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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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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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
[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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[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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[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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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[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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For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
[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 MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
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.
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[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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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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[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.
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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"!
[174] Rhea County Farm Joins Ranks of State's Century Farms Program
For Release: Nov. 14, 2011
Contact: Caneta Hankins, Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947
RHEA COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Double S Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO— The Double S Farm, located in Rhea 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.
John Q. Shaver, a confederate veteran of the Civil War, purchased 200 acres in Rhea County just east of Dayton. Upon acquiring the land in August 1868 he and his wife, Elmira, began growing hay, corn and cattle. John, a religious man, donated the land for Salem Baptist Church. He preached at this church and also traveled to deliver sermons. The Shavers had eight children: Henry Houston, Nancy Jane, Jesse, Hester, Alice, Mary Delia, Ida and Ollie.
The Shaver family has remained on the farm for 143 years, passing through five owners and four generations. In 1903, the founder’s son, Henry Houston Shaver, was next to farm the land. Henry had nine children with his wife, Mattie. This generation of Shavers grew strawberries, corn and hay. The farm was then managed by Wallace Shaver, Henry’s son, who continued to grow the same crops.
Wallace passed the farm to his brother, John Hudson, a World War I veteran. John Hudson Shaver, raised cattle, hogs, mules, corn and hay. In addition to these agricultural activities, he was a prominent strawberry producer.
In 1970, John Q. Shaver’s great-grandson, Marvin R. Shaver, and his wife, Debbie, acquired the land and now own 45 acres of the original farm. With the help of their son, John A. Shaver, they grow cattle, hay and sheep. Marvin served in the Vietnam War, was in 4-H and was the Future Farmers of America chapter president. John also was in 4-H and FFA. The Double S Farm is the sixth certified Century Farm in Rhea County.
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
RHEA COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Double S Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO— The Double S Farm, located in Rhea 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.
John Q. Shaver, a confederate veteran of the Civil War, purchased 200 acres in Rhea County just east of Dayton. Upon acquiring the land in August 1868 he and his wife, Elmira, began growing hay, corn and cattle. John, a religious man, donated the land for Salem Baptist Church. He preached at this church and also traveled to deliver sermons. The Shavers had eight children: Henry Houston, Nancy Jane, Jesse, Hester, Alice, Mary Delia, Ida and Ollie.
The Shaver family has remained on the farm for 143 years, passing through five owners and four generations. In 1903, the founder’s son, Henry Houston Shaver, was next to farm the land. Henry had nine children with his wife, Mattie. This generation of Shavers grew strawberries, corn and hay. The farm was then managed by Wallace Shaver, Henry’s son, who continued to grow the same crops.
Wallace passed the farm to his brother, John Hudson, a World War I veteran. John Hudson Shaver, raised cattle, hogs, mules, corn and hay. In addition to these agricultural activities, he was a prominent strawberry producer.
In 1970, John Q. Shaver’s great-grandson, Marvin R. Shaver, and his wife, Debbie, acquired the land and now own 45 acres of the original farm. With the help of their son, John A. Shaver, they grow cattle, hay and sheep. Marvin served in the Vietnam War, was in 4-H and was the Future Farmers of America chapter president. John also was in 4-H and FFA. The Double S Farm is the sixth certified Century Farm in Rhea County.
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"!
[173] Sullivan County Farm Joins Ranks of State's Century Farms Program
For Release: Nov. 14, 2011
Contact: Caneta Hankins, Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947
SULLIVAN COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Samuel Bruce Slaughter Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO—The Samuel Bruce Slaughter Farm, located in Sullivan 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.
By 1871, Margaret Cross and her husband, Jacob Slaughter had obtained a farm of about 34 acres in Sullivan County, not far from Blountville. Margaret and Jacob raised corn, hay, wheat and livestock on their acreage. Jacob Slaughter was a Confederate veteran and received a pension for his war service. Through the years, Margaret and Jacob, who had four children, obtained additional land that had belonged to her family, so that by 1896, the farm contained 55 ½ acres.
In 1906, Samuel Bruce Slaughter, a son of Margaret and Jacob, inherited the farm. He raised corn, wheat, hay, livestock, orchards and a vegetable garden. Samuel married Sarah Elizabeth Hendrickson in September 1900, and they were the parents of three children, Lonnie Paul, James Dedrick, and Iva Lucille. Iva Lucille married Deward Crussell in 1930, and they were the parents of three children.
In 1979, Mary E. Crussell Grizzel, a daughter of Iva and Deward Crussell, inherited part of the farm. She obtained additional acreage in 2000 and today owns approximately 17 acres of her grandfather’s farm. Married to Sidney Lee Grizzel Sr., the couple raises cattle, horses, hay and garden produce on the farm. A number of buildings predating 1960 remain on the farm, including a barn, grainery, corn crib and log cabin. Sidney Lee Grizzel Sr. and his grandson, Timothy Grizzel, work the land. The Samuel Bruce Slaughter Farm is the 23rd certified Century Farm in Sullivan County.
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.
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"!
Contact: Caneta Hankins, Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947
SULLIVAN COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM
Samuel Bruce Slaughter Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions
MURFREESBORO—The Samuel Bruce Slaughter Farm, located in Sullivan 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.
By 1871, Margaret Cross and her husband, Jacob Slaughter had obtained a farm of about 34 acres in Sullivan County, not far from Blountville. Margaret and Jacob raised corn, hay, wheat and livestock on their acreage. Jacob Slaughter was a Confederate veteran and received a pension for his war service. Through the years, Margaret and Jacob, who had four children, obtained additional land that had belonged to her family, so that by 1896, the farm contained 55 ½ acres.
In 1906, Samuel Bruce Slaughter, a son of Margaret and Jacob, inherited the farm. He raised corn, wheat, hay, livestock, orchards and a vegetable garden. Samuel married Sarah Elizabeth Hendrickson in September 1900, and they were the parents of three children, Lonnie Paul, James Dedrick, and Iva Lucille. Iva Lucille married Deward Crussell in 1930, and they were the parents of three children.
In 1979, Mary E. Crussell Grizzel, a daughter of Iva and Deward Crussell, inherited part of the farm. She obtained additional acreage in 2000 and today owns approximately 17 acres of her grandfather’s farm. Married to Sidney Lee Grizzel Sr., the couple raises cattle, horses, hay and garden produce on the farm. A number of buildings predating 1960 remain on the farm, including a barn, grainery, corn crib and log cabin. Sidney Lee Grizzel Sr. and his grandson, Timothy Grizzel, work the land. The Samuel Bruce Slaughter Farm is the 23rd certified Century Farm in Sullivan County.
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.
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"!
[172] MTSU Mock Trial Squad Wins 48-Team Mid-South Tournament
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 14, 2011
EDITORIAL contact: Gina E. Fann, 615-898-5385 or Gina.Fann@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial contact: Dr. John Vile, 615-898-2152 or John.Vile@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial squad wins 48-team Mid-South tournament
MURFREESBORO — An MTSU team was crowned Mid-South Mock Trial Invitational Tournament champion at Middle Tennessee State University Nov. 11-12.
The tournament, which has been held annually at MTSU for 20 years, is among the largest and most prestigious in the nation.
This year’s tournament, which was held in the Business and Aerospace Building, featured 48 teams from 24 colleges and universities in 11 states. Because of its size, the tournament was divided into two 24-team divisions, each of which competed for four rounds (two on the prosecution and two on the defense), each with ballots from two judges.
In one division a team from the University of Central Florida earned first place with an 8-0 record. Teams from the University of Central Florida (7-1), Vanderbilt University (7-1), the University of Georgia (6-2) and Southern Methodist University (5½-2½) respectively took second, third, fourth and fifth place in this division.
A team headed by MTSU senior Rachel Harmon of Atlanta, Ga., captured first place in the other division with an 8-0 record, followed by teams from the University of Georgia (7-1), the University of Central Florida (6½-2½), the University of Georgia (6-2) and Rhodes College (6-2.)
Because the teams MTSU faced had stronger win/loss records, this team also received the tournament’s traveling gavel. Samantha Farrish, on another MTSU team, also received a top-10 attorney award.
In addition to Harmon, the MTSU winning team consisted of Zac Barker and Constance Grieves, who also played attorney roles, and Chris Hardman, James Johnson, Curtis Strode and Chanekka Pullens, who played the roles of witnesses.
The team faced Kennesaw State University in the first round, the University of Georgia in the second round, the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the third round and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the fourth round.
Vile said MTSU’s 8-0 record especially was impressive because the team handed UT- Knoxville UAB their only losses.
Dr. John R. Vile, dean of the University Honors College, and local attorneys Brandi Snow and Shiva Bozarth, coach the MTSU teams. MTSU mock trial alumni and members of the local bar help with judging.
For the first time in its 20-year history, the tournament offered continuing legal education credit for interested Tennessee attorneys, Vile said.
Teams will continue invitational tournaments in December and January before going to regional and national competitions from February through April.
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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 E. Fann, 615-898-5385 or Gina.Fann@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial contact: Dr. John Vile, 615-898-2152 or John.Vile@mtsu.edu
MTSU mock trial squad wins 48-team Mid-South tournament
MURFREESBORO — An MTSU team was crowned Mid-South Mock Trial Invitational Tournament champion at Middle Tennessee State University Nov. 11-12.
The tournament, which has been held annually at MTSU for 20 years, is among the largest and most prestigious in the nation.
This year’s tournament, which was held in the Business and Aerospace Building, featured 48 teams from 24 colleges and universities in 11 states. Because of its size, the tournament was divided into two 24-team divisions, each of which competed for four rounds (two on the prosecution and two on the defense), each with ballots from two judges.
In one division a team from the University of Central Florida earned first place with an 8-0 record. Teams from the University of Central Florida (7-1), Vanderbilt University (7-1), the University of Georgia (6-2) and Southern Methodist University (5½-2½) respectively took second, third, fourth and fifth place in this division.
A team headed by MTSU senior Rachel Harmon of Atlanta, Ga., captured first place in the other division with an 8-0 record, followed by teams from the University of Georgia (7-1), the University of Central Florida (6½-2½), the University of Georgia (6-2) and Rhodes College (6-2.)
Because the teams MTSU faced had stronger win/loss records, this team also received the tournament’s traveling gavel. Samantha Farrish, on another MTSU team, also received a top-10 attorney award.
In addition to Harmon, the MTSU winning team consisted of Zac Barker and Constance Grieves, who also played attorney roles, and Chris Hardman, James Johnson, Curtis Strode and Chanekka Pullens, who played the roles of witnesses.
The team faced Kennesaw State University in the first round, the University of Georgia in the second round, the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the third round and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the fourth round.
Vile said MTSU’s 8-0 record especially was impressive because the team handed UT- Knoxville UAB their only losses.
Dr. John R. Vile, dean of the University Honors College, and local attorneys Brandi Snow and Shiva Bozarth, coach the MTSU teams. MTSU mock trial alumni and members of the local bar help with judging.
For the first time in its 20-year history, the tournament offered continuing legal education credit for interested Tennessee attorneys, Vile said.
Teams will continue invitational tournaments in December and January before going to regional and national competitions from February through April.
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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.
[171] Women's & Gender Studies Lecture Targets Women's Health
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS: THE LECTURER HAS CHANGED THE TITLE AND SCOPE OF HIS UPCOMING PRESENTATION SINCE THE ORIGINAL RELEASE PROMOTING THIS EVENT WAS SENT TO YOU ON OCT. 31. PLEASE DISCARD THAT RELEASE AND SUBSTITUTE THIS ONE. THANK YOU.
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 14, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
WOMEN’S & GENDER STUDIES LECTURE TARGETS WOMEN’S HEALTH
Surviving 21st Century Stress Subject of Personal Conditioning Expert’s Address
MURFREESBORO—Joel Malone will address the topic of “Women’s Wellness in the 21st Century” from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in the SunTrust Room, or Room N127, of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
This event, which is free and open to the public, will be the final installment in the fall 2011 Women’s and Gender Studies Research Series of lectures.
The presentation will focus on helping women to become healthier, happier and more productive despite the stress of 21st century living. Topics will include the benefit of positive relationships, optimal nutrition, personal environmental design and recent advances in the understanding of human brain chemistry.
Malone, a graduate teaching assistant from Franklin who has taught classes in personal conditioning, is working toward his doctoral degree in the Department of Health and Human Performance at MTSU.
For more information, contact Dr. Pat Bradley at 615-904-8128 or pat.bradley@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.
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 14, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
WOMEN’S & GENDER STUDIES LECTURE TARGETS WOMEN’S HEALTH
Surviving 21st Century Stress Subject of Personal Conditioning Expert’s Address
MURFREESBORO—Joel Malone will address the topic of “Women’s Wellness in the 21st Century” from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in the SunTrust Room, or Room N127, of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
This event, which is free and open to the public, will be the final installment in the fall 2011 Women’s and Gender Studies Research Series of lectures.
The presentation will focus on helping women to become healthier, happier and more productive despite the stress of 21st century living. Topics will include the benefit of positive relationships, optimal nutrition, personal environmental design and recent advances in the understanding of human brain chemistry.
Malone, a graduate teaching assistant from Franklin who has taught classes in personal conditioning, is working toward his doctoral degree in the Department of Health and Human Performance at MTSU.
For more information, contact Dr. Pat Bradley at 615-904-8128 or pat.bradley@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.
Friday, November 11, 2011
[170] MTSU's Zlotky to Receive Special State Aviation Award
Today’s date: Nov. 11, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Aerospace contact: Gail Zlotky, 615-898-2290, 615-898=5302 (ATC lab),
615-481-2909 (cell) or Gail.Zlotky@mtsu.edu
MTSU’s Zlotky to receive special state aviation award
MURFREESBORO — Five years of tireless effort to bring a world-class air traffic control laboratory to MTSU have earned Gail Zlotky and the University statewide recognition.
Saturday night in Sevierville, Zlotky will receive the Tennessee Aviation Person of the Year Award. Zlotky conceived the ATC lab idea, followed through with the plan and withstood budget hurdles to see it come to fruition with its opening in March.
About 30 MTSU faculty and students will support Zlotky by attending the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Gala, which will be held at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation.
“I didn’t do this alone,” a humble Zlotky says of the honor. “This ought to be an MTSU award, not a ‘me’ award.” She added that all the people involved, from those at the University to the Tennessee Board of Regents, “showed they believe in me and this (award) is pretty overwhelming.”
“We in the Department of Aerospace are very proud of Gail’s award,” said Dr. Wayne Dornan, department chair, who said he was able to secure a $3.5 million state bond for the project. “Her tireless work to establish the state-of-the-art air traffic control facility will benefit not only MTSU students, but also enhance safety for air traffic controllers in the United States.”
Bob Minter, founder of the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame and co-founder of the Tennessee Aviation Association, nominated Zlotky, an MTSU alumna (’93, ’94), who was shocked to learn about the honor.
“It took a while to wrap my head around it,” she said. “I just wanted a great lab. “A lot of people in Washington, D.C., are paying attention. I think it’s a good thing.”
Zlotky’s main job responsibility is to “teach students to be professionals as well as air traffic controllers. Part of the job is getting to know the students well enough to give them the MTSU recommendations. They are moving it to a very high-profile, high-security and high-stress job. With all of this in mind, students have to prove themselves on many levels.”
Fellow faculty member Joe Hawkins (’99) was inducted into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Note: A high-resolution jpeg photo of Gail Zlotky will be available. To request, call Randy Weiler in News and Media Relations at 615-898-5616 or email Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu.
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
Aerospace contact: Gail Zlotky, 615-898-2290, 615-898=5302 (ATC lab),
615-481-2909 (cell) or Gail.Zlotky@mtsu.edu
MTSU’s Zlotky to receive special state aviation award
MURFREESBORO — Five years of tireless effort to bring a world-class air traffic control laboratory to MTSU have earned Gail Zlotky and the University statewide recognition.
Saturday night in Sevierville, Zlotky will receive the Tennessee Aviation Person of the Year Award. Zlotky conceived the ATC lab idea, followed through with the plan and withstood budget hurdles to see it come to fruition with its opening in March.
About 30 MTSU faculty and students will support Zlotky by attending the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Gala, which will be held at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation.
“I didn’t do this alone,” a humble Zlotky says of the honor. “This ought to be an MTSU award, not a ‘me’ award.” She added that all the people involved, from those at the University to the Tennessee Board of Regents, “showed they believe in me and this (award) is pretty overwhelming.”
“We in the Department of Aerospace are very proud of Gail’s award,” said Dr. Wayne Dornan, department chair, who said he was able to secure a $3.5 million state bond for the project. “Her tireless work to establish the state-of-the-art air traffic control facility will benefit not only MTSU students, but also enhance safety for air traffic controllers in the United States.”
Bob Minter, founder of the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame and co-founder of the Tennessee Aviation Association, nominated Zlotky, an MTSU alumna (’93, ’94), who was shocked to learn about the honor.
“It took a while to wrap my head around it,” she said. “I just wanted a great lab. “A lot of people in Washington, D.C., are paying attention. I think it’s a good thing.”
Zlotky’s main job responsibility is to “teach students to be professionals as well as air traffic controllers. Part of the job is getting to know the students well enough to give them the MTSU recommendations. They are moving it to a very high-profile, high-security and high-stress job. With all of this in mind, students have to prove themselves on many levels.”
Fellow faculty member Joe Hawkins (’99) was inducted into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Note: A high-resolution jpeg photo of Gail Zlotky will be available. To request, call Randy Weiler in News and Media Relations at 615-898-5616 or email Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu.
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.
[169] Hang Onto Your Seats! MTSU Production of 'Underwear' Set Nov. 15-19
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 10, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Drew Kerr or Justin Durham, 615-898-2181
Hang onto your seats! MTSU production of ‘Underwear’ set Nov. 15-19
MURFREESBORO—MTSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance is ready to escort audiences into outer space with “Underwear: The Musical,” set Nov. 15-19 in the University’s renowned Tucker Theatre.
The curtains will rise at 7:30 each evening in this eccentric production, written by MTSU alumni Brandon James Gwinn and Heidi Ervin and directed by Deborah Anderson, MTSU professor of performance studies.
The quirky musical reflects the far-out lives of underwear models from outer space, and cast and crew alike say it’s great for anyone looking for a night of quality entertainment. Just like all great theater, “Underwear: The Musical” follows the adventures of a controlling villain, a stereotyped heartthrob and a hard-working damsel. But how will love pan out in outer space? Cue the music! Drop the trousers!
“Underwear is just a wild romp of a show, and it’s certainly not your usual college musical,” says sophomore theatre major Caleb Marshall, who plays the role of “Andi,” the handsome fashion icon, in the production.
“It’s the most hilarious show I’ve been a part of, plus the songs are incredibly catchy. Behind all the crazy costumes, elaborate sets and raunchy writing, this show has a heart of gold!”
Parents, take note: There’s risqué language and some profanity, plus various stages of undress (both sexes in underwear, sequins and spandex), so “Underwear: The Musical” isn’t advised for children or young teenagers.
General-admission tickets for “Underwear: The Musical” are $10 for adults and $5 for children and may be purchased online at www.mtsu.edu/tuckertheatre via the “Purchase Tickets” button on the left toolbar. MTSU students will be admitted free with a valid student ID. Tickets also will be available at the door before each performance.
For more information, call 615-494-8810.
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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.mts
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Drew Kerr or Justin Durham, 615-898-2181
Hang onto your seats! MTSU production of ‘Underwear’ set Nov. 15-19
MURFREESBORO—MTSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance is ready to escort audiences into outer space with “Underwear: The Musical,” set Nov. 15-19 in the University’s renowned Tucker Theatre.
The curtains will rise at 7:30 each evening in this eccentric production, written by MTSU alumni Brandon James Gwinn and Heidi Ervin and directed by Deborah Anderson, MTSU professor of performance studies.
The quirky musical reflects the far-out lives of underwear models from outer space, and cast and crew alike say it’s great for anyone looking for a night of quality entertainment. Just like all great theater, “Underwear: The Musical” follows the adventures of a controlling villain, a stereotyped heartthrob and a hard-working damsel. But how will love pan out in outer space? Cue the music! Drop the trousers!
“Underwear is just a wild romp of a show, and it’s certainly not your usual college musical,” says sophomore theatre major Caleb Marshall, who plays the role of “Andi,” the handsome fashion icon, in the production.
“It’s the most hilarious show I’ve been a part of, plus the songs are incredibly catchy. Behind all the crazy costumes, elaborate sets and raunchy writing, this show has a heart of gold!”
Parents, take note: There’s risqué language and some profanity, plus various stages of undress (both sexes in underwear, sequins and spandex), so “Underwear: The Musical” isn’t advised for children or young teenagers.
General-admission tickets for “Underwear: The Musical” are $10 for adults and $5 for children and may be purchased online at www.mtsu.edu/tuckertheatre via the “Purchase Tickets” button on the left toolbar. MTSU students will be admitted free with a valid student ID. Tickets also will be available at the door before each performance.
For more information, call 615-494-8810.
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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.mts
Thursday, November 10, 2011
[168] MTSU, DSCC Sign Pact to Streamline Student Transfers
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 10, 2011
MTSU News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Dyersburg State contact: Jane Pate, 731-286-3347 or pate@dscc.edu
MTSU, DSCC sign pact to streamline student transfers
JACKSON, Tenn. — The presidents of Middle Tennessee State University and Dyersburg State Community College signed an agreement Thursday that provides a framework for programs to enhance the educational experience of students attending both schools.
The agreement, signed by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Dyersburg State President Karen A. Bowyer, includes dual admissions, concurrent enrollment, reverse transfer, consortium agreements and cooperative advising for students.
McPhee and Bowyer signed the agreement in Jackson prior to one of MTSU’s West Tennessee open-house events for prospective students.
“We deeply value this opportunity to strengthen our close relationship with Dyersburg State and believe this agreement affords tremendous opportunities for the students we both serve,” McPhee said. “We are proud that MTSU is the No. 1 destination of transfer students in Tennessee and pleased this agreement will make it easier for Dyersburg State students to attend our university.”
Bowyer said Dyersburg State Community College is “delighted to have the opportunity to sign a dual agreement with MTSU.”
“In the past, DSCC students have easily transferred to MTSU,” she said. “This agreement will ensure that now students are better informed about college-completion requirements every step of the way from their first days at DSCC to their arrival at MTSU as a full-fledged college junior.”
More than 50 Dyersburg State students have transferred to MTSU in the last two years.
Dual admission offers a structured, guaranteed pathway to help Dyersburg State students progress from an associate’s degree program directly to a bachelor’s degree program at MTSU. Students must meet specific eligibility requirements to apply for dual admission and to participate in concurrent enrollment.
The new agreement allows joint admissions and opportunities for concurrent class enrollment at both institutions. It also will enable students to receive financial aid based on combined enrollment.
Dyersburg State students also will receive an MTSU ID, email address and access to our Raidernet/pipeline account where students will be able to access their MTSU information online.
Officials from both schools said the goal is to eliminate barriers for students in attaining their educational goals, as well as to improve academic programs and student success and retention.
The reverse-transfer aspect of the agreement allows DSCC students who transfer to MTSU before receiving an associate’s degree to transfer their MTSU course work back to the community college, eventually allowing them to get a Dyersburg State Community College diploma.
“The reverse-transfer element of this agreement, the first of its kind among agreements we have signed, is particularly exciting,” McPhee said. “It gives Dyersburg State students several options to earn degrees from both institutions.”
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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 News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Dyersburg State contact: Jane Pate, 731-286-3347 or pate@dscc.edu
MTSU, DSCC sign pact to streamline student transfers
JACKSON, Tenn. — The presidents of Middle Tennessee State University and Dyersburg State Community College signed an agreement Thursday that provides a framework for programs to enhance the educational experience of students attending both schools.
The agreement, signed by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Dyersburg State President Karen A. Bowyer, includes dual admissions, concurrent enrollment, reverse transfer, consortium agreements and cooperative advising for students.
McPhee and Bowyer signed the agreement in Jackson prior to one of MTSU’s West Tennessee open-house events for prospective students.
“We deeply value this opportunity to strengthen our close relationship with Dyersburg State and believe this agreement affords tremendous opportunities for the students we both serve,” McPhee said. “We are proud that MTSU is the No. 1 destination of transfer students in Tennessee and pleased this agreement will make it easier for Dyersburg State students to attend our university.”
Bowyer said Dyersburg State Community College is “delighted to have the opportunity to sign a dual agreement with MTSU.”
“In the past, DSCC students have easily transferred to MTSU,” she said. “This agreement will ensure that now students are better informed about college-completion requirements every step of the way from their first days at DSCC to their arrival at MTSU as a full-fledged college junior.”
More than 50 Dyersburg State students have transferred to MTSU in the last two years.
Dual admission offers a structured, guaranteed pathway to help Dyersburg State students progress from an associate’s degree program directly to a bachelor’s degree program at MTSU. Students must meet specific eligibility requirements to apply for dual admission and to participate in concurrent enrollment.
The new agreement allows joint admissions and opportunities for concurrent class enrollment at both institutions. It also will enable students to receive financial aid based on combined enrollment.
Dyersburg State students also will receive an MTSU ID, email address and access to our Raidernet/pipeline account where students will be able to access their MTSU information online.
Officials from both schools said the goal is to eliminate barriers for students in attaining their educational goals, as well as to improve academic programs and student success and retention.
The reverse-transfer aspect of the agreement allows DSCC students who transfer to MTSU before receiving an associate’s degree to transfer their MTSU course work back to the community college, eventually allowing them to get a Dyersburg State Community College diploma.
“The reverse-transfer element of this agreement, the first of its kind among agreements we have signed, is particularly exciting,” McPhee said. “It gives Dyersburg State students several options to earn degrees from both institutions.”
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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.
[167] A Hundred Years, A Million Library Volumes for MTSU
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 10, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
A HUNDRED YEARS, A MILLION LIBRARY VOLUMES FOR MTSU
Rustic Millionth Book Chronicles Part of Early Tennessee History
MURFREESBORO—The James E. Walker Library has reached an historic milestone with the acquisition of its one-millionth volume, the first book published in Tennessee, in Middle Tennessee State University’s 100th year.
“Laws of the State of Tennessee” was printed in Knoxville in 1803 by George Roulstone, a native Bostonian who moved his printing press to Tennessee at the urging of William Blount. Blount was governor of the territory south of the Ohio River before Tennessee’s admission to the Union in 1796.
Roulstone initially set up the first printing press in Rogersville, in what would become Tennessee, and began printing the Knoxville Gazette newspaper, as well as legal and theological works, in 1791.
“Laws of the State of Tennessee” was printed on “low-quality handmade paper,” according to Dr. Alan Boehm, director of special collections for the library, and was bound with what appears to be pigskin stretched over pressed sheets of paper to form the cover.
Since the title page is not set off from the table of contents and there is little space separating topics on the pages, Boehm concludes that Roulstone “couldn’t afford to waste paper, apparently.”
The Early Tennessee Imprints collection in the Walker Library’s Special Collections includes some 200 books and other print materials produced in Tennessee between 1791 and 1866, the first year after the Civil War.
“Every book is a cultural artifact, and its physical and material properties tell you something about literacy and reading and writing and authorship in that book’s time,” says Boehm.
For more information, contact Kristen Keene at 615-898-5376 or kkeene@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
A HUNDRED YEARS, A MILLION LIBRARY VOLUMES FOR MTSU
Rustic Millionth Book Chronicles Part of Early Tennessee History
MURFREESBORO—The James E. Walker Library has reached an historic milestone with the acquisition of its one-millionth volume, the first book published in Tennessee, in Middle Tennessee State University’s 100th year.
“Laws of the State of Tennessee” was printed in Knoxville in 1803 by George Roulstone, a native Bostonian who moved his printing press to Tennessee at the urging of William Blount. Blount was governor of the territory south of the Ohio River before Tennessee’s admission to the Union in 1796.
Roulstone initially set up the first printing press in Rogersville, in what would become Tennessee, and began printing the Knoxville Gazette newspaper, as well as legal and theological works, in 1791.
“Laws of the State of Tennessee” was printed on “low-quality handmade paper,” according to Dr. Alan Boehm, director of special collections for the library, and was bound with what appears to be pigskin stretched over pressed sheets of paper to form the cover.
Since the title page is not set off from the table of contents and there is little space separating topics on the pages, Boehm concludes that Roulstone “couldn’t afford to waste paper, apparently.”
The Early Tennessee Imprints collection in the Walker Library’s Special Collections includes some 200 books and other print materials produced in Tennessee between 1791 and 1866, the first year after the Civil War.
“Every book is a cultural artifact, and its physical and material properties tell you something about literacy and reading and writing and authorship in that book’s time,” says Boehm.
For more information, contact Kristen Keene at 615-898-5376 or kkeene@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.
[166] Fighting Fat, Favoring Fitness Subject of Free MTSU Lecture
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 9, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
FIGHTING FAT, FAVORING FITNESS SUBJECT OF FREE MTSU LECTURE
Leader of ‘Eat Well, Play More Tennessee’ to Pinpoint Statewide Progress
MURFREESBORO—“Healthy Eating and Active Living in Tennessee: How Are We Doing?” is the subject of a lecture slated for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
This event is free and open to the public.
The speaker will be Joan Randall, an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education and Administration at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and administrative director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity and Metabolism.
Randall has led the comprehensive statewide plan, “Eat Well, Play More Tennessee,” which was implemented in 2010 to help reduce obesity and chronic disease in Tennessee by raising physical activity levels and improving dietary behaviors.
She also is the primary investigator of a health-management project to design and evaluate a wellness program to manage obesity and excess weight among 270,000 employees of the state of Tennessee and their spouses.
Randall’s talk is sponsored by the MTSU-based Center for Physical Activity and Health in Youth as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series in Youth Fitness and Sport.
For more information, contact Dr. Don Morgan at 615-898-5549 or dmorgan@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
FIGHTING FAT, FAVORING FITNESS SUBJECT OF FREE MTSU LECTURE
Leader of ‘Eat Well, Play More Tennessee’ to Pinpoint Statewide Progress
MURFREESBORO—“Healthy Eating and Active Living in Tennessee: How Are We Doing?” is the subject of a lecture slated for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
This event is free and open to the public.
The speaker will be Joan Randall, an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education and Administration at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and administrative director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity and Metabolism.
Randall has led the comprehensive statewide plan, “Eat Well, Play More Tennessee,” which was implemented in 2010 to help reduce obesity and chronic disease in Tennessee by raising physical activity levels and improving dietary behaviors.
She also is the primary investigator of a health-management project to design and evaluate a wellness program to manage obesity and excess weight among 270,000 employees of the state of Tennessee and their spouses.
Randall’s talk is sponsored by the MTSU-based Center for Physical Activity and Health in Youth as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series in Youth Fitness and Sport.
For more information, contact Dr. Don Morgan at 615-898-5549 or dmorgan@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.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
[165] West Point-bound MTSU Bold Warriors Earn Top Region Award
Today’s date: Nov. 9, 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
West Point-bound MTSU Bold Warriors earn top region award
MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s 11-member Ranger Challenge team will have some mid-October efforts rewarded this Thursday morning.
The team will be honored with the presentation of the first-place award it captured during the annual Bold Warrior Challenge Oct. 14 at Ft. Knox, Ky.
Col. Michael Chinn, 7th Brigade commander and cadet commander at Ft. Knox, will deliver the award to the MTSU ROTC program team Nov. 10 at 11:30 a.m. The presentation will be held, weather permitting, outside the Tom H. Jackson Building at the military memorial site between Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall. The public is invited. In the event of inclement weather, the event will move inside to Cantrell Hall.
Ranger Challenge team members include Brandon Pearson, Kim Isham, Kenneth Davie, Chase Morris, Elizabeth Dang, Elliot Ralston, Justin McIntosh, Brenden Duke, Wesley Smitty, Austin Blanchard and William Kemp. Pearson serves as team captain.
Capt. Aaron Billingsley and Master Sgt. Chad Price are cadre instructors for the team.
By virtue of its first-place showing, the team will advance to The Sandhurst Competition, an international event, in April 2012 at West Point, N.Y.
Lt. Col. T.K. Kast is professor of military science, overseeing the military science program — one of 10 College of Basic and Applied Sciences departments.
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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.
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
West Point-bound MTSU Bold Warriors earn top region award
MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s 11-member Ranger Challenge team will have some mid-October efforts rewarded this Thursday morning.
The team will be honored with the presentation of the first-place award it captured during the annual Bold Warrior Challenge Oct. 14 at Ft. Knox, Ky.
Col. Michael Chinn, 7th Brigade commander and cadet commander at Ft. Knox, will deliver the award to the MTSU ROTC program team Nov. 10 at 11:30 a.m. The presentation will be held, weather permitting, outside the Tom H. Jackson Building at the military memorial site between Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall. The public is invited. In the event of inclement weather, the event will move inside to Cantrell Hall.
Ranger Challenge team members include Brandon Pearson, Kim Isham, Kenneth Davie, Chase Morris, Elizabeth Dang, Elliot Ralston, Justin McIntosh, Brenden Duke, Wesley Smitty, Austin Blanchard and William Kemp. Pearson serves as team captain.
Capt. Aaron Billingsley and Master Sgt. Chad Price are cadre instructors for the team.
By virtue of its first-place showing, the team will advance to The Sandhurst Competition, an international event, in April 2012 at West Point, N.Y.
Lt. Col. T.K. Kast is professor of military science, overseeing the military science program — one of 10 College of Basic and Applied Sciences departments.
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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.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
[164] Entrepreneur Saint Visits MTSU Nov. 14
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Aerospace contacts: Nate Callender, 615-898-5983 or Nate.Callender@mtsu.edu
or Joe Cooper, 715-577-0821
Entrepreneur Saint visits MTSU Nov. 14
MURFREESBORO — Entrepreneur, businessman, missionary, filmmaker and author Steve Saint will appear at MTSU Monday, Nov. 14, speaking to an array of students, the campus community and general public.
Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Fund, Saint’s talk will be at 9 a.m. in the Keathley University Center Theater. He will field audience questions after his address.
In addition to Saint’s previously mentioned endeavors, he is an inventor and engineer. He was born to missionary parents in Ecuador in 1951. The native Waodani Indians killed Saint’s father, Nate, and four other people in 1956. Saint has spent much of his adult life serving indigenous people in Africa and Central and South America.
“He has a compelling personal and professional story to tell and to share with the MTSU and Murfreesboro communities,” said Joe Cooper, an MTSU aerospace graduate student, who has helped coordinate Saint’s campus visit along with aerospace Assistant Professor Nate Callender. “The story of forgiveness and redemption has been told in the book, Through the Gates of Splendor, and in the 2005 movie, End of the Spear.”
Saint and Mincaye Enquedi, who was part of the 1956 attack and believed to have speared Nate Saint and fellow missionary Ed McCully during the attack, have become close. Mincaye, who became a Christian, adopted Steve Saint as his tribal son.
In 1996, Saint established I-TEC, or the Indigenous Technology Education Center, based in Dunnellon, Fla. He did this to develop, produce and distribute unique tools and training for native peoples in frontier areas. The special tools are branded I-See (vision), I-Dent (dental), I-Med (health care), I-Fix (technology training) and I-Fly, which features Maverick, a true flying car/powered parachute) for frontier transportation.
To learn more about I-TEC and Saint, go online to www.itecusa.org. To learn more about Saint’s appearance, call 615-898-5983 or 715-577-0821.
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Media welcomed.
Photo caption
Mincaye Enquedi, left, and Steve Saint have become close friends. Mincaye is believed to be the man who killed Saint’s father, Nate, in a 1956 attack by Waodani Indians on five missionaries in a remote area of Ecuador.
File photo provided by I-TEC
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.
Aerospace contacts: Nate Callender, 615-898-5983 or Nate.Callender@mtsu.edu
or Joe Cooper, 715-577-0821
Entrepreneur Saint visits MTSU Nov. 14
MURFREESBORO — Entrepreneur, businessman, missionary, filmmaker and author Steve Saint will appear at MTSU Monday, Nov. 14, speaking to an array of students, the campus community and general public.
Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Fund, Saint’s talk will be at 9 a.m. in the Keathley University Center Theater. He will field audience questions after his address.
In addition to Saint’s previously mentioned endeavors, he is an inventor and engineer. He was born to missionary parents in Ecuador in 1951. The native Waodani Indians killed Saint’s father, Nate, and four other people in 1956. Saint has spent much of his adult life serving indigenous people in Africa and Central and South America.
“He has a compelling personal and professional story to tell and to share with the MTSU and Murfreesboro communities,” said Joe Cooper, an MTSU aerospace graduate student, who has helped coordinate Saint’s campus visit along with aerospace Assistant Professor Nate Callender. “The story of forgiveness and redemption has been told in the book, Through the Gates of Splendor, and in the 2005 movie, End of the Spear.”
Saint and Mincaye Enquedi, who was part of the 1956 attack and believed to have speared Nate Saint and fellow missionary Ed McCully during the attack, have become close. Mincaye, who became a Christian, adopted Steve Saint as his tribal son.
In 1996, Saint established I-TEC, or the Indigenous Technology Education Center, based in Dunnellon, Fla. He did this to develop, produce and distribute unique tools and training for native peoples in frontier areas. The special tools are branded I-See (vision), I-Dent (dental), I-Med (health care), I-Fix (technology training) and I-Fly, which features Maverick, a true flying car/powered parachute) for frontier transportation.
To learn more about I-TEC and Saint, go online to www.itecusa.org. To learn more about Saint’s appearance, call 615-898-5983 or 715-577-0821.
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Media welcomed.
Photo caption
Mincaye Enquedi, left, and Steve Saint have become close friends. Mincaye is believed to be the man who killed Saint’s father, Nate, in a 1956 attack by Waodani Indians on five missionaries in a remote area of Ecuador.
File photo provided by I-TEC
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.
[163] Vanderbilt Captures "Battle of the Brains" Computer Contest Nov. 5 at MTSU
Today’s date: Nov. 7, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU Computer Science contact: Dr. Chrisila Pettey, 615-898-2397 or Chrisila.Pettey@mtsu.edu
Vanderbilt captures ‘battle of the brains’ computer contest Nov. 5 at MTSU
MURFREESBORO — Vanderbilt Red earned first-place honors here Nov. 5 in the 36th annual Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Central USA Programming Contest in the “battle of the brains” regional held at MTSU.
The Vanderbilt Red trio of Krzysztof Zienkiewicz, Zach McCormick and Richard Williams solved five problems during the five-hour contest, which was held in Kirksey Old Main. Unofficially, Vanderbilt placed eighth overall in the full 150-team Mid-Central region, which includes Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois (including the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area), Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Finishing second was the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Rounding out the top five were MTSU Blueraider #1, East Tennessee State University Team Edward and ETSU The Toasters. Blueraider #1 unofficially placed 22nd in the entire region. The first five places all solved five problems, but Vanderbilt Red earned the title on tiebreakers.
Blueraider #1 team members included graduate student Michael Chasteen of Smyrna, senior Matthew Houglum of Christiana and senior Nathan Reale of Franklin. They captured the Mid-Central regional held at Tennessee Tech in 2010.
Blueraider #2, which finished sixth this year, included junior Daniel Cowan of Mt. Juliet, senior Anthony Mills of Murfreesboro and grad student Thomas Richards of Germantown, Tenn.
Twenty-five teams from nine universities competed in the ACM Mid-Central at MTSU. Other schools represented included Belmont, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Maryville College and the University of North Alabama.
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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 Computer Science contact: Dr. Chrisila Pettey, 615-898-2397 or Chrisila.Pettey@mtsu.edu
Vanderbilt captures ‘battle of the brains’ computer contest Nov. 5 at MTSU
MURFREESBORO — Vanderbilt Red earned first-place honors here Nov. 5 in the 36th annual Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Central USA Programming Contest in the “battle of the brains” regional held at MTSU.
The Vanderbilt Red trio of Krzysztof Zienkiewicz, Zach McCormick and Richard Williams solved five problems during the five-hour contest, which was held in Kirksey Old Main. Unofficially, Vanderbilt placed eighth overall in the full 150-team Mid-Central region, which includes Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois (including the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area), Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Finishing second was the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Rounding out the top five were MTSU Blueraider #1, East Tennessee State University Team Edward and ETSU The Toasters. Blueraider #1 unofficially placed 22nd in the entire region. The first five places all solved five problems, but Vanderbilt Red earned the title on tiebreakers.
Blueraider #1 team members included graduate student Michael Chasteen of Smyrna, senior Matthew Houglum of Christiana and senior Nathan Reale of Franklin. They captured the Mid-Central regional held at Tennessee Tech in 2010.
Blueraider #2, which finished sixth this year, included junior Daniel Cowan of Mt. Juliet, senior Anthony Mills of Murfreesboro and grad student Thomas Richards of Germantown, Tenn.
Twenty-five teams from nine universities competed in the ACM Mid-Central at MTSU. Other schools represented included Belmont, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Maryville College and the University of North Alabama.
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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.
Friday, November 04, 2011
[162] MTSU President, Deans Hold Open Houses in Memphis, Jackson
Today’s date: Nov. 4, 2011
Editorial contact: Andrew Oppmann, 615-494-7800 (office) or Andrew.Oppmann@mtsu.edu
MTSU president, deans hold open houses in Memphis, Jackson
MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State University’s president and academic deans will be in Memphis and Jackson on Nov. 9 and 10, respectively, to talk with prospective students and high-school guidance counselors about the Murfreesboro campus.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, along with University deans, officials and admissions counselors, will host free, public open houses in Memphis on Wednesday and Jackson on Thursday.
The Memphis event will be held at The Great Hall & Conference Center, 1900 S. Germantown Road, in Germantown. The Jackson event will be at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1170 Hwy. 45 Bypass, in Jackson. Both student receptions run from 5 to 7 p.m.
“We’re bringing MTSU to you,” McPhee said. “We hope prospective students can join members of the MTSU community at one of these events and learn more about our excellent programs, wonderful faculty and beautiful campus in Murfreesboro.”
Prospective students can register to attend either event by clicking on the large “See you in Memphis and Jackson!” box at www.mtsu.edu. Walk-in attendees also are welcome.
MTSU, which is celebrating its centennial in 2011, is the oldest and largest university in the Tennessee Board of Regents system. It is the No. 1 choice of undergraduate students and transfer students in the state.
It offers more than 140 undergraduate programs in its nine colleges. MTSU has received regional and national acclaim for a variety of programs and activities, including unique offerings in programs as diverse as recording industry, horse science, aerospace and its pioneering academic program in Concrete Industry Management.
Many of MTSU’s more traditional programs, like agricultural science, nursing, accounting and education, are considered among the best in the region.
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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, 615-494-7800 (office) or Andrew.Oppmann@mtsu.edu
MTSU president, deans hold open houses in Memphis, Jackson
MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State University’s president and academic deans will be in Memphis and Jackson on Nov. 9 and 10, respectively, to talk with prospective students and high-school guidance counselors about the Murfreesboro campus.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, along with University deans, officials and admissions counselors, will host free, public open houses in Memphis on Wednesday and Jackson on Thursday.
The Memphis event will be held at The Great Hall & Conference Center, 1900 S. Germantown Road, in Germantown. The Jackson event will be at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1170 Hwy. 45 Bypass, in Jackson. Both student receptions run from 5 to 7 p.m.
“We’re bringing MTSU to you,” McPhee said. “We hope prospective students can join members of the MTSU community at one of these events and learn more about our excellent programs, wonderful faculty and beautiful campus in Murfreesboro.”
Prospective students can register to attend either event by clicking on the large “See you in Memphis and Jackson!” box at www.mtsu.edu. Walk-in attendees also are welcome.
MTSU, which is celebrating its centennial in 2011, is the oldest and largest university in the Tennessee Board of Regents system. It is the No. 1 choice of undergraduate students and transfer students in the state.
It offers more than 140 undergraduate programs in its nine colleges. MTSU has received regional and national acclaim for a variety of programs and activities, including unique offerings in programs as diverse as recording industry, horse science, aerospace and its pioneering academic program in Concrete Industry Management.
Many of MTSU’s more traditional programs, like agricultural science, nursing, accounting and education, are considered among the best in the region.
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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.
[160] MTSU Offers Fulbright Workshops Nov. 16
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Honors College contact: Laura Clippard, 615-898-5464 or Laura.Clippard@mtsu.edu
MTSU offers Fulbright workshops Nov. 16
MURFREESBORO — In the past four years, six MTSU students have earned prestigious Fulbright Awards to study, teach and conduct research abroad.
Who might be the next Fulbright candidates?
Prospective Fulbright candidates can learn more about the eligibility process by attending any of three workshops that will be held in the Keathley University Center Theater. The 45-minute sessions will be held Wednesday, Nov. 16, starting at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The workshops are open to all students.
Students also are encouraged to attend the Nov. 16 Study Abroad Fair, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first- and second-floor lobbies in KUC.
Leading the workshops will be Laura Clippard, University Honors College adviser and MTSU’s coordinator of the Undergraduate Fellowship Office, which coordinates the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship educational and cultural exchange program for students with study, research or teaching assistant opportunities in more than 140 countries. Benefits include a year of study with round-trip airfare, monthly stipend, health insurance and research allowance.
Previous Fulbright recipients include 2011 awardees Patrick Pratt (international relations major studying in Tanzania); Christopher Watkins (French/global studies major studying in Morocco); and Kimberly Yarborough (international relations and Spanish major studying in Spain); 2010 honorees Kaitlen Howell (German and biology major who studied in Germany) and Eric Little (history and Spanish major who studied in Portugal); 2008 recipient Brandon Armstrong (German major who studied in Germany); and 2001 awardee Brian Chance (philosophy and German major who studied in Germany).
For more information, email Clippard at Laura.Clippard@mtsu.edu.or call 615-898-5464.
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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.
Honors College contact: Laura Clippard, 615-898-5464 or Laura.Clippard@mtsu.edu
MTSU offers Fulbright workshops Nov. 16
MURFREESBORO — In the past four years, six MTSU students have earned prestigious Fulbright Awards to study, teach and conduct research abroad.
Who might be the next Fulbright candidates?
Prospective Fulbright candidates can learn more about the eligibility process by attending any of three workshops that will be held in the Keathley University Center Theater. The 45-minute sessions will be held Wednesday, Nov. 16, starting at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The workshops are open to all students.
Students also are encouraged to attend the Nov. 16 Study Abroad Fair, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first- and second-floor lobbies in KUC.
Leading the workshops will be Laura Clippard, University Honors College adviser and MTSU’s coordinator of the Undergraduate Fellowship Office, which coordinates the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship educational and cultural exchange program for students with study, research or teaching assistant opportunities in more than 140 countries. Benefits include a year of study with round-trip airfare, monthly stipend, health insurance and research allowance.
Previous Fulbright recipients include 2011 awardees Patrick Pratt (international relations major studying in Tanzania); Christopher Watkins (French/global studies major studying in Morocco); and Kimberly Yarborough (international relations and Spanish major studying in Spain); 2010 honorees Kaitlen Howell (German and biology major who studied in Germany) and Eric Little (history and Spanish major who studied in Portugal); 2008 recipient Brandon Armstrong (German major who studied in Germany); and 2001 awardee Brian Chance (philosophy and German major who studied in Germany).
For more information, email Clippard at Laura.Clippard@mtsu.edu.or call 615-898-5464.
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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.
[159] MTSU and Motlow Ink Agreement to Ease Transition from Community College to University
Nov. 2, 2011
Contact: Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919
MTSU and Motlow ink agreement to ease transition from community college to university
The presidents of Middle Tennessee State University and Motlow State Community College today signed a memorandum of understanding to make it possible for students who earn a two-year associate’s degree to apply those credits toward earning a four-year bachelor’s degree.
MTSU’s Dr. Sidney A. McPhee and Motlow’s Dr. Mary Lou Apple officially authorized a Dual Admission Program to ease the transfer process between the two Tennessee Board of Regents institutions and encourage students’ academic success.
The signing took place on the MTSU campus and launches MTSU's third such program. The University has already established dual-admission programs with Chattanooga State and Nashville State community colleges.
“In light of the recent Complete College Tennessee Act that was historic legislation passed and approved by the General Assembly about a year and a half ago, universities and community colleges have made additional efforts to provide what we call hassle-free pathways for our community college students to move on to the university and pursue their undergraduate degrees and other professional training,” noted McPhee. “We believe this dual-admissions agreement with Motlow Community College will be in line and consistent with that goal.
“We have for a number of years encouraged many of our students who sought admission to our university, after advising and counseling them, to begin their studies at Motlow. That has been a really good resource for MTSU.”
McPhee added that according to data from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, MTSU is the first choice in the state for transfer students from a community college or another university—and Motlow is MTSU’s No. 1 feeder school.
“I want to congratulate you on being an institution that has stepped up to the plate to be such a resource to so many different students,” Apple responded. “For us it is about the student—I think that’s why we work well with MTSU. Just as Dr. McPhee talked about MTSU advising students to come to Motlow, we, in turn, counsel students who need to go directly to MTSU. That’s a partnership. … We will continue to ask ourselves, what’s the next thing we need to do to help our students be successful?”
Students must meet certain criteria to be eligible for the new partnership with Motlow, including meeting admissions standards for Motlow, earning up to 29 college semester hours and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 grade-point average.
After fulfilling all their dual-admission requirements, students will be guaranteed admission to MTSU. Participating Motlow students will be able to save money by completing their first two years at the community college but will also be exposed to the university environment and become familiar with MTSU professors and staff. Advising will be available at both institutions, and students who leave MSCC will be able to register at MTSU during the priority registration period.
“Even though we’re a campus approaching 27,000 students, we don’t behave like that,” McPhee said. “It’s because of initiatives like this that we reach out to breal the campus down in areas where students can feel more comfortable as they maneuver their studies and the campus. When we say we’re student-centered campus, it’s not just rhetoric.”
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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.
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Contact: Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919
MTSU and Motlow ink agreement to ease transition from community college to university
The presidents of Middle Tennessee State University and Motlow State Community College today signed a memorandum of understanding to make it possible for students who earn a two-year associate’s degree to apply those credits toward earning a four-year bachelor’s degree.
MTSU’s Dr. Sidney A. McPhee and Motlow’s Dr. Mary Lou Apple officially authorized a Dual Admission Program to ease the transfer process between the two Tennessee Board of Regents institutions and encourage students’ academic success.
The signing took place on the MTSU campus and launches MTSU's third such program. The University has already established dual-admission programs with Chattanooga State and Nashville State community colleges.
“In light of the recent Complete College Tennessee Act that was historic legislation passed and approved by the General Assembly about a year and a half ago, universities and community colleges have made additional efforts to provide what we call hassle-free pathways for our community college students to move on to the university and pursue their undergraduate degrees and other professional training,” noted McPhee. “We believe this dual-admissions agreement with Motlow Community College will be in line and consistent with that goal.
“We have for a number of years encouraged many of our students who sought admission to our university, after advising and counseling them, to begin their studies at Motlow. That has been a really good resource for MTSU.”
McPhee added that according to data from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, MTSU is the first choice in the state for transfer students from a community college or another university—and Motlow is MTSU’s No. 1 feeder school.
“I want to congratulate you on being an institution that has stepped up to the plate to be such a resource to so many different students,” Apple responded. “For us it is about the student—I think that’s why we work well with MTSU. Just as Dr. McPhee talked about MTSU advising students to come to Motlow, we, in turn, counsel students who need to go directly to MTSU. That’s a partnership. … We will continue to ask ourselves, what’s the next thing we need to do to help our students be successful?”
Students must meet certain criteria to be eligible for the new partnership with Motlow, including meeting admissions standards for Motlow, earning up to 29 college semester hours and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 grade-point average.
After fulfilling all their dual-admission requirements, students will be guaranteed admission to MTSU. Participating Motlow students will be able to save money by completing their first two years at the community college but will also be exposed to the university environment and become familiar with MTSU professors and staff. Advising will be available at both institutions, and students who leave MSCC will be able to register at MTSU during the priority registration period.
“Even though we’re a campus approaching 27,000 students, we don’t behave like that,” McPhee said. “It’s because of initiatives like this that we reach out to breal the campus down in areas where students can feel more comfortable as they maneuver their studies and the campus. When we say we’re student-centered campus, it’s not just rhetoric.”
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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.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
[158] Belmont University President to Speak at MTSU Symposium
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081
BELMONT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT MTSU SYMPOSIUM
Science and Spirituality Forum Gathering to Learn what Dying People Can Teach Us
MURFREESBORO—Dr. Robert Fisher, president of Belmont University, will deliver the keynote address at the fall symposium of MTSU’s Science and Spirituality Forum, “What Can the Dying Teach the Living?”, on Thursday, Nov. 10.
The event is planned for 7 p.m. in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
Fisher is co-author with his wife, Judy, of “Life is a Gift: Inspiration from the Soon-Departed.” The book features a collection of lessons learned from interviews with 104 terminally ill patients of Alive Hospice in Nashville.
A panel of speakers from this fall’s previous brown-bag lectures will respond to Fisher. Speakers at those brown-bag programs addressed the overall theme from Christian, Jewish and Muslim perspectives.
The Science and Spirituality Forum grew out of early conversations among four MTSU professors about spiritual perspectives, scientific advances and our human place in the cosmos. These conversations have developed into lunch dialogues among interested faculty, staff and students with the support of the James E. Walker Library.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kristen Keene at 615-898-5376 or kkeene@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
BELMONT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT MTSU SYMPOSIUM
Science and Spirituality Forum Gathering to Learn what Dying People Can Teach Us
MURFREESBORO—Dr. Robert Fisher, president of Belmont University, will deliver the keynote address at the fall symposium of MTSU’s Science and Spirituality Forum, “What Can the Dying Teach the Living?”, on Thursday, Nov. 10.
The event is planned for 7 p.m. in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building.
Fisher is co-author with his wife, Judy, of “Life is a Gift: Inspiration from the Soon-Departed.” The book features a collection of lessons learned from interviews with 104 terminally ill patients of Alive Hospice in Nashville.
A panel of speakers from this fall’s previous brown-bag lectures will respond to Fisher. Speakers at those brown-bag programs addressed the overall theme from Christian, Jewish and Muslim perspectives.
The Science and Spirituality Forum grew out of early conversations among four MTSU professors about spiritual perspectives, scientific advances and our human place in the cosmos. These conversations have developed into lunch dialogues among interested faculty, staff and students with the support of the James E. Walker Library.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kristen Keene at 615-898-5376 or kkeene@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.
[157] Piano Professor's Nov. 9 Concert Features Historical, Modern Keyboards
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
Piano professor’s Nov. 9 concert features historical, modern keyboards
MURFREESBORO— One of MTSU’s newest music faculty members will showcase her expertise Wednesday, Nov. 9, in a free public recital featuring the harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano.
Dr. Lillian Pearson, a new adjunct professor in the School of Music and a specialist in historically informed performance practice, will share her talents beginning at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Hinton Hall of the University’s Wright Music Building.
"MTSU is extremely fortunate to have a harpsichord and fortepiano to give the students and faculty an opportunity to better understand the period composers' intentions and to allow them to explore how the music would have sounded and been performed," Pearson said.
On the harpsichord, Pearson will perform “Est-ce Mars” by Jan Pieters Sweelinck;
“Soeur Monique,” “Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins” and “Les Baricades Misterieuses,” all by Francois Couperin; and “Toccata in D Minor” by J.S. Bach.
Works to be performed on the fortepiano include “Wurttemberg Sonata No. 3 in E Minor” by C.P.E. Bach and “Fantasy in C Minor” and Sonata in C Major,” both by W. A. Mozart.
Pearson noted that the fortepiano, which is new to the school and arrived in September, “is built following the specifications of instruments of Mozart's era."
In addition to the historical instruments, Pearson will perform on the University’s concert grand piano, offering “Etude de Concert No. 3” by Franz Liszt and “Nocturne in C-sharp” and “Barcarolle” by Frederic Chopin.
Pearson holds degrees from Florida State University and the University of Illinois. Her principal teacher has been the Hungarian-trained pianist Edward Kilenyi, and she recently moved to Nashville, where she also is a staff accompanist at the Blair School of Music.
She has appeared throughout the continental United States, England, Costa Rica and China as a soloist and collaborative artist and held positions at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Westfield State College and Western Carolina University. In addition to her keyboard expertise, Pearson is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert Calendar" link.
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.
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EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493 or tmusselm@mtsu.edu
Piano professor’s Nov. 9 concert features historical, modern keyboards
MURFREESBORO— One of MTSU’s newest music faculty members will showcase her expertise Wednesday, Nov. 9, in a free public recital featuring the harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano.
Dr. Lillian Pearson, a new adjunct professor in the School of Music and a specialist in historically informed performance practice, will share her talents beginning at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Hinton Hall of the University’s Wright Music Building.
"MTSU is extremely fortunate to have a harpsichord and fortepiano to give the students and faculty an opportunity to better understand the period composers' intentions and to allow them to explore how the music would have sounded and been performed," Pearson said.
On the harpsichord, Pearson will perform “Est-ce Mars” by Jan Pieters Sweelinck;
“Soeur Monique,” “Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins” and “Les Baricades Misterieuses,” all by Francois Couperin; and “Toccata in D Minor” by J.S. Bach.
Works to be performed on the fortepiano include “Wurttemberg Sonata No. 3 in E Minor” by C.P.E. Bach and “Fantasy in C Minor” and Sonata in C Major,” both by W. A. Mozart.
Pearson noted that the fortepiano, which is new to the school and arrived in September, “is built following the specifications of instruments of Mozart's era."
In addition to the historical instruments, Pearson will perform on the University’s concert grand piano, offering “Etude de Concert No. 3” by Franz Liszt and “Nocturne in C-sharp” and “Barcarolle” by Frederic Chopin.
Pearson holds degrees from Florida State University and the University of Illinois. Her principal teacher has been the Hungarian-trained pianist Edward Kilenyi, and she recently moved to Nashville, where she also is a staff accompanist at the Blair School of Music.
She has appeared throughout the continental United States, England, Costa Rica and China as a soloist and collaborative artist and held positions at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Westfield State College and Western Carolina University. In addition to her keyboard expertise, Pearson is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.
For more MTSU School of Music concert information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert Calendar" link.
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.
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[156] Online Music Mogul to Put 'Topspin' on Industry for MTSU
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 2, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina E. Fann, 615-898-5385 or Gina.Fann@mtsu.edu
Online music mogul to put ‘topspin’ on industry for MTSU
MURFREESBORO—Online music mogul Ian Rogers is sharing his knowledge with MTSU on Thursday, Nov. 10, during a special visit with the University’s Department of Recording Industry.
Rogers is the chief executive officer for Topspin Media, a direct-to-fan marketing, management and distribution platform that helps artists in music and film manage their catalogs, connect with fans and generate demand for products.
He’ll speak at 6:30 p.m. in Room 221 of the McWherter Learning Resources Center on “Disrupting the System: The Evolution of Web Distribution for Music and Film, a Mass Of Niches and the Era of Trusted Brands.”
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Rogers also will provide a free application demonstration for recording-industry students and the public at 4 p.m. in Room 101 of MTSU’s Bragg Mass Communication Building, but seating is slightly limited in that room and may fill up quickly.
Rogers was the general manager for Yahoo! Music before joining Topspin in 2008. He previously co-founded Mediacode, a personal music sharing-software provider, and sold it to Yahoo. Before his work with Mediacode, Rogers worked as one of the principals at Grand Royal with the Beastie Boys, leading to his nickname as “the fourth Beastie Boy.”
Nine Inch Nails, Sundance Films, the Beastie Boys, film director Kevin Smith, David Byrne and Brian Eno, the Civil Wars, The Pixies, Fanfarlo and hundreds of others use the Topspin platform and marketing services and have seen significant increases in their fan bases and sales.
Funding and other services for Rogers’s visit are being provided by MTSU’s Office of New Student and Family Programs, the Department of Recording Industry and Omega Delta Psi.
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.
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EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina E. Fann, 615-898-5385 or Gina.Fann@mtsu.edu
Online music mogul to put ‘topspin’ on industry for MTSU
MURFREESBORO—Online music mogul Ian Rogers is sharing his knowledge with MTSU on Thursday, Nov. 10, during a special visit with the University’s Department of Recording Industry.
Rogers is the chief executive officer for Topspin Media, a direct-to-fan marketing, management and distribution platform that helps artists in music and film manage their catalogs, connect with fans and generate demand for products.
He’ll speak at 6:30 p.m. in Room 221 of the McWherter Learning Resources Center on “Disrupting the System: The Evolution of Web Distribution for Music and Film, a Mass Of Niches and the Era of Trusted Brands.”
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Rogers also will provide a free application demonstration for recording-industry students and the public at 4 p.m. in Room 101 of MTSU’s Bragg Mass Communication Building, but seating is slightly limited in that room and may fill up quickly.
Rogers was the general manager for Yahoo! Music before joining Topspin in 2008. He previously co-founded Mediacode, a personal music sharing-software provider, and sold it to Yahoo. Before his work with Mediacode, Rogers worked as one of the principals at Grand Royal with the Beastie Boys, leading to his nickname as “the fourth Beastie Boy.”
Nine Inch Nails, Sundance Films, the Beastie Boys, film director Kevin Smith, David Byrne and Brian Eno, the Civil Wars, The Pixies, Fanfarlo and hundreds of others use the Topspin platform and marketing services and have seen significant increases in their fan bases and sales.
Funding and other services for Rogers’s visit are being provided by MTSU’s Office of New Student and Family Programs, the Department of Recording Industry and Omega Delta Psi.
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.
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