News and Features from MTSU

Title: Episode 2 – Learning with Balance Guest(s): Dr. Kevin Krahenbuhl, Program Director of the Assessment, Learning, & School Improvement Ed. D. Program In this episode, Dr. Kevin Krahenbuhl (Program Director, Assessment, Learning & School Improvement Ed. D. Program) and host Trisha Murphy (Development Director, College of Education) explore what it means for our children to learn during the cor...

Coming up on this edition of Out of the Blue from Middle Tennessee State University: We learn about Financial Literacy Month and helping students with budgeting, saving and preparing for the future; get an update on "MTSU Connect," a new networking opportunity for MTSU students with faculty, staff, and alumni; and talk with the leaders of the MTSU Scholars Academy about getting incoming freshmen r...

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Katie Foss Synopsis: Dr. Katie Foss, a professor in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media, is the author of the forthcoming book "Constructing the Outbreak: Epidemics and Collective Memory." The book reviews media coverage and transmission of information during various epidemics throughout history.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Melody Hicks Synopsis: Melody Hicks, a master's degree candidate in criminal justice, helped conduct what is believed to be the first academic study of "porch piracy," the theft of packages delivered to homes when no one is at home.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Stefanie Marvin-Miller Synopsis: Stefanie Marvin-Miller, an MTSU psychology major and sexual assault survivor, talks about enlightening groups about sexual assault with the help of her support dog, Leland.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Kevin Downs Synopsis: The associate professor of poultry science explores the possibility of using kudzu as feed for cattle and other farm animals.

On this month's edition of "MTSU Out of the Blue," we welcome the Southeastern Young Adult (SEYA) Book Festival, one of our most popular annual events on campus. We check on the archeological dig underway in Nashville, as our students are unearthing history at a site that was one of the city’s first post-Civil War black neighborhoods. And we’re gearing up for Nashville Fashion Week, another of our...

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Rodrigo Gomez Synopsis: The assistant professor of media arts turns his attention from animation to children's literature with "Milly & Roots: The Headscarf," a book about facing one's fears with information.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Amanda Nadler Synopsis: Nadler, a nursing major who aspires to become a psychiatric nurse, explains her paper on suicides on college campuses.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: June Iljana Synopsis: The media specialist with the Philadelphia Regional Census Center explains why the U.S. Census Bureau is both recruiting MTSU students to be census workers and encouraging them to fill out the census themselves.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. David Trowbridge Synopsis: The assistant professor of political science and international affairs describes his research into how law firms that serve LGBTQ clients have developed public education resources to augment their legal efforts.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Katherine Rowe Synopsis: The graduate student, who has worked as a 911 dispatcher for nearly a year, explains why these emergency professionals deserve better pay and benefits for performing a very stressful job.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Michael Roach Synopsis: The associate professor of economics uses quantitative analysis to calculate the connection between college football coaches' careers and the decision to "go for it" or not on fourth down.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Dan Morrell Synopsis: The professor of management explains his study of what millennial workers expect from their jobs and how differently they view their work compared to other generations.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Andrea Seaton Kelton Synopsis: The associate professor of accounting explains how investors react when a company suffers a cybersecurity breach that exposes its customer data.

In this edition of "Out of the Blue," we look ahead to the upcoming Tennessee Thespian Conference with MTSU's Tucker Theatre Production Manager John Underwood; explore the new Master of Public Health degree with Dr. Andrew Owusu and Dr. Kahler Stone from our Department of Health and Human Performance; and hear from that department's Dr. Bethany Wrye about an exciting public-health partnership with...

Join Middle Tennessee State University's College of Education experts for practical tips you need to know while educating your children at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our university was founded with the central mission of preparing educators within our state. None of us could have imagined what education would look like today in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, we want to rem...

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Bryce Massey Synopsis: Bryce Massey, a senior majoring in interior design, delivered presentations at two international conferences in Berlin on how virtual exchange can facilitate global communication.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Jessica Roseberry Synopsis: Jessica Roseberry, a doctoral student majoring in public history, discusses her research paper "Wealth Increase and Slaves as Money in Rutherford County, Tennessee."

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Cole Easson Synopsis: Dr. Cole Easson, a lecturer and research assistant professor, explains the research he will perform into the filtration systems of sea sponges this summer in the Caribbean.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. June Hall McCash Synopsis: The founding mother of the University Honors Program and accomplished historical novelist talks about her book "Eleanor's Daughter."

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Amanda Flagg Synopsis: An associate professor of nursing, Flagg talks about her fascinating and varied career in nursing, including 20 years in the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps and a medical mission to Guatemala.

Producer: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Karen Reed Synopsis: Reed, an associate professor in the James E. Walker Library, explains her research into why school librarians tend to do more than their prescribed job duties.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. John Vile Synopsis: The Constitutional law scholar and dean of the University Honors College considers possible legal conflicts that might arise from investigating domestic terrorism.

In this edition of "Out of the Blue," we celebrate the "Joys of the Season" with Dr. Reed Thomas of our School of Music and the MTSU Wind Ensemble; learn from Dr. Sanjay Asthana of our School of Journalism and Strategic Media how young people use and work with media, both in the United States and around the world; and discover more about the gift of literacy with Dr. Katie Schrodt of our College o...