Music-led enhanced campus tour experience awaits MTSU visitors

Music-led enhanced campus tour experience awaits MTSU visitors

Prospective Middle Tennessee State University students and their families will enjoy an enhanced campus tour experience — featuring live, acoustic music by current students — following upgrades unveiled this week for the weekday campus visits. The upgrades — live music, a walk through MTSU history, selfie spot, a new video in cinemascope and surround sound featuring…

MTSU honors local company, retiring Army officer at ceremony

MTSU honors local company, retiring Army officer at ceremony

Ronnie and Donna Barrett knew they were attending a retirement ceremony on the MTSU campus Friday (Feb. 24). Little did they know they would be sharing center stage momentarily with the honoree. The Barretts, owners of Christiana, Tennessee-based Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, received a framed certificate from Keith M. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership…

MTSU Fort Campbell visitors

Daniels Center visit highlights Fort Campbell Retirees Council meeting at MTSU

Nearly 25 members of the Fort Campbell Retirees Council held a business meeting, enjoyed lunch and toured the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center on the MTSU campus. The group met Thursday (Feb. 23) in Cantrell Hall of the Tom H. Jackson Building. It was a scheduled gathering led by Keith M….

MTSU CSCS opening-ribbon cutting

Homebuilder Floyd pledges $1M to help launch MTSU Center for Student Coaching and Success

A seven-figure financial gift from local real estate developer John Floyd promises to boost the professional prospects of students preparing to graduate from MTSU. Floyd has pledged $1 million to help launch the Center for Student Coaching and Success (CSCS) at MTSU, which was officially opened during a Tuesday, Feb. 21, ribbon-cutting ceremony at its…

MTSU Honors open house

Opportunities, ‘sense of community’ attract high school students to MTSU Honors College open house

One student flew from Colorado. Most of the high school students came from Tennessee. The rest came from surrounding states in the South and Midwest. With sunny, mid-70 degree weather prevailing outdoors for Presidents’ Day when most were out of school for the holiday, nearly 640 people attended the MTSU Honors College open house Monday…

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VSA Tennessee’s Young Soloist Competition set for Feb. 22 at MTSU

VSA Tennessee is excited to introduce six young individuals competing in vocal and instrumental music at its Feb. 22 Young Soloist Competition at MTSU. The annual event will last from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on MTSU’s campus. Tickets are $5 at the…

Country music’s Atkins learns about MTSU veterans center

Country music’s Atkins learns about MTSU veterans center

When MTSU’s Keith M. Huber met country music entertainer Rodney Atkins for the first time Thursday (Feb. 16), they discovered they had much in common. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives at MTSU, served nearly 40 years in the military, retiring as a lieutenant general. Atkins has entertained for troops with the USO…

Daniels Center Veterans Transitioning Home will help students locate jobs

Daniels Center Veterans Transitioning Home will help students locate jobs

Expansion of the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center will further help veterans — on campus and in the community — in the transition from the military to civilian life. MTSU held a ribbon-cutting for the Daniels Center Veterans Transitioning Home Tuesday (Feb. 14) in Keathley University Center Room 316 thanks to…

Middle Tennessee head coach Rick Insell

Rick Insell to be inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Middle Tennessee head women’s basketball coach Rick Insell has been selected for induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. He will be MTSU’s fourth coach to be inducted into a national hall of fame. In a statement from the school, Insell said, “I am truly humbled and overwhelmed by this tremendous news. To be included…

MTSU honors Hillary Scott

MTSU honors Hillary Scott, other alumni Grammy nominees in Los Angeles

MTSU put its spotlight upon country star Hillary Scott as faculty and friends gathered Saturday, Feb. 11, in Southern California to celebrate the former student’s Grammy nods in two Christian music categories. President Sidney A. McPhee and College of Media and Entertainment Dean Ken Paulson also recognized three other Grammy nominees with MTSU ties at…