[524] Dixon, MO., Native Ryan Prewett Graduates From MTSU

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EDITORIAL CONTACT: Lisa L. Rollins, Office of News and Public Affairs, lrollins@mtsu.edu

DIXON, MO., NATIVE RYAN PREWETT GRADUATES FROM MTSU

(MURFREESBORO, Tenn.)—Ryan Prewett, son of Connie and Arnold Prewett of Dixon, Mo., was among the 2,180 graduates who received degrees from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro during its spring commencement exercises held May 8, 2010, on the university’s campus.
Prewett graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from MTSU’s recording industry program, which is part of the university’s College of Mass Communication.
Founded in 1911, MTSU’s 99th spring commencement ceremonies featured dual ceremonies and dual speakers beginning at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Among the 2,180 who graduated, 1,804 were undergraduates and 376 were graduate students, including 278 master’s candidates, 88 education specialist recipients and 10 doctoral candidates.
Candidates from the College of Graduate Studies, Jennings A. Jones College of Business, and College of Education received their degrees in the morning ceremony. That afternoon, degrees were conferred on candidates in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, College of Mass Communication, and the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning, said Dr. Diane Miller, interim executive vice president and provost and chairwoman of the commencement committee.
For more information about commencement, please visit the Records Office website at www.mtsu.edu/~records/grad.htm.


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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.