[258] Budding Oral Historians Document Diversity At MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 7, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

BUDDING ORAL HISTORIANS DOCUMENT DIVERSITY AT MTSU
Students Examine Groups Ranging from Muslims to Musicians
(MURFREESBORO) – A project that enabled MTSU students to explore diversity through interviews with various on- and off-campus groups is the focus of this week’s edition of “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, Jan. 9 on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Dr. Martha Norkunas, professor of history, guided her students through the art and the craft of oral history as they discovered the differences and the similarities between themselves and underrepresented groups of people, shattering some myths and misconceptions along the way.
In addition to Norkunas, the student guests on the program include Garet Bleddynn (Nashville), Hallie Fieser (Jackson, Mo.), Jessi Klinedinst (Nashville), Cheri LaFlamme (Nashville), Mandi Pitt (Nashville), and Sara Rieger (Union City).
To listen to previous programs, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/news/podcast/podcast2010.shtml. For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU now boasts one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in horse science, and the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., acclaims MTSU’s Master of Science in Professional Science degree—the only one in Tennessee—as a model program. MTSU also recently unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.