[518] Living Learning Community Aims For Campus Togetherness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

LIVING LEARNING COMMUNITY AIMS FOR CAMPUS TOGETHERNESS
“MTSU on the Record” Previews Fall Opportunity for Rutherford, Davidson Students

(MURFREESBORO) - With an Access and Diversity Grant from the Tennessee Board of Regents and university matching funds, MTSU will create a Gen. Next Living Learning Community on campus for students from Rutherford and Davidson counties. Dr. Laurie Witherow, director of the Academic Support Center, and Vincent Windrow, director of Intercultural and Diversity Affairs, will discuss this innovation at 8 a.m. this Sunday, June 27, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
The goal of the project is to increase retention among freshmen and sophomores, increase progress to degree completion and quicker identification and declaration of appropriate academic majors. Officials hope that centering the students in a single dormitory will promote a fuller acclimation to campus life both academically and socially.
To listen to last week’s program about MTSU’s new international media studies minor, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/news/podcast/podcast2010.shtml and click on “June 20, 2010.” For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” 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.