[100] MTSU Alum Bakes Blue Raider Cake for University Centennial

FOR RELEASE: Sept. 27, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Drew Ruble, 615-494-7752 or drew.ruble@mtsu.edu

MTSU ALUM BAKES BLUE RAIDER CAKE FOR UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL
Jay Qualls Puts Icing on 100 Years of Achievement with Creative Depiction of MTSU

MURFREESBORO—Celebrity cake designer and MTSU alumnus Jay Qualls has donated a Centennial-themed birthday cake to MTSU to thank his alma mater for all his wild successes in life.

Qualls, a recent cast member on the TLC cable television hit “The Next Great Baker” and a graduate of the Jennings A. Jones School of Business, used MTSU Magazine’s recent list of “100 Things We Love About MTSU” as inspiration for his creation.

The cake has been on display in Walker Library on the MTSU campus. It appears on page 27 of the August edition of the magazine along with a story about Qualls.

MTSU Magazine is distributed twice annually to more than 96,000 alumni readers, many living within 100 miles of MTSU. Additional copies of the alumni-and-friends publication are distributed to MTSU faculty and staff, state lawmakers and members of the Tennessee Board of Regents. The magazine also is available online at www.mtsumagazine.com.

The magazine, re-launched in April, is part of a recent reformatting of MTSU communications’ efforts. MTSU supporters now are encouraged to visit the new digital information site, www.mtsunews.com, for real-time delivery of news, video and other multimedia features about the University.

Photos of the cake are available on request.

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