Get involved on campus

Welcome Back!  The start of a new academic year is always a time of great excitement and renewed energy for our students, staff and faculty. If you're a first time student here or a newly hired member of our academic community, we are especially pleased to have you join the MTSU family.

We are committed to providing the highest quality education to students. As you embark upon this new academic year, I encourage each of you to strive for excellence, both in the classroom and in your non-academic pursuits. We work hard to ensure that you have everything that you need for academic success. Please take advantage of the many student services that are available to enhance your academic experience as well as the numerous co-curricular activities provided to help you develop into a more productive and well-rounded global citizen.

I also encourage you to be active in your Student Government Association and become engaged, or maintain your involvement, in the more than 200 student organizations that have been established here on our campus. Your participation in these groups not only provides the chance for you to develop your leadership skills, but also provides opportunities for the institution to gain positive exposure among a variety of important institutional stakeholders.

MTSU is now recognized as a national leader in a number of exciting programs from equine science to concrete industry management and from aerospace and aeronautical sciences to management in the recording industry, just to name a few.

The development of the institution as a major comprehensive university has not limited itself to just our classrooms – there is change literally going up all around us. Currently we are working on a number of new construction projects. Among the most visible are the new student union and a new home for our College of Education, but there are several more important projects underway that help enhance the quality of campus life and improve the educational environment we provide our students. Each of these projects not only adds value to our campus, but they are also visible reminders of our commitment to quality and maintaining a student centered learning environment.

As an MTSU student, you have countless reasons to be proud of your University. Not only are we growing in size and numbers, but we continue to grow in the quality of students that we are able to attract. Your presence here is a testament to that. As our reputation as a top public University continues to spread far and wide, we know that you are a significant reason for our success.

You made MTSU your personal choice for a quality college education and I want to say thank you for being a part of the Blue Raider family. We will do our best to ensure that we not only meet your expectations this year but also exceed them in every way possible. As the fall semester begins, I hope that you will make your academic success a major priority and hold fast to the foundational principles that have made Middle Tennessee State University "Tennessee's Best".