[211] MTSU Will Close for Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

Release date: Nov. 24, 2009


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu


MTSU Will Close for Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend


(MURFREESBORO) — MTSU will be closed Nov. 26-28 for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, university officials announced. No classes will be held and all offices will be closed as students, faculty, staff and administrators celebrate the holiday with families and friends.
All fall semester classes will resume at their scheduled times on Monday, Nov. 30, and offices will be open from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The James E. Walker Library will close at 10 p.m. Wednesday for the holidays. It will be open from 1 p.m. until midnight Sunday.
On Wednesday, the JUB Raider Zone, McCallie and KUC Grill will be open for their regular operating hours. Cyber Café will close at 10 p.m.
A special Thanksgiving dinner, sponsored by the Parents Association, MT Dining and Housing and Residential Life, will be served in the Scarlett Commons Clubhouse from 2 until 5 p.m. Thursday. All other ARAMARK/MT Dining food venues will be closed that day.
McCallie Dining Room will be open from 11:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. All other food venues will be closed both days.
Food venues operating on Sunday will include McCallie (11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.) and Cyber Café (6 p.m.-2 a.m.). All others will be closed.
All ARAMARK/MT Dining venues will be open for their regular hours Monday.
Here are operating hours for Keathley University Center and James Union Building: Both will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday and closed Thursday through Saturday. Only KUC will be open (4 until 11 p.m.) Sunday.
In the event of an emergency on campus, people should call the MTSU Police Department at 615-898-2424.


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