For release: Dec. 20, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
School of Music contact: Lalo Davila, 615-898-2803 or Lalo.Davila@mtsu.edu
MTSU alumnus lands drummer role for ‘Queen Extravaganza’ tour
MURFREESBORO — Tyler Warren, an alumnus of the MTSU School of Music and College of Liberal Arts, has quite a gig for the next year or so.
Warren, who earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 2008 with an emphasis in music industry, will be the drummer for “Tfhe Queen Extravaganza Tour” across North America in 2012.
The tour, which celebrates the music of the classic arena-rock band that still thrills generations of fans, was announced Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.
Queen, a British rock band that formed in 1971 in London, has sold more than 300 million albums, recorded 18 No. 1 singles and played more than 700 live concerts worldwide.
“I grew up listening to Queen, memorizing songs, studying (drummer) Roger Taylor’s technique and just fully engulfing myself in all the aspects of their music,” said Warren, a native of Camden, Tenn. “Not many people get an opportunity to meet one of their childhood heroes and promptly get judged by them.”
Warren said he has a 15-month contract to play in The Queen Extravaganza.
Warren was selected as Queen Extravaganza drummer after an 11-week challenge in which judges reviewed online auditions, weighed votes from Queen fans worldwide and supervised a final in-studio audition in Los Angeles. Five others were selected for vocal, guitar and bass roles with the band.
“As the audition videos began posting, we could see right away that the caliber of talent was very high,” Taylor said in making the lineup announcement. “But when I got into the studio with the final 25 musicians, I realized that these guys are seriously good players. They went way beyond my expectations.
“It was an incredibly difficult decision to choose the final line-up. I wish I could’ve kept them all, but in the end, I’m very happy with this group of exceptional musicians.”
Taylor will be producer and musical director of the road show. His Queen bandmate Brian May will be involved later in production.
Warren credits his MTSU professor Lalo Davila, a veteran School of Music faculty member, and former faculty member Tommy Giampietro for helping him achieve success. Warren plays several instruments and says his “drumming technique is a little different from most drummers these days, especially those my age.”
Joining Warren on the tour will be vocalists Jennifer Espinoza of San Antonio, Texas, and Marc Martel of Montreal and Nashville; Tristan Avakian of Toronto and Brian Gresh of Tulsa, Okla., on guitar; and Fransois-Olivier Doyon of Quebec City, Canada, on bass.
For more information, visit www.queenextravaganza.com.
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Note: To contact Tyler Warren for a personal interview, call 731-707-1337.
Captions for photos:
MTSU alumnus Tyler Warren keeps the beat during a recent performance.
(Photo submitted)
Head-and-shoulders photo: Tyler Wilson
Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
[207] Col. Jurgens to Address MTSU Fall Commissioning Ceremony Friday
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Military science contact: Lt. Col. T.K. Kast, 615-898-2470 or Tharrel.Kast@mtsu.edu
Col. Juergens to address MTSU fall commissioning ceremony Friday
MURFREESBORO — U.S. Army Forces Command, or FORSCOM, inspector general Col. Richard A. “Rich” Juergens will be the guest speaker for the annual fall ROTC commissioning ceremony for the MTSU military science department.
Juergens will speak during the Friday, Dec. 16, ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. and be held in the Keathley University Center Theater. It is expected to be an even more rewarding visit and experience for Juergens, whose oldest daughter, Elizabeth, will be one of four cadets commissioned into the Army.
Also to be commissioned as second lieutenants will be Lisa Hubert, Kelsey Kirby and Taylor Wall. The ceremony is open to family and friends of the commissionees; MTSU faculty, students and staff; and the general public.
Col. Juergens and his wife, Diana, have been married for more than 25 years, and two of their eight daughters are cadets in the MTSU program. Senior Elizabeth Juergens, a criminal justice major, is a degree candidate for Saturday’s second commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. in Murphy Center. Junior Hannah Juergens is a nursing major. Their other daughters are Mary, Annie, Grace, Katie, Ellie and Olivia.
Before his selection to the FORSCOM post, Juergens served as deputy commander of Brigade Modernization Command. Before that, he was chief of combat plans for the Joint Air component of the Joint Special Operations Command and commanded Joint Task Force Bravo.
Juergens served as a joint officer with U.S. Central Command (Special Operations Command, director of crisis plans and special activities).
A 1985 distinguished military graduate from the University of Delaware, Juergens received a regular Army commission as a second lieutenant in Army Aviation. His assignments include maintenance officer, platoon leader, company executive officer and company commander of the 1/9th Attack Helicopter Battalion; small group instructor and operations officer with the 1st Battalion, 145th Regiment; platoon leader, company commander and battalion operations officer with the 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
Juergens’ combat tours include two deployments to Afghanistan serving as joint special operations aviation commander as well as a tour in Iraq as joint special operations aviation component commander.
He is a graduate of three Army courses, the Command and General Staff College, the Joint and Command Warfighting School and the Joint Advanced Warfighting School.
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Media welcomed.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Military science contact: Lt. Col. T.K. Kast, 615-898-2470 or Tharrel.Kast@mtsu.edu
Col. Juergens to address MTSU fall commissioning ceremony Friday
MURFREESBORO — U.S. Army Forces Command, or FORSCOM, inspector general Col. Richard A. “Rich” Juergens will be the guest speaker for the annual fall ROTC commissioning ceremony for the MTSU military science department.
Juergens will speak during the Friday, Dec. 16, ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. and be held in the Keathley University Center Theater. It is expected to be an even more rewarding visit and experience for Juergens, whose oldest daughter, Elizabeth, will be one of four cadets commissioned into the Army.
Also to be commissioned as second lieutenants will be Lisa Hubert, Kelsey Kirby and Taylor Wall. The ceremony is open to family and friends of the commissionees; MTSU faculty, students and staff; and the general public.
Col. Juergens and his wife, Diana, have been married for more than 25 years, and two of their eight daughters are cadets in the MTSU program. Senior Elizabeth Juergens, a criminal justice major, is a degree candidate for Saturday’s second commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. in Murphy Center. Junior Hannah Juergens is a nursing major. Their other daughters are Mary, Annie, Grace, Katie, Ellie and Olivia.
Before his selection to the FORSCOM post, Juergens served as deputy commander of Brigade Modernization Command. Before that, he was chief of combat plans for the Joint Air component of the Joint Special Operations Command and commanded Joint Task Force Bravo.
Juergens served as a joint officer with U.S. Central Command (Special Operations Command, director of crisis plans and special activities).
A 1985 distinguished military graduate from the University of Delaware, Juergens received a regular Army commission as a second lieutenant in Army Aviation. His assignments include maintenance officer, platoon leader, company executive officer and company commander of the 1/9th Attack Helicopter Battalion; small group instructor and operations officer with the 1st Battalion, 145th Regiment; platoon leader, company commander and battalion operations officer with the 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
Juergens’ combat tours include two deployments to Afghanistan serving as joint special operations aviation commander as well as a tour in Iraq as joint special operations aviation component commander.
He is a graduate of three Army courses, the Command and General Staff College, the Joint and Command Warfighting School and the Joint Advanced Warfighting School.
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Media welcomed.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[206] First Candidates in New MTSU Master's Program to Graduate
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
FIRST CANDIDATES IN NEW MTSU MASTER’S PROGRAM TO GRADUATE
Revised Degree Prepares Students for Careers in Recreation, Sport Industries
MURFREESBORO—The first six graduates of MTSU’s new Master of Science in Leisure and Sport Management degree program will be among those receiving diplomas Saturday, Dec. 17, at Murphy Center.
They are Kelsey Dortch of Milan, Tenn.; Anthony Dudley of Franklin, Tenn.; Ryan Harper of Brentwood, Tenn.; Jacob McKissack of Pulaski, Tenn.; Jazman Swett of Antioch, Tenn.; and Bartley Webb of Springdale, Ark.
After three years of revision, the Department of Health and Human Performance updated its master’s degrees to reflect changing trends in the industry. The leisure and sport management degree track offers two concentrations: recreation and leisure services, and sport industry.
Dr. Steven Estes, department chair, says the field has expanded beyond the era when leisure, sport and recreation were almost solely concerned with the outdoors or sports.
Estes says academics in recreation at one time focused on the philosophy that we grow and become fully human in our leisure moments, literally “recreating” ourselves. Similarly, he says, academics in physical education focused on training teachers and coaches for public schools.
Today, techniques similar to those used in business schools are being applied to these fields, and research is more important than ever. Two core courses for this new MTSU master’s-degree track focus on legal issues and risk management and financial management and marketing.
Elective courses include “Leisure and Aging,” “Sport and Society,” “Administration and Supervision of Physical Education and Sport,” “Aquatic Exercise & Therapeutic Techniques” and “Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Leisure and Tourism.”
“We’re starting to recognize that things like tourism or getting a professional sports team have a huge impact on the way that people spend their leisure dollars,” says Estes.
To learn more about the MTSU Master of Science in Leisure and Sport Management, visit www.mtsu.edu/healthhumanperf/graduate_hhp.shtml or contact Deborah Williams, graduate analyst, at 615-898-2147 or deborah.williams@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
FIRST CANDIDATES IN NEW MTSU MASTER’S PROGRAM TO GRADUATE
Revised Degree Prepares Students for Careers in Recreation, Sport Industries
MURFREESBORO—The first six graduates of MTSU’s new Master of Science in Leisure and Sport Management degree program will be among those receiving diplomas Saturday, Dec. 17, at Murphy Center.
They are Kelsey Dortch of Milan, Tenn.; Anthony Dudley of Franklin, Tenn.; Ryan Harper of Brentwood, Tenn.; Jacob McKissack of Pulaski, Tenn.; Jazman Swett of Antioch, Tenn.; and Bartley Webb of Springdale, Ark.
After three years of revision, the Department of Health and Human Performance updated its master’s degrees to reflect changing trends in the industry. The leisure and sport management degree track offers two concentrations: recreation and leisure services, and sport industry.
Dr. Steven Estes, department chair, says the field has expanded beyond the era when leisure, sport and recreation were almost solely concerned with the outdoors or sports.
Estes says academics in recreation at one time focused on the philosophy that we grow and become fully human in our leisure moments, literally “recreating” ourselves. Similarly, he says, academics in physical education focused on training teachers and coaches for public schools.
Today, techniques similar to those used in business schools are being applied to these fields, and research is more important than ever. Two core courses for this new MTSU master’s-degree track focus on legal issues and risk management and financial management and marketing.
Elective courses include “Leisure and Aging,” “Sport and Society,” “Administration and Supervision of Physical Education and Sport,” “Aquatic Exercise & Therapeutic Techniques” and “Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Leisure and Tourism.”
“We’re starting to recognize that things like tourism or getting a professional sports team have a huge impact on the way that people spend their leisure dollars,” says Estes.
To learn more about the MTSU Master of Science in Leisure and Sport Management, visit www.mtsu.edu/healthhumanperf/graduate_hhp.shtml or contact Deborah Williams, graduate analyst, at 615-898-2147 or deborah.williams@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[205] Curriculum Integration Grants Available To MTSU Faculty
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
CURRICULUM INTEGRATION GRANTS AVAILABLE TO MTSU FACULTY
President’s Commission Funds Infusion of Women’s Issues into New, Existing Classes
MURFREESBORO—Tenured and tenure-track faculty at MTSU can apply until Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, for grants to help integrate of women’s experiences and perspectives into the curriculum.
The MTSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women will award three grants of $1,800 each for use in summer 2012 to revise an existing course, revise a general-education course for a study-abroad program, create a new course, revamp a current minor or create a new minor.
Winners of 2011 PCSW grants included Dr. Tricia Farwell, an assistant professor of journalism, who proposed a new course, “Sex and Gender in Advertising.” Farwell said she “hopes to assist the students in making connections regarding the impact on women (and men) of idealized beauty, overly sexualized images and other gendered topics.”
Dr. John Maynor, an associate professor of political science, received a grant to redesign “Human Rights,” a course that is taught each spring semester. The course’s current topics include human rights in relation to torture, war, economic globalization, international organizations and cultural relativity.
“The revised course will, in part, focus on the ways women’s experiences of human rights violations are gendered,” Maynor said. “To that end, the revised course will examine the roles of custom and law in compromising women’s dignity and equality.”
Maynor’s revised course will include a two-part service-learning component: sex-trafficking issues with the cooperation of Free for Life International and women’s empowerment issues with the help of Humans in Crisis International.
The third 2011 grant winner, Dr. Amy Sayward of the Department of History, proposed a revision of “History of Sport in America” to include an examination of “the way in which sports help to construct and challenge identities—national, ethnic, racial, gender, sexual and community identities.
“I would like to explore the ways in which American sports history has both reinforced and challenged gender roles, as well as ideas of sexuality, over time,” Sayward noted.
The PCSW’s Academic Issues Subcommittee will judge the proposals. Courses developed or revised for the undergraduate curriculum and those that can be implemented within two years will receive priority consideration.
Complete application guidelines are available at www.mtsu.edu/pcsw/grants.shtml.
For more information, contact Dr. Samantha Cantrell, PCSW chair, at 615-494-8751 or samantha.cantrell@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"! Visit MTSUNews.com for MTSU news anytime.
CURRICULUM INTEGRATION GRANTS AVAILABLE TO MTSU FACULTY
President’s Commission Funds Infusion of Women’s Issues into New, Existing Classes
MURFREESBORO—Tenured and tenure-track faculty at MTSU can apply until Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, for grants to help integrate of women’s experiences and perspectives into the curriculum.
The MTSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women will award three grants of $1,800 each for use in summer 2012 to revise an existing course, revise a general-education course for a study-abroad program, create a new course, revamp a current minor or create a new minor.
Winners of 2011 PCSW grants included Dr. Tricia Farwell, an assistant professor of journalism, who proposed a new course, “Sex and Gender in Advertising.” Farwell said she “hopes to assist the students in making connections regarding the impact on women (and men) of idealized beauty, overly sexualized images and other gendered topics.”
Dr. John Maynor, an associate professor of political science, received a grant to redesign “Human Rights,” a course that is taught each spring semester. The course’s current topics include human rights in relation to torture, war, economic globalization, international organizations and cultural relativity.
“The revised course will, in part, focus on the ways women’s experiences of human rights violations are gendered,” Maynor said. “To that end, the revised course will examine the roles of custom and law in compromising women’s dignity and equality.”
Maynor’s revised course will include a two-part service-learning component: sex-trafficking issues with the cooperation of Free for Life International and women’s empowerment issues with the help of Humans in Crisis International.
The third 2011 grant winner, Dr. Amy Sayward of the Department of History, proposed a revision of “History of Sport in America” to include an examination of “the way in which sports help to construct and challenge identities—national, ethnic, racial, gender, sexual and community identities.
“I would like to explore the ways in which American sports history has both reinforced and challenged gender roles, as well as ideas of sexuality, over time,” Sayward noted.
The PCSW’s Academic Issues Subcommittee will judge the proposals. Courses developed or revised for the undergraduate curriculum and those that can be implemented within two years will receive priority consideration.
Complete application guidelines are available at www.mtsu.edu/pcsw/grants.shtml.
For more information, contact Dr. Samantha Cantrell, PCSW chair, at 615-494-8751 or samantha.cantrell@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"! Visit MTSUNews.com for MTSU news anytime.
[204] MTSU Set to Host 1st Forensic Science Symposium
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Forensic Institute for Research and Education, 615-494-7713
MTSU SET TO HOST 1ST FORENSIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Excellent Opportunity for Middle-, High-Schoolers to Exhibit Knowledge
MURFREESBORO—Youngsters in grades seven through 12 will be able to present their original projects in forensic science at the inaugural MTSU Forensic Science Symposium scheduled for May 12, 2012, in the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors College Building.
The science fair, which is open to students in Tennessee and beyond, will showcase original research performed in various fields of forensic science. It is organized in the form of a professional scientific meeting to introduce students to that experience.
Students should begin their research soon in order to submit applications and abstracts by the Jan. 15, 2012, deadline, organizers say. Students will be notified of their acceptance by Jan. 31.
The symposium sponsor is MTSU’s Forensic Institute for Research and Education, which provides educational and training opportunities for law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, attorneys, social workers and other groups in forensic science and homeland security.
Students will present their symposium projects in both written and poster formats, and the judging will take place during the poster session of the symposium. Judges will include community leaders and professionals in science and forensic science.
First-, second- and third-place finishers will receive cash awards. The first-place winner’s sponsoring teacher also will receive a special prize and recognition during the awards ceremony. Abstracts of all accepted projects will be printed in the official “Forensic Science Symposium Proceedings Journal.”
Applications can be downloaded at www.mtsu.edu/fire/Forensic_Science_Symposium.shtml. For more information, contact the FIRE offices at 615-494-7713 or email symposium coordinator Tiffany Saul at fire@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
MTSU SET TO HOST 1ST FORENSIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Excellent Opportunity for Middle-, High-Schoolers to Exhibit Knowledge
MURFREESBORO—Youngsters in grades seven through 12 will be able to present their original projects in forensic science at the inaugural MTSU Forensic Science Symposium scheduled for May 12, 2012, in the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors College Building.
The science fair, which is open to students in Tennessee and beyond, will showcase original research performed in various fields of forensic science. It is organized in the form of a professional scientific meeting to introduce students to that experience.
Students should begin their research soon in order to submit applications and abstracts by the Jan. 15, 2012, deadline, organizers say. Students will be notified of their acceptance by Jan. 31.
The symposium sponsor is MTSU’s Forensic Institute for Research and Education, which provides educational and training opportunities for law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, attorneys, social workers and other groups in forensic science and homeland security.
Students will present their symposium projects in both written and poster formats, and the judging will take place during the poster session of the symposium. Judges will include community leaders and professionals in science and forensic science.
First-, second- and third-place finishers will receive cash awards. The first-place winner’s sponsoring teacher also will receive a special prize and recognition during the awards ceremony. Abstracts of all accepted projects will be printed in the official “Forensic Science Symposium Proceedings Journal.”
Applications can be downloaded at www.mtsu.edu/fire/Forensic_Science_Symposium.shtml. For more information, contact the FIRE offices at 615-494-7713 or email symposium coordinator Tiffany Saul at fire@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[203] 1,780-plus Graduates Set to Participate in MTSU Fall 2011 Commencement
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Office of News and Media Relations, 615-898-2919
1,780-plus graduates set to participate in MTSU fall 2011 commencement
MURFREESBORO—More than 1,780 students are expected to receive their degrees during MTSU’s fall 2011 commencement ceremonies, according to a report from Cathy Kirchner of the University’s Registrar’s Office.
MTSU will again feature dual ceremonies and dual speakers beginning at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in Murphy Center. Of the 1,787 set to graduate during the event, 1,494 are undergraduates and 293 are graduate students, including 273 master’s candidates, 15 education-specialist recipients and two doctoral candidates. Three graduate students also will be receiving graduate certificates.
Candidates from the College of Graduate Studies, Jennings A. Jones College of Business and the College of Education and College of Mass Communication will receive their degrees in the morning ceremony. That afternoon, degrees will be conferred on candidates in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and the University College.
Tennessee State Sen. Dolores R. Gresham, R-Somerville, will serve as the guest speaker for the 9 a.m. ceremony. Gresham has represented the 26th District, which includes Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy and Wayne counties, since 2008. She also served as a state representative for the 94th District from 2002 to 2008.
Gresham, who is a farmer, small-business owner and a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of the Incarnate Word and master’s degrees at George Washington University and Loyola University.
She currently chairs the Senate Education Committee in the Tennessee State Senate and is a member of the Senate Transportation, Finance and Commerce Committees, as well as the Select Oversight Committees on Children and Youth, Corrections, and the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., respectively. She also has served as vice chair of the Tennessee Homeland Security/Disaster Preparedness Task Force and as secretary of the Republican Caucus during her tenure in the state House of Representatives.
Gresham is a member of numerous organizations, including the Chambers of Commerce in Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Crockett, Wayne and Haywood counties as well as the Oakland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Farm Bureau and Tennessee Right to Life. She is a former director of the Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation Board and a member of the National Cattlewomen’s Association as well as a life member of the National Rifle Association and a a board member for the State Collaborative for Education Reform.
Emmy Award-winning journalist Karla L. Winfrey, an MTSU alumna, will speak to the graduates at the 2 p.m. ceremony. Winfrey, an independent multimedia professional, also is a partner with Black Box: A Winfrey-Giles Production, which creates documentaries, lifestyle programming, news features, talk-show segments and multimedia projects for television networks, nonprofits, faith-based communications companies, federal government agencies and private corporations.
She is a recipient of the MTSU Young Alumni Award and was among the first inductees placed on the College of Mass Communication’s Wall of Fame. The Nashville native spent her earlier career at some of the most revered television stations in the nation, including WABC in New York City, KDFW in Dallas, KUSA in Denver and WSMV in Nashville. She has garnered national recognition as a consumer investigative reporter, show host/news anchor and documentary/specials producer. Her work has also been featured on CNN, ABC News, BET, NBC, Shop At Home Television and The Black Family Channel.
Winfrey has received an array of media and community-service awards in addition to her Emmy, including the National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism, National Association of Black Journalists Award and the American Red Cross Award for saving a co-worker's life. Winfrey also has been honored numerous times for her extensive work in promoting cancer awareness. As a longtime supporter of music and the arts, Winfrey is the managing executive producer for the Powerhouse Artist Breakout Series in partnership with the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is one of the co-authors of the children’s book “The ABC's of Etiquette with Ariel, Raquel and Friends.”
Graduation committee members emphasized that students who participate in commencement will be required to stay for their entire scheduled ceremony. The ceremonies should last about two hours each, so graduation candidates planning celebration activities should be aware of this time commitment.
For more information about commencement, please visit the Records Office website at www.mtsu.edu/records/grad.shtml. Questions about graduation may be directed to the Records Office at 615-898-2600.
MTSU FALL 2011 COMMENCEMENT AT A GLANCE
Who: Approximately 1,787 graduates* (1,494 undergraduates, 293 graduate students)
What: 2011 MTSU Fall Commencement
When: 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17
Where: Murphy Center on the MTSU campus.
Commencement speakers:
• State Sen. Dolores R. Gresham, R-Somerville, 9 a.m. ceremony.
• Karla L. Winfrey, Emmy Award-winning journalist and MTSU alumna, 2 p.m. ceremony.
*— Approximate numbers as of Dec. 6, 2011.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
1,780-plus graduates set to participate in MTSU fall 2011 commencement
MURFREESBORO—More than 1,780 students are expected to receive their degrees during MTSU’s fall 2011 commencement ceremonies, according to a report from Cathy Kirchner of the University’s Registrar’s Office.
MTSU will again feature dual ceremonies and dual speakers beginning at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in Murphy Center. Of the 1,787 set to graduate during the event, 1,494 are undergraduates and 293 are graduate students, including 273 master’s candidates, 15 education-specialist recipients and two doctoral candidates. Three graduate students also will be receiving graduate certificates.
Candidates from the College of Graduate Studies, Jennings A. Jones College of Business and the College of Education and College of Mass Communication will receive their degrees in the morning ceremony. That afternoon, degrees will be conferred on candidates in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and the University College.
Tennessee State Sen. Dolores R. Gresham, R-Somerville, will serve as the guest speaker for the 9 a.m. ceremony. Gresham has represented the 26th District, which includes Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy and Wayne counties, since 2008. She also served as a state representative for the 94th District from 2002 to 2008.
Gresham, who is a farmer, small-business owner and a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of the Incarnate Word and master’s degrees at George Washington University and Loyola University.
She currently chairs the Senate Education Committee in the Tennessee State Senate and is a member of the Senate Transportation, Finance and Commerce Committees, as well as the Select Oversight Committees on Children and Youth, Corrections, and the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., respectively. She also has served as vice chair of the Tennessee Homeland Security/Disaster Preparedness Task Force and as secretary of the Republican Caucus during her tenure in the state House of Representatives.
Gresham is a member of numerous organizations, including the Chambers of Commerce in Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Crockett, Wayne and Haywood counties as well as the Oakland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Farm Bureau and Tennessee Right to Life. She is a former director of the Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation Board and a member of the National Cattlewomen’s Association as well as a life member of the National Rifle Association and a a board member for the State Collaborative for Education Reform.
Emmy Award-winning journalist Karla L. Winfrey, an MTSU alumna, will speak to the graduates at the 2 p.m. ceremony. Winfrey, an independent multimedia professional, also is a partner with Black Box: A Winfrey-Giles Production, which creates documentaries, lifestyle programming, news features, talk-show segments and multimedia projects for television networks, nonprofits, faith-based communications companies, federal government agencies and private corporations.
She is a recipient of the MTSU Young Alumni Award and was among the first inductees placed on the College of Mass Communication’s Wall of Fame. The Nashville native spent her earlier career at some of the most revered television stations in the nation, including WABC in New York City, KDFW in Dallas, KUSA in Denver and WSMV in Nashville. She has garnered national recognition as a consumer investigative reporter, show host/news anchor and documentary/specials producer. Her work has also been featured on CNN, ABC News, BET, NBC, Shop At Home Television and The Black Family Channel.
Winfrey has received an array of media and community-service awards in addition to her Emmy, including the National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism, National Association of Black Journalists Award and the American Red Cross Award for saving a co-worker's life. Winfrey also has been honored numerous times for her extensive work in promoting cancer awareness. As a longtime supporter of music and the arts, Winfrey is the managing executive producer for the Powerhouse Artist Breakout Series in partnership with the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is one of the co-authors of the children’s book “The ABC's of Etiquette with Ariel, Raquel and Friends.”
Graduation committee members emphasized that students who participate in commencement will be required to stay for their entire scheduled ceremony. The ceremonies should last about two hours each, so graduation candidates planning celebration activities should be aware of this time commitment.
For more information about commencement, please visit the Records Office website at www.mtsu.edu/records/grad.shtml. Questions about graduation may be directed to the Records Office at 615-898-2600.
MTSU FALL 2011 COMMENCEMENT AT A GLANCE
Who: Approximately 1,787 graduates* (1,494 undergraduates, 293 graduate students)
What: 2011 MTSU Fall Commencement
When: 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17
Where: Murphy Center on the MTSU campus.
Commencement speakers:
• State Sen. Dolores R. Gresham, R-Somerville, 9 a.m. ceremony.
• Karla L. Winfrey, Emmy Award-winning journalist and MTSU alumna, 2 p.m. ceremony.
*— Approximate numbers as of Dec. 6, 2011.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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[202] MTSU Mock Trial Team Tops Field of 14 Teams
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial contact: Dr. John Vile, 615-898-2596 or John.Vile@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial team tops field of 14 teams
MURFREESBORO — An MTSU mock trial team placed first among 14 teams from five states participating in a year-end scrimmage at Rhodes College in Memphis Dec. 3-4.
A team captained by Zach Barker of Woodbury, Tenn., and Heather Haggard of Greenbrier, Tenn., captured eight of eight ballots in four rounds of competition. They defeated teams from Rhodes College, Millsaps College, Washington University and Mississippi College to post the only undefeated record at the tournament.
In addition to Barker and Haggard, Constance Grieves of Nashville also played the role of an attorney on the team. Team members who played witness parts were Thomas Polombo of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Curtis Campbell of Murfreesboro; Alexa Sengupta of Ashland City, Tenn., and Jessica Seitz of McMinnville, Tenn.
MTSU students won several individual awards. Grieves received the second-place award for best attorney closing arguments and Polombo received the top award for best fact witness. The team also was runner-up for the Southern Hospitality Award, which was voted on by other teams.
Rachael Harmon of Atlanta, who was on a second MTSU team, received the “People’s Choice” Attorney Award. Other tournament participants voted on the award. Harmon and most of her team members recently came in first in MTSU’s own invitational tournament.
Brooke Borchering of Watertown, Tenn., also a member of the second team, was runner-up for the Best Fact Witness Award.
MTSU teams are coached by Dr. John R. Vile, dean of the University Honors College, and by local attorneys Shiva Bozarth and Brandi Snow.
Vile said this tournament experience “will give MTSU considerable momentum as it goes into the spring semester.”
MTSU teams will be attending two invitational tournaments in January followed by regional and national tournaments in following months.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
MTSU mock trial contact: Dr. John Vile, 615-898-2596 or John.Vile@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial team tops field of 14 teams
MURFREESBORO — An MTSU mock trial team placed first among 14 teams from five states participating in a year-end scrimmage at Rhodes College in Memphis Dec. 3-4.
A team captained by Zach Barker of Woodbury, Tenn., and Heather Haggard of Greenbrier, Tenn., captured eight of eight ballots in four rounds of competition. They defeated teams from Rhodes College, Millsaps College, Washington University and Mississippi College to post the only undefeated record at the tournament.
In addition to Barker and Haggard, Constance Grieves of Nashville also played the role of an attorney on the team. Team members who played witness parts were Thomas Polombo of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Curtis Campbell of Murfreesboro; Alexa Sengupta of Ashland City, Tenn., and Jessica Seitz of McMinnville, Tenn.
MTSU students won several individual awards. Grieves received the second-place award for best attorney closing arguments and Polombo received the top award for best fact witness. The team also was runner-up for the Southern Hospitality Award, which was voted on by other teams.
Rachael Harmon of Atlanta, who was on a second MTSU team, received the “People’s Choice” Attorney Award. Other tournament participants voted on the award. Harmon and most of her team members recently came in first in MTSU’s own invitational tournament.
Brooke Borchering of Watertown, Tenn., also a member of the second team, was runner-up for the Best Fact Witness Award.
MTSU teams are coached by Dr. John R. Vile, dean of the University Honors College, and by local attorneys Shiva Bozarth and Brandi Snow.
Vile said this tournament experience “will give MTSU considerable momentum as it goes into the spring semester.”
MTSU teams will be attending two invitational tournaments in January followed by regional and national tournaments in following months.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[201] MTSU's 'Peace Felt' Sends Global Message of Love
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MTSU’S ‘PEACE FELT’ SENDS GLOBAL MESSAGE OF LOVE
Human Sciences Students Send, Receive Tactile Goodwill through Textile Craftwork
MURFREESBORO—The seasonal spirit of “Peace on Earth” is reflected in the Peace Felt project by students in the MTSU Textiles, Merchandising and Design Program.
This annual combination of classwork and craftwork links the students of Nancy Oxford, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Sciences, with two partner groups. One receives brightly colored felt creations from MTSU; the other gives MTSU its felt creations.
“Each student felted individual pieces that were combined to form a wall hanging symbolizing peace in other countries,” Oxford says of her students’ work. “Each student chose a letter of the words ‘Peace Be with You.’”
Oxford’s students sent their project to Foothills Fiber, a fiber-guild group in Nevada City, Calif. In exchange, the students received a Peace Felt project from Craftland, a shop in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, specializing in needlecrafts, quilting, embroidery, dressmaking, knitting and crochet.
The Craftland participants hail from the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Canada, South Africa and Russia.
Peace Felt is an organization that creates connections around the world by promoting love and peace through textile art. It also promotes awareness of the ancient art of felt-making for its qualities of earth-friendliness, versatility and ease of learning.
“The students were very excited to be involved in this worthy project to spread their thoughts on peace in a creative endeavor worldwide,” says Oxford.
For more information, contact Oxford at 615-898-5689 or noxford@mtsu.edu.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Students in the Textiles, Merchandising and Design Program at MTSU display segments of the Peace Felt project they created and sent to Foothills Fiber in Nevada City, Calif. Each student chose a letter of the phrase “Peace Be With You.” Top Row, L to R, followed by hometowns: Calvin Rose (Murfreesboro), Elizabeth Beasley (Camden), Alycia Gillaspie (Murfreesboro), Mikel Nguyen (Hendersonville), Daylin Taylor (Petersburg); Middle Row: (partially obscured) Drew Hulse (Lebanon), Jillian McDonald (Milan); Back Row: Taylore Massa (Smyrna), Professor Nancy Oxford, Leslie Stephens (Nashville), Erica Gaudin (Mt. Juliet), Courtney Williams (Lebanon), Rakia Johnson (Whites Creek).
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
MTSU’S ‘PEACE FELT’ SENDS GLOBAL MESSAGE OF LOVE
Human Sciences Students Send, Receive Tactile Goodwill through Textile Craftwork
MURFREESBORO—The seasonal spirit of “Peace on Earth” is reflected in the Peace Felt project by students in the MTSU Textiles, Merchandising and Design Program.
This annual combination of classwork and craftwork links the students of Nancy Oxford, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Sciences, with two partner groups. One receives brightly colored felt creations from MTSU; the other gives MTSU its felt creations.
“Each student felted individual pieces that were combined to form a wall hanging symbolizing peace in other countries,” Oxford says of her students’ work. “Each student chose a letter of the words ‘Peace Be with You.’”
Oxford’s students sent their project to Foothills Fiber, a fiber-guild group in Nevada City, Calif. In exchange, the students received a Peace Felt project from Craftland, a shop in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, specializing in needlecrafts, quilting, embroidery, dressmaking, knitting and crochet.
The Craftland participants hail from the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Canada, South Africa and Russia.
Peace Felt is an organization that creates connections around the world by promoting love and peace through textile art. It also promotes awareness of the ancient art of felt-making for its qualities of earth-friendliness, versatility and ease of learning.
“The students were very excited to be involved in this worthy project to spread their thoughts on peace in a creative endeavor worldwide,” says Oxford.
For more information, contact Oxford at 615-898-5689 or noxford@mtsu.edu.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Students in the Textiles, Merchandising and Design Program at MTSU display segments of the Peace Felt project they created and sent to Foothills Fiber in Nevada City, Calif. Each student chose a letter of the phrase “Peace Be With You.” Top Row, L to R, followed by hometowns: Calvin Rose (Murfreesboro), Elizabeth Beasley (Camden), Alycia Gillaspie (Murfreesboro), Mikel Nguyen (Hendersonville), Daylin Taylor (Petersburg); Middle Row: (partially obscured) Drew Hulse (Lebanon), Jillian McDonald (Milan); Back Row: Taylore Massa (Smyrna), Professor Nancy Oxford, Leslie Stephens (Nashville), Erica Gaudin (Mt. Juliet), Courtney Williams (Lebanon), Rakia Johnson (Whites Creek).
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[200] Middle Tennessee Education Center Reaches Out to Region
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MIDDLE TENNESSEE EDUCATION CENTER REACHES OUT TO REGION
New Director Moore Looks Forward to Spring Semester and Beyond
MURFREESBORO—Readers in southern middle Tennessee will learn about “higher education in your own backyard” this week through a full-color eight-page insert about the Middle Tennessee Education Center in their local newspapers.
The “MTEC Messenger,” a new publication about the Shelbyville-based center, will be distributed inside the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Tullahoma News, Columbia Daily Herald, Moore County News, Elk Valley Times and Winchester Herald Chronicle.
Middle Tennessee Education Center is a partnership involving Middle Tennessee State University and Motlow State Community College with the support of Bedford County government in Shelbyville. It brings undergraduate and graduate education closer to local residents by providing day and night classes as well as distance-learning opportunities.
The new director at MTEC, Lisa D. Moore, says her mission is to expand the center by recruiting more adult learners and developing a presence in area high schools.
“We’re working with the school systems to understand what the high-school students need, either to prepare them for graduation or dual-enrollment opportunities,” says Moore.
Two new MTEC offerings for the spring semester, which will begin Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, are General Psychology and Fundamentals of Speech. Both are Motlow general-education courses.
Moore, who assumed leadership of the center in August 2011, has been an instructor in MTSU’s Department of Speech and Theatre for the past 14 years. Her resume also includes stints in human resources with Monsanto Company in Greenwood, S.C., and Quantum Corporation in Colorado Springs, Col.
Moore says she intends to use this experience to help MTEC fill the need for a more highly qualified regional workforce.
“Because of my background in both human resources and teaching, students can talk to me about whether their choice of major and choice of career match,” Moore says. “I also can help (students) understand how to go about a job search and what prospective employers need.
“There is a need to have a major educational presence (in the region),” Moore adds, “because that is one of the attractions for new businesses to come in.”
Registration for the spring 2012 semester is now open. For more information, visit www.mteducationcenter.com or call 931-685-4444.
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Note: Photo of Lisa D. Moore is attached.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE EDUCATION CENTER REACHES OUT TO REGION
New Director Moore Looks Forward to Spring Semester and Beyond
MURFREESBORO—Readers in southern middle Tennessee will learn about “higher education in your own backyard” this week through a full-color eight-page insert about the Middle Tennessee Education Center in their local newspapers.
The “MTEC Messenger,” a new publication about the Shelbyville-based center, will be distributed inside the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Tullahoma News, Columbia Daily Herald, Moore County News, Elk Valley Times and Winchester Herald Chronicle.
Middle Tennessee Education Center is a partnership involving Middle Tennessee State University and Motlow State Community College with the support of Bedford County government in Shelbyville. It brings undergraduate and graduate education closer to local residents by providing day and night classes as well as distance-learning opportunities.
The new director at MTEC, Lisa D. Moore, says her mission is to expand the center by recruiting more adult learners and developing a presence in area high schools.
“We’re working with the school systems to understand what the high-school students need, either to prepare them for graduation or dual-enrollment opportunities,” says Moore.
Two new MTEC offerings for the spring semester, which will begin Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, are General Psychology and Fundamentals of Speech. Both are Motlow general-education courses.
Moore, who assumed leadership of the center in August 2011, has been an instructor in MTSU’s Department of Speech and Theatre for the past 14 years. Her resume also includes stints in human resources with Monsanto Company in Greenwood, S.C., and Quantum Corporation in Colorado Springs, Col.
Moore says she intends to use this experience to help MTEC fill the need for a more highly qualified regional workforce.
“Because of my background in both human resources and teaching, students can talk to me about whether their choice of major and choice of career match,” Moore says. “I also can help (students) understand how to go about a job search and what prospective employers need.
“There is a need to have a major educational presence (in the region),” Moore adds, “because that is one of the attractions for new businesses to come in.”
Registration for the spring 2012 semester is now open. For more information, visit www.mteducationcenter.com or call 931-685-4444.
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Note: Photo of Lisa D. Moore is attached.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[199] MTSU's Confucius Institute Offers Chinese Language Courses
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MTSU’S CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE OFFERS CHINESE LANGUAGE COURSES
‘After School’ Introduces Children to Chinese Language through Songs, Games
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University will offer “After School at the Confucius Institute” on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Room 106 of Peck Hall.
Classes will be held from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m.
“After School” is a language and cultural enrichment program designed for children ages six to 12. It introduces the Chinese language and the colorful culture of China. The teacher is a native speaker of Chinese with a master’s degree in language teaching and many years of experience teaching language to young children.
The classes will focus on basic conversation, entry-level vocabulary and writing Chinese characters. Students will become familiar with the language and develop communication skills through traditional and nontraditional teaching and activities such as songs, crafts and games.
In addition to “After School,” 12 sessions each of Children’s Chinese I and II and 12 sessions each of Adult Beginning Chinese I and II are slated for 9-11 a.m. on Saturdays starting Jan 21, 2012.
Tuition for Children’s Chinese I and II and Adult Beginning Chinese I and II is $150. Tuition for “After School,” including materials, is $275.
For more information, go to www.mtsu.edu/cimtsu, email cimtsu@mtsu.edu or call the Confucius Institute at 615-494-8696.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
MTSU’S CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE OFFERS CHINESE LANGUAGE COURSES
‘After School’ Introduces Children to Chinese Language through Songs, Games
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University will offer “After School at the Confucius Institute” on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Room 106 of Peck Hall.
Classes will be held from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m.
“After School” is a language and cultural enrichment program designed for children ages six to 12. It introduces the Chinese language and the colorful culture of China. The teacher is a native speaker of Chinese with a master’s degree in language teaching and many years of experience teaching language to young children.
The classes will focus on basic conversation, entry-level vocabulary and writing Chinese characters. Students will become familiar with the language and develop communication skills through traditional and nontraditional teaching and activities such as songs, crafts and games.
In addition to “After School,” 12 sessions each of Children’s Chinese I and II and 12 sessions each of Adult Beginning Chinese I and II are slated for 9-11 a.m. on Saturdays starting Jan 21, 2012.
Tuition for Children’s Chinese I and II and Adult Beginning Chinese I and II is $150. Tuition for “After School,” including materials, is $275.
For more information, go to www.mtsu.edu/cimtsu, email cimtsu@mtsu.edu or call the Confucius Institute at 615-494-8696.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[197] THEC's Rhoda to Address MTSU MTeach Meeting Tuesday
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTeach contact: Leigh Gostowski, 615-898-5786 or Leigh.Gostowski@mtsu.edu
THEC’s Rhoda to address MTSU MTeach meeting Tuesday
MURFREESBORO — Tennessee Higher Education Commission Executive Director Rich Rhoda will address THEC’s initiatives in math and science during an annual MTeach stakeholders’ meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6, at MTSU.
The meeting, which will run from 9 until 11 a.m., will be held in the James Union Building’s Hazlewood Dining Room. Rhoda’s session will start at approximately 10:15.
MTeach program coordinator/instructor Leigh Gostowski said she anticipates Rhoda will discuss initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, “and how MTeach figures into those goals and the wider agenda,” she said.
Gostowski will share the state of the three-year-old MTeach program at 9:15.
Eboni Eaton, Corey Horton and Caitlin Rainey will share student experiences at 9:30. Sally Millsap, Mark LaPorte and Robin Bollman will discuss their master teacher experiences at 9:45.
Dr. Rick Vanosdoll, professor in the College of Education’s Womack Family Educational Leadership department and former director of the Tennessee Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Center, will deliver closing remarks at 10:45.
Stakeholders include MTeach staff; deans Tom Cheatham (College of Basic and Applied Sciences) and Lana Seivers (College of Education); participating faculty from both colleges; and other STEM education faculty.
Also expected to attend are MTSU Provost Brad Bartel and Dr. Phillip Waldrop, associate dean in the College of Education
Representatives from Rutherford County and Murfreesboro City schools are invited as are principals from other partner school districts.
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Media welcomed.
Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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MTeach contact: Leigh Gostowski, 615-898-5786 or Leigh.Gostowski@mtsu.edu
THEC’s Rhoda to address MTSU MTeach meeting Tuesday
MURFREESBORO — Tennessee Higher Education Commission Executive Director Rich Rhoda will address THEC’s initiatives in math and science during an annual MTeach stakeholders’ meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6, at MTSU.
The meeting, which will run from 9 until 11 a.m., will be held in the James Union Building’s Hazlewood Dining Room. Rhoda’s session will start at approximately 10:15.
MTeach program coordinator/instructor Leigh Gostowski said she anticipates Rhoda will discuss initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, “and how MTeach figures into those goals and the wider agenda,” she said.
Gostowski will share the state of the three-year-old MTeach program at 9:15.
Eboni Eaton, Corey Horton and Caitlin Rainey will share student experiences at 9:30. Sally Millsap, Mark LaPorte and Robin Bollman will discuss their master teacher experiences at 9:45.
Dr. Rick Vanosdoll, professor in the College of Education’s Womack Family Educational Leadership department and former director of the Tennessee Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Center, will deliver closing remarks at 10:45.
Stakeholders include MTeach staff; deans Tom Cheatham (College of Basic and Applied Sciences) and Lana Seivers (College of Education); participating faculty from both colleges; and other STEM education faculty.
Also expected to attend are MTSU Provost Brad Bartel and Dr. Phillip Waldrop, associate dean in the College of Education
Representatives from Rutherford County and Murfreesboro City schools are invited as are principals from other partner school districts.
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Media welcomed.
Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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[197] MTSU Class Project Helps Save Lives as well as Educate Students
MTSU class project helps save lives as well as educate students
FOR RELEASE: Dec. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr. Catherine Crooks, ccrooks@mtsu.edu, or Gina E. Fann, gfann@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO—They had everything they needed to catch students’ attention on World AIDS Day: sweets, balloons, fliers, great music and plenty of freebies.
Students in Dr. Catherine Crooks’s psychology class at MTSU had a few secret weapons, too, like a full-court-press marketing plan, a partnership with Nashville CARES and free HIV testing with a 20-minute turnaround on Dec. 1.
Working from a party-themed table in the Keathley University Center’s highest-traffic corridor, the students in PSY 4600, Psychosexual Adjustment, enthusiastically offered passers-by information about HIV prevention and escorted fellow students to a suite for testing by Nashville CARES staffers.
Before the five-hour project was over, nearly 300 students had their test results—and counseling suggestions and information— in hand.
“This is the only class that does a testing event as a project,” said a pleased Misty Ellis, youth education coordinator for the Nashville-based HIV/AIDS education and service organization. “This is one of the biggest events of our year. Last year we saw more than 250 students in the single day here at MTSU, so it’s always a huge opportunity for us.”
“I think everybody expects us to be here now,” added Derrin Mitchell, a psychology graduate student who served as one of the class’s project managers. “Dr. Crooks’s classes have been doing this service for about three years, and it’s become the norm. I’ve been surprised how many more people this year have said, ‘Oh, sure, why not? This will save me some time.’ That was our goal.”
The class isn’t formally a part of MTSU’s Experiential Learning initiative, which gives students special credit and recognition for classes offering hands-on learning through practical application and public service. Crooks said, however, that her courses always have an EXL component, and she’s considering adding this one to the program.
“I’ve seen firsthand how successful service learning can be, so I try to incorporate it into every class,” she explained. “The students get a lot more out of the class with a real-life learning opportunity. They work with an organization, they help others and do meaningful work, and they gain applied experience they can always use.”
The students have spent the last few weeks working up publicity plans, wrangling logistics and staffing, learning about HIV, signing confidentiality agreements to ensure testing privacy and setting up social-media outlets and a website (http://freehivtest.weebly.com). On the last day of class, each group will submit project summaries and make a presentation on their accomplishments.
They’ll probably include thanks to MT Lambda, the student organization supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and transsexual people, whose members passed out cupcakes and red ribbons and helpfully directed people to the HIV testing table, and Advocates for Youth, whose candy, cupcakes and condoms helped raise awareness for its “Great American Condom Campaign,” too.
“One guy opened his backpack up and said, ‘Dump ’em in!’” senior psychology major Jana Johnson said with a laugh while searching for refills for the class-project table’s free-condom display. “They’ve gone as fast as the candy and … wait a minute, we’ve run out of condoms! Well, that’s a good thing.”
“That’s the goal,” Nashville CARES’ Ellis echoed. “Our outreach is about prevention and reducing transmission of HIV, and these students helped give us a chance to do it.”
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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FOR RELEASE: Dec. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr. Catherine Crooks, ccrooks@mtsu.edu, or Gina E. Fann, gfann@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO—They had everything they needed to catch students’ attention on World AIDS Day: sweets, balloons, fliers, great music and plenty of freebies.
Students in Dr. Catherine Crooks’s psychology class at MTSU had a few secret weapons, too, like a full-court-press marketing plan, a partnership with Nashville CARES and free HIV testing with a 20-minute turnaround on Dec. 1.
Working from a party-themed table in the Keathley University Center’s highest-traffic corridor, the students in PSY 4600, Psychosexual Adjustment, enthusiastically offered passers-by information about HIV prevention and escorted fellow students to a suite for testing by Nashville CARES staffers.
Before the five-hour project was over, nearly 300 students had their test results—and counseling suggestions and information— in hand.
“This is the only class that does a testing event as a project,” said a pleased Misty Ellis, youth education coordinator for the Nashville-based HIV/AIDS education and service organization. “This is one of the biggest events of our year. Last year we saw more than 250 students in the single day here at MTSU, so it’s always a huge opportunity for us.”
“I think everybody expects us to be here now,” added Derrin Mitchell, a psychology graduate student who served as one of the class’s project managers. “Dr. Crooks’s classes have been doing this service for about three years, and it’s become the norm. I’ve been surprised how many more people this year have said, ‘Oh, sure, why not? This will save me some time.’ That was our goal.”
The class isn’t formally a part of MTSU’s Experiential Learning initiative, which gives students special credit and recognition for classes offering hands-on learning through practical application and public service. Crooks said, however, that her courses always have an EXL component, and she’s considering adding this one to the program.
“I’ve seen firsthand how successful service learning can be, so I try to incorporate it into every class,” she explained. “The students get a lot more out of the class with a real-life learning opportunity. They work with an organization, they help others and do meaningful work, and they gain applied experience they can always use.”
The students have spent the last few weeks working up publicity plans, wrangling logistics and staffing, learning about HIV, signing confidentiality agreements to ensure testing privacy and setting up social-media outlets and a website (http://freehivtest.weebly.com). On the last day of class, each group will submit project summaries and make a presentation on their accomplishments.
They’ll probably include thanks to MT Lambda, the student organization supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and transsexual people, whose members passed out cupcakes and red ribbons and helpfully directed people to the HIV testing table, and Advocates for Youth, whose candy, cupcakes and condoms helped raise awareness for its “Great American Condom Campaign,” too.
“One guy opened his backpack up and said, ‘Dump ’em in!’” senior psychology major Jana Johnson said with a laugh while searching for refills for the class-project table’s free-condom display. “They’ve gone as fast as the candy and … wait a minute, we’ve run out of condoms! Well, that’s a good thing.”
“That’s the goal,” Nashville CARES’ Ellis echoed. “Our outreach is about prevention and reducing transmission of HIV, and these students helped give us a chance to do it.”
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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[196] MTSU Flute Choir's New CD is Perfect for Holiday Season
MTSU Flute Choir’s new CD is perfect for holiday season
FOR RELEASE: Dec. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO—If you’re scrambling for the perfect holiday gift, stop right here. The MTSU Flute Choir’s first CD, “The Silver Sounds of Christmas,” will be available for purchase beginning Thursday, Dec. 15.
“The group embarked on this project with an Instructional Development grant through MTSU to create the CD,” said Dr. Deanna Little, MTSU flute professor and director of the group. “Our project has been a huge collaboration with the Lebanon First United Methodist Church singers and bell ringers.”
“African Noel,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Breath of Heaven” and “Night of Silence” feature Lebanon FUMC’s full choir with the MTSU Flute Choir.
Several FUMC choir members also are spotlighted as soloists and in small groups with the flutes. Additional performances with vocals include “Away in a Manger,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Labor of Love,” “Mary Did You Know?” and “There’s A Song in the Air.”
“The Lebanon FUMC Handbell choir also collaborated with the flutes in a wonderful arrangement of ‘Carol of the Bells,’” Little added.
The MTSU Flute Choir recorded several instrumental pieces as ensembles, small groups, solos and duets, including “A Christmas Overture,” “O Come O Come Emmanuel,” “Once in Royal David’s City,” “Let it Snow,” “Rudolph,” “Fantasy on Two Christmas Carols,” “Dance of the Reed Flutes,” “Greensleeves,” “Ginger Snap!” and “O Holy Night.”
The newest member of the flute family, the contrabass flute, is introduced on the CD as well.
“The ensemble utilized all sizes of the flute family in this project: piccolo, C flutes, alto flutes, bass flutes and the largest of them all, the contrabass flute,” Little explained.
Five of the recordings were arranged and/or adapted for the specific ensemble by MTSU flute students Melissa Keeling, Kallie Rogers, Lauren Jolley and Jessy Fine. “Other students contributed to the creative process by transposing and transcribing their own parts,” Little said.
“The Silver Sounds of Christmas” will be available for download or purchase at CDBABY.Com on Dec. 15. Buyers also may contact Little at 615-898-2473 or deanna.little@mtsu.edu. Proceeds will offset the CD production costs and help to fund the MTSU Flute Festival in January.
“We are very excited to see the completion of our project,” the professor added. “The flute students have worked very hard and put an enormous amount of energy, creativity and dedication into this project. I am very proud of all the flute choir members.”
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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FOR RELEASE: Dec. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO—If you’re scrambling for the perfect holiday gift, stop right here. The MTSU Flute Choir’s first CD, “The Silver Sounds of Christmas,” will be available for purchase beginning Thursday, Dec. 15.
“The group embarked on this project with an Instructional Development grant through MTSU to create the CD,” said Dr. Deanna Little, MTSU flute professor and director of the group. “Our project has been a huge collaboration with the Lebanon First United Methodist Church singers and bell ringers.”
“African Noel,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Breath of Heaven” and “Night of Silence” feature Lebanon FUMC’s full choir with the MTSU Flute Choir.
Several FUMC choir members also are spotlighted as soloists and in small groups with the flutes. Additional performances with vocals include “Away in a Manger,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Labor of Love,” “Mary Did You Know?” and “There’s A Song in the Air.”
“The Lebanon FUMC Handbell choir also collaborated with the flutes in a wonderful arrangement of ‘Carol of the Bells,’” Little added.
The MTSU Flute Choir recorded several instrumental pieces as ensembles, small groups, solos and duets, including “A Christmas Overture,” “O Come O Come Emmanuel,” “Once in Royal David’s City,” “Let it Snow,” “Rudolph,” “Fantasy on Two Christmas Carols,” “Dance of the Reed Flutes,” “Greensleeves,” “Ginger Snap!” and “O Holy Night.”
The newest member of the flute family, the contrabass flute, is introduced on the CD as well.
“The ensemble utilized all sizes of the flute family in this project: piccolo, C flutes, alto flutes, bass flutes and the largest of them all, the contrabass flute,” Little explained.
Five of the recordings were arranged and/or adapted for the specific ensemble by MTSU flute students Melissa Keeling, Kallie Rogers, Lauren Jolley and Jessy Fine. “Other students contributed to the creative process by transposing and transcribing their own parts,” Little said.
“The Silver Sounds of Christmas” will be available for download or purchase at CDBABY.Com on Dec. 15. Buyers also may contact Little at 615-898-2473 or deanna.little@mtsu.edu. Proceeds will offset the CD production costs and help to fund the MTSU Flute Festival in January.
“We are very excited to see the completion of our project,” the professor added. “The flute students have worked very hard and put an enormous amount of energy, creativity and dedication into this project. I am very proud of all the flute choir members.”
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
[195] MTSU conducts College Goal Sunday on Dec. 4
For release: Dec. 1, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU Scholarship Office contact: Bonnie McCarty, 615-904-8414 or Bonnie.Mccarty@mtsu.edu
MTSU conducts College Goal Sunday on Dec. 4
MURFREESBORO — As part of the annual College Goal Sunday, MTSU financial-aid officials have agreed to run a pilot program to see if they can help families prepare the FAFSA on their own in early January.
College Goal Sunday at MTSU will be Sunday, Dec. 4, from 2 until 4:30 p.m. in the south lobby of the Business and Aerospace Building.
All of the other 30-plus College Goal Sunday sites in Tennessee — including Nashville, Lebanon, Lynchburg, Clarksville, Cookeville, Columbia, McMinnville and Gallatin in middle Tennessee — will held in January or February.
FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the online method where families can submit their financial information to Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, in order to see how much aid prospective students might need beyond high school.
“MTSU’s College Goal Sunday FAFSA Prep Workshop will assist prospective college students in preparing to apply for financial aid in early January, in order to qualify for federal grants and loans, state grants and the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship,” said Bonnie McCarty, assistant director of scholarships in the Scholarships Office.
McCarty said many types of need-based aid, including a state grant of $1,000 to $4,000 per year, have very limited funding. Therefore, students are encouraged to file a FAFSA in early to mid-January. Funds for 2011-12 ran out in early February 2011, she said.
“MTSU’s FAFSA Prep Workshop will allow students to receive free assistance in preparing to file the FAFSA independently on Jan. 1, 2012, when the 2012-13 FAFSA first becomes available,” McCarty said.
The workshop is a 2½-hour series of sessions and not a drop-in event, she added.
For more information, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/financialaid/cgs.shtml, call McCarty at 615-898-8414 or email BonnieMccarty@mtsu.edu. For other CGS locations, visit http://tn.gov/CollegeGoalSunday/locations.html.
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Media welcomed.
Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU Scholarship Office contact: Bonnie McCarty, 615-904-8414 or Bonnie.Mccarty@mtsu.edu
MTSU conducts College Goal Sunday on Dec. 4
MURFREESBORO — As part of the annual College Goal Sunday, MTSU financial-aid officials have agreed to run a pilot program to see if they can help families prepare the FAFSA on their own in early January.
College Goal Sunday at MTSU will be Sunday, Dec. 4, from 2 until 4:30 p.m. in the south lobby of the Business and Aerospace Building.
All of the other 30-plus College Goal Sunday sites in Tennessee — including Nashville, Lebanon, Lynchburg, Clarksville, Cookeville, Columbia, McMinnville and Gallatin in middle Tennessee — will held in January or February.
FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the online method where families can submit their financial information to Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, in order to see how much aid prospective students might need beyond high school.
“MTSU’s College Goal Sunday FAFSA Prep Workshop will assist prospective college students in preparing to apply for financial aid in early January, in order to qualify for federal grants and loans, state grants and the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship,” said Bonnie McCarty, assistant director of scholarships in the Scholarships Office.
McCarty said many types of need-based aid, including a state grant of $1,000 to $4,000 per year, have very limited funding. Therefore, students are encouraged to file a FAFSA in early to mid-January. Funds for 2011-12 ran out in early February 2011, she said.
“MTSU’s FAFSA Prep Workshop will allow students to receive free assistance in preparing to file the FAFSA independently on Jan. 1, 2012, when the 2012-13 FAFSA first becomes available,” McCarty said.
The workshop is a 2½-hour series of sessions and not a drop-in event, she added.
For more information, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/financialaid/cgs.shtml, call McCarty at 615-898-8414 or email BonnieMccarty@mtsu.edu. For other CGS locations, visit http://tn.gov/CollegeGoalSunday/locations.html.
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Media welcomed.
Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[194] MTSU Accounting CPE Day is Dec. 8
Today’s date: Dec. 1, 2011
News and Media Relations contacts: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
or Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919 or Thomas.Tozer@mtsu.edu
MTSU Department of Accounting contact: 615-898-5306
MTSU Accounting Continuing Professional Education Day is Dec. 8
MURFREESBORO — The 3rd annual Department of Accounting Continuing Professional Education Day at MTSU will be held Thursday, Dec. 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., in the Business and Aerospace Building’s State Farm Lecture Hall.
Seminars during the conference include presentations on accounting and financial reporting, auditing, taxation and ethics presented by Department of Accounting faculty. Participants can earn up to eight hours of CPE credit. The cost is $150, which includes all seminars, materials, and lunch.
The sessions include:
• “Financial Accounting Standards Board Update,” Dr. Paula Thomas, MTSU accounting professor;
• “Tennessee Ethics,” Mark Crocker, executive director of the Tennessee Board of Accountancy in Nashville;
• “How ‘Legal Thinking’ Can Aid the Auditor,” Dr. Sandy Benson, assistant professor of business law;
• “Tax Update and Tax Planning,” Dr. Tim Koski, accounting professor;
• “General Ethics,” Stan Clark, accounting associate professor;
• “Government Accounting Standards Board Update,” Dr. G. Robert “Smitty” Smith Jr., interim chair of the Department of Accounting;
• “International Financial Reporting Standards,” Dr. Jeannie Harrington, associate professor of accounting;
• “Audit Update,” Bill Mooningham, retired partner from Ernst & Young, MTSU alumnus and accounting instructor;
• “Leveraging Technology in the Modern Accounting Firm,” Eric Clements, Randall Matlock & Associates P.C. in Murfreesboro; and
• “Detecting Deception,” Daniel Porter, investigative auditor, Tennessee Department of State Audit in Nashville.
To register or get more information, visit the Department of Accounting web site at http://www.mtsu.edu/accounting or call 615-898-5306.
Also, the 21st annual Department of Accounting Alumni CPE Day at MTSU will held on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
News and Media Relations contacts: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
or Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919 or Thomas.Tozer@mtsu.edu
MTSU Department of Accounting contact: 615-898-5306
MTSU Accounting Continuing Professional Education Day is Dec. 8
MURFREESBORO — The 3rd annual Department of Accounting Continuing Professional Education Day at MTSU will be held Thursday, Dec. 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., in the Business and Aerospace Building’s State Farm Lecture Hall.
Seminars during the conference include presentations on accounting and financial reporting, auditing, taxation and ethics presented by Department of Accounting faculty. Participants can earn up to eight hours of CPE credit. The cost is $150, which includes all seminars, materials, and lunch.
The sessions include:
• “Financial Accounting Standards Board Update,” Dr. Paula Thomas, MTSU accounting professor;
• “Tennessee Ethics,” Mark Crocker, executive director of the Tennessee Board of Accountancy in Nashville;
• “How ‘Legal Thinking’ Can Aid the Auditor,” Dr. Sandy Benson, assistant professor of business law;
• “Tax Update and Tax Planning,” Dr. Tim Koski, accounting professor;
• “General Ethics,” Stan Clark, accounting associate professor;
• “Government Accounting Standards Board Update,” Dr. G. Robert “Smitty” Smith Jr., interim chair of the Department of Accounting;
• “International Financial Reporting Standards,” Dr. Jeannie Harrington, associate professor of accounting;
• “Audit Update,” Bill Mooningham, retired partner from Ernst & Young, MTSU alumnus and accounting instructor;
• “Leveraging Technology in the Modern Accounting Firm,” Eric Clements, Randall Matlock & Associates P.C. in Murfreesboro; and
• “Detecting Deception,” Daniel Porter, investigative auditor, Tennessee Department of State Audit in Nashville.
To register or get more information, visit the Department of Accounting web site at http://www.mtsu.edu/accounting or call 615-898-5306.
Also, the 21st annual Department of Accounting Alumni CPE Day at MTSU will held on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
[193] Dec. 2 MTSU Star Party Features Higgins' 'Juno to Jupiter'
For release: Nov. 29, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Physics & Astronomy contacts:
Dr. Eric Klumpe, 615-898-2483 or Eric.Klumpe@mtsu.edu
Dr. Charles Higgins, 615-898-5946 or ChuckHiggins@mtsu.edu
Dec. 2 MTSU Star Party features Higgins’ ‘Juno to Jupiter’
MURFREESBORO — Dr. Charles “Chuck” Higgins will discuss “Juno to Jupiter” during the final MTSU First Friday Star Party of the fall semester on Friday, Dec. 2.
The star party will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Wiser-Patten Science Hall Room 102. After the 30- to 45-minute lecture by Higgins and weather permitting, there will be an outdoor telescope observing for participants.
The Juno spacecraft is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Launched Aug. 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Juno is on a five-year journey and expected to arrive around July 4, 2016.
It will travel about 1,740 million miles. Instruments aboard Juno will take thermal radiation measurements from within Jupiter’s atmosphere and collect other data. The mission, expected to end in October 2017, will include the spacecraft completing 33 orbits before being de-orbited and crashing into the planet.
Higgins is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He earned his bachelor’s in 1988 from the University of Alabama at Huntsville and his master’s (’93) and doctorate (’96) degrees from the University of Florida. He has been at MTSU since 2001 and serves as MTSU Astronomy Club adviser.
Higgins has authored and coauthored numerous professional publications and he has participated in many presentations. Along with MTSU Space Grant coordinator Mark Abolins, Higgins’ most recent research grant study has been “Analysis of Jupiter’s Radio Emission” using the Voyager, Galileo and Cassini spacecrafts as part of the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium from 2006 to present.
First Friday Star Parties are open to the general public and MTSU students, faculty and staff. Children are welcome. Free parking is available behind Wiser-Patten beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Star Party Fridays only.
For more information, call Drs. Eric Klumpe at 615-898-2483 or Higgins at 615-898-5946. For general information and a downloadable PDF of the fall 2011 schedule, visit http://bit.ly/MTStarParties11 or call 615-898-2130.
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Media welcomed.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Physics & Astronomy contacts:
Dr. Eric Klumpe, 615-898-2483 or Eric.Klumpe@mtsu.edu
Dr. Charles Higgins, 615-898-5946 or ChuckHiggins@mtsu.edu
Dec. 2 MTSU Star Party features Higgins’ ‘Juno to Jupiter’
MURFREESBORO — Dr. Charles “Chuck” Higgins will discuss “Juno to Jupiter” during the final MTSU First Friday Star Party of the fall semester on Friday, Dec. 2.
The star party will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Wiser-Patten Science Hall Room 102. After the 30- to 45-minute lecture by Higgins and weather permitting, there will be an outdoor telescope observing for participants.
The Juno spacecraft is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Launched Aug. 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Juno is on a five-year journey and expected to arrive around July 4, 2016.
It will travel about 1,740 million miles. Instruments aboard Juno will take thermal radiation measurements from within Jupiter’s atmosphere and collect other data. The mission, expected to end in October 2017, will include the spacecraft completing 33 orbits before being de-orbited and crashing into the planet.
Higgins is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He earned his bachelor’s in 1988 from the University of Alabama at Huntsville and his master’s (’93) and doctorate (’96) degrees from the University of Florida. He has been at MTSU since 2001 and serves as MTSU Astronomy Club adviser.
Higgins has authored and coauthored numerous professional publications and he has participated in many presentations. Along with MTSU Space Grant coordinator Mark Abolins, Higgins’ most recent research grant study has been “Analysis of Jupiter’s Radio Emission” using the Voyager, Galileo and Cassini spacecrafts as part of the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium from 2006 to present.
First Friday Star Parties are open to the general public and MTSU students, faculty and staff. Children are welcome. Free parking is available behind Wiser-Patten beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Star Party Fridays only.
For more information, call Drs. Eric Klumpe at 615-898-2483 or Higgins at 615-898-5946. For general information and a downloadable PDF of the fall 2011 schedule, visit http://bit.ly/MTStarParties11 or call 615-898-2130.
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Media welcomed.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[192] TBR Honors McPhee with 'Catalyst Award' for Online-Education Efforts
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 29, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Andrew Oppmann, 615-898-7800 or Andrew.Oppmann@mtsu.edu
TBR honors McPhee with ‘Catalyst Award’ for online-education efforts
MURFREESBORO— MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee is one of five recipients of the “Catalyst Award,” an honor from the Regents Online Campus Collaborative for efforts to make postsecondary education accessible online for all Tennesseans.
In the span of a single year, McPhee and his fellow honorees set into motion major decisions on:
• a degree framework;
• course-development plan and articulation;
• a revenue-sharing model;
• a new Learning Management System;
• substantive change notification for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
• credit transferability between institutions;
• financial-aid eligibility;
• a common calendar;
• critical student-support services;
• faculty development; and
• a marketing plan.
As a result, the Regents Online Degree Program successfully launched in September 2001 and has grown from 1,048 students to more than 14,500 students in 2011. The program celebrated its 10-year anniversary at the Tennessee Board of Regents headquarters in Nashville Oct. 28.
McPhee’s fellow Catalyst Award winners included R. Jack Fishman, a former TBR member; Dr. Dan Lattimore, vice provost of the University of Memphis; Dr. Ellen Weed, retired vice president of Nashville State Community College; and Dr. Robbie Melton, associate vice chancellor for the TBR.
A video documenting the Catalyst Award winners' roles in the startup and launch of the Regents Online Degree Program can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPe8z7-4U9A.
The Regents Online Campus Collaborative is an award-winning program that brings together postsecondary educational resources from the six state universities, 13 community colleges and 27 technology centers across the state of Tennessee. Through Regents Online, students can earn associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees or diplomas and certificates from institutions in the collaborative.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Andrew Oppmann, 615-898-7800 or Andrew.Oppmann@mtsu.edu
TBR honors McPhee with ‘Catalyst Award’ for online-education efforts
MURFREESBORO— MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee is one of five recipients of the “Catalyst Award,” an honor from the Regents Online Campus Collaborative for efforts to make postsecondary education accessible online for all Tennesseans.
In the span of a single year, McPhee and his fellow honorees set into motion major decisions on:
• a degree framework;
• course-development plan and articulation;
• a revenue-sharing model;
• a new Learning Management System;
• substantive change notification for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
• credit transferability between institutions;
• financial-aid eligibility;
• a common calendar;
• critical student-support services;
• faculty development; and
• a marketing plan.
As a result, the Regents Online Degree Program successfully launched in September 2001 and has grown from 1,048 students to more than 14,500 students in 2011. The program celebrated its 10-year anniversary at the Tennessee Board of Regents headquarters in Nashville Oct. 28.
McPhee’s fellow Catalyst Award winners included R. Jack Fishman, a former TBR member; Dr. Dan Lattimore, vice provost of the University of Memphis; Dr. Ellen Weed, retired vice president of Nashville State Community College; and Dr. Robbie Melton, associate vice chancellor for the TBR.
A video documenting the Catalyst Award winners' roles in the startup and launch of the Regents Online Degree Program can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPe8z7-4U9A.
The Regents Online Campus Collaborative is an award-winning program that brings together postsecondary educational resources from the six state universities, 13 community colleges and 27 technology centers across the state of Tennessee. Through Regents Online, students can earn associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees or diplomas and certificates from institutions in the collaborative.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[191] Recording-Technology Expert Plans Dec. 6 'Musicology' Lecture at MTSU
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 28, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr. Dale Cockrell, 615-898-2449 or dale.cockrell@mtsu.edu
Recording-technology expert plans Dec. 6 ‘musicology’ lecture at MTSU
MURFREESBORO—Dr. Simon Zagorski-Thomas, an expert on the art and implications of recording technology, will visit MTSU on Tuesday, Dec. 6, for a special lecture, “Playing to an Empty Room: Performance, Recording and Musicology.”
The free public event is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. in MTSU’s Center for Popular Music, located in Room 140 of the Bragg Mass Communication Building on campus. It’s sponsored by the CPM in co-sponsorship with the University’s Department of Recording Industry and the School of Music.
Zagorski-Thomas is a senior lecturer in music technology at the London College of Music at the University of West London. He also chairs of the Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production and is the director of the Art of Record Production Conference.
Dr. Dale Cockrell, director of the CPM, noted that musicology has traditionally addressed “the score” as its primary text, but that approach tends to marginalize many musical forms and ignore performance and interpretation, as well as the fact that recorded music is now a primary form of listening and engagement.
Zagorski-Thomas’s lecture will study how the recording process has affected and is in turn affected by performance, Cockrell said. The guest will address how artists have learned to perform without an audience and the changes in the collaborative process of editing and producing, even asking who “owns” such a performance.
For more information about this special lecture, contact Cockrell at 615-898-2449 or dale.cockrell@mtsu.edu or visit http://popmusic.mtsu.edu.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr. Dale Cockrell, 615-898-2449 or dale.cockrell@mtsu.edu
Recording-technology expert plans Dec. 6 ‘musicology’ lecture at MTSU
MURFREESBORO—Dr. Simon Zagorski-Thomas, an expert on the art and implications of recording technology, will visit MTSU on Tuesday, Dec. 6, for a special lecture, “Playing to an Empty Room: Performance, Recording and Musicology.”
The free public event is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. in MTSU’s Center for Popular Music, located in Room 140 of the Bragg Mass Communication Building on campus. It’s sponsored by the CPM in co-sponsorship with the University’s Department of Recording Industry and the School of Music.
Zagorski-Thomas is a senior lecturer in music technology at the London College of Music at the University of West London. He also chairs of the Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production and is the director of the Art of Record Production Conference.
Dr. Dale Cockrell, director of the CPM, noted that musicology has traditionally addressed “the score” as its primary text, but that approach tends to marginalize many musical forms and ignore performance and interpretation, as well as the fact that recorded music is now a primary form of listening and engagement.
Zagorski-Thomas’s lecture will study how the recording process has affected and is in turn affected by performance, Cockrell said. The guest will address how artists have learned to perform without an audience and the changes in the collaborative process of editing and producing, even asking who “owns” such a performance.
For more information about this special lecture, contact Cockrell at 615-898-2449 or dale.cockrell@mtsu.edu or visit http://popmusic.mtsu.edu.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[190] Dust Off Your Dancing Shoes for Dance Theatre Fall Concert Dec. 1-3
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 28, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Drew Kerr or Justin Durham, 615-898-2181
Dust off your dancing shoes for Dance Theatre Fall Concert Dec. 1-3
MURFREESBORO—Members of MTSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance are dusting off their dancing shoes to wow audiences with the Dance Theatre Fall Concert, set Dec. 1-3 in the Tucker Theatre.
Performances are set at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
This nationally recognized program, which focuses on research and creative activity by faculty and students, is bringing the fall 2011 season to a close with the Fall Concert. Performances will feature a variety of genres ranging from modern to contemporary ballet and everything in between, organizers say.
MTSU faculty, guest artists and students have all contributed to the event, and two pieces choreographed by Kim Neal Nofsinger, director of dance at MTSU, will be featured. Nofsinger’s works explore the beauty and natural instincts of migrations among animals in addition to darkening discussions relating to the holocausts and genocides.
General-admission tickets for the Dance Theatre Fall Concert are $10 for adults and $5 for children up to 12th grade, as well as $5 for MTSU staff. MTSU students will be admitted free with a valid student ID.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.mtsu.edu/tuckertheatre via the “Purchase Tickets” button on the left toolbar. They also will be available at the door before each performance.
For more information, please visit www.mtsu.edu/dance.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Drew Kerr or Justin Durham, 615-898-2181
Dust off your dancing shoes for Dance Theatre Fall Concert Dec. 1-3
MURFREESBORO—Members of MTSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance are dusting off their dancing shoes to wow audiences with the Dance Theatre Fall Concert, set Dec. 1-3 in the Tucker Theatre.
Performances are set at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
This nationally recognized program, which focuses on research and creative activity by faculty and students, is bringing the fall 2011 season to a close with the Fall Concert. Performances will feature a variety of genres ranging from modern to contemporary ballet and everything in between, organizers say.
MTSU faculty, guest artists and students have all contributed to the event, and two pieces choreographed by Kim Neal Nofsinger, director of dance at MTSU, will be featured. Nofsinger’s works explore the beauty and natural instincts of migrations among animals in addition to darkening discussions relating to the holocausts and genocides.
General-admission tickets for the Dance Theatre Fall Concert are $10 for adults and $5 for children up to 12th grade, as well as $5 for MTSU staff. MTSU students will be admitted free with a valid student ID.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.mtsu.edu/tuckertheatre via the “Purchase Tickets” button on the left toolbar. They also will be available at the door before each performance.
For more information, please visit www.mtsu.edu/dance.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
[189] Operation Christmas Care Wounded Warrior Card Project is Under Way
For release: Nov. 23, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Operation Christmas Care contact: Lee Ann Newton, 615-804-5393 (cell) or Lee.Newton@mtsu.edu
Operation Christmas Care wounded warrior card project is under way
MURFREESBORO — Operation Christmas Care — Christmas Cards for Wounded Warriors — is under way.
Operation Christmas Care has sent more than 46,000 Christmas cards since December 2006, said coordinator Lee Ann Newton, an MTSU employee who began the program six years ago.
“Unfortunately, the war continues and the need is as great as it ever has been,” Newton said. “For every casualty, there are approximately nine wounded and 40 percent of these soldiers never return to active duty due to the severity of their wounds.”
Because hospitals remain full of wounded warriors and they arrive on a daily basis, Newton asks that people “add a card or two to your list this year as the need for the ongoing support is critical to their recovery.”
“Often times, our soldiers’ individual support systems dwindle after the life-threatening danger has passed,” Newton added. “Yet, their painful daily regimen toward recovery continues. Emails are nice, and they’re appreciated, but a colorful card or letter with a heartfelt message of support and encouragement can beam from the walls of their hospital rooms as they are ready to go home.”
Operation Christmas Care remains a homegrown project funded through “Pennies for Postage,” Newton said. Mailings are set for Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 11.
If unable to locate a drop box and/or a Pennies for Postage jar, contact Newton at unclesamsheroes@gmail.com, Lee.Netwon@mtsu.edu or call 615-804-5393 for more information or to place a drop box or postage jar at your work, church, school or other location, she said.
Newton, an executive aide in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, also can provide a list of items “always appreciated and needed” by wounded warriors for those who want to send more than a card.
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Note: Attached are a jpegs for Operation Christmas Care and Lee Ann Newton.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Operation Christmas Care contact: Lee Ann Newton, 615-804-5393 (cell) or Lee.Newton@mtsu.edu
Operation Christmas Care wounded warrior card project is under way
MURFREESBORO — Operation Christmas Care — Christmas Cards for Wounded Warriors — is under way.
Operation Christmas Care has sent more than 46,000 Christmas cards since December 2006, said coordinator Lee Ann Newton, an MTSU employee who began the program six years ago.
“Unfortunately, the war continues and the need is as great as it ever has been,” Newton said. “For every casualty, there are approximately nine wounded and 40 percent of these soldiers never return to active duty due to the severity of their wounds.”
Because hospitals remain full of wounded warriors and they arrive on a daily basis, Newton asks that people “add a card or two to your list this year as the need for the ongoing support is critical to their recovery.”
“Often times, our soldiers’ individual support systems dwindle after the life-threatening danger has passed,” Newton added. “Yet, their painful daily regimen toward recovery continues. Emails are nice, and they’re appreciated, but a colorful card or letter with a heartfelt message of support and encouragement can beam from the walls of their hospital rooms as they are ready to go home.”
Operation Christmas Care remains a homegrown project funded through “Pennies for Postage,” Newton said. Mailings are set for Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 11.
If unable to locate a drop box and/or a Pennies for Postage jar, contact Newton at unclesamsheroes@gmail.com, Lee.Netwon@mtsu.edu or call 615-804-5393 for more information or to place a drop box or postage jar at your work, church, school or other location, she said.
Newton, an executive aide in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, also can provide a list of items “always appreciated and needed” by wounded warriors for those who want to send more than a card.
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Note: Attached are a jpegs for Operation Christmas Care and Lee Ann Newton.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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[188] Hallelujah! Handel's 'Messiah' Marks 27th Year at MTSU School of Music
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 23, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
Hallelujah! Handel’s ‘Messiah’ marks 27th year at MTSU School of Music
MURFREESBORO—The MTSU Concert Chorale and Middle Tennessee Chorale Society will partner once again to create the memorable music of Handel's “Messiah” for the community Dec. 4 and 5.
Concerts are scheduled at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, and at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, in Hinton Music Hall inside MTSU’s Wright Music Building. The event is part of the University’s Centennial Celebration.
In addition to “Messiah,” the concert will feature the MTSU Women's Chorale performing a portion of Benjamin Britten's “Ceremony of Carols.”
"This is my 27th year of conducting the ‘Messiah’ for MTSU and the Rutherford County area," says Dr. Raphael Bundage, director of choral studies at MTSU and conductor for the Middle Tennessee Choral Society. "I want to particularly thank the MTSU Choral Society for their annual support of this event over the last 27 years."
Bundage adds that the choral groups, which number about 150 members, will perform “the Christmas portion of the ‘Messiah,’” which makes the work last about an hour.
Advanced vocal majors from MTSU will serve as soloists, the director says, noting that there are approximately 20 soloists over the two nights of performances.
The “Messiah” chamber orchestra comprises professional musicians from the Nashville area and MTSU faculty members Angela Tipps on organ and Pat Ward on harpsichord.
Tickets for each of the Dec. 4 and 5 performances are $10 for general admission and $5 for non-MTSU students. MTSU faculty, staff and students will be admitted free with valid IDs, and senior citizens can receive discounted prices. Tickets will be available at the door one hour before each performance.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert Calendar" link.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
Hallelujah! Handel’s ‘Messiah’ marks 27th year at MTSU School of Music
MURFREESBORO—The MTSU Concert Chorale and Middle Tennessee Chorale Society will partner once again to create the memorable music of Handel's “Messiah” for the community Dec. 4 and 5.
Concerts are scheduled at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, and at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, in Hinton Music Hall inside MTSU’s Wright Music Building. The event is part of the University’s Centennial Celebration.
In addition to “Messiah,” the concert will feature the MTSU Women's Chorale performing a portion of Benjamin Britten's “Ceremony of Carols.”
"This is my 27th year of conducting the ‘Messiah’ for MTSU and the Rutherford County area," says Dr. Raphael Bundage, director of choral studies at MTSU and conductor for the Middle Tennessee Choral Society. "I want to particularly thank the MTSU Choral Society for their annual support of this event over the last 27 years."
Bundage adds that the choral groups, which number about 150 members, will perform “the Christmas portion of the ‘Messiah,’” which makes the work last about an hour.
Advanced vocal majors from MTSU will serve as soloists, the director says, noting that there are approximately 20 soloists over the two nights of performances.
The “Messiah” chamber orchestra comprises professional musicians from the Nashville area and MTSU faculty members Angela Tipps on organ and Pat Ward on harpsichord.
Tickets for each of the Dec. 4 and 5 performances are $10 for general admission and $5 for non-MTSU students. MTSU faculty, staff and students will be admitted free with valid IDs, and senior citizens can receive discounted prices. Tickets will be available at the door one hour before each performance.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert Calendar" link.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[187] Nov. 29 Reception Celebrates New MTSU Centennial Book
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 23, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACTS: Dr. Jan Leone, 615-898-5580 or Connie Huddleston, 615-494-7628
Nov. 29 reception celebrates new MTSU Centennial book
MURFREESBORO—MTSU history professor Janice M. Leone and the colleagues whose work she edited in “Middle Tennessee State University: A Centennial Legacy” will join the University in celebrating the book’s release at a special reception on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
The free public event, which will be held in Cantrell Hall in the Tom Jackson Building on campus, is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m.
Free parking will be available in the Woodfin Lot at the corner of Greenland Drive and Middle Tennessee Boulevard.
In 2008, University Honors College Dean John Vile encouraged the college to participate in MTSU’s upcoming Centennial Celebration.
Leone, who is associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, worked with Honors Associate Dean Scott Carnicom to develop the fall 2009 Honors Lecture Series, “Blue Raider Milestones: Approaching the Centennial.”
Those nine lectures became original essays and, paired with three new essays, became the 12 chapters of “A Centennial Legacy.”
Current and retired MTSU history faculty are the essayists included in the book’s 302 pages, along with emeritus professor of economics Dr. Reuben Kyle; John Lodl, Rutherford County Archives director; history graduate student Jordan Kirkman; and former Honors Dean Phil Mathis.
Learn more about the book in the current “Honors Edition” magazine, which is available online at http://bit.ly/MTHonorsEditionFall11 (page 41).
To order the book, call Phillips Bookstore at 615-898-5679. Copies also will be available at the Nov. 29 reception. For more information, call 615-494-7628.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACTS: Dr. Jan Leone, 615-898-5580 or Connie Huddleston, 615-494-7628
Nov. 29 reception celebrates new MTSU Centennial book
MURFREESBORO—MTSU history professor Janice M. Leone and the colleagues whose work she edited in “Middle Tennessee State University: A Centennial Legacy” will join the University in celebrating the book’s release at a special reception on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
The free public event, which will be held in Cantrell Hall in the Tom Jackson Building on campus, is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m.
Free parking will be available in the Woodfin Lot at the corner of Greenland Drive and Middle Tennessee Boulevard.
In 2008, University Honors College Dean John Vile encouraged the college to participate in MTSU’s upcoming Centennial Celebration.
Leone, who is associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, worked with Honors Associate Dean Scott Carnicom to develop the fall 2009 Honors Lecture Series, “Blue Raider Milestones: Approaching the Centennial.”
Those nine lectures became original essays and, paired with three new essays, became the 12 chapters of “A Centennial Legacy.”
Current and retired MTSU history faculty are the essayists included in the book’s 302 pages, along with emeritus professor of economics Dr. Reuben Kyle; John Lodl, Rutherford County Archives director; history graduate student Jordan Kirkman; and former Honors Dean Phil Mathis.
Learn more about the book in the current “Honors Edition” magazine, which is available online at http://bit.ly/MTHonorsEditionFall11 (page 41).
To order the book, call Phillips Bookstore at 615-898-5679. Copies also will be available at the Nov. 29 reception. For more information, call 615-494-7628.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
[186] MTSU Closes Nov. 24-25 for Thanksgiving Holiday
For release: Nov. 22, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU closes Nov. 24-25 for Thanksgiving holiday
MURFREESBORO — MTSU will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, University officials said. No classes will be held and all offices will be closed as students, faculty, staff and administrators celebrate the holiday with families and friends. Also, no Saturday, Nov. 26, classes will be held.
All fall semester classes will resume at their regularly scheduled times and all offices will be open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
Thanksgiving dinner for students will be served in the Scarlett Commons Clubhouse Thursday from 2 until 5 p.m. The MTSU Parents Association, MT Dining and Housing and Residential Life are sponsoring the meal.
For students and others staying on campus, McCallie Dining Hall will be open Friday (11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.), Saturday (9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.) and Sunday (11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.). All other food venues will be closed until Sunday when Cyber Café and Starbucks in the James E. Walker Library both reopen at 3 p.m.
The library will be open Sunday, Nov. 27, at its normal hours, 1 p.m. to midnight.
Campus Recreation Center’s facilities will reopen at 6 a.m. Monday.
In case of campus emergencies, call MTSU Police at 615-898-2424.
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Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU closes Nov. 24-25 for Thanksgiving holiday
MURFREESBORO — MTSU will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, University officials said. No classes will be held and all offices will be closed as students, faculty, staff and administrators celebrate the holiday with families and friends. Also, no Saturday, Nov. 26, classes will be held.
All fall semester classes will resume at their regularly scheduled times and all offices will be open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
Thanksgiving dinner for students will be served in the Scarlett Commons Clubhouse Thursday from 2 until 5 p.m. The MTSU Parents Association, MT Dining and Housing and Residential Life are sponsoring the meal.
For students and others staying on campus, McCallie Dining Hall will be open Friday (11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.), Saturday (9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.) and Sunday (11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.). All other food venues will be closed until Sunday when Cyber Café and Starbucks in the James E. Walker Library both reopen at 3 p.m.
The library will be open Sunday, Nov. 27, at its normal hours, 1 p.m. to midnight.
Campus Recreation Center’s facilities will reopen at 6 a.m. Monday.
In case of campus emergencies, call MTSU Police at 615-898-2424.
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Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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[185] Motion Picture Director to Screen, Discuss Film At MTSU
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 22, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR TO SCREEN, DISCUSS FILM AT MTSU
Director Miraz Bezar Depicts Agony of Turkish Kurds in “Before Your Eyes”
MURFREESBORO—Miraz Bezar, director of the internationally acclaimed motion picture “Min Dît: Before Your Eyes,” will screen his film at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
A question-and-answer session will follow the movie, and a reception is slated for after the question-and-answer period.
The 2009 movie traces the story of two young Kurdish children living in Diyarbakir, a town in the Kurdish region of Turkey. After witnessing the brutal death of their parents, the children are left to fend for themselves.
“Min Dît: Before Your Eyes” won the Youth Jury Prize at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain, one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It also won three awards at the Istanbul International Film Festival in Turkey, including one for Best Director for Bezar, and the Special Jury Prizes at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey and the Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium.
A native of Ankara, Turkey, Bezar left his homeland for Germany in 1980 after a military coup. He studied cultural science at Berlin Humboldt University and started acting in theater groups. Bezar studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, and his short films have been screened at festivals throughout the world.
This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by MTSU’s Middle East Center with support from the Distinguished Lecture Fund and the Virginia Peck Trust.
For more information, contact Dr. Allen Hibbard, director of the Middle East Center, at 615-494-8809 or allen.hibbard@mtsu.edu.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR TO SCREEN, DISCUSS FILM AT MTSU
Director Miraz Bezar Depicts Agony of Turkish Kurds in “Before Your Eyes”
MURFREESBORO—Miraz Bezar, director of the internationally acclaimed motion picture “Min Dît: Before Your Eyes,” will screen his film at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
A question-and-answer session will follow the movie, and a reception is slated for after the question-and-answer period.
The 2009 movie traces the story of two young Kurdish children living in Diyarbakir, a town in the Kurdish region of Turkey. After witnessing the brutal death of their parents, the children are left to fend for themselves.
“Min Dît: Before Your Eyes” won the Youth Jury Prize at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain, one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It also won three awards at the Istanbul International Film Festival in Turkey, including one for Best Director for Bezar, and the Special Jury Prizes at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey and the Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium.
A native of Ankara, Turkey, Bezar left his homeland for Germany in 1980 after a military coup. He studied cultural science at Berlin Humboldt University and started acting in theater groups. Bezar studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, and his short films have been screened at festivals throughout the world.
This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by MTSU’s Middle East Center with support from the Distinguished Lecture Fund and the Virginia Peck Trust.
For more information, contact Dr. Allen Hibbard, director of the Middle East Center, at 615-494-8809 or allen.hibbard@mtsu.edu.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[184] Authentic Native American Celebration At MTSU Tuesday
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 21, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
AUTHENTIC NATIVE AMERICAN CELEBRATION AT MTSU TUESDAY Native Americans Share Food, Culture, Perspectives during Thanksgiving Week
MURFREESBORO—MTSU’s Intercultural and Diversity Affairs Center will co-sponsor “Native American Cultural Day” from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Cantrell Hall in MTSU’s Tom H. Jackson Building.
Traditional Native American dancing, music and food will be parts of the multitribal experience. In addition, there will be a panel discussion of Native American perspectives on various issues, including education, environment and spirituality, ethics of governance, corporate ethics and business policy, intertribal descendants and challenges facing Native American college students.
The program will include Lakota poet Ron Colombe, Shawnee flutist Grady Shadowhawk, Cherokee storyteller Robert RedHawk and contemporary musician and NAMMY nominee Timo Standing Buffalo.
“This is a great opportunity for sharing views and helping the community to know who we are and what we’re about and a wonderful opportunity to taste authentic Native American foods,” says Melissa Shelby, an event coordinator.
Shelby, an MTSU master’s degree candidate majoring in professional science, has a personal lineage that includes Cherokee and Choctaw ancestors.
In addition to IDAC, other sponsors and supporters include the MTSU offices of International Affairs and University Studies and the MTSU departments of Recording Industry, Political Science, English and History.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Vincent Windrow, director of the Office of Intercultural and Diversity Affairs, at 615-898-2238 or vwindrow@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
AUTHENTIC NATIVE AMERICAN CELEBRATION AT MTSU TUESDAY Native Americans Share Food, Culture, Perspectives during Thanksgiving Week
MURFREESBORO—MTSU’s Intercultural and Diversity Affairs Center will co-sponsor “Native American Cultural Day” from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Cantrell Hall in MTSU’s Tom H. Jackson Building.
Traditional Native American dancing, music and food will be parts of the multitribal experience. In addition, there will be a panel discussion of Native American perspectives on various issues, including education, environment and spirituality, ethics of governance, corporate ethics and business policy, intertribal descendants and challenges facing Native American college students.
The program will include Lakota poet Ron Colombe, Shawnee flutist Grady Shadowhawk, Cherokee storyteller Robert RedHawk and contemporary musician and NAMMY nominee Timo Standing Buffalo.
“This is a great opportunity for sharing views and helping the community to know who we are and what we’re about and a wonderful opportunity to taste authentic Native American foods,” says Melissa Shelby, an event coordinator.
Shelby, an MTSU master’s degree candidate majoring in professional science, has a personal lineage that includes Cherokee and Choctaw ancestors.
In addition to IDAC, other sponsors and supporters include the MTSU offices of International Affairs and University Studies and the MTSU departments of Recording Industry, Political Science, English and History.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Vincent Windrow, director of the Office of Intercultural and Diversity Affairs, at 615-898-2238 or vwindrow@mtsu.edu.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[182] Faculty, Guests Jazzing Up Classic 'Nutcracker' Dec. 1 at MTSU
Faculty, guests jazzing up classic ‘Nutcracker’ Dec. 1 at MTSU
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 21, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO—MTSU jazz faculty and special Nashville guests will jazz up a classic this Christmas season, performing “The Jazz Nutcracker” on Thursday, Dec. 1, as part of the 2011-12 MTSU Jazz Artist Series.
The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall in the university’s Wright Music Building.
Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky created “The Nutcracker Suite” for ballet in 1891. Jazz greats Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn transformed it into a nine-movement work for jazz orchestras for a 1960 Columbia Records release that has become a treasured classic.
“Performed in the Christmas season, this ballet score has become one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular pieces,” said Jamey Simmons, an associate professor of jazz studies and jazz trumpet at MTSU. “Because these (jazz) arrangements were written for the soloists in Duke’s band, it makes it fun to get inside their approach to performing.”
Simmons noted that as a creative team, Ellington and Strayhorn were among the most influential jazz composers and arrangers of all time, creating masterpieces like “Take the A Train,” “Lush Life” and “Chelsea Bridge.”
Performing “The Jazz Nutcracker” alongside Simmons on Dec. 1 will be MTSU jazz faculty members Don Aliquo on saxophone, Jim Ferguson on bass, Rick Mraz on saxophone and Derrek Phillips on drum set. Trombonists Roger Bissell and Greg Cox and trumpet players Matthew White and Steve Herrman, all jazz professionals from Nashville, will join them.
In addition, Matt Pivec, head of jazz studies at Butler University, will be the lead alto saxophone and clarinet player. The band also will feature a number of MTSU students and alumni.
During the performance, guest commentator Austin Bealmear, host of the syndicated radio show “Jazz on the Side,” will provide insights into the history of this jazz version of “The Nutcracker Suite.”
“It will be fun for the audience to hear how familiar melodies such as ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ and ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ were transformed to fit into the unique Ellington sound,” Simmons said.
Tickets for the Dec. 1 show are $15 each for the general public. Admission is free for MTSU faculty, staff and students with proper ID.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert Calendar" link.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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FOR RELEASE: Nov. 21, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO—MTSU jazz faculty and special Nashville guests will jazz up a classic this Christmas season, performing “The Jazz Nutcracker” on Thursday, Dec. 1, as part of the 2011-12 MTSU Jazz Artist Series.
The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall in the university’s Wright Music Building.
Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky created “The Nutcracker Suite” for ballet in 1891. Jazz greats Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn transformed it into a nine-movement work for jazz orchestras for a 1960 Columbia Records release that has become a treasured classic.
“Performed in the Christmas season, this ballet score has become one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular pieces,” said Jamey Simmons, an associate professor of jazz studies and jazz trumpet at MTSU. “Because these (jazz) arrangements were written for the soloists in Duke’s band, it makes it fun to get inside their approach to performing.”
Simmons noted that as a creative team, Ellington and Strayhorn were among the most influential jazz composers and arrangers of all time, creating masterpieces like “Take the A Train,” “Lush Life” and “Chelsea Bridge.”
Performing “The Jazz Nutcracker” alongside Simmons on Dec. 1 will be MTSU jazz faculty members Don Aliquo on saxophone, Jim Ferguson on bass, Rick Mraz on saxophone and Derrek Phillips on drum set. Trombonists Roger Bissell and Greg Cox and trumpet players Matthew White and Steve Herrman, all jazz professionals from Nashville, will join them.
In addition, Matt Pivec, head of jazz studies at Butler University, will be the lead alto saxophone and clarinet player. The band also will feature a number of MTSU students and alumni.
During the performance, guest commentator Austin Bealmear, host of the syndicated radio show “Jazz on the Side,” will provide insights into the history of this jazz version of “The Nutcracker Suite.”
“It will be fun for the audience to hear how familiar melodies such as ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ and ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ were transformed to fit into the unique Ellington sound,” Simmons said.
Tickets for the Dec. 1 show are $15 each for the general public. Admission is free for MTSU faculty, staff and students with proper ID.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert Calendar" link.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
[182] Nashville's Henry to Receive Nunley Award Nov. 19 at MTSU
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Military science contact: Maj. Steve Daugherty, 615-898-2470 or sdaugher@mtsu.edu
Athletics contact: Marco Born, 615-898-5260 or Marco.Born@mtsu.edu
Nashville’s Henry to receive Nunley Award Nov. 19 at MTSU
MURFREESBORO — Douglas “Doug” Henry of Nashville has experienced a 40-year career in state government in the senate and house and a 52-year (and counting) marriage to his wife, Loiette.
Before marriage, college, life as an attorney, six children and politics, Henry enjoyed a distinguished military career. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Phillippine Independence Medal.
For his military efforts, Henry has been selected as the 22nd recipient of the Dr. Joe Nunley Memorial Award.
This presentation, which will take place in the Kennon Hall of Fame building adjacent to Murphy Center, will begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, during pregame activities before the 2 p.m. MTSU-Arkansas State University football game in Floyd Stadium.
The award is part of the 30th annual Salute to Armed Services/Veterans Day events, which also will include a veterans memorial service outside the Tom H. Jackson Building starting at 10:30 a.m., an 11:30 picnic for past and present military and their families and attending the football game.
Henry has held a number of public offices while serving in the house and senate, and also been a member of the Tennessee Bicentennial Commission, past chairman of the State Capitol Commission and past chair of the Southern Legislative Conference.
Community involvement for Henry includes being on the Nashville, Tennessee and American bar associations; and memberships on various boards, clubs and organizations. He is a member of American Legion Post 5, a lifetime member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and member of the Douglas Henry Museum Commission.
Henry earned his bachelor’s and bachelor or laws degrees from Vanderbilt University. The Henry’s six children include oldest daughter Emily Henry McMahon, who died from cancer in 2006; twin daughters Kathryn Henry Choisser of Richmond, Va., and Lolly Henry Thompson of Nashville; son Robert Henry of Nashville; daughter Mary Leland Henry Kinloch of Nashville; and son Douglas C.H. Henry of Nashville. Doug and Loiette Henry have 13 grandchildren.
The award is named in honor of Nunley, an MTSU author, historian and professor, and former MTSU Alumni Relations director. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. Nunley died Dec. 10, 1993.
Recipients of the Dr. Joe Nunley Memorial Award
2011 — State Sen. Doug Henry, Nashville
2010 — Charles Austin Jones, McMinnville
2009 — Roy Edwin Barker, Brentwood
2008 — Elmer Fayne Hayes, Murfreesboro
2007 — Ira Bradford Miller Sr.*, Murfreesboro
2006 — D. Ed Moody Jr., Franklin
2005 — Dr. Roger Washington Bouldin*, Hohenwald
2004 — Charles H. Warfield, Nashville
2003 — Warren G. King Sr., Nashville
2002 — Edward C Huffman*, Shelbyville
2001 — John A. Bragg, Franklin
2000 — Dr. Bob Womack*, Murfreesboro
1999 — PNC Harriett L. Howard, USNR (Ret.), Smyrna
1998 — L.W. Oliver Jr.*, Hendersonville
1997 — Mayor Joe B. Jackson*, Murfreesboro
1996 — State Rep. Shelby Rhinehart*, Spencer
1995 — Maj. Elizabeth Chastain*, USA (Ret.)
1994 — W.L. “Jug” Landers*, Shelbyville
1993 — State Rep. John Bragg*, Murfreesboro
1992 — Robert “Bob” DePriest, Hermitage
1991 — Robert “Bob” Couch, Tullahoma
1990 —Rayford Davis, McMinnville
* — Deceased
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Military science contact: Maj. Steve Daugherty, 615-898-2470 or sdaugher@mtsu.edu
Athletics contact: Marco Born, 615-898-5260 or Marco.Born@mtsu.edu
Nashville’s Henry to receive Nunley Award Nov. 19 at MTSU
MURFREESBORO — Douglas “Doug” Henry of Nashville has experienced a 40-year career in state government in the senate and house and a 52-year (and counting) marriage to his wife, Loiette.
Before marriage, college, life as an attorney, six children and politics, Henry enjoyed a distinguished military career. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Phillippine Independence Medal.
For his military efforts, Henry has been selected as the 22nd recipient of the Dr. Joe Nunley Memorial Award.
This presentation, which will take place in the Kennon Hall of Fame building adjacent to Murphy Center, will begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, during pregame activities before the 2 p.m. MTSU-Arkansas State University football game in Floyd Stadium.
The award is part of the 30th annual Salute to Armed Services/Veterans Day events, which also will include a veterans memorial service outside the Tom H. Jackson Building starting at 10:30 a.m., an 11:30 picnic for past and present military and their families and attending the football game.
Henry has held a number of public offices while serving in the house and senate, and also been a member of the Tennessee Bicentennial Commission, past chairman of the State Capitol Commission and past chair of the Southern Legislative Conference.
Community involvement for Henry includes being on the Nashville, Tennessee and American bar associations; and memberships on various boards, clubs and organizations. He is a member of American Legion Post 5, a lifetime member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and member of the Douglas Henry Museum Commission.
Henry earned his bachelor’s and bachelor or laws degrees from Vanderbilt University. The Henry’s six children include oldest daughter Emily Henry McMahon, who died from cancer in 2006; twin daughters Kathryn Henry Choisser of Richmond, Va., and Lolly Henry Thompson of Nashville; son Robert Henry of Nashville; daughter Mary Leland Henry Kinloch of Nashville; and son Douglas C.H. Henry of Nashville. Doug and Loiette Henry have 13 grandchildren.
The award is named in honor of Nunley, an MTSU author, historian and professor, and former MTSU Alumni Relations director. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. Nunley died Dec. 10, 1993.
Recipients of the Dr. Joe Nunley Memorial Award
2011 — State Sen. Doug Henry, Nashville
2010 — Charles Austin Jones, McMinnville
2009 — Roy Edwin Barker, Brentwood
2008 — Elmer Fayne Hayes, Murfreesboro
2007 — Ira Bradford Miller Sr.*, Murfreesboro
2006 — D. Ed Moody Jr., Franklin
2005 — Dr. Roger Washington Bouldin*, Hohenwald
2004 — Charles H. Warfield, Nashville
2003 — Warren G. King Sr., Nashville
2002 — Edward C Huffman*, Shelbyville
2001 — John A. Bragg, Franklin
2000 — Dr. Bob Womack*, Murfreesboro
1999 — PNC Harriett L. Howard, USNR (Ret.), Smyrna
1998 — L.W. Oliver Jr.*, Hendersonville
1997 — Mayor Joe B. Jackson*, Murfreesboro
1996 — State Rep. Shelby Rhinehart*, Spencer
1995 — Maj. Elizabeth Chastain*, USA (Ret.)
1994 — W.L. “Jug” Landers*, Shelbyville
1993 — State Rep. John Bragg*, Murfreesboro
1992 — Robert “Bob” DePriest, Hermitage
1991 — Robert “Bob” Couch, Tullahoma
1990 —Rayford Davis, McMinnville
* — Deceased
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
[181] Madison County Farm Joins Ranks of State's Century Farms Program
MADISON COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Harris Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO—The Harris Farm, located in Madison County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
In 1905, W. S. Harris, J.W. Harris, and J.L. Harris purchased 102 acres in the Seventh Civil District of Madison County, Tenn. The men raised cotton, corn and cattle on their farm. In 1909, J.L. Harris conveyed his interest in the property to W.S. and J.W. Harris. W.S. married Madelyn Clason, and they were the parents of two children, Wesley Clason and Clarence Rowland Harris. Madelyn Harris also was active in the Home Demonstration Club.
In 1978, Madelyn and W. S. Harris’s sons acquired the family farm, which at the time consisted of 150 acres. Wesley and Clarence raised cotton, corn, soybeans and cattle. Wesley, who did not marry, was a member of the Farm Bureau. Clarence married Beulah G. Harris. Clarence, Beulah and Wesley were all members of the Young Farmers & Homemakers club. Clarence and Beulah had two children, Ronald G. Harris and Linda Carol H. Williamson. Carol was a 4-H member.
Ronald G. Harris, Carol Williamson and their mother, Beulah Harris, now own the Harris Farm. They raise cotton, corn and soybeans on their 150-acre farm. Ronald is married to Gale Harris and they, along with his mother, sister and brother-in-law, Bill Williamson, and Carol and Bill’s son, Brian Williamson, live on the farm today. The farm manager is Andy Williamson, a great-grandson of the founder.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.
• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To interview the farm’s owner or request jpegs of the farm for editorial use, please contact the CHP at 615-898-2947.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
Harris Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO—The Harris Farm, located in Madison County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
In 1905, W. S. Harris, J.W. Harris, and J.L. Harris purchased 102 acres in the Seventh Civil District of Madison County, Tenn. The men raised cotton, corn and cattle on their farm. In 1909, J.L. Harris conveyed his interest in the property to W.S. and J.W. Harris. W.S. married Madelyn Clason, and they were the parents of two children, Wesley Clason and Clarence Rowland Harris. Madelyn Harris also was active in the Home Demonstration Club.
In 1978, Madelyn and W. S. Harris’s sons acquired the family farm, which at the time consisted of 150 acres. Wesley and Clarence raised cotton, corn, soybeans and cattle. Wesley, who did not marry, was a member of the Farm Bureau. Clarence married Beulah G. Harris. Clarence, Beulah and Wesley were all members of the Young Farmers & Homemakers club. Clarence and Beulah had two children, Ronald G. Harris and Linda Carol H. Williamson. Carol was a 4-H member.
Ronald G. Harris, Carol Williamson and their mother, Beulah Harris, now own the Harris Farm. They raise cotton, corn and soybeans on their 150-acre farm. Ronald is married to Gale Harris and they, along with his mother, sister and brother-in-law, Bill Williamson, and Carol and Bill’s son, Brian Williamson, live on the farm today. The farm manager is Andy Williamson, a great-grandson of the founder.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.
• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To interview the farm’s owner or request jpegs of the farm for editorial use, please contact the CHP at 615-898-2947.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
[180] Grainger County Farm Joins Ranks of State's Century Farms Program
For Release: Nov. 16, 2011
Contact: Caneta Hankins, Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947
GRAINGER COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Daniel Farm in Narrow Valley Community Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO— The Daniel Farm in Narrow Valley Community, located in Grainger County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
In 1905, Orville Daniel purchased 95 acres for $900 in the Narrow Valley community of Grainger County. Daniel raised a variety of crops on his farm, including hay, corn, tobacco, vegetables and fruit along with livestock such as milk cows, calves and mules. Orville and his wife, Minnie M. Cameron Daniel, boarded the teachers for the Narrow Valley School at their farm in 1906, also feeding the horses ridden by the teachers to school during the week. Orville and Minnie were the parents of Mayme Oleta, Ella Mae and John James, also called “Pat.”
In 1963, these siblings, Mayme Flora, Ella Simpson and Pat Daniel—acquired the farm. Ella’s widower, Deaderick Simpson, deeded his portion of the farm back to Pat in 1978, and Mayme Flora deeded her interest in the farm to Pat’s heirs in 1993. Pat Daniel, along with his wife, Pauline, and their children, David Ronald, Patsy Kay Boling and Sandra Gail West raised hay, tobacco, corn, vegetables, tomatoes, dairy cows, calves and Herefords and Black Angus beef cattle. During the 1940s, Pauline milked the cows and made and sold sweet milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese and molded butter to neighbors. She remembers it being “a lot of hard work with very small pay.” Pauline continues to manage the farm, as she has done since Pat’s death in 1980. She hires help for the daily farm operation, which today includes hay and vegetables.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.
• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To interview the farm’s owner or request jpegs of the farm for editorial use, please contact the CHP at 615-898-2947.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
Contact: Caneta Hankins, Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947
GRAINGER COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Daniel Farm in Narrow Valley Community Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO— The Daniel Farm in Narrow Valley Community, located in Grainger County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
In 1905, Orville Daniel purchased 95 acres for $900 in the Narrow Valley community of Grainger County. Daniel raised a variety of crops on his farm, including hay, corn, tobacco, vegetables and fruit along with livestock such as milk cows, calves and mules. Orville and his wife, Minnie M. Cameron Daniel, boarded the teachers for the Narrow Valley School at their farm in 1906, also feeding the horses ridden by the teachers to school during the week. Orville and Minnie were the parents of Mayme Oleta, Ella Mae and John James, also called “Pat.”
In 1963, these siblings, Mayme Flora, Ella Simpson and Pat Daniel—acquired the farm. Ella’s widower, Deaderick Simpson, deeded his portion of the farm back to Pat in 1978, and Mayme Flora deeded her interest in the farm to Pat’s heirs in 1993. Pat Daniel, along with his wife, Pauline, and their children, David Ronald, Patsy Kay Boling and Sandra Gail West raised hay, tobacco, corn, vegetables, tomatoes, dairy cows, calves and Herefords and Black Angus beef cattle. During the 1940s, Pauline milked the cows and made and sold sweet milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese and molded butter to neighbors. She remembers it being “a lot of hard work with very small pay.” Pauline continues to manage the farm, as she has done since Pat’s death in 1980. She hires help for the daily farm operation, which today includes hay and vegetables.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.
• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To interview the farm’s owner or request jpegs of the farm for editorial use, please contact the CHP at 615-898-2947.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
[179] MTSU Ag Student Bryan Earns TN Council of Cooperative Scholarship
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
School of Agribusiness and Agriscience contact: Dr. Warren Gill, 615-898-2523 or Warren.Gill@mtsu.edu
MTSU ag student Bryan earns TN Council of Cooperatives scholarship
MURFREESBORO — MTSU sophomore Jimmy Joe Bryan of Morrison, Tenn., is the recipient of a $750 scholarship from the Tennessee Council of Cooperatives, the TCC announced recently.
Bryan, the son of Steve and Eleanor Bryan of Morrison, is working on bachelor’s in agribusiness.
Bryan has worked in the MTSU Farm Laboratories, where he has been involved in all aspects of crop production. He has worked for Warren County Livestock, Bryan Livestock Company and Randall Walker Farms. He is a member of the Warren and Coffee county Farmers Cooperative and also a member of the Collegiate Future Farmers of America at MTSU.
After graduation, Bryan said he hopes to have a career in agriculture and also plans to raise beef cattle.
The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives sponsors six scholarships for agricultural students from each of Tennessee’s four-year ag programs. The scholarship program, started in 1984, is an effort to acknowledge and aid the young people most likely to return to communities served by rural cooperatives, a TCC news release states.
To be considered for the $750 scholarship, the student must be a Tennessee citizen, enrolled in a college of agriculture, maintain an overall grade point average of 2.5 out of a possible 4.0 and, if possible, be in in his or her junior year of study.
The TCC is a nonprofit organization established to promote the cooperative form of business through education and promotion of all types of cooperatives.
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PHOTO CAPTION:
MTSU School of Agribusiness and Agriscience Chair Warren Gill, left, is shown as sophomore Jimmy Joe Bryan receives a Certificate of Recognition from Keith Harrison, a Tennessee Council of Cooperatives representative. Bryan earned a $750 scholarship from TCC.
Photo submitted by Tennessee Council of Cooperatives
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
School of Agribusiness and Agriscience contact: Dr. Warren Gill, 615-898-2523 or Warren.Gill@mtsu.edu
MTSU ag student Bryan earns TN Council of Cooperatives scholarship
MURFREESBORO — MTSU sophomore Jimmy Joe Bryan of Morrison, Tenn., is the recipient of a $750 scholarship from the Tennessee Council of Cooperatives, the TCC announced recently.
Bryan, the son of Steve and Eleanor Bryan of Morrison, is working on bachelor’s in agribusiness.
Bryan has worked in the MTSU Farm Laboratories, where he has been involved in all aspects of crop production. He has worked for Warren County Livestock, Bryan Livestock Company and Randall Walker Farms. He is a member of the Warren and Coffee county Farmers Cooperative and also a member of the Collegiate Future Farmers of America at MTSU.
After graduation, Bryan said he hopes to have a career in agriculture and also plans to raise beef cattle.
The Tennessee Council of Cooperatives sponsors six scholarships for agricultural students from each of Tennessee’s four-year ag programs. The scholarship program, started in 1984, is an effort to acknowledge and aid the young people most likely to return to communities served by rural cooperatives, a TCC news release states.
To be considered for the $750 scholarship, the student must be a Tennessee citizen, enrolled in a college of agriculture, maintain an overall grade point average of 2.5 out of a possible 4.0 and, if possible, be in in his or her junior year of study.
The TCC is a nonprofit organization established to promote the cooperative form of business through education and promotion of all types of cooperatives.
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PHOTO CAPTION:
MTSU School of Agribusiness and Agriscience Chair Warren Gill, left, is shown as sophomore Jimmy Joe Bryan receives a Certificate of Recognition from Keith Harrison, a Tennessee Council of Cooperatives representative. Bryan earned a $750 scholarship from TCC.
Photo submitted by Tennessee Council of Cooperatives
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[178] MTSU Students Record for World's Largest Classical Label
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 16, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MTSU students record for world’s largest classical label
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University’s Wind Ensemble is now the first and only university musical ensemble in Tennessee to record for the world’s largest classical music label.
“Angels in the Architecture,” a CD by the MTSU Wind Ensemble for the Franklin, Tenn.-based Naxos label’s Wind Band Classics, interprets the works of composer Frank Ticheli and two of his mentors, Pulitzer Prize-winning Leslie Bassett and 2007 Musical America Composer of the Year William Bolcom.
The 55-member ensemble, made up primarily of undergraduate MTSU students, performed Ticheli’s “Symphony No. 2 for Concert Band” and the title track, which was inspired by the Sydney Opera House in Australia, along with Balcom’s First Symphony for Band” and Bassett’s “Nonet—Two Movements for Winds, Brass and Piano.”
Dr. Reed Thomas, director of bands at MTSU, led the creative project, which followed a rigorous vetting process with a live concert performance by the ensemble and a yearlong international jury review.
“It really puts MTSU on the map to be the only university in Tennessee and one of the few universities ever on the Naxos label,” says Thomas, who also is a professor in the School of Music. “It sheds a very strong light on the high quality of our wind ensemble and our faculty work.”
Michael Fleming, an MTSU associate professor of recording industry, engineered and edited the production. It took place in three sessions totaling 14 hours in MTSU’s T. Earl Hinton Hall and Murfreesboro’s First United Methodist Church.
“MTSU has been recognized by the world’s largest classical label as a center of excellence by recording our ensemble and putting out a commercial recording,” says Dr. George Riordan, director of the MTSU School of Music. “Naxos recognizes that our wind ensemble and School of Music can compete in the global marketplace.”
“We were thrilled to be able to collaborate with Reed Thomas and his fine ensemble at MTSU to produce this great album and homage to the very talent composer, Frank Ticheli,” says Randall Foster, founder of Naxos Wind Band Classics. “This album is yet another indicator of just how much musical talent we have residing in middle Tennessee.”
MTSU’s WMOT-FM (89.5) has been airing tracks from “Angels in the Architecture” as part of its classical music programming and has given copies of the CD to its donors as premiums during fundraising campaigns.
“One of the educational assets of this recording is that many students wanting to find employment will have a leg up,” Thomas adds. “This will be a valuable part of their education.” The band director says that about one-third of the ensemble’s members have graduated since the recording was made.
For more information, contact the MTSU School of Music at 615-898-2469 or Kelly Rach with Naxos at 615-465-3806 or krach@naxosusa.com.
To order the CD, go to http://bit.ly/MTNaxosCD and click on “Buy and Download” on the right side of the page.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
MTSU students record for world’s largest classical label
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University’s Wind Ensemble is now the first and only university musical ensemble in Tennessee to record for the world’s largest classical music label.
“Angels in the Architecture,” a CD by the MTSU Wind Ensemble for the Franklin, Tenn.-based Naxos label’s Wind Band Classics, interprets the works of composer Frank Ticheli and two of his mentors, Pulitzer Prize-winning Leslie Bassett and 2007 Musical America Composer of the Year William Bolcom.
The 55-member ensemble, made up primarily of undergraduate MTSU students, performed Ticheli’s “Symphony No. 2 for Concert Band” and the title track, which was inspired by the Sydney Opera House in Australia, along with Balcom’s First Symphony for Band” and Bassett’s “Nonet—Two Movements for Winds, Brass and Piano.”
Dr. Reed Thomas, director of bands at MTSU, led the creative project, which followed a rigorous vetting process with a live concert performance by the ensemble and a yearlong international jury review.
“It really puts MTSU on the map to be the only university in Tennessee and one of the few universities ever on the Naxos label,” says Thomas, who also is a professor in the School of Music. “It sheds a very strong light on the high quality of our wind ensemble and our faculty work.”
Michael Fleming, an MTSU associate professor of recording industry, engineered and edited the production. It took place in three sessions totaling 14 hours in MTSU’s T. Earl Hinton Hall and Murfreesboro’s First United Methodist Church.
“MTSU has been recognized by the world’s largest classical label as a center of excellence by recording our ensemble and putting out a commercial recording,” says Dr. George Riordan, director of the MTSU School of Music. “Naxos recognizes that our wind ensemble and School of Music can compete in the global marketplace.”
“We were thrilled to be able to collaborate with Reed Thomas and his fine ensemble at MTSU to produce this great album and homage to the very talent composer, Frank Ticheli,” says Randall Foster, founder of Naxos Wind Band Classics. “This album is yet another indicator of just how much musical talent we have residing in middle Tennessee.”
MTSU’s WMOT-FM (89.5) has been airing tracks from “Angels in the Architecture” as part of its classical music programming and has given copies of the CD to its donors as premiums during fundraising campaigns.
“One of the educational assets of this recording is that many students wanting to find employment will have a leg up,” Thomas adds. “This will be a valuable part of their education.” The band director says that about one-third of the ensemble’s members have graduated since the recording was made.
For more information, contact the MTSU School of Music at 615-898-2469 or Kelly Rach with Naxos at 615-465-3806 or krach@naxosusa.com.
To order the CD, go to http://bit.ly/MTNaxosCD and click on “Buy and Download” on the right side of the page.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[177] MTSU to Promote Arts Offerings Under Single Brand
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 16, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Andrew Oppmann, 615-494-7800
MTSU to promote arts offerings under single brand
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University announced plans Nov. 16 to better promote its arts programs, including dance, music, theatre and visual arts, and increase public awareness and participation in its varied offerings.
University Provost Brad Bartel and Liberal Arts Dean Mark Byrnes, appearing at a ceremony on the stage of the T. Earl Hinton Music Hall in the Wright Music Building, unveiled a new brand for the combined marketing effort, MTSU Arts. It will be used in marketing of events by schools and departments within the College of Liberal Arts.
The announcement coincided with an announcement on the release of “Angels in the Architecture,” a CD by the MTSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Reed Thomas. The recording is the first and only by a Tennessee collegiate ensemble on the world’s largest classical-music label, Franklin, Tenn.-based Naxos, and its Wind Band Classics subsidiary.
“We are fortunate to have excellent fine arts departments, all within the College of Liberal Arts, which work throughout the year to schedule, plan and promote these events,” Byrnes said. “By combining and coordinating their events into a single brand, MTSU Arts, we can be more effective in our advertising, marketing and promotion.”
WMOT-FM (89.5), the University’s 100,000-watt public radio station, will be the broadcast home of MTSU Arts. WMOT will promote MTSU Arts events and seek opportunities to include MTSU Arts in its programming.
“WMOT’s strong emphasis on classical music on weekdays, jazz music at nights and varied styles on the weekend perfectly complements this effort,” the provost said.
Bartel said the University values community interaction and participation and sees stronger promotion of the arts as an opportunity to bring more people to campus. “We hope to build our audience–and awareness of the fine work by our students and faculty–under this brand,” he said.
The MTSU Arts branding effort will begin in earnest in January. The effort will include:
• more focused promotion of students and faculty and works, as illustrated by the Wind Ensemble’s CD release announcement;
• a wider variety of print and digital events calendars and tools to promote MTSU Arts offerings on campus;
• the anticipated January launch of a centralized site, www.mtsuarts.com, which will be a calendar and reference tool for the MTSU Arts efforts; and
• creation of strategic community partnerships to increase civic involvement and ties to MTSU Arts programs and offerings.
“We have many great events on campus, and we want to make it as easy as possible for members of the public to learn about them and attend them,” Bartel said. “The breadth and depth of our student and faculty creativity is one of MTSU’s most appealing assets.”
Those events include Thursday’s free performance by the MTSU Wind Ensemble (7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Wright Music Building), as well as concerts by the MTSU Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 20, the MTSU Jazz Ensemble on Nov. 21 and the MTSU Singers on Nov. 22. Click on the "Concert Calendar" link at www.mtsumusic.com for details.
The Theatre and Dance Program’s production of “Underwear: The Musical” started Nov. 15 and continues through Saturday, Nov. 19. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. at Tucker Theatre. Details are available at http://mtsunews.com/underwear-the-musical.
Recent offerings included theatre productions of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”; the dance program’s creation of “Exodus,” a student research project exploring forms of human departure, including the Underground Railroad and the Holocaust; and the Todd Art Gallery’s “Ave Atque Vale” (“Hail and Farewell”) exhibit.
Bartel noted that MTSU has multiple and robust arts offerings available to the public for low or no cost.
“MTSU is an engine for cultural transformation for Murfreesboro and middle Tennessee,” he said. “Our hope is MTSU Arts will help our community be more aware of the richness of these experiences.”
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.co
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Andrew Oppmann, 615-494-7800
MTSU to promote arts offerings under single brand
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University announced plans Nov. 16 to better promote its arts programs, including dance, music, theatre and visual arts, and increase public awareness and participation in its varied offerings.
University Provost Brad Bartel and Liberal Arts Dean Mark Byrnes, appearing at a ceremony on the stage of the T. Earl Hinton Music Hall in the Wright Music Building, unveiled a new brand for the combined marketing effort, MTSU Arts. It will be used in marketing of events by schools and departments within the College of Liberal Arts.
The announcement coincided with an announcement on the release of “Angels in the Architecture,” a CD by the MTSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Reed Thomas. The recording is the first and only by a Tennessee collegiate ensemble on the world’s largest classical-music label, Franklin, Tenn.-based Naxos, and its Wind Band Classics subsidiary.
“We are fortunate to have excellent fine arts departments, all within the College of Liberal Arts, which work throughout the year to schedule, plan and promote these events,” Byrnes said. “By combining and coordinating their events into a single brand, MTSU Arts, we can be more effective in our advertising, marketing and promotion.”
WMOT-FM (89.5), the University’s 100,000-watt public radio station, will be the broadcast home of MTSU Arts. WMOT will promote MTSU Arts events and seek opportunities to include MTSU Arts in its programming.
“WMOT’s strong emphasis on classical music on weekdays, jazz music at nights and varied styles on the weekend perfectly complements this effort,” the provost said.
Bartel said the University values community interaction and participation and sees stronger promotion of the arts as an opportunity to bring more people to campus. “We hope to build our audience–and awareness of the fine work by our students and faculty–under this brand,” he said.
The MTSU Arts branding effort will begin in earnest in January. The effort will include:
• more focused promotion of students and faculty and works, as illustrated by the Wind Ensemble’s CD release announcement;
• a wider variety of print and digital events calendars and tools to promote MTSU Arts offerings on campus;
• the anticipated January launch of a centralized site, www.mtsuarts.com, which will be a calendar and reference tool for the MTSU Arts efforts; and
• creation of strategic community partnerships to increase civic involvement and ties to MTSU Arts programs and offerings.
“We have many great events on campus, and we want to make it as easy as possible for members of the public to learn about them and attend them,” Bartel said. “The breadth and depth of our student and faculty creativity is one of MTSU’s most appealing assets.”
Those events include Thursday’s free performance by the MTSU Wind Ensemble (7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Wright Music Building), as well as concerts by the MTSU Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 20, the MTSU Jazz Ensemble on Nov. 21 and the MTSU Singers on Nov. 22. Click on the "Concert Calendar" link at www.mtsumusic.com for details.
The Theatre and Dance Program’s production of “Underwear: The Musical” started Nov. 15 and continues through Saturday, Nov. 19. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. at Tucker Theatre. Details are available at http://mtsunews.com/underwear-the-musical.
Recent offerings included theatre productions of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”; the dance program’s creation of “Exodus,” a student research project exploring forms of human departure, including the Underground Railroad and the Holocaust; and the Todd Art Gallery’s “Ave Atque Vale” (“Hail and Farewell”) exhibit.
Bartel noted that MTSU has multiple and robust arts offerings available to the public for low or no cost.
“MTSU is an engine for cultural transformation for Murfreesboro and middle Tennessee,” he said. “Our hope is MTSU Arts will help our community be more aware of the richness of these experiences.”
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.co
[176] MTSU Professors, Students Return to "Dark Side" for Nov. 19 Benefit
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 15, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Steve Holeman, steve@steveholeman.com or 615-995-6013
MTSU professors, students return to ‘Dark Side’ for Nov. 19 benefit
MURFREESBORO—The Pink Floyd tribute band Us & Them takes the Bluesboro stage on Murfreesboro’s Public Square on Saturday, Nov. 19, to perform the best-selling album “Dark Side of the Moon.”
Admission for the 8 p.m. show is $8 per person, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit scholarships for MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry.
Us & Them includes MTSU recording-industry professors Bill Crabtree and Cosette Collier and engineer Dale Brown and Computer Information Systems professor Amy Hennington, along with graduate student Matt Leigh. Us & Them also features Steve Holeman, John Nichols, Stacey Lee and Candace Warner, and recording-industry majors Taylor Bray and Jeff Braun will mix the performance.
The idea to perform “Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd’s most commercially successful album, arose during rehearsals for a cover band called 2nd & Vine. That group includes several Us & Them members and is scheduled to open for Us & Them on Saturday night.
Us & Them’s debut in fall 2010 at a benefit performance for Autism Speaks netted almost $2,000 from a packed house as well as a standing ovation.
“Dark Side of the Moon,” which has sold more than 15 million copies in the United States alone, spawned two singles, “Money” and “Us and Them.”
For more information about the show, including reserved seating, contact Holeman at 615-995-6013 or Steve@SteveHoleman.com.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Steve Holeman, steve@steveholeman.com or 615-995-6013
MTSU professors, students return to ‘Dark Side’ for Nov. 19 benefit
MURFREESBORO—The Pink Floyd tribute band Us & Them takes the Bluesboro stage on Murfreesboro’s Public Square on Saturday, Nov. 19, to perform the best-selling album “Dark Side of the Moon.”
Admission for the 8 p.m. show is $8 per person, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit scholarships for MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry.
Us & Them includes MTSU recording-industry professors Bill Crabtree and Cosette Collier and engineer Dale Brown and Computer Information Systems professor Amy Hennington, along with graduate student Matt Leigh. Us & Them also features Steve Holeman, John Nichols, Stacey Lee and Candace Warner, and recording-industry majors Taylor Bray and Jeff Braun will mix the performance.
The idea to perform “Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd’s most commercially successful album, arose during rehearsals for a cover band called 2nd & Vine. That group includes several Us & Them members and is scheduled to open for Us & Them on Saturday night.
Us & Them’s debut in fall 2010 at a benefit performance for Autism Speaks netted almost $2,000 from a packed house as well as a standing ovation.
“Dark Side of the Moon,” which has sold more than 15 million copies in the United States alone, spawned two singles, “Money” and “Us and Them.”
For more information about the show, including reserved seating, contact Holeman at 615-995-6013 or Steve@SteveHoleman.com.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized MTSU for its outstanding curricular engagement, community outreach and partnerships. As MTSU celebrates its 100th anniversary, Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
Monday, November 14, 2011
[175] Cypress Creek Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
BENTON COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Cypress Creek Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO — The Cypress Creek Farm, located in Benton County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
Members of the Thompson-Branch family have lived on the Cypress Creek Farm located, southeast of Camden, since at least 1849. Family tradition has the Thompsons living on the property since 1819. A War of 1812 veteran, William Thompson, and his wife, Penelope Holland, began cultivating land acquired from the Chickasaw Indians in the 1818 Jackson Purchase. Soon the Thompsons had built a simple log cabin and had an operating cotton gin and still. After William’s death, the couple’s 12 children filed legal claims for 322.5 acres and divided it among themselves in 1849. They raised enough livestock and crops to meet their needs.
The next owner was the founders’ son, Charles Hodges Thompson. By the Civil War, he had purchased 10 tracts from his siblings and had built his own log cabin near his mother’s home. Charles and his wife, Fredonia “Adaline” Utley had 10 children and were engaged in a wide range of agricultural actives. They had a fruit orchard, kept bees, and raised livestock, corn, wheat, tobacco and vegetables. Charles also built a bridge for Camden-Rockport Road travelers to cross the Cypress Creek. For this, he received $20 from the Benton County Court in 1860. This bridge has been replaced by a wooden bridge and then a steel structure.
Although the family had a productive farm following the Civil War, debt hit the Thompsons hard when Charles died suddenly in 1879, forcing the land to be sold at auction. Adaline’s uncle purchased much of the property and immediately deeded 80 acres back to her.
In the following years, Adaline Thompson and her two oldest daughters, Nancy “Velonia” and Arena Jane, worked hard to plow, weed, cultivate, and harvest their crops. The trip produced 500 bushels of corn and, 150 bushels of oats, along with cotton, honey, firewood and truck vegetables. Much of this was sold, but “some was kept for home consumption” family members say.
Arena Thompson married Martin Branch, and he purchased land that adjoined his mother-in-law’s in 1889. By 1899, the Branches had acquired the Thompsons’ 80 acres, increasing their property to 155 acres.
The couple had two boys, William “Willie” Clarence and George “Fay” Willie eventually took on many of the farming responsibilities, growing a diverse crop as had previous generations. Willie also working for the NC & St. L. Railroad and was the county surveyor. During World War I, Fay was drafted into the Navy, while Willie remained at home because he was a public official.
In the early 1920s, Willie Branch inherited adjoining land from his uncle, Lem Thompson. Here, he and his wife, Lola Bridges, built a two-story concrete stone house. After Martin and Arena’s deaths, Fay inherited the 80 acres that had been Adaline’s, and Willie continued to manage the farm activities; Willie eventually purchased this land from his brother, now owning more than 400 acres.
Lola and Willie Branch had one son, William “Billy” George. Billy George is the eighth and current owner, owning all 322.5 acres of the original 1849 farm in addition to adjoining property. He and his first wife, Lydia Laux, had three children: David, Linda and Carol. Billy George and Dankin Cepedes, his second wife, are the parents of Martin and Nicole.
The Branches have continued to be active in the agricultural legacy of the Cypress Creek Farm. Until the 1960s, they raised goats, hogs and chickens for personal use and cattle and beefalo until the early 2000s. In the 1980s, Billy George’s beefalo herd was recognized by the American Beefalo Association when he won “Breeder of the Year.” Since 2000, the property has been used for hay production and as a tree farm. About 34 acres are planted with cypress trees, and this portion of the farm is in the Federal Conservation Program.
Since 1819, the Thompson-Branch family has been actively involved in the agricultural history of Tennessee while also being leaders of their community. Many of the family’s houses and outbuildings still remain on the property and are reminders of Cypress Creek Farm’s long history.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.
• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To interview the farm’s owner or request jpegs of the farm for editorial use, please contact the CHP at 615-898-2947.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
Cypress Creek Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO — The Cypress Creek Farm, located in Benton County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
Members of the Thompson-Branch family have lived on the Cypress Creek Farm located, southeast of Camden, since at least 1849. Family tradition has the Thompsons living on the property since 1819. A War of 1812 veteran, William Thompson, and his wife, Penelope Holland, began cultivating land acquired from the Chickasaw Indians in the 1818 Jackson Purchase. Soon the Thompsons had built a simple log cabin and had an operating cotton gin and still. After William’s death, the couple’s 12 children filed legal claims for 322.5 acres and divided it among themselves in 1849. They raised enough livestock and crops to meet their needs.
The next owner was the founders’ son, Charles Hodges Thompson. By the Civil War, he had purchased 10 tracts from his siblings and had built his own log cabin near his mother’s home. Charles and his wife, Fredonia “Adaline” Utley had 10 children and were engaged in a wide range of agricultural actives. They had a fruit orchard, kept bees, and raised livestock, corn, wheat, tobacco and vegetables. Charles also built a bridge for Camden-Rockport Road travelers to cross the Cypress Creek. For this, he received $20 from the Benton County Court in 1860. This bridge has been replaced by a wooden bridge and then a steel structure.
Although the family had a productive farm following the Civil War, debt hit the Thompsons hard when Charles died suddenly in 1879, forcing the land to be sold at auction. Adaline’s uncle purchased much of the property and immediately deeded 80 acres back to her.
In the following years, Adaline Thompson and her two oldest daughters, Nancy “Velonia” and Arena Jane, worked hard to plow, weed, cultivate, and harvest their crops. The trip produced 500 bushels of corn and, 150 bushels of oats, along with cotton, honey, firewood and truck vegetables. Much of this was sold, but “some was kept for home consumption” family members say.
Arena Thompson married Martin Branch, and he purchased land that adjoined his mother-in-law’s in 1889. By 1899, the Branches had acquired the Thompsons’ 80 acres, increasing their property to 155 acres.
The couple had two boys, William “Willie” Clarence and George “Fay” Willie eventually took on many of the farming responsibilities, growing a diverse crop as had previous generations. Willie also working for the NC & St. L. Railroad and was the county surveyor. During World War I, Fay was drafted into the Navy, while Willie remained at home because he was a public official.
In the early 1920s, Willie Branch inherited adjoining land from his uncle, Lem Thompson. Here, he and his wife, Lola Bridges, built a two-story concrete stone house. After Martin and Arena’s deaths, Fay inherited the 80 acres that had been Adaline’s, and Willie continued to manage the farm activities; Willie eventually purchased this land from his brother, now owning more than 400 acres.
Lola and Willie Branch had one son, William “Billy” George. Billy George is the eighth and current owner, owning all 322.5 acres of the original 1849 farm in addition to adjoining property. He and his first wife, Lydia Laux, had three children: David, Linda and Carol. Billy George and Dankin Cepedes, his second wife, are the parents of Martin and Nicole.
The Branches have continued to be active in the agricultural legacy of the Cypress Creek Farm. Until the 1960s, they raised goats, hogs and chickens for personal use and cattle and beefalo until the early 2000s. In the 1980s, Billy George’s beefalo herd was recognized by the American Beefalo Association when he won “Breeder of the Year.” Since 2000, the property has been used for hay production and as a tree farm. About 34 acres are planted with cypress trees, and this portion of the farm is in the Federal Conservation Program.
Since 1819, the Thompson-Branch family has been actively involved in the agricultural history of Tennessee while also being leaders of their community. Many of the family’s houses and outbuildings still remain on the property and are reminders of Cypress Creek Farm’s long history.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.
• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To interview the farm’s owner or request jpegs of the farm for editorial use, please contact the CHP at 615-898-2947.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary and faithful to its roots as a teachers' college, MTSU continues as a top producer of teachers in Tennessee. Pride, Tradition and Excellence are the cornerstones of "Tennessee’s Best"!
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