{"id":1895,"date":"2012-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/true-blue-is-more-than-a-slogan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:31:20","slug":"true-blue-is-more-than-a-slogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/true-blue-is-more-than-a-slogan\/","title":{"rendered":"True Blue is more than a slogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>We hold these values dear, and there\u2019s a simple phrase that conveys them: \u201cI am True Blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each time we repeat these words, we express not only the ideals we wish to share with our students but also our commitment to the student-centered culture we are building on our campus.<\/p>\n<p>New students at Convocation take the True Blue Pledge. It commits them to practice our core values of honesty and integrity; respect for diversity; engagement in the community; and committing to reason, not violence.<\/p>\n<p>We have been overwhelmed by the passion and attachment that \u201cTrue Blue\u201d has received on campus since it was introduced at last August\u2019s Convocation exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The Student Government Association adopted it as its official motto and redesigned its seal to emphasize \u201cTrue Blue.\u201d The pledge was incorporated into numerous student events, rallies, and other activities.<\/p>\n<p>It has been well received not only by students and staff but also by our alumni and university supporters.<\/p>\n<p>It was not intended to be a marketing slogan\u2014and perhaps that is why it has resonated with some more deeply than just a phrase written for a billboard.<\/p>\n<p>In short, True Blue stands for the very best of what Blue Raiders expect from one another.<\/p>\n<p>And it means that together, we are committed to the progress and success of our University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hold these values dear, and there\u2019s a simple phrase that conveys them: \u201cI am True Blue.\u201d Each time we repeat these words, we express not only the ideals we wish to share with our students but also our commitment to the student-centered culture we are building on our campus. New students at Convocation take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3036,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/3036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}