsunews.com/exl-awards-2015/
MTSU’s Experiential Learning Program wrapped up the latest academic year by honoring the top students, faculty and administrator who demonstrated excellence through their participation in and support of the hands-on curriculum program.

May 19, 2015- MTSU signs pact with South Korean sports science academy
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-ulsan-memorandum-2015/
MTSU’s College of Behavioral and Health Sciences has entered an exchange agreement with a South Korean secondary school that specializes in sports science.

April 2, 2015- MTSU students explore new avenues with civics side of science
https://mtsunews.com/students-explore-civics-side-of-science/
This spring semester at MTSU, freshman Katie Inman finds herself being a multimedia journalism major taking an honors physical science class. Many of the other class members are not science majors either. However, all of them have had their eyes and minds opened to SENCER — or Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities — by professor Judith Iriarte-Gross and, most recently, two invited guests.

January 20, 2015- p. 9 News and Information from the President: EXL
http://www.mtsu.edu/newsletter/newsletters/PresidentsNewsletter_Jan2015.pdf
The Experiential Learning program gives students practical experience in real-world environments related to their fields of study.

December 23, 2014- ‘MTSU On the Record’ focuses on finding funds for study-abroad trips
https://mtsunews.com/byrnes-on-the-record-dec14/
The College of Liberal Arts in January will begin offering five scholarships of up to $500 each for experiential learning activities to liberal arts majors.

November 17, 2014- Middle Tennessee State University Faculty Share the SENCER Approach with Colleagues
exlp4http://serc.carleton.edu/sencer/newsletters/95191.html
On Wednesday, November 12th, Drs. Judith Iriarte-Gross, Drew Sieg, and Keying Ding, along with the Experiential Learning Scholars Program (EXL) presented "Implementing Civic Engagement and Authentic Research into STEM Courses.

 



September 22, 2014-MTSU urges students to collect, connect with popular button campaign
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-button-campaign-2014/
Students who are involved in many different extracurricular activities are displaying increasingly popular MTSU buttons, each of which symbolizes a different aspect of campus life.

August 22, 2014- News and information from the president: Student success
http://www.mtsu.edu/newsletter/newsletters/2014PresidentsNewsletterAugust.pdf
The Experiential Learning Program has demonstrated promise as a means to increase engagement with a corresponding increase in retention.

May 27, 2014- EXL program names top students, faculty, community partner
https://mtsunews.com/exl-top-awards-2014/
MTSU’s Experiential Learning Program honored its top students, faculty and community partner recently in an awards ceremony to conclude the 2013-14 academic year.

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May 7, 2014- Top EXL student applauds switch to MTSU University Studies major
https://mtsunews.com/exl-student-applauds-university-studies-major/
For MTSU senior Sara Croft, switching to a major in university studies with a minor in organizational communication “was the best choice I have made so far while at Middle Tennessee State University.”

December 2013- Celebrate with some of MTSU’s top students!: Rutherford County Honor Graduates
http://murfreesboro.com/mtsu-news/celebrate-with-some-of-mtsus-top-students/
Some of MTSU’s finest celebrated their fall 2013 graduation and discussed their futures with President Sidney A. McPhee during a December photo session in the Cope Administration Building.

December 19, 2013- EXL program, Rust honored at national higher ed conference
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-honored-by-ache-2013/
Middle Tennessee State University received two top awards at this year’s Association of Continuing Higher Education conference in Lexington, Ky. The university’s Experiential Learning Scholars Program received one of two ACHE Distinguished Program Awards for Credit Programs while associate professor Dianna Rust received the ACHE Meritorious Service Award.

October 21, 2013- Memphis student finds her niche at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/memphis-student-finds-niche-at-mtsu/
Muskin, who was in Memphis Monday, Oct. 21, for the MTSU “True Blue Tour” event at the Memphis Botanic Garden, is an organizational communications major who has been quite involved with campus activities. She expects to graduate in May 2014.

August 23, 2013- Course Redesigns
http://www.mtsu.edu/newsletter/newsletters/MTSUPresidentsNewsletterAugust2013C.PDF
MTSU’s Experiential Scholars program is making a major impact on student retention through hands-on learning.

May 13, 2013- MTSU on national Higher Ed Community Service Honor Roll
https://mtsunews.com/higher-ed-honor-roll/
Middle Tennessee State University has again been recognized for its community service efforts with inclusion on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

May 6, 2013- MTSU EXL Scholars program receives top regional award
https://mtsunews.com/exl-regional-award/
The Experiential Learning Scholars program at Middle Tennessee State University was honored recently with a top award for higher education credit programs.

February 15, 2013-Bahamian higher ed officials tour MTSU for university ideas
https://mtsunews.com/bahamian-higher-ed-tour/

The chairman and secretary of The College of The Bahamas Council, the governing board of that nation’s public institution of higher education, visited MTSU this week to collect ideas and insights as the college prepares to become The University of The Bahamas.

January 31, 2013- First ‘Zumbathon’ raises funds for Project Help
https://mtsunews.com/zumbathon-project-help/
About 50 Zumba enthusiasts danced for two hours on a recent Saturday to raise more than $1,200 for MTSU’s Project Help, the university’s inclusive pre-school.

January 17, 2013- p. 6 MTSU EXL Program commended for impact
http://www.mtsu.edu/newsletter/newsletters/PresidentsNewsletterJan2013.pdf
MTSU is positioning itself as a model in service learning with its Experiential Learning Scholars Program, or EXL.

November 28, 2012- EXL Scholars Program touted as ‘excellent model’
https://mtsunews.com/exl-scholars-program-recognized/
Service learning. MTSU is positioning itself as a model university in this area with its Experiential Learning Scholars Program, or EXL, which was recently commended by a regional accrediting organization for its impact and effectiveness after five years of existence.

November 13, 2011- Experiential learning continues to flourish
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/inside-mtsu-experiential-learning-continues-to-flourish-cms-29181&cache_id=47439
Experiential Learning is heading into its sixth year at MTSU, and the program is flourishing as a model of hands-on learning through practical application and public service.

October 18, 2011-Hands-on learning reaps rewards, success
https://mtsunews.com/exl-anniversary/
The Experiential Learning initiative at MTSU is heading into its sixth year, and the program is now flourishing as a model of hands-on learning through practical application and public service.

June 6, 2011- MTSU earns national acclaim for service
/news/Record/Rec_v19/rec1923.pdf
MTSU has been admitted to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging in service that achieved measurable results in the community.

May 17, 2010- p. 3 EXL Scholars Program names 1st award recipients
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MTSU alumnus Kim Greenwood, May 8 graduate Trish Perry and faculty member Dr. Janet McCormick are the first recipients of EXL Scholars Program Awards.

 

 


February 9, 2009- CarnegieFoundation honors university for community engagement, partnerships
/news/Record/Rec_v17/rec1714.pdf
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently selected MTSU for its 2008 Community Engagement Classification, which recognizes universities that demonstrate commitment to curricular engagement, and outreach and partnerships.

December 1, 2008- p. 1 EXL projects worth a million to community
/news/Record/Rec_v17/rec1711.pdf
The impact of experiential learning programs at MTSU for 2007-08—specifically, the dollar value of community work that resulted from hands-on, service-learning projects—amounted to more than $1 million.

January 14, 2008- p. 4 EXL trailblazers
/news/Record/Rec_v16/rec1613.pdfexlp12
TIMELY RECOGNITION—Faculty trailblazers for MTSU’s experiential learning program pose with their honors after a Nov. 15 reception by the EXL Scholars Program to recognize the first group of EXL Mentors.

August 27, 2007- p. 3 EXL expert to lead Sept. 21 faculty workshop
/news/Record/Rec_v16/rec1605.pdf
The opportunity to learn more about the potential and benefits of experiential learning will be available to all faculty in a free workshop set for Friday, Sept. 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Tom Jackson Building.

January 2007- p. 3 MTSU Receives SACS Reaccreditation
http://www.mtsu.edu/newsletter/newsletters/NewsletterforthePresidentJanuary2007.pdf

MTSU received its reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in the Commission on Colleges’ meeting in Orlando in December, 2006.

Spring/Summer 2006- What about Socrates? Applying the philosopher’s theories gets students thinking
exlp16From philosophical coffee groups to senior mentors, the buzz is all about EXL
A Chinese proverb says “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” You might say the Chinese were the first to employ the concept of experiential learning (EXL).

 




Spring 2006- p. 2 CHP Participates in MTSU Alternative Spring Break 2006
http://www.sitemason.com/files/e3Y5Dq/Spring%202006.pdf
This spring the Center for Historic Preservation joined the entire MTSU community in supporting an Alternative Spring Break in Pass Christian, Mississippi, an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Global Studies & Cultural Geography


March 25, 2020-
MTSU agrees to new partnership with Peruvian university
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-peru-partnership-2015/
The Universidad Andina Del Cusco (UAC) becomes the 29th international partnership for MTSU.

May 20, 2018- MTSU in China: Agreement signed to launch joint International Ginseng Institute [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/international-ginseng-institute-sp2018/
MTSU and their primary research partner in China agree to create a joint Ginseng Institute to promote Tennessee-grown herbal products in Asia.

April 13, 2017- Migration with Dignity in Middle Tennessee
Migration with Dignity April 2017
The Migration with Dignity project seeks to preserve and celebrate the vibrant cultural diversity in middle Tennessee through stories of migration. EXL faculty member, Dr. Antonio Vasquez, teaching Contemporary Migration: Global Trends, Local Implications 3040 ensured that students were able to apply course concepts by participating in this this project. This project highlighted five original short films and one small public exhibit co-created by MTSU Global Studies students in direct collaboration with middle Tennessee families representing Bosnia Herzegovina, Iraq, Mexico, and Somalia.

October 31, 2016- MTSU's Inaugural 'Day of the Dead' Celebration Planned for Tuesday
https://mtsunews.com/day-of-the-dead-2016/Dia de los Muertos
MTSU will observe its inaugural celebration of the dead, “Dia de los Muertos,” on Tuesday, Nov. 1, following the more whimsical Halloween holiday. 

 

April 18, 2016- MTSU Global Studies exhibit honors Midstate migrants’ diversity
https://mtsunews.com/migration-with-dignity-exhibit/
MTSU's Global Studies program is encouraging the community to attend a unique multimedia exhibit in Murfreesboro honoring the cultural diversity in the region through stories of migration.

January 22, 2015- Couple creates new scholarship for Bahamian students (+VIDEO)
https://mtsunews.com/cartwright-coakley-scholarships-2015/
A couple from Franklin, Tennessee has created a scholarship for high school students from the Bahamas to attend MTSU. The scholarship will fund tuition, housing, and other expenses for four high school students.

May 28, 2014- MTSU in China: Trip wraps up with 5th educational partnership
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-in-china-spr2014-shaanxi/
MTSU recently partnered with Shaanxi Normal University in Xi’an. Thi province is home to famous historical sites, such as the Terracotta Warriors at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.

History

May 4, 2018- The Value of History
https://mtsunews.com/research-the-value-of-history/
MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation aims to support direct student research and experiential learning opportunities.

December 11, 2017- MTSU’s new Africana Studies major gives students a unique opportunity for exploration
https://mtsunews.com/africana-studies-major/
A new Africana studies major within the Department of History gives students a new way to explore the African continent through a variety of experiential learning techniques.

August 15, 2016- MTSU Students Represent MTSU at the 2013 APIEL Conference
APIEL Conference
Five students enrolled in Mary Evins’s Civic Engagement and Survey of United States History courses travelled to the 2013 Appalachian Public Interest Environmental Law (APIEL) Conference, taking place October 11-13 at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee.

August 8, 2016- MTSU Faculty and Students Present at the 2014 American Democracy Project Conference
American Democracy Project Conference 2014 
Beginning in 2003, the American Democracy Project (ADP) is a multi-campus initiative whose goal is “to produce graduates who are committed to being knowledgeable, involved citizens in their communities.”

August 8, 2016- MTSU Faculty and Students Present at the 2013 American Democracy Project Conference
American Democracy Project Conference 2013
Beginning in 2003, the American Democracy Project (ADP) is a multi-campus initiative whose goal is “to produce graduates who are committed to being knowledgeable, involved citizens in their communities.”

September 21, 2015- MTSU participants ‘rededicate’ themselves to Constitutional principles
https://mtsunews.com/constitution-day-2015/
While the rest of the country argues over and misinterprets the 228-year-old document, the MTSU community went straight to the source to celebrate Constitution Day.

May 27, 2015- Study-abroad group honors fallen MTSU alumnus in Vietnam
https://mtsunews.com/study-abroad-vietnam-2015/
Members of an MTSU study-abroad course remembered a fallen alumnus recently on the site where he gave his life during an infamous battle in the Vietnam War.

November 17, 2014- Middle Tennessee State University
http://wgnsradio.com/middle-tennessee-state-university-cms-23474
Dr. Mary Evins tells how MTSU is working to get students involved in the democratic process.

November 4, 2014- Local AAUW promotes American Democracy Project Nov. 13
https://mtsunews.com/aauw-democracy-project-event-nov2014/
The American Association of University Women of Murfreesboro will present Dr. Mary Evins, an MTSU history professor and coordinator for the American Democracy Project, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.

September 17, 2014- MTSU gets help from special guests to celebrate Constitution Day 2014
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-celebrates-constitution-day-2014/
Celebrating the 227th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution took a new learning turn Sept. 17 at MTSU as special guests helped students, faculty and staff read the historic document.

 March 3, 2014- MTSU American Democracy Project to moderate March 3 televised city candidates’ forum
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-moderators-city-candidates-forum/
MTSU’s American Democracy Project will play a significant role in tonight’s city candidates’ forum on Murfreesboro CityTV.

October 1, 2013- Students fascinated, informed by state Supreme Court on campus
https://mtsunews.com/scales-program-visit-mtsu-2013/
MTSU students peppered appeals attorneys in cross-examinations of their own Tuesday after observing the Tennessee Supreme Court hear arguments in three Midstate cases.

September 18, 2013- MTSU students, staffers turn out for Constitution Day
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-students-constitution-day-2013/
MTSU freshman Hannah Owens was among a few dozen or so volunteers who stood in line Tuesday outside Peck Hall, taking turns at the lectern in reading portions from the Constitution.

September 17, 2013- MTSU celebrates Constitution Day with readings, debate, vote signups
https://mtsunews.com/constitution-day-2013/
MTSU is celebrating the 226th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17 with a focus on voter registration as well as multiple daylong readings of the document.

September 17, 2012- MTSU welcomes almost 300 new citizens at naturalization ceremony
https://mtsunews.com/constitution-day-2012/
MTSU celebrated the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Monday with a few new fellow citizens — 288, to be exact — and a global audience that tuned in via the Internet at a special naturalization ceremony inside Murphy Center.

September 6, 2011- Constitution Week 2011 schedule at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/constitution-week-2011-schedule-at-mtsu/
MTSU will celebrate “Constitutional Responsibility and Civil Society” during its Centennial Constitution Week Sept. 11-20 on campus.

June 6, 2011- Walking in their footsteps: p. 3 Students retrace paths of WWI, WWII veterans during study-abroad trip
/news/Record/Rec_v19/rec1923.pdfhist2
Dr. Derek Frisby, assistant professor of history at MTSU, and the students in his “Warfare and Public Memory in Western Europe” visited World War I and World War II battlefields during their 16-day tour of the continent.

Journalism

July 23, 2021- MTSU on WGNS: Interim CBAS dean, student success grants, and real-world, award-winning journalism
https://mtsunews.com/wgns-action-line-july2021/
Scott Walker hosted several MTSU faculty and staff to discuss a new interim dean, grant awards for students, and award-winning student journalism.

June 25, 2021- Student journalists’ summer ‘road trip’ offers unexpected storytelling adventures
https://mtsunews.com/journalism-road-trip-summer21/
MTSU professor Leon Alligood offers students a unique journalism “road trip” for an experiential learning experience.

May 27, 2021- Journalism students earn national honors for ‘100 Years of Broadcasting’ TV special [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/student-journalists-wins-spr21/
Nine MTSU multimedia journalism students and alumni created an award-winning “100 Years of Broadcasting” TV news special.

November 18, 2020- MTSU media students help ‘Defend True Blue’ with mask-wearing PR campaign
https://mtsunews.com/student-mask-campaign-fall20/
Students in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media used public relations and advertising campaigns to help reinforce the mask mandate campus wide.

September 20, 2020- MTSU PR students earn 2 Parthenon Awards for promoting 1st Amendment freedoms
https://mtsunews.com/freedom-first-win-fall20/

Nine MTSU students and alumni earned two Parthenon Awards for a public relations campaign to educate their community.

June 1, 2017- Top MTSU Student Journalist calls Japan Fellowship "Amazing Learning Experience"
https://mtsunews.com/saran-taylor-japan-howard-fellow/
MTSU award-winning student journalist Sarah Grace Taylor made her way to Japan in recent weeks after being chosen as one of nine winners of the Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition.

November 2, 2015- ‘MTSU On the Record’ guest previews 2016 presidential election
https://mtsunews.com/syler-on-the-record-oct2015/
A look at the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates through the eyes of students was the topic of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

July 22, 2015- MTSU students visit McKenzie for ‘road trip’ class
jour1http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2015/07/22/mtsu-students-visit-mckenzie-road-trip-class/30549623/
Professor Leon Alligood brought the six journalism students to West Tennessee this week as part of his annual “road trip” class — bringing students to each of the divisions of the state to learn how to write in an area they’ve never been.

 

 


October 23, 2014- Join MTSU students Oct. 28 for analysis of hottest midterm elections
https://mtsunews.com/2014-midterm-election-pregame/
Curious about the hottest midterm Congressional races around the country and what effect they could have on our nation? Count on MTSU’s newest campaign analysts — students enrolled in Kent Syler’s special midterm elections course — to give you the answers Tuesday, Oct. 28.

August 20, 2014- Where student journalism meets Tennessee’s roads
https://theleadingedgemtsu.com/2014/08/20/where-journalism-meets-the-road/
For the second year in a row, a group of journalism students took to the road in Associate Professor Leon Alligood’s summer feature writing class. The Road Trip, as the students call the class, toured the state, spending a week each in Milan, Jonesborough and Dayton, Tennessee.

August 1, 2013- MTSU Journalism class practices experiential learning in West Tenn.
https://mtsunews.com/it-journalism-class-practice-experiential-learning/
MTSU journalism professor Leon Alligood and a group of students are in the midst of a three-week experiential learning class in which students are writing stories and creating content for two newspapers.

May 16, 2013- MTSU students create media for foreign language nonprofit
https://mtsunews.com/exl-media-class/
MTSU students enrolled in Professor Clare Bratten’s Seminar in Media Issues class took their skills from the classroom to the real world this spring by creating a media campaign for the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute.

March 25, 2013-Project Real Students Helps Those in Need
Project Real Students Helps Those in Need
Middle Tennessee State University’s spring Project Real experiential learning class has offered to help local business, Journey’s in Community Living, with web and promotional content.

December 20, 2012- Collaboration gives hands-on lessons in politics, media
https://mtsunews.com/lessons-in-politics-media/
While the presidential election may have been the year’s biggest news story for many, it was the fictitious congressional campaign in Tennessee’s fictitious 10th District that captured the attention of students in two classes of political science and mass communication.
 

Management

July 21, 2021- MTSU’s new HR concentration earns alignment with Society for Human Resource Management
https://mtsunews.com/hr-concentration-shrm-alignment-2021/
A new Human Resources Management program at MTSU will align with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to provide students with the content that should be studied by HR students at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

June 2, 2021- MTSU summer institute develops new generation of student leaders
https://mtsunews.com/institute-of-leadership-excellence-2021/
MTSU’s Institute of Excellence uses a variety of learning techniques to teach leadership theory to a group of undergraduate students.

January 13, 2021- Supply Chain Management professors deliver student-friendly textbook for remote teaching
https://mtsunews.com/burlington-tarpey-faculty-profile-2020/
Kimball Bullington and Richard Tarpey, from MTSU’s Department of Management, have developed a textbook to standardize the concepts being taught to students in different sections of the course.

June 20, 2020- ‘MTSU On the Record’ analyzes ways to transform workplace bullies
https://mtsunews.com/gilbert-on-the-record-june2020/
Dr. Jackie Gilbert discusses her book “How to transform Workplace Bullies Into Allies,” in which she presents exercises for both supervisors and employees.

November 4, 2017- MTSU event-management class organizes course to help women ‘stay alert, stay alive’
https://mtsunews.com/meeting-planners-safety-course/
Dr. Virginia Hemby’s Professional meeting, Event Exhibition and Convention Management students worked to present ‘Stay Alert, Stay Alive.” Participants received lectures from a retired police detective and learned self-defense techniques from a retired U.S. Navy Seal.

May 25, 2017- MTSU Management course Stresses Engaged, Hands-on Student Learning
https://mtsunews.com/gilbert-management-mt-engage/
One by one, students in MTSU management professor Jackie Gilbert’s class came to the front and took their classmates through slideshows of their community service hours at local nonprofits during the spring semester.

December 17, 2015- MTSU EXL students hone skills with workplace civility project
https://mtsunews.com/exl-students-civility-fall2015/
An impressive panel of area business professionals listened and watched intently as four student teams from professor Jackie Gilbert’s upper-level management course consolidated months of research and collaboration into 15-minute presentations inside a classroom at MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.

- June 12, 2015- MTSU professor continues civility push through EXL business course
https://mtsunews.com/civility-project-exl-2015/
A longtime advocate for more civil workplaces and educational spaces, Gilbert again brought that passion to the classroom during the spring semester for her Principles in Management 3610 Experiential Learning, or EXL, course in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business.

September 22, 2014- The Power of Policy
http://organizedforefficiency.com/the-power-of-policy/
Following a week of high profile scandals, the NFL announced that it will overhaul the League’s Personal Conduct Policy – to include stiffer penalties for domestic violence. It goes without saying that policy is more effective when it’s implemented proactively, rather than in knee jerk fashion – underneath the glare of media scrutiny and social media.

November 11, 2013- MTSU business students become teachers in ‘flipped classroom’
https://mtsunews.com/exl-management-flipped-classroom/mgmt2
When you enter this second-floor classroom inside the MTSU Business and Aerospace Building, you quickly notice that it’s the well-dressed students — aspiring future managers — who are running the show.

August 8, 2013- High School/College Partnerships to End Bullying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spu6tE2XY5Y
Spring, 2012, the EXL Principles of Management “cyber-bullying” team presented at Oakland High School. Their efforts culminated in a “public service” YouTube video, which features students and Oakland administrators.

May 7, 2013- MTSU students pitch civility proposals to Nissan
https://mtsunews.com/ext-at-nissan-americas/
On this day, they weren’t students; they were consultants. They weren’t classmates; they were competitors. Two student teams in MTSU professor Jackie Gilbert’s Principles of Management-Experiential Learning class squared off this semester — not in an MTSU classroom, but in the very real-world environment of the Nissan Americas headquarters in Franklin, Tenn.

March 2013- Wee Care Day Care Projects
Wee Care Day Care Projects
Students in Managerial Decision Making (MDM) and Senior Seminar EXL classes (in Management/Marketing) focused on a public service project to benefit Wee Care Day Care, a day care center located just blocks away from the MTSU campus that serves 30 children ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years.

December 5, 2012- MTSU Culture Fest 2012
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-culture-fest-2012-video/
Culture Fest 2012: “Around the World” is an ethnically diverse event hosted by MTSU’s Management and Marketing students to entertain and educate the public about understanding and respecting the multiple cultures that make up the Rutherford County community.

- November 9, 2012- MTSU goes around the world in a few days during International Education Week
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/mtsu-goes-around-the-world-in-a-few-days-during-international-education-week-cms-33278
MTSU celebrates International Education Week Nov. 12-17 with a flurry of food, fairs and fun, all free and open to the public.

November 29, 2012- Students ‘take a stand’ against bullying at work, school, online
https://mtsunews.com/exl-anti-bullying/
Students in Dr. Jackie Gilbert’s Principles of Management class at MTSU are taking a stand against bullying, whether in social settings on campus, in the free-for-all interactions of cyberspace or inside corporate offices.

- October 15, 2012- Take a Stand Stop the Bully / The Face of a New Resistance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XzvyUQIwE
As a class project, each of five student groups presented on a different “bullying” aspect.

October 28, 2011- ‘Culture Fest’ goes around the world in one room
https://mtsunews.com/culture-fest-goes-around-world/
Students in Free Enterprise at MTSU will present Culture Fest, a “Tour of the World,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Tennessee Room of MTSU’s James Union Building.

March 13, 2011- "Bullying, Blogging and Being More Organized"
/news/podcast/2011/OTR_03-13-11.mp3

- MTSU Business Class Shares Findings on Bullying
http://wmot.org/post/mtsu-business-class-shares-findings-bullying#stream/0
Murfreesboro, TN – A recent business class led by Dr. Jackie Gilbert explored six types of bullying. The group that studied stalking share their findings with WMOT.

Marketing

December 17, 2019- MTSU on WGNS: Latest Consumer Outlook Survey, MT Athletics fan promotions, vintage MTSU Milk signs
https://mtsunews.com/wgns-radio-december-2019/
MTSU faculty and staff discuss new vintage styled MTSU milk signs, the promotion of MT Athletics, and results from the latest Consumer Outlook Survey.

March 15, 2019- MTSU taps partnerships, advisory board to boost new Professional Sales concentration
https://mtsunews.com/professional-sales-advisory-board-2019/
The Jennings A. Jones College of Business has created a Professional Sales COncentration within the Department of Marketing. This program aims to increase student outreach and internship opportunities.

January 25, 2019- Insurance company IGA funds $100K sponsorship for new Professional Sales Office at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/iga-professional-sales-office/
The Insurance Group of America has provided MTSU’s professional sales program with a $100,000 sponsorship to help students obtain higher caliber jobs.

November 3, 2016- MTSU professor’s ready to prepare students for hospitality careers
https://mtsunews.com/hemby-grubb-hospitality/
Dr. Virginia Hemby has become a certified hospitality educator through the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.

May 12, 2015- MTSU marketing class takes deeper dive into Google searches
https://mtsunews.com/google-challenge-marketing-class/
MTSU marketing professor Don Roy recognizes the challenges today’s students face in a hyper-competitive job market, so what better way to give his students an edge than connecting them with search engine giant Google?

April 9, 2014- Enactus student group gives back to women’s resource center
https://mtsunews.com/enactus-helps-womens-resource-center/

Suitcases, garbage bags and assorted carrying cases for clothing and personal items form a line just inside the entrance to the Way of Hope Women’s Resource Center off South Rutherford Boulevard and Dill Lane.

March 2013- Wee Care Day Care Projects
Wee Care Day Care Projects
Students in Managerial Decision Making (MDM) and Senior Seminar EXL classes (in Management/Marketing) focused on a public service project to benefit Wee Care Day Care, a day care center located just blocks away from the MTSU campus that serves 30 children ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years.

December 5, 2012- MTSU Culture Fest 2012
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-culture-fest-2012-video/
Culture Fest 2012: “Around the World” is an ethnically diverse event hosted by MTSU’s Management and Marketing students to entertain and educate the public about understanding and respecting the multiple cultures that make up the Rutherford County community.

 - November 9, 2012- MTSU goes around the world in a few days during International Education Week
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/mtsu-goes-around-the-world-in-a-few-days-during-international-education-week-cms-33278
MTSU celebrates International Education Week Nov. 12-17 with a flurry of food, fairs and fun, all free and open to the public.

October 28, 2011- ‘Culture Fest’ goes around the world in one room
https://mtsunews.com/culture-fest-goes-around-world/
Students in Free Enterprise at MTSU will present Culture Fest, a “Tour of the World,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Tennessee Room of MTSU’s James Union Building.

May 17, 2010- p. 2 Marketing students get hands-on, and hang-up, experience
/news/Record/Rec_v18/rec1822.pdf
MTSU’s marketing students are getting down to the basics by participating in a survey of local consumer confidence.

Mechatronics Engineering

December 10, 2021- MTSU graduating seniors’ projects seize spotlight at Mech-Tech expo [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/seniors-projects-seize-mech-tech-spotlight/
Senior projects from Engineering Technology and Mechatronics students were on display in the Sam H. Ingram Building during an expo to celebrate their hands-on experiences.

April 30, 2021- MTSU engineering technology students’ gadgets on display at Mech-Tech Expo
https://mtsunews.com/mech-tech-displays-students-gadgets-2021/
MTSU Engineering Technology Department seniors and graduate students presented their senior projects at the MTSU Engineering Technology Mech-Tech Expo.

April 14, 2021- Public invited to MTSU Engineering Technology in-person Mech-Tech Expo April 29 in Murphy Center
https://mtsunews.com/mech-tech-expo-2021/
Senior and graduate engineering students will present their senior projects at the MTSU Engineering Technology Mech-tech Expo in Murphy Center.

April 15, 2019- Gov. Lee celebrates MTSU’s Ready-to-Work majors, Siemens partnership [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/governor-lee-ready-to-work-event-2019/
MTSU Mechatronics Engineering students are getting this opportunity to use state-of-the-art training from Siemens Digital Industries Software.

January 25, 2019- MTSU Engineering Technology welcomes regional robotics event
https://mtsunews.com/robotics-regional-spring2019/
TNFIRST hosted the first Tech Challenge Tennessee Regional Robotics Competition at MTSU in partnership with the Department of Engineering Technology.

June 27, 2019- Civil Air Patrol cadets experience E-Tech academy at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/cap-cadets-engineering-academy-2019/
The E-tech academy hosted 36 cadets to learn about a variety of STEM subjects, as well as to use the James E. Walker Library’s Makerspace.

September 21, 2015- MTSU mechatronics students modify Special Kids' cars
http://www.mtsunews.com/mechatronics-assists-special-kids/
A number of mechatronics students joined Nasab and Department of Engineering Technology assistant lab director John Rozell and six St. Mark's United Methodist Church volunteers Sept. 12 to modify seven battery-operated cars for children receiving therapy and nursing services at Special Kids, 2208 E. Main St.

March 20, 2015- Groups learn about MTSU mechatronics program from student
https://mtsunews.com/groups-learn-about-mechatronics/
MTSU senior Daniel Kiviniemi enjoyed showing off his other workplace space when the Precision Metalforming Association’s Tennessee district met on campus March 19.

Nursing

August 3, 2015-Advocacy website ranks MTSU nursing program among best in region
https://mtsunews.com/nursing-website-ranks-mtsu-top-15/
Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Nursing is listed among the top nursing programs in the region, according to recently released rankings by a nursing advocacy website.

April 8, 2014- Nursing students raising funds for 2nd medical mission to Guatemala
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-nursing-students-mission-to-guatemala-2014/
The nurses of the future are raising money to fund a mission of mercy to Central America.

April 4, 2014- Little ones of Project Help raise autism awareness with friends
https://mtsunews.com/project-help-autism-awareness-2014/
The children, staff and volunteers of MTSU’s Project Help worked this week to make the community more aware of autism with a special, and colorful, celebration called “Light It Up Blue.”

Nutrition & Food Science

March 29, 2016- Nutrition students offer free evaluations, community coaching
NFShttps://mtsunews.com/free-nutrition-evaluations-2016/
Students in Virginia Bogle’s EXL Nutrition Coaching and Counseling Skills 4305 class gained hands-on experience by offering free nutrition evaluation and coaching individualized specifically by the Senior Dietetic EXL Students and a Registered Dietitian. All sessions were held on campus in the Cason Kennedy Nursing Building. The sessions were one hour long and were designed to fit the needs of each individual that attended the sessions. Graduate student, Chloe’ Truitt, attended a session and stated that she “appreciated the individual care and concern she received on her personal needs and health goals.” The free, student-led nutrition evaluation and coaching sessions have been ongoing every spring semester for the last five years.

December 23, 2015- MTSU, Kroger partner to educate public about need to eat fruits, vegetables
http://wgnsradio.com/mtsu-kroger-partner-to-educate-public-about-need-to-eat-fruits-vegetables-cms-30381
As Americans make New Year's resolutions to eat healthier meals, MTSU will be planning ways to help them fulfill those resolutions.

March 2, 2015- MTSU students, professor, alumna capture honors in dietetics field
https://mtsunews.com/dietetics-honors-spring2015/
Two MTSU students, a professor and an alumna recently captured top honors based on their proficiency in the dietetics field.

March 20, 2014- Free info on healthy eating available at MTSU starting March 27
https://mtsunews.com/nutrition-coaching-spring-2014/
A lot of information about “healthy” eating is available, but how much of it is credible? You can learn the truth about improving your dietary habits with free individualized nutrition coaching from MTSU senior nutrition and food science students and a registered dietitian.

March 18, 2014- MTSU plans National Nutrition Month activities March 19-26
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-offers-nutrition-activities/
March is National Nutrition Month and MTSU is doing its part to promote healthier eating within the Blue Raider community

April 19, 2010- p. 1, 5 Students’ project sows seeds of good health
/news/Record/Rec_v18/rec1820.pdf
An example of how organizations at MTSU can help students gain real-life experience in their area of study, and how those organizations can also aid the surrounding community, is exhibited by the university’s chapter of the Student Dietetic Association.

Organizational Communication

February 1, 2018- MTSU EXL students present training program to state HR department
https://mtsunews.com/exl-presents-tenn-hr-department/
Organizational Communication students received an experiential learning opportunity to collaborate with the Tennessee Department of Human resources.

December 6, 2017- Midstate artists’ ornaments bring warmth to state tree in D.C. with MTSU freshmen’s help
https://mtsunews.com/arts-ornaments-2017/
Two freshman organizational communication students coordinated with Borderless Arts Tennessee to create ornaments for Tennessee’s Christmas Tree on the “Pathway of Peace” in Washington, D.C.

April 6, 2017- Organizational Communication Students Complete Grant Project
Organizational Communication Students Complete Grant Project
Lori Kissinger’s Organizational Communication in Communities students do not just learn about nonprofit organizations—they create them.

March 24, 2017- Organizational Communication Students Help with VSA TN Fundraiser
Organizational Communication Students Help with VSA TN Fundraiser
On March 24, students enrolled in Lori Kissinger’s Organizational Communication in Communities class received firsthand experience in event planning and the nonprofit field.VSA TN Fundraiser


February 25, 2017- VSA TN Selects 2017 Young Soloist Winners
http://vsatn.org/vsa-tn-selects-2017-young-soloist-winners/
The 2017 VSA Tennessee Young Soloist Concert was held on Wed., Feb. 22 at Middle Tennessee State University. The 2017 winner is Tyler Samuel.  2nd Place went to Drew Basham and 3rd place to Allie Hemmings.

- February 22, 2017- MTSU Hosts VSA Tennessee's 2017 Young Soloist Competition
MTSU Hosts VSA Tennessee's 2017 Young Soloist Competition
Students enrolled in Lori Kissinger’s Organizational Communication in Communities course have once again successfully handled the logistics of Very Special Arts (VSA) Tennessee’s Young Soloist Competition.

- February 20, 2017- VSA Tennessee's Young Soloist Competition set for Feb. 22 at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-ornaments-2016/
VSA Tennessee is excited to introduce six young individuals competing in vocal and instrumental music at its Feb. 22 Young Soloist Competition at MTSU.

November 30, 2016- Artists create tiny Tennessee Christmases at MTSU for D.C. tree
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-ornaments-2016/
Two dozen young Midstate artists’ unique visions  are on display, with help from MTSU students, as Tennessee’s state Christmas tree shines brightly alongside the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., through the end of December.

November 10, 2016- Experiential Learning Students Hold Fall Festival for Special Needs Youth
Experiential Learning Students Hold Fall Festival for Special Needs Youth
On Monday, November 7, students in Lori Kissinger’s Organizational Communication in Communities course held a fall festival for students of Genesis Academy in Murfreesboro, TN.

November 10, 2016- National Christmas Tree Ornament Project
National Christmas Tree Ornament Project

On Monday, October 17, students enrolled in Lori Kissinger’s Organizational Communication in Communities course assisted students with disabilities in creating ornaments for the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.

April 6, 2016- MTSU summit offers tips to help turn passions into professions
https://mtsunews.com/nonprofit-innovation-summit-2016/

Entrepreneur and author Sam Davidson told students at the 2016 MTSU Nonprofit & Social Innovation Student Summit that to do what they love without going broke, they needed to identify where their passions, talents and societal needs intersect.

February 21, 2016- 2016 VSA Tennessee Young Soloist Winners Selected
orco2http://vsatn.org/2016-vsa-tennessee-young-soloist-winners-selected/
On Friday, Feb. 19 at the Wright School of Music on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, the 2016 VSA Young Soloist winners were selected. This concert was coordinated in partnership with an Organizational Communication class at MTSU and the Ambassadors of VSA TN (a student organization).

 


February 21, 2016- Scott MacIntyre Lecture a Huge Success
http://vsatn.org/scott-macintyre-lecture-a-huge-success/
Over 100 students and community members turned out for the lecture on Friday, Feb. 19 by Scott MacIntyre at Middle Tennessee State University.

- February 12, 2016- State’s talented youth set MTSU concert Feb. 19 with Scott MacIntyre
http://www.mtsunews.com/vsa-young-soloists-2016/
MTSU students once again are coordinating the statewide event, which is open to any vocalist or instrumentalist age 14 to 25 with any form of disability. The state contest is part of an international competition, which will be held May 27 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and will feature winners from across the nation.

January 25, 2016-Creative Connections: MTSU reaches the world in a very special way
http://mtsusidelines.com/2016/01/creative-connections-mtsu-reaches-the-world-in-a-very-special-way/orco3
A young man with severe autism can barely speak in conversation, yet he takes the stage confidently to sing along with Josh Turner at the Grand Ole Opry. A dance group comprised of students with Down syndrome performs at an MTSU football game. Mentally disabled students teach their peers with no handicaps how to shape and paint handcrafted pottery.

August 5, 2015- MTSU welcomes young artists’ national ‘Journey’ to Todd Gallery
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-artists-exhibit-fall2015/
MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery is welcoming works by 15 emerging young artists from across America this month in a special traveling exhibit, “The Journey,” that premiered at the Smithsonian Institution.

July 8, 2015- MTSU Guides International Project Showcasing Artists with Disabilities
orco4http://wmot.org/post/mtsu-guides-international-project-showcasing-artists-disabilities#stream/0
An MTSU-coordinated labor of love, pieced together by a group of international artists and friends to celebrate the arts, education and cultural exchanges, is now being spotlighted in Washington, D.C.

 

 


June 10, 2015- My Favorite Sports
http://40days.vsatn.org/tn-dominican-republic/
Young people with disabilities in Sumner County, Tennessee participated in an art making session at the Sumner Teen Center directed by the Hendersonville Woman’s Club.

June 10, 2015- Radio Broadcast
http://40days.vsatn.org/tndublin/
Arts and Disability Ireland, the VSA Affiliate in Ireland, and VSA Tennessee hosted a professional development opportunity for musicians with disabilities by expanding their audiences using radio.

April 16, 2015- What Makes My Home Special
http://40days.vsatn.org/tn-mexico-spain/
Home, Hogar, Casa…regardless how you say it, home defines us.  Through this residency, a group of students in Patty Daniel’s class at Beech High School in Hendersonville, TN defined what home means to them by writing a song with professional songwriters Les Kerr and Tammy Vice.

April 16, 2015- Weaving Workshops
http://40days.vsatn.org/tn-japan/
VSA arts of Japan sent a video of their process of SAORI hand weaving and samples of their work. VSA Tennessee worked with a life skills class in Nashville to create their own hand weaving friendship bracelets.

April 16, 2015-Children’s Art Exchange
http://40days.vsatn.org/tn-haiti/orco5
In the fall of 2014, students from Middle Tennessee State University worked with an after school program at the Family Learning and Resource Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

 

March 31, 2015- Nonprofit & Social Summit connects students, pros
https://mtsunews.com/nonprofit-student-summit-folo/
After sitting in on a session at this year’s Nonprofit & Social Innovation Student Summit, MTSU sophomore Morgan Higgins felt she had a better handle on what she needed to do to connect her talents and passions with a fruitful career.

March 27, 2015-MTSU honors 15 in Midstate as ‘Millennials on a Mission’
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-honors-area-millennials/
Fifteen area professionals were recently honored by MTSU as “Millennials on a Mission in Middle Tennessee” as part of the university’s second annual Nonprofit & Social Innovation Week.

March 20, 2015- Miki Agrawal highlights second MTSU Nonprofit & Social Innovation Week
https://mtsunews.com/agrawal-nonprofit-social-2015/
Social entrepreneur and author Miki Agrawal will visit MTSU Monday, March 23, to encourage students and the campus community to do cool things and create their best lives by starting their own businesses.

February 19, 2015- Artists’ MTSU lectures celebrate creativity with disabilities
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-artists-lectures-sp2015/
Organizers of a lecture series welcoming three renowned artists to the MTSU campus this spring have announced a scheduling change for one of the guests.

- February 12, 2015- MTSU Announces Lecture Series on Arts and Disabilities
http://mtsusidelines.com/2015/02/mtsu-announces-lecture-series-on-arts-and-disabilities/
MTSU has announced a lecture series through VSA Tennessee, a state organization that strives to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to participate in and learn through artistic activities.

January 30, 2015-State’s talented young vocalists set to perform at MTSU Feb. 10
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-young-soloists-2015/
Some of Tennessee’s most talented young musicians will showcase their gifts Tuesday, Feb. 10, at MTSU during the state’s 2015 VSA Young Soloist concert.

November 4, 2014- Young Artists Create Tiny Tennessee Christmases at MTSU to Decorate State Tree
http://wmot.org/post/young-artists-create-tiny-tennessee-christmases-mtsu-decorate-state-tree#stream/0orco7
Students from Lori Kissinger's EXL Organizational Communications in Communities class served as artists' assistants to nearly two dozen young men and women who attend the Transition Academy of Rutherford County Schools and the Tennessee School for the Blind.

November 3, 2014- Young artists create tiny Tennessee Christmases at MTSU (+VIDEO)
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-tenn-tree-2014/
MTSU students worked with artists through VSA Tennessee to create ornaments that represented a Tennessee Christmas.

October 2, 2014- ‘Breaking Bad’ star RJ Mitte amuses, inspires MTSU audience
https://mtsunews.com/breaking-bad-star-rj-mitte-visit/
One of the stars of TV’s “Breaking Bad” offered an evening of uplifting advice in a conversation with fans at MTSU.RJ Mitte, who portrayed Walter “Flynn” White Jr. on the Emmy-winning AMC cable network drama, discussed his battle with cerebral palsy and his acting career Oct. 1 at Tucker Theatre.

- October 2, 2014- Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte speaks to MTSU students on overcoming adversity
http://mtsusidelines.com/2014/10/breaking-bad-actor-rj-mitte-speaks-to-mtsu-students-on-overcoming-adversity/
RJ Mitte, best known for his role on Breaking Bad, gave a humorous, yet affirming presentation on overcoming adversity, followed by a 30-minute Q&A at Tucker Theatre on Wednesday night.

- September 24, 2014- ‘Breaking Bad’ star, adviser to tout disability insights, science
https://mtsunews.com/breaking-bad-info-week-mtsu/
MTSU will be “Breaking Bad” with a week of science, drug- and disability-awareness activities inspired by the popular television series.

September 23, 2014- Todd Art Gallery welcomes Kennedy Center’s ‘In/finite Earth’ exhibit
https://mtsunews.com/infinite-earth-exhibit-at-todd-2014/
MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery is playing host to a nationwide tour of unique artists with the “In/finite Earth” exhibit open now through Wednesday, Oct. 1

May 6, 2014- MTSU students help win a Twitter contest
MTSU students help win a Twitter contest
In the EXL ORCO 3250 class, the students are learning about fund raising. Their instructor, Lori Kissinger, thought it would be a good experience for them to participate in the newest form of fund raising which is happening through social media. The students worked on a twitter campaign for VSA Tennessee through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and they went up against over 400 nonprofits in middle Tennessee. The group won the competition!

May 1, 2014- EXL class allows MTSU students to dig deeper into health issues
https://mtsunews.com/health-fair-exl-class/
The 25 students in MTSU professor Mary Beth Asbury’s organizational communication class have a “healthy” appreciation for experiential learning after spending the spring semester researching, planning and finally executing a campus Health Fair to share what they’ve learned.

April 4, 2014- MTSU students gain valuable tips, insights at nonprofit summit
https://mtsunews.com/nonprofit-social-innovation-student-summit-2014/
Now president and CEO of the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties, Meagan Flippin told MTSU students Friday that career opportunities abound in the nonprofit sector for those students willing to build relationships, develop mentors and exceed expectations.

March 27, 2014- Musician George Dennehy shares infectious message of joy at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-young-vocalist-competition-2014/
George Dennehy offers many messages in his music — love, gratitude, determination, acceptance, faithfulness — but the one that seems to permeate the young singer-songwriter’s conversation is joy.

- March 25, 2014- Statewide Young Vocalist Competition at MTSU to Feature Musician George Dennehy
http://wmot.org/post/statewide-young-vocalist-competition-mtsu-feature-musician-george-dennehy#stream/0
The voices of young artists from across Tennessee will ring out in MTSU's Wright Music Building Wednesday night, and once again MTSU students will be working to ensure the artists and audience have a stellar experience.
 

October 21, 2013- Memphis student finds her niche at MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/memphis-student-finds-niche-at-mtsu/
Muskin, who was in Memphis Monday, Oct. 21, for the MTSU “True Blue Tour” event at the Memphis Botanic Garden, is an organizational communications major who has been quite involved with campus activities. She expects to graduate in May 2014.

February 21, 2013- MTSU to host ‘Tennessee VSA Young Soloist’ event Feb. 27
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-young-soloist-2013/
Seven young musicians from across the state will perform at MTSU on Feb. 27 for the Tennessee VSA Young Soloist competition. The musicians will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Hinton Music Hall inside MTSU’s Wright Music Building.

December 17, 2012- Students assist with special performance at Parthenon
https://mtsunews.com/golden-ratio-project/
MTSU students played a part in a recent arts performance that will soon be on exhibit across Tennessee and will ultimately travel to Athens, Greece, for an international arts education exchange.

March 19, 2012-Career Center holds Summer Internship, Jobs Fair in JUB
https://mtsunews.com/summer-jobs-fair/
With basketball mania prevalent this month, MTSU Career Development Center Director Bill Fletcher calls it March Internship Madness: two fairs in one day at the same time and location.

Spring 2012- Careers in Music History and Timeline
Careers in Music History and Timeline
In 2006, VSA Tennessee began a partnership with the Tennessee Arts Commission in looking at Careers in the Arts for artists with disabilities. The result of this partnership was a 2 day conference held at Middle Tennessee State University.

March 24, 2010- MTSU benefit concert helps blind band
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/mtsu-benefit-concert-helps-blind-band-cms-22503&cache_id=47621
A group of organizational communication students at MTSU developed a vision to sponsor a band to perform in an International VSA program and will hold a benefit concert for Lake Rise Place.

November 3, 2008- p. 6 Orco students find success at Dollywood
/news/Record/Rec_v17/rec1709.pdf
On Oct. 9, seven MTSU students took off for Dollywood, but they weren’t just there to have fun for fall break. Five of the students are part of an experiential-learning organizational communication, or ORCO, class in which they learn how to create and run nonprofit organizations and events.

Physical Science

July 28, 2021- MTSU undergrads contribute to published research as part of Geoscience of Caves course [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/undergrads-contribute-published-research-caves/
Mark Abolins, an MTSU geosciences professor, uses his classes as a research opportunity to take students to different caves in the area.

August 4, 2020- $272K USDA grant helps MTSU, Ole Miss researchers investigate conservation practices with changing climate
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-mississippi-usda-grant-partners-2020/
Faculty and students from MTSU and Ole Miss collaborated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on a research grant regarding climate change and conservation practices.

April 15, 2016- Students are science superheroes to 5th-grade friends
https://mtsunews.com/honors-class-drives-science/
Using superheroes as an educational tool, an MTSU honors science class brought the STEM Extravaganza to Bellwood Discovery School for the second year. The 14-member Contemporary Issues in Science honors class for non-science majors promoted science and sustainability to 80 Discovery School fifth-graders April 14.

April 7, 2015- MTSU students carry science to Discovery School
https://mtsunews.com/honors-students-carry-science/
Eighteen University Honors College students — all non-science majors taking an honors physical science class this spring— put on quite a presentation that is the first experiential learning STEM Extravaganza carried out to the community.

Political Science & International Relations

 December 3, 2021- MTSU students test state government waters at legislative event [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-attends-state-college-legislature-2021/

Eight MTSU students attended the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, which provides students with a hands-on opportunity to witness the ins and outs of public policy.

October 23, 2020- MTSU on WGNS: Evolution and religion, reducing stress among farmers, pandemic politics
https://mtsunews.com/wgns-action-line-oct2020/
Dr. Elizabeth Barnes, Dr. Chaney Mosley, and Kent Syler join Bart Walker to discuss topics such as evolution and religion, stress among farmers,and politics during the pandemic.

August 3, 2018 - MTSU students report election results at WSMV-News4
http://www.wsmv.com/clip/14536676/news4-political-analyst-recaps-primary-elections​
https://www.facebook.com/mtsublueraiders/photos/a.446075916234.248276.13178216234/10155783008136235/?type=3&theater
MTSU political science and EXL students gained valuable experience helping WSMV-News4 gather and report election results for the August 2, 2018 elections across Tennessee. The students joined their EXL Professor and News4 political analysis, Kent Syler, for the election day coverage.

February 28, 2017- MTSU students get a lesson in lawmaking from 1964
http://www.wsmv.com/story/34506415/mtsu-students-get-a-lesson-in-lawmaking-from-1964
Some Middle Tennessee State University students combed through the archives Tuesday for a lesson in lawmaking.

November 2, 2015- ‘MTSU On the Record’ guest previews 2016 presidential election
https://mtsunews.com/syler-on-the-record-oct2015/
A look at the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates through the eyes of students was the topic of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

October 23, 2014- MTSU students to present campaign analysis
http://www.dnj.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/23/mtsu-students-present-campaign-analysis/17810743/
Elections Nov. 4 will receive analysis Tuesday from students enrolled in a special midterm elections course at Middle Tennessee State University, according to a release from the university.

March 31, 2014- MTSU legislative interns enjoy hands-on experience
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-legislative-interns-video/
Thirteen MTSU students worked as legislative interns this spring during the most recent session of the Tennessee General Assembly in Nashville. Twelve of them gathered recently on the 30th floor of the Tennessee Tower for a celebration luncheon in which university officials, lawmakers and alumni thanked them for their commitment.

- March 28, 2014- MTSU legislative interns get close-up view of state politics
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-legislative-interns-2014/
Terry was among 13 MTSU students who worked as legislative interns during the most recent session of the Tennessee General Assembly in Nashville. Twelve of them gathered recently on the 30th floor of the Tennessee Tower for a celebration luncheon in which university officials, lawmakers and alumni thanked them for their commitment.


December 20, 2012- Collaboration gives hands-on lessons in politics, media
https://mtsunews.com/lessons-in-politics-media/
While the presidential election may have been the year’s biggest news story for many, it was the fictitious congressional campaign in Tennessee’s fictitious 10th District that captured the attention of students in two classes of political science and mass communication.

September 17, 2012- Political and Civic Engagement Minor
https://mtsunews.com/political-and-civic-engagement-minor/
Dr. Stephen Morris, chair of the MTSU Department of Political Science, describes the Political and Civic Engagement Minor, which is designed to maximize experiential learning in the political arena.

November 14, 2011- Mock trial squad wins Mid-South tournament
https://mtsunews.com/mock-trial-squad-wins-mid-south/ps2
An MTSU team was crowned champion of the Mid-South Mock Trial Invitational Tournament held at Middle Tennessee State University Nov. 11-12.

 

September 20, 2010- p.1 New poli-sci minor awakens citizenship
/news/Record/Rec_v19/rec1906.pdf
In this politically charged era, the MTSU Department of Political Science is stepping forward with a new minor, Political and Civic Engagement, to guide students in becoming more fully involved in their society.

Psychology

April 15, 2015- MTSU Student Hosts Mother To Mother Diaper Drive
PSYCHDiaperDriveMTSU Student Hosts Mother To Mother Diaper Drive
Middle Tennessee State University psychology student Holly Braswell collected over 1,500 diapers for Mother To Mother Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides Tennessee families with necessary items to care for their babies and young children.

 


April 15, 2015- Mother To Mother Diaper Drive
Mother to Mother Diaper Drive
Diapers are one of the most essential needs for any parent. There is an enormous demand for them and a lot of women cannot afford to buy them. Food stamps will not even cover them. We are trying to make it a little easier for these underprivileged mothers to take care of their children. Please donate diapers!!

December 2, 2011- Class project helps save lives, educate students
https://mtsunews.com/class-project-saves-lives/
MTSU students from Dr. Catherine Crooks’ psychology class participated in an HIV testing event as a project. The project totaled over five hours, with almost 300 students receiving test results, along with testing and counseling information.

Recording Industry

December 14, 2021- ‘Studio Saturdays’ help MTSU recording industry, music students build professional partnerships
https://mtsunews.com/studio-saturdays-fall21/
MTSU Recording Industry students are using Studio Saturdays to gain professional experience in the new Main Street Studios.

December 3, 2021- New ‘Main Street Studios’ fine-tune MTSU recording industry’s ‘Grammy-winner factory’ reputation [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/main-street-studios-fall21/

MTSU held a grand opening for its Main Street Studios, a learning facility created to provide a customized learning experience for future music-industry leaders.

May 20, 2021- Student-run Match Records creates opportunities of lifetime
https://mtsunews.com/student-run-match-records-creates-opportunities-of-lifetime/
MTSU’s own record label, Match Records, is a student-operated label that provides opportunities for student artists to be scheduled for performances and interviews.

November 6, 2020- Recording professor helps audio students learn via video ‘studio’
https://mtsunews.com/recording-professor-helps-audio-students-learn-via-video-studio/
Bill Crabtree, an Audio Production professor, created a virtual TV studio in MTSU’s audio control room in an attempt to still provide a hands-on experience to his students.

April 24, 2020- MTSU songwriters ‘Rise Up’ with poignant, ‘timeless’ music video inspired by remote-learning task
https://mtsunews.com/rise-up-songwriting-video-spr20/
MTSU commercial songwriting students, along with Odie Blackmon, helped to bring Caitlin Eadie’s song to life in Blackmon’s Advanced Commercial Songwriting class.

December 11, 2019- MTSU class gets ‘Grand Tour’ of country icon George Jones’ life with help from wife, museum visit [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/jones-class-adventures-fall19/
MTSU Commercial Songwriting students toured George Jones’ museum, as well as got to sit down with Jones’ wife, Nancy Jones.

November 8, 2019- MTSU’s Match Records reboots with 4 new artists, new logo
https://mtsunews.com/match-records-reboot-2019/
MTSU’s record label, Match records, has now been relaunched by four students in the Department of Recording Industry.

August 20, 2019- MTSU on WGNS: ‘The Dolly Project’, United Nations panels, hands-on audio training
https://mtsunews.com/wgns-little-stickle-baird-aug2019/
Associate professor, Frank Baird, discusses the numerous handson learning experiences his students have access to within the Department of Recording Industry.

March 28, 2019- MTSU celebrates 6th go-round on Billboard’s music business schools list
https://mtsunews.com/billboard-music-schools-spr2019/

The MTSU Department of Recording Industry was awarded a spot on the list of America's top music business schools for the sixth year in a row.

June 27, 2018- MTSU strikes chord on pop music education at 2018 APME conference [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-hosts-apme-conference-2018/
MTSU’s Odie Backmon oversaw the annual Association for Popular Music Education Conference hotels on the Blue Raider’s campus. Over 175 music educators visited for four days of learning, demonstrations, and networking.

November 29, 2017- Big Time Producers take interest in MTSU student
MTSU student Natalie Madigan meets Producers
MTSU teacher Odie Blackmon introduced student Natalie Madigan to producers and after their meeting with Tony Brown, Natalie has recorded one of her songs with Tony producing and they are currently working on vocals.

November 22, 2017- MTSU Songwriting awarded grant by ACM Lifting Lives Foundation
MTSU Songwriting Receives ACM Grant
MTSU Songwriting students will have more opportunities to learn about their profession due to them receiving a $10,000 grant by ACM Lifting Lives Foundation.

November 10, 2017- MTSU, pro songwriters help craft Operation Song’s second ‘veterans day’ for local service members
https://mtsunews.com/operation-song-2017/
MTSU’s Commercial Songwriting Program welcomed 10 local veterans for Operation Song, which helps veterans through the use of music therapy.

November 6, 2017- ASCAP Awards at the Ryman Auditorium 
80 MTSU Students attend ASCAP Awards
On November 6th, 2017 80 MTSU Department of Recording Industry students attended the ASCAP awards at the historic Ryman Auditorium.

October 20, 2017- #1 Hit Songwriter Chuck Jones holds workshop for MTSU songwriting students
Chuck Jones Looper Pedal Workshop
On October 20th, 2017 Chuck Jones visited MTSU songwriting students to hold a looper pedal workshop. https://www.facebook.com/odieblackmon/videos/1436509373063140/

September 8 and October 13, 2017- Nashville Songwriters Association International at MTSU
NSAI Visitors at MTSU
Known artists in the Nashville music industry visit MTSU's campus to educate members of the Nashville Songwriters Association International Chapter of MTSU.

June 11, 2017- Bonnaroo 2017 Wrap: Experience for MTSU Students "Can't be Beat"
https://mtsunews.com/bonnaroo-2017-mtsu-multimedia-students-attuned-to-ongoing-partnership/
Multimedia student journalists covered more than 20 musical performances, plus two comedy shows as well as produced other news and feature stories for outlets ranging from USA TODAY Network-Tennessee to NowPlayingNashville.com to MTSU’s student-run publication Sidelines.

April 20, 2017- MTSU entertains public, fights hunger at April 24 'End of Semester Show'
AcornPeopleEndofSemesterShow
MTSU’s entertainment community is coming together Monday, April 24, for an “End of Semester Show” aimed at showcasing campus talent and industry partnerships with an eye toward helping hungry fellow students, too! Click on the following link to view a video made by students about the event; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0TdSk94Fo

March 31, 2017- Mac Davis and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame give back to MTSU student songwriters
Mac Davis and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame give back to MTSU student songwriters
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member, Mac Davis, visited MTSU songwriting students on Friday, March 31.

Mac Davis

March 20, 2017- Hoodoo and the Blues (and what's Mojo anyway?)
Hoodoo and the Blues
On Monday March 20 at 11:30 am at the Center for Popular Music, Professor Odie Blackmon explores the African-American folk magic, Hoodoo, and its influence on Blues lyrics!

March 1, 2017- MFA Audio and Songwriting Practicum Students Record with A-List Musicians
MFA Audio and Songwriting Practicum Students
MTSU Commercial Songwriting students and MFA students collaborate with professional songwriters and musicians to record and release songs.

October 21, 2016- 'MTSU On the Record' studies music transition from keys to discs
https://mtsunews.com/dahan-on-the-record-oct2016/
A company that recorded some of the most vital sounds of American music was the focus of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

December 2, 2016- MTSU seniors recognized for plans to restore 3 songwriters' copyrights
https://mtsunews.com/chitwood-award-winners-2016/
Two MTSU seniors are the dual recipients of MTSU’s 2016 Chitwood Award for Excellence for their plans to help three best-selling songwriters reclaim ownership of two of their popular compositions.

November 1, 2016- Songwriting Trios Help Local Veterans at MTSU 'Operation Song'
https://mtsunews.com/operation-song-fall2016/Operation Song
The day could’ve been another workday for seven Nashville songwriters and another co-writing assignment in an MTSU experiential learning course for seven advanced commercial songwriting students.

December 16, 2015- MTSU songwriting classes get a ‘lift’ from ACM grant for visiting pros
https://mtsunews.com/acm-songwriting-grant-2015/
MTSU songwriting students will have more opportunities to learn from visiting professionals in the first phase of a new “Music Row in Murfreesboro” project funded by a $10,000 grant from an arm of the Academy of Country Music.

June 23, 2015- ASCAP hosts private showcase for MTSU songwriting program
https://mtsunews.com/ascap-private-showcase-2015/
ASCAP recently held a private showcase at their offices for Nashville music publishers showcasing Middle Tennessee State University’s songwriting program.

December 8, 2014- MTSU songwriting stars take stage for Nashville benefit concert
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-songwriting-concert-dec14/
A special MTSU songwriting benefit concert drew a full house of enthusiastic supporters to hear headlining alumnus Eric Paslay, fellow Grammy-nominated songwriter Dylan Altman and a half-dozen MTSU recording industry students.

October 14, 2013- Singing Praises: A Music Row chart topper tips his hat to MTSU
https://mtsunews.com/singing-praises/
Even though Murfreesboro native Chris Young never graduated from MTSU, the 28-year-old credits much of his success as a chart-topping country music artist to his time spent as a student.

September 23, 2010- MTSU and ASCAP Team for Fledgling Writers
rim3http://www.musicrow.com/2010/09/mtsu-and-ascap-team-for-fledgling-writers/
MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry and the Nashville office of ASCAP are helping to turn education into careers with a successful commercial songwriting partnership, “Partners in Craft.”

 

 

 

Sociology

November 2, 2015- ‘MTSU On the Record’ guest previews 2016 presidential election
https://mtsunews.com/syler-on-the-record-oct2015/
A look at the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates through the eyes of students was the topic of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

October 23, 2014- Join MTSU students Oct. 28 for analysis of hottest midterm elections
https://mtsunews.com/2014-midterm-election-pregame/
Curious about the hottest midterm Congressional races around the country and what effect they could have on our nation? Count on MTSU’s newest campaign analysts — students enrolled in Kent Syler’s special midterm elections course — to give you the answers Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Study Abroad

January 28, 2019- MTSU plans Education Abroad trip to explore New Zealand in May
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-plans-new-zealand-trip-2019/
A 16-day education abroad trip is being offered through the Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies Program to the North Island of New Zealand.

May 22, 2017- MTSU Scholars head Overseas with Coveted State Department Language Scholarships
https://mtsunews.com/language-scholars-summer2017/
Two MTSU scholars will depart soon for far-flung regions of the globe after winning prestigious financial stipends. Bonnie Walker and Ethan McHugh are among more than 500 students at U.S. colleges and universities who received 2017 Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.

November 13, 2014- Find your place in the world at MTSU Study Abroad Fair Nov. 19
https://mtsunews.com/study-abroad-fair-2014/
MTSU will put the world at its students’ fingertips at its annual Study Abroad Fair Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the Student Union’s first-floor lobby. The event, which provides students with information about studying in other countries, is slated for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 19.

July 9, 2012- Students build strong future in study-abroad partnership
https://mtsunews.com/fukushima-study-abroad/
By journeying to earthquake-scarred Fukushima, Japan, in June, 10 students can lay claim to being the founding fathers and mothers of a new annual study-abroad opportunity at MTSU.

- June 5, 2012- Students head to Fukushima for cleanup detail
https://mtsunews.com/fukushima-study-abroad-service/
A contingent of 10 students and two professors from MTSU left Nashville June 4 to participate in the cleanup and rebuilding mission in Fukushima, Japan.

Textiles, Merchandising & Design

April 19, 2022- Follow MTSU students ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ at fashion show April 23
https://mtsunews.com/runway-show-2022-april2022/
Thirty students from MTSU’s Textile, Merchandising and Design Program will participate in the 2022 TXMD Runway Show titled “Down the Rabbit Hole.”

April 18, 2018- Fashion, Design students excel at Nashville Fashion Week
https://mtsunews.com/fashion-design-students-excel-at-nashville-fashion-week/
MTSU Textile, Merchandising, and Design students recently had the opportunity to volunteer with Nashville Fashion Week working behind the scenes to help designers and models throughout the shows.

June 30, 2017- MTSU professor designs homes, businesses with health in mind
https://mtsunews.com/brickey-design-certification/
Dr. Janis Brickey of the Department of Human Sciences is now a “WeLL” accredited professor according to the International WELL Building Institute.

April 12, 2016- MTSU fashion promotion students showcase African couture April 16
https://mtsunews.com/fashion-runway-show-2016/
MTSU students who major in textiles, merchandising and design will strut their stuff in an end-of-semester extravaganza. The program’s annual Fashion Runway Show is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in Room 221 of the McWherter Learning Resources Center.

February 6, 2016- MTSU hosts successful National Quilts of Valor Sew Day event
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-hosts-quilts-event-2016/
A group of area quilters, including MTSU students, gathered at the university Saturday, Feb. 6, to do their part to add a bit of comfort to active military personnel and veterans.

January 21, 2016- Historic wedding gowns dress up spring for MTSU, Oaklands Mansion
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-oaklands-bridal-exhibit-2016/
Fashion, fabric and one of the most fantastic days in a couple’s life are captured in the “Wedding Dresses through the Decades” exhibit currently underway at Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro.

August 5, 2015- MTSU welcomes young artists’ national ‘Journey’ to Todd Gallery
https://mtsunews.com/vsa-artists-exhibit-fall2015/
MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery is welcoming works by 15 emerging young artists from across America this month in a special traveling exhibit, “The Journey,” that premiered at the Smithsonian Institution.

July 8, 2015- MTSU Guides International Project Showcasing Artists with Disabilities
http://wmot.org/post/mtsu-guides-international-project-showcasing-artists-disabilities#stream/0
An MTSU-coordinated labor of love, pieced together by a group of international artists and friends to celebrate the arts, education and cultural exchanges, is now being spotlighted in Washington, D.C.

April 10, 2015- MTSU displays ‘Cosmic Couture’ on runway in April 11 fashion show
https://mtsunews.com/design-runway-show-spring-2015/
Tomorrow’s clothing designers will display the fashions of the future in the annual Textiles, Merchandising and Design Runway Show.

January 8, 2015- MTSU helps Oaklands Museum again celebrate bridal style in exhibit
https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-oaklands-bridal-exhibit-2015/
The wedding ceremony’s aim remains to form a lifelong union, but one of its centerpieces — the bride’s gown — has been transformed to accommodate various styles over the years.

April 16, 2014- ‘Great Gatsby’ style dominates at MTSU Fashion Runway Show
https://mtsunews.com/fashion-show-video2014/
The MTSU Department of Human Sciences presented its annual Fashion Runway Show April 11 in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.

-April 3, 2014- ‘Great Gatsby’ style dominates MTSU Fashion Runway Show April 11
https://mtsunews.com/fashion-runway-show-2014/txmd3
The MTSU Department of Human Sciences will present its annual Fashion Runway Show at 7 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.

February 3, 2014- MTSU helps fashion ‘Wedding Dresses Through the Ages’ exhibit
https://mtsunews.com/wedding-dresses-exhibit-2014/
When Chloe Calhoun was choosing her wedding gown, she said she had no idea it would become part of an award-winning annual exhibit.

April 4, 2013- MTSU struts on the runway during annual Fashion Week
https://mtsunews.com/fashion-week-2013/
MTSU’s second annual Fashion Week shines a spotlight on everything from plus-size clothing to “Alice in Wonderland.”

April 4, 2012- Students set sail with style in ‘Bon Voyage!’ fashion show
https://mtsunews.com/student-fashion-show/
“Bon Voyage!” is the theme of MTSU’s spring 2012 Student Design Fashion Show slated for 7 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.

Theatre

April 20, 2022- MTSU dancers whisk winter away at Spring Dance Concert April 21-23
https://mtsunews.com/spring-dance-concert-2022/
MTSU dance students and faculty performed at the MTSU Dance Theatre’s 2022 Spring Dance Concert at Tucker Theatre.

September 24, 2021- MTSU Theatre’s ‘Busie Body’ kicks off 2021-22 season with Restoration comedy
https://mtsunews.com/busie-body-fall21/
The MTSU Theatre Department begins their 2021-22 season with an 18th century comedy from English author Susan Centlivre.

March 19, 2021- MTSU Theatre students collaborate with Nashville Rep for ’10-Minute Play Festival’
https://mtsunews.com/10-minute-plays-spring21/
MTSU Theatre and Dance students have partnered with the Nashville Repertory Theatre to perform a half-dozen plays in the MTSU Theatre 6x10: 10-Minute Play Festival.

April 6, 2021- MTSU Theatre prepares the way for ‘Godspell’ online [+VIDEO]
https://mtsunews.com/godspell-spring21/
MTSU Theatre students performed the Tony-nominated musical “Godspell” in Tucker Theatre for online audiences.

July 26, 2019- Embodied Exploration
https://mtsunews.com/embodied-exploration/
Professor Meg Brooker incorporates experiential learning into all processes in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Brooker promotes embodied research, in which students put themselves “into an experimental space.”

September 22, 2014- Some tickets still available for this week’s ‘American Tall Tales’
https://mtsunews.com/american-tall-tales-2014/
“American Tall Tales” features student- and faculty-written tunes and tales about incredible characters like Pecos Bill, John Henry, Slue-Foot Sue, Annie Christmas and Johnny Appleseed. The show focuses on family fun with 7:30 p.m. performances set this Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 24-27, at MTSU and a 2 p.m. matinee planned for Sunday, Sept. 28.

November 5, 2013-Bring the family, join the fun for MTSU’s ‘Year with Frog and Toad’
https://mtsunews.com/mtsuarts-frog-and-toad/
MTSU Arts is bringing a beloved children’s series of books about friendship to life — and to Tennessee — on the Tucker Theatre stage with an hourlong musical production of “A Year with Frog and Toad.”

October 17, 2011- Get creeped out with ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
https://mtsunews.com/get-creeped-out-with-sleepy-hollow/
MTSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance is scaring the community with its 2011-12 season opener, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” with shows set Oct. 29 and 31 in the newly renovated Tucker Theatre.

November 3, 2011- Flight of Foot
https://mtsunews.com/flight-of-foot/
MTSU dance creates an artistic representation of experiential learning and academic research in their production of “Exodus.”