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Student Government Association President Michai Mosby hosted the 2024 election watch party on Nov. 5, 2024 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (Photo by Ephraim Rodenbach)

SGA and honors college students join together for Election Day watch party

Sarah Baczewski, Maia O'Brien November 5, 2024
Late afternoon on Nov. 5, students and staff gathered in the Student Union Building at MTSU for the 2024 Electoral Vote Watch Party. Red, white and blue balloons and streamers covered the tables that filled the atrium. Students and faculty chatted and laughed as they ate pizza, chips and salsa provided by MT Dining. 
Club secretary for the American Democracy Project, Kayla Jenkins, is standing in front of the KUC urging people to register to vote.

Voter registration initiatives have resounding success on MTSU campus

Hannah Ferreira October 9, 2024

Feature photo from the Sidelines Archive Story by Hannah Ferreira Voter registration initiatives on campus, led by the American Democracy Project, had resounding success this year even in the wake...

Associate Dean of the Honors College Philip Philips reads a portion of the U.S. Constitution in front of the Honors College building. (Photo by Lillian Chapman)

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to MTSU sparks controversy among students

Hannah Ferreira, Staff reporter September 12, 2024
Several student organizations publicly condemned those who supported and brought former Vice President Mike Pence to campus for a discussion on “Defining Democracy” on Sept. 17.
MTSU Honors College students gather to watch the presidential debate at MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Sept. 10, 2024 (Photo by Logan Bowman)

Honors College hosts presidential debate party to inform and prepare MTSU voters

Logan Bowman, Contributing writer September 11, 2024
The MTSU Honors College hosted a presidential debate watch party in the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors building Tuesday night. Organizers invited the MTSU Department of Political and Global Affairs, as well as all Honors College students.
MTSU Hosts Discussion on the Relationship Between Religion and Public Policies

MTSU Hosts Discussion on the Relationship Between Religion and Public Policies

CIM Digital April 7, 2022

Story by Destiny Mizell / Contributing Writer The Honors College building buzzed with discussion concerning topics such as religion, public policy and government on Tuesday.  John Vile, Dean...

MTSU’S HONORS COLLEGE HOSTS FIRST TWO LECTURE SERIES THIS FALL

MTSU’S HONORS COLLEGE HOSTS FIRST TWO LECTURE SERIES THIS FALL

CIM Digital September 1, 2020

Story by Bruce Good / Contributing Writer Photo courtesy of MTSU The Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University will be a virtual host for two lecture series this semester. The pair of lecture...

Southern Environmental Law Center attorney provides lecture on value of environmental stewardship at MTSU

Southern Environmental Law Center attorney provides lecture on value of environmental stewardship at MTSU

Sidelines April 16, 2018

Photo and story by William Green / Contributing Writer An attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center challenged an audience of students not to take the environment for granted in a lecture Monday...

MTSU history professor provides lecture on refining American values in world spotlight, racial discrimination during Cold War

MTSU history professor provides lecture on refining American values in world spotlight, racial discrimination during Cold War

Sidelines March 27, 2018

Photo and story by Daniel Shaw-Remeta / Contributing Writer Amy Sayward, the executive director of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and an MTSU history professor, gave a lecture...

Spring Honors Lecture Series speaker, Newtona Johnson, discusses the importance of student involvement for minorities

Spring Honors Lecture Series speaker, Newtona Johnson, discusses the importance of student involvement for minorities

Sidelines April 11, 2017

Photo and Story by Tiffany Brady / Contributing Writer Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and MTSU English Professor Newtona Johnson spoke in the Honors Building’s amphitheater on Monday in...

Immigration Lawyer Elliott Ozment speaks to students about history of xenophobia

Immigration Lawyer Elliott Ozment speaks to students about history of xenophobia

Sidelines March 16, 2017

Photo and Story by Eric Goodwin / Contributing writer Immigration Lawyer Elliott Ozment delivered an impassioned lecture Wednesday in the Honors College Building on the history of xenophobia in America,...

A Uniquely Native Perspective from William "Bo" Taylor

A Uniquely Native Perspective from William “Bo” Taylor

CIM Digital April 6, 2015

Anthropologist William “Bo” Taylor gave an exciting and interactive presentation, discussing stereotypes, personal history and what it means to be a Native American in the modern age in Cherokee History,...

Dr. Brad Bartel Presents a Timeline of Fort Lewis

Dr. Brad Bartel Presents a Timeline of Fort Lewis

CIM Digital March 31, 2015

University Provost Dr. Brad Bartel discussed transformation and social evolution in Fort Lewis: Military Post, Native American Boarding School, and Liberal Arts College, a presentation for the spring...

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