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Creasy's paintings based on his return to Vietnam in 2018.

‘Vietnam Then and Now’: MTSU Military and Veterans Center Hosts Vietnam Art Exhibit

Ethan Pickering | Lifestyles Editor November 30, 2022

Story and Photos by Stephanie Hall | Contributing Writer If you have walked through the KUC in the past two weeks, you might have noticed photos and artwork featured in the lounge area on the second floor....

Left to right — Kelly Barnes, Anna Maria Butler, Patricia Cooper, Karlie Franks, Anna Mapps-Stanley, Erica McMurray, and Christy Sigler hold their patriotic quilts at MTSU's Women Warriors event. (Photo by Lillian Chapman)

MTSU Honors Women Veterans

Matthew Giffin November 12, 2022

Story by Lillian Chapman | Contributing Writer 7 women veterans who are currently Middle Tennessee State University students were celebrated at the Women Warriors event on Nov. 1 hosted by L’Oreal...

Remembering Those Who Served for Memorial Day

Remembering Those Who Served for Memorial Day

Story and Photos by Roselyn Pickens | MTSU Seigenthaler News Service Crosses bearing the names of Franklin County servicemen and women are positioned on streets around Winchester as a reminder of...

MTSU honors veterans, hosts 101st Airborne Division during basketball game

MTSU honors veterans, hosts 101st Airborne Division during basketball game

Sidelines February 1, 2019

Photo and Story by Seth Whitehead / Contributing Writer MTSU honored its veterans during Wednesday night’s basketball game against the University of Alabama at Murphy Center by hosting soldiers from...

Photos: Passion inspires Murfreesboro man to clean, conserve veteran's headstones

Photos: Passion inspires Murfreesboro man to clean, conserve veteran’s headstones

CIM Digital November 12, 2018

Story and photos by Mamie Lomax / Assistant Lifestyles Editor The sky was colored various shades of gray as the clouds hung low. The wind blew rather harshly, and the chilly air sent shivers down my...

MTSU names veterans center to honor Charlie Daniels

CIM Digital May 4, 2016

President McPhee announced Wednesday that MTSU's new Veterans and Military Family Center will be named for legendary country music entertainer Charlie Daniels and his wife, Hazel, according to a press...

Writers Corps brings together veterans, military families

CIM Digital February 11, 2016

Photos by Michael Patton // Staff Photographer A group of roughly 10 people with one very prominent connection meet in a small room in Peck Hall. Their purpose? To help each other better tell their complex,...

MTSU’s ODK students spread holiday cheer to veterans

MTSU’s ODK students spread holiday cheer to veterans

Sidelines November 29, 2015

Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Honors Society gathered last week to write holiday messages for the residents of Tennessee State Veteran’s Home during their annual Holiday Veteran’s Project Dinner. Each...

Lt. Colonel Joel Miller, a professor of Military Science at MTSU, presents Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder with a gift at the opening ceremony of MTSU's celebration of the 33rd annual Salute to Armed Services day on Saturday, November 22, 2014 (MTSU Sidelines/Max Smith)

Veterans Honored with Memorial Service before FAU Game

Sidelines November 24, 2014

By Gabriel Reyes Veterans and their families were honored during MTSU's 33rd Salute to Armed Services Saturday afternoon, leading up to the Blue Raiders' game against the Florida Atlantic University Owls. Veteran's...

Maggie Martin, the Co-Director and Director of Organizing with Iraq Veterans Against the War speaks to students and faculty at the MT Solidarity meeting at MTSU. Photo by Matt Masters.

Iraq Veteran Gives Unconventional Veterans Day Speech

CIM Digital November 13, 2014

Iraq Veteran and anti-war advocate Maggie Martin gave a speech on war and life as a soldier and veteran to MTSU students in the Business and Aerospace Building on Tuesday evening as part of an event hosted...

Governor's Veteran's Education Task Force Initiative Unveiled

Governor’s Veteran’s Education Task Force Initiative Unveiled

Sidelines November 11, 2014

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam unveiled a report Monday morning on the Governor's Veterans Education Task Force, which outlines ways to improve higher education opportunities for Tennessee veterans. Haslam...

Veterans raising awareness of the high rate of suicide among veterans at Murfreesboro square.

Photo by Sarah Taylor
Staff Writer
MTSU Sidelines

Group Gathers on Murfreesboro Square to Raise Awareness of Veteran Suicide

CIM Digital October 23, 2014

On Wednesday, a group of around 40 people gathered in Murfreesboro to spread awareness about the exceptionally high incidence of suicide among veterans. Matthew O'Dell, owner of Reveille Joe Coffee Co.,...

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