For release: Nov. 19, 2012
News and Media Relations contacts: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Jimmy Hart, 615-898-5131 or Jimmy.Hart@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO — MTSU will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23, in
observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. 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. 24, classes will be
held.
Classes will resume at their regular times on Monday, Nov.
26. All offices will reopen at 8 a.m. that day.
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 that will be prepared by ARAMARK/MT Dining.
All MT Dining locations will be closed
Thursday. Here are locations that will be open the rest of the long weekend:
• McCallie Dining Hall — 11:30 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday;
Student Union Building Provisions on
Demand — noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday;
• Panda Express in Student Union Building
— noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday;
• Cyber Café market and Subway — 4 to 10
p.m. Sunday;
• Starbucks in Walker Library — 3 p.m.
Sunday to 1 a.m. Monday; and
• Popeye’s in Student Union Building — 4
to 10 p.m. Sunday.
The campus will be full of activity on
Saturday as the Blue Raiders host Troy in a Sun Belt Conference football game
(2:30 p.m. kickoff) in Floyd Stadium and MTSU hosts Texas Southern at 6 p.m. in
Murphy Center in a nonconference men’s basketball game. Visit goblueraiders.com for details.
The James E. Walker Library will be open
Sunday, Nov. 25, from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday.
Campus Recreation Center will be open
from 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday.
In case of campus emergencies during the
holiday weekend, call MTSU Police at 615-898-2424.
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Media welcomed to
cover Thanksgiving Day dinner, 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 22 in Scarlet Commons
Clubhouse, which is located on east side of campus. From Rutherford Boulevard,
take MTSU Boulevard to Blue Raider Drive.
In athletics, Blue Raiders’
football team members will be enjoying a Thanksgiving Day meal starting at 4
p.m. in the Floyd Stadium club level.
MTSU is
committed to developing a community devoted to learning, growth and service. We
hold these values dear, and there’s a simple phrase that conveys them: “I
am True Blue.” Learn more at www.mtsu.edu/trueblue. For MTSU news any time,
visit www.MTSUNews.com.
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