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  • Holiday Greetings from 鶹Ƶ

    Holiday Greetings from 鶹Ƶ

    In this season of gratitude, we are thankful for your friendship and support. Wishing you and your loved ones peace, health, happiness and prosperity in the coming New Year. Press play for a special holiday greeting from 鶹Ƶ. Sincerely, Sidney A. McPhee President

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  • Cost-of-living adjustment for staff

    Cost-of-living adjustment for staff

    Last Thursday, September 17, 2015, the Tennessee Board of Regents held its quarterly meeting at Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tennessee.  At that meeting, the Board took formal action to approve a 2% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) across-the-board (ATB) salary increase for MTSU employees. The salary increase will be distributed to all unrestricted

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  • Panel to study Forrest Hall name

    Panel to study Forrest Hall name

    Here’s the announcement we’ve made to the public on the creation of a task force that will give me recommendations on the naming of Forrest Hall. Once the committee is up and running, they will be seeking feedback from all corners of the university community. As you can read in this announcement, I’ve asked them

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  • Hitting Our Stride

    Hitting Our Stride

    As we all know by now, Tennessee’s new funding model for higher education places the highest priority on student progress, matriculation, and graduation success. Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative seeks to improve Tennessee’s workforce by increasing the percentage of Tennesseans with postsecondary degrees or certificates to 55 percent. Last academic year, we made great strides in helping our students stay enrolled and on a

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  • Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Budget Overview

    Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Budget Overview

    The final state budget as proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam and approved by the General Assembly included a reduction adjustment in state funding for MTSU under the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) Outcomes-Based Funding Formula and additional enhancement funds for improvements under the formula. The net effect was a small state appropriation increase for our University. The new budget for this fiscal

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