[359] 'MTSU On The Record' Brings Baseball To Life Through Books

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

‘MTSU ON THE RECORD’ BRINGS BASEBALL TO LIFE THROUGH BOOKS
Readers, Writers View World as Horsehide Sphere Each Spring at Gathering

(MURFREESBORO) – The 16th annual Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference is the focus of this week’s “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, March 20, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Dr. Warren Tormey, assistant professor of English and co-organizer of the conference, will talk about how academics gather each year to explore the national pastime through various disciplines, including history, journalism, drama, economics, and, of course, literature. This year’s event is slated for Friday, April 1, in MTSU’s James Union Building.
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. Recently, MTSU unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.