MURFREESBORO — The winter 2017 edition of MTSU Magazine profiles a handful of university partnerships with
industry that are benefitting not just students but the community as a whole.
Included are profiles of the university’s role as a
talent pipeline to Nashville’s burgeoning fashion scene; to the rapidly
expanding microbrewery, distilling, and fermented food processing industries;
and to Middle Tennessee’s exploding commercial real estate market, as examples.
The issue also profiles a slew of wildly successful
graduates of the university — including the 2016-17 Distinguished Alumni
recipients.
And, in the cover story, the magazine details the
creation of MTSU’s new Center for Student Coaching and Success, a
donor-supported effort aimed at ensuring MTSU graduates find not just
employment upon graduation but meaningful
employment that drives personal success and the local economy.
MTSU, the largest provider of graduates for the Middle
Tennessee area, remains an irreplaceable resource in the Midstate— not just
from an academic and cultural aspect, but also from a workforce development
perspective, at a time when industry is clamoring for better-prepared graduates,
and policymakers including Gov. Bill Haslam are calling for greater degree
attainment to meet the needs of the future workforce.
About the
cover story
A former college football coach turned professor,
author, international speaker, blogger and consultant, Health and Human
Performance professor Colby Jubenville offers an innovative approach to
teaching that has led to remarkable success stories.
Graduates of his program now occupy front-office
positions in top-tier franchises like the Houston Astros, Tennessee Titans, and
Talladega Motor Speedway, as well as local organizations such as the Nashville
Sports Council.
“My focus
at MTSU over the last 15 years is about helping students find their voice. And
voice is the intersection of talent, passion, conscience and need in the
world,” Jubenville said.
To that
end, and with significant financial assistance from private donors, Jubenville
and the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences recently launched the new
Center for Student Coaching and Success – a place for Jubenville to do in an
official capacity what he has been doing unofficially for 15 years.
A seven-figure financial gift from local real
estate developer John Floyd served as the true launching point for the Center,
which will be housed in the new Andrew Woodfin Miller Sr. Education Center on
Bell Street. Half of that pledge has already been delivered to the university.
Floyd, founder and owner of Ole South Properties,
the state’s largest independent homebuilder, said his gift represents the
organic relationship between the university as an economic driver for the
region and the success his company has enjoyed as a provider of affordable
housing throughout Middle Tennessee.
Other articles in the new edition of the magazine
profile:
· MTSU’s 2016–17 Distinguished Alumni recipients
· the university’s new Fermentation Science degree
· MTSU’s Apparel Design and Fashion Merchandising
program
· University-operated WMOT-FM’s new partnership with the
Americana industry
· efforts by MTSU experts to spearhead the return of the
remains of Mexican-American War soldiers’ with Volunteer State ties to the U.S.
· MTSU’s real estate brokerage firm, which allows MTSU
students to get real-world experience before they graduate
· MTSU’s longstanding relationship with the Civil Air
Patrol and its evolution into a talent pipeline for the university
Readers may also download MTSU Magazine free for their iPads and Android devices. The
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every issue that’s not available in the print editions. Printed copies of MTSU Magazine are distributed twice
annually to more than 105,000 alumni readers. MTSU Magazine also is available online at www.mtsumagazine.com.
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