[169] "MTSU On The Record" Says "Happy Birthday, Campus School"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 30, 2009EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

“MTSU ON THE RECORD” SAYS “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPUS SCHOOL” Teaching Incubator Serves Educators, Students, Community for 80 Wonderful Years

(MURFREESBORO) - Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Homer Pittard Campus School on “MTSU on the Record” at 7 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 1, on WMOT-FM (89.5 or wmot.org). Host Tom Tozer will interview Marrie Lasater, chair of the celebration committee; Campus School supporter John Green; and student Ryan Whitefield.
In 1909, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the General Education Bill, which provided for the establishment of three schools for the education of teachers. Each of these schools, one of which was at Middle Tennessee State Normal School, was to have a “practice school” where teaching students could observe and practice. That school was moved to its present location on East Lytle Street in Murfreesboro in 1929.
To hear last week’s program on the Almoravids with Dr. Ron Messier, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “October 25, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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With three Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and former faculty, Middle Tennessee State University confers master’s degrees in 10 areas, the Specialist in Education degree, the Doctor of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. MTSU is ranked among the top 100 public universities in the nation in the Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey.