MTSU faculty and staff took to WGNS Radio recently to share
information about the university’s ongoing efforts to support student veterans,
its myriad graduate program offerings and an upcoming series of classes for
those who are lifelong learners.
The
details were shared during the April 17 “Action Line” program with host Bart
Walker. The live program was broadcast on FM 100.5, 101.9 and AM 1450 from
the WGNS studio in downtown Murfreesboro. If you missed it, you can listen
to a podcast of the show here.
Guests
and their topics were as follows:
Shane Smith, interim employer
search agent, and Sean Martin,
transition manager, in the new Daniels
Center Veterans Transitioning Home Office at MTSU, discussed their roles
and the services offered to student veterans and their families at the new
office.
Located in Keathley University
Center Room 316, the nearly 600-square-foot facility will allow Smith and
Martin to match veterans and other MTSU students with prospective employers.
Smith and Martin also are veterans.
Dr. David Butler,
the new vice provost for research and dean of the MTSU College of Graduate Studies, discusses his new roles on campus
and what the College of Graduate Studies offers to the community.
Butler, 46, officially began at
MTSU on Jan. 1, 2017. A native of Houston, Texas, Butler comes to MTSU from the
University of Southern Mississippi, where he has served as chair in the
Department of Political Science and director of the doctoral program in
International Development.
The MTSU College of Graduate
Studies, considered a leader in graduate education in Tennessee, provides
academic, financial and other support services for graduate students while
upholding academic standards. More than 100 programs of study are offered to
students.
Connie Huddleston, coordinator for the
College of Liberal Arts, and Dr. Derek Frisby, professor of military and
Tennessee history and geography, discussed the upcoming 2017 Lifelong
Learning Program
The
College of Liberal Arts is pleased to again offer the program, a homework-free,
exam-free classroom experience for older learners. It is slated for four
Mondays — May 1, 8, 15, and 22 — in the Ingram Building, located at 2269 Middle
Tennessee Blvd. in Murfreesboro. The cost is only $20 per course.
This
year’s courses include: “Reflections
on Vietnam” with Frisby, an MTSU alum and Marine Corps veteran teaching
military and Tennessee history and geography; “Jazz Transition in the ‘60s” with
Dr. Don Aliquo, a saxophonist and professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at
MTSU; and “Eastern Philosophy” with Dr. Jack Purcell, who was raised in the
traditions of India.
Students, faculty and staff who
are interested in guesting on WGNS to promote their MTSU-related
activities should contact Jimmy Hart, director of news and media relations, at
615-898-5131 or via email at jimmy.hart@mtsu.edu.
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