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(MURFREESBORO) Middle Tennessee State University awards an array of guaranteed scholarships to qualifying first-time, incoming freshmen — including scholarships enhanced in 2022 — but the deadline to take advantage is quickly approaching. Prospective students must have a complete application on file with the MTSU Admissions Office by Friday, Dec. 1, to be considered for an acade...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s residence halls for Fall 2023 are at capacity for the first time in recent memory, thanks to a combination of rising enrollment of new freshmen and transfer students and changes in the off-campus housing market. Unlike other institutions in the state, however, MTSU does not require any students to live on campus. The university, which has a total enrollment of just over 20,000, has about 3,00...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Incoming Middle Tennessee State University freshman biology major Laylah Coleman likes the diversity of opportunities on the Blue Raider campus. Taking a different slant, Cedric White loves the flat terrain, there’s a rock-climbing wall in the Campus Recreation Center and excited to pursue forensic science. They were two of nearly 250 freshmen that...

(MURFREESBORO) With about 80 Blackman High School students flanking them, MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, Blackman Principal Justin Smith and Rutherford County Schools’ Director Jimmy Sullivan signed a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the university and local high school. The signing occurred Friday, March 24, 2023, in the MTSU Student Union Ballroom, as a universitywide Scholars Week event led b...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Zach Shafer wants to be a professional pilot one day. He is considering Middle Tennessee State University’s highly regarded Aerospace Department and two other southern aviation programs to help complete his dream. This fall, as a Blackman High School senior, Shafer was one of more than 50 Blackman Collegiate Academy students working on research projects. Along with the BCA seniors, Shafer shared his study, &am...

MTSU will host the 26th annual Tennessee Girls in STEM Math and Science Conference. Check out more of the latest news from MTSU.

MTSU student Zofia Zagalsky had an eye on one specific item: “I really was wanting the lamp I got to help mitigate some of my electric power usage,” she said

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU student Zofia Zagalsky had an eye on one specific item: “I really was wanting the lamp I got to help mitigate some of my electric power usage,” she said following the first-ever Free Cycle event recently on campus. And, she added, “school supplies like notebooks, organizers and a calculator clipboard are just great things that I’m always looking out for.” Formerly e...

Nearly 40% of Tennessee high school seniors who take steps to enroll in college don’t follow through in the fall due to high tuition costs and other barriers.

Murfreesboro Daily News Journal Over the past year, high school students across the United States have had every aspect of life affected by COVID-19. Securing acceptance to universities is no exception and application deadlines are looming. “There’s a lot of things I’ve missed out on,” said senior Martin Burgess, who attends La Vergne High School where his father, Martin Burgess, is a science teacher.  High school seniors around the U.S. are facing those application deadlines without...