{"id":1964,"date":"2018-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/discussions-with-valparaiso\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:45:05","slug":"discussions-with-valparaiso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/discussions-with-valparaiso\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions with Valparaiso"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>To the University Community,<\/p>\n<p>I wish to inform you of an exciting opportunity that we are currently exploring.<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Valparaiso University have entered into a non-binding letter of intent to transfer Valparaiso\u2019s American Bar Association-accredited law school to our Murfreesboro campus.<\/p>\n<p>These discussions are preliminary, however, as both MTSU and Valparaiso determine whether such a move would be in the best interests of our respective stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>If MTSU and Valparaiso move forward with the transfer, it would require approval from the governing boards of each institution, as well as the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1879, the Valparaiso University School of Law has a long and distinguished history of public service and a demonstrated commitment to diversity. It embraces law as a calling to leadership and, like MTSU, it is also known for its commitment to experiential education.<\/p>\n<p>Our exploration of this proposal is in keeping with MTSU\u2019s tradition and strategic priority of pursuing innovative partnerships that create meaningful opportunities for our students, our region and our state.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Sidney A. McPhee<\/p>\n<p>President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the University Community, I wish to inform you of an exciting opportunity that we are currently exploring. Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Valparaiso University have entered into a non-binding letter of intent to transfer Valparaiso\u2019s American Bar Association-accredited law school to our Murfreesboro campus. These discussions are preliminary, however, as both MTSU and Valparaiso [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964","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\/1964","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=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3179,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions\/3179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}