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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — “Standing Strong” for diversity and inclusion is the focus of the 2024 LGBT Plus College Conference, set for Thursday-Saturday, April 4-6, on campus at Middle Tennessee State University. The theme is a nod to the ongoing legislation against diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the local, state and federal levels. “The basic idea is there’s an onslaught of bad news of late and the goal of the conference is to ex ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — An Emmy-winning broadcaster and humorist who’s brought joy, thought-provoking commentary and plenty of fascinating stories to Sunday mornings for two decades will help Middle Tennessee State University celebrate its storytellers for National Women’s History Month.  Nancy Giles, a contributor to “CBS Sunday Mornings” since 2002, is scheduled to make the National Women’s History Month keynote address Thursday, March 23, at 6 p.m. in t ...

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MURFREESBORO  — National Book Award-winning scholar Imani Perry will discuss how one region’s people and cultures have influenced a nation when she travels “South to America” to visit Middle Tennessee State University Thursday, Feb. 9.   Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and an interdisciplinary scholar of race, law, literature and African American culture, is set to speak a ...

(MURFREESBORO) February will be filled with opportunities to celebrate and learn when Middle Tennessee State University marks Black History Month 2023 with films, awards, fashion, music, panel discussions and talks with famed philosopher Cornel West and author, activist and educator Ilyasah Shabazz.  African-American Life Ninety-seven years after the Association for the Study of African American Life and History first sponsored a weeklong national event to recognize the contribu ...