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Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lady Vols basketball matchup vs MTSU set for 2025-26 season
Lady Vols basketball will face Middle Tennessee State on Nov. 20 at the Murphy Center during the 2025-26 season, MTSU announced July 21. The matchup is the third of a four-game series the two teams agreed to ahead of the 2023-24 season. Tennessee lost 73-62 to MTSU in Huntsville, Alabama, in the first matchup, which was the first time in program history the Lady Vols fell to the Blue Raiders. Tennessee won 89-75 at Food City Center in November during Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell's first season. The matchup on Nov. 20 is the only game of the four-game series that will be played in Murfreesboro. The final matchup will be played in Knoxville during the 2026-27 season. The Lady Vols lead the all-time series 23-1. Before the current four-game series began, the two programs had only faced off once since 2013, and it was in the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee beat MTSU 87-62 in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. PAT SUMMITT: Maggie Stanley's path to Lady Vols basketball started at Pat Summitt's camp 17 years ago The matchup is the fifth nonconference game announced for the 2025-26 season. The Lady Vols will open the season against NC State on Nov. 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tennessee also has a trip to the West Coast with a game at UCLA on Nov. 30 and a game at Stanford on Dec. 3 in the ACC/SEC Challenge. UT will then return to the Women's Champions Classic in Brooklyn, New York, where it will face Louisville on Dec. 20. The Lady Vols also have a trip to face reigning national champion UConn on the road as part of a home-and-home series that started last season. Tennessee beat the Huskies 80-76 in Knoxville, notching its first win over UConn since 2007. Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee women's athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @ Support strong local journalism and unlock premium perks: This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Lady Vols basketball schedule: Date set for MTSU road game in 2025-26
NBC Sports
19-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Richie James retires after six NFL seasons
Richie James landed in the NFL as a seventh-round pick in 2018, and he has called it quit after six seasons. James did not play in 2024, so his final game came in Super Bowl LVIII. He announced his retirement in a social media post. 'It took time but I have come to realize I am retired from the NFL,' James wrote. 'Seventh round out of MTSU. I feel like I was just a ball player to last that long. Unfortunately, my knee never healed properly. I was playing hurt since '22. Oh, well. I gave everything I got to the game of football.' James, 29 returned 56 punts for 373 yards (7.9 average) and 95 kickoffs for 1,081 yards (22.6 average) with one touchdown. He also caught 105 passes for 1,372 yards and seven touchdowns.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bonnaroo 2025: MTSU media students go all-in on The Farm during shortened festival
MANCHESTER, Tenn. — From broadcasting the festival on Hulu to mixing the sound for live shows, MTSU students briefly worked behind the scenes of the intended four-day Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival before the event was canceled Friday evening. Officials canceled the entire festival after only one day due to severe weather and flooding. Heavy rainfall swamped the main venue, Centeroo, forcing the evacuation of attendees. For years, MTSU has sent students from the College of Media and Entertainment to capture the festival — from audio to video and the behind-the-scenes stories worth telling. This year, a team of about 50 students took part in the shortened experience. The partnership began a decade ago under the relationship of festival promoters and Ken Paulson, former College of Media and Entertainment dean. '(Paulson) had a relationship with the promoters for Bonnaroo,' said Robert Gordon, interim chair of the Media Arts department at MTSU. 'I think (in) 2014 we brought the promoters to campus and we had a big lecture to a lot of (recording industry) and media arts (students) about festival promotion.' Following the lecture, Bonnaroo representatives invited students to work the festival grounds through a class, starting on the small Who Stage and evolving into larger coverage over the next decade, including the What Stage, Gordon said. This opportunity allows students to experience the media field before entering the workforce, said Beverly Keel, the dean of the College of Media and Entertainment since 2019. 'It's thrilling. It's very much real-world. You're in it and you can see if you like it or not,' Keel said. 'You know you've got deadlines, you have standards of very high quality, you're working with professionals. I don't know how it could be any better.' Students acquire hands-on experience by filming, editing and reporting on the festival, and these opportunities can open doors for future jobs," Keel said. 'We had one student who had the Bonnaroo experience working on our mobile production truck, then graduated and went on to work with Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood and Beyonce, because this is real world, hands-on experience.' Some of the students who participated in the class last year, Gordon said, return in 2025 as directors for sets from Tyler, The Creator and Olivia Rodrigo. Troy Steward, a Media Arts student, took Gordon's live production class for the second time this year. Steward has accepted a job offer with a video engineering company, Tennessee Digital Video. He received the job offer as a result of working at Bonnaroo. He starts the new position after he graduates. 'I get to work on video engineering and use some of the knowledge that I'm learning in school out in the real world,' Steward said. Also, students at Bonnaroo used new technology this year, Steward said. 'We're adding on robo camera operators, which means that they get to sit in the truck and use the joystick to operate two cameras out there, which is really cool,' Steward said. This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: MTSU media students give all at Bonnaroo during shortened festival
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
MTSU announces potential changes, cuts to comply with new anti-DEI law, Trump order
Middle Tennessee State University announced it is making changes to comply with Tennessee's new "Dismantling DEI Departments Act," along with an executive order by President Donald Trump. The measures bar public institutions of higher education from maintaining, authorizing or supporting programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, also known as DEI. "While MTSU has not functioned in a way that discriminates against students, faculty, staff or our overall community, the parameters of the president's executive orders and Tennessee law requires us to reevaluate our operations to ensure that we remain in compliance around how we support students, nonacademic programs and some academic support programs," MTSU President Sidney McPhee said in an email sent to the university community on June 10. The public university, located about 35 miles south of Nashville in Murfreesboro, is home to around 20,000 students. To comply with the order and the new state law, McPhee said, the university must do the following: Restructure or eliminate programs that explicitly focus on DEI Remove DEI references from the university website and publications Adjust scholarship programs with criteria structured around DEI Eliminate sponsorships and support of any initiatives, programs and services related to DEI, both internally and externally McPhee said the university is conducting a "comprehensive review" of its programs and services, which may lead to further cuts, including laying off some employees. He said he and his team are working to meet the new requirements while making sure students feel supported and minimizing disruptions in the university's operations. It was not immediately clear if any changes have been enacted, or what impact those changes may have on programs, scholarships, services, student and faculty. University spokesperson Andrew Oppman told The Tennessean that he did not have any specifics as of June 11. He said McPhee wanted the email to alert the university community that a "thorough review" was underway and to give a sense of the scope of the possible changes. Oppman said once final decisions are made, they will be shared with the public. "We understand that these actions may raise questions and concerns," McPhee wrote. "Our administration is actively working to ensure that our university employees and students continue to feel supported as we address these challenges. We are aware that these laws will impact our community in a way that will cause angst and frustration, and we want to assure you that our commitment to serving all students has not changed." Rachel Wegner covers education and children's issues for The Tennessean. Got a story you think she should hear? Reach her via email at RAwegner@ You can also find her on Twitter or Bluesky under the handle RachelAnnWegner. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: MTSU: Change ahead to comply with anti-DEI law, Trump order
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
MTSU Mondays: Student aviation training, alum's company donates LED screen
Here's the latest news from Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee State University and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas have signed an agreement that will foster academic ties and collaboration between the country's aviation ministry and MTSU's Department of Aerospace. The agreement was recently signed by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister I. Chester Cooper, who also leads the Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, will create cultural and academic exchanges in education and research. It specifically calls for a program to facilitate Bahamian students to attend MTSU and train in aerospace; a summer immersion program for Bahamian students on the MTSU campus; a fast-track program geared for working professionals; and online courses geared for Bahamian students. McPhee, a native of the Bahamas, pointed out that "MTSU has been the choice of many students from the Bahamas seeking higher education opportunities." "The ties between the commonwealth and our university are strong and constant and, indeed, students from this nation represent a significant percentage of our international enrollment," McPhee said. Cooper, who was joined in his visit to the MTSU campus by representatives from the University of the Bahamas, called the signing "an important occasion." "It's a monumental step for the advancement of the aviation industry in the Bahamas and the aviation education landscape in the Bahamas," he said. "We're excited about this possibility, and we consider this only the beginning of more great collaborations between the University of the Bahamas and MTSU and the Bahamas at large." MTSU Aerospace, with 20 full-time faculty members, 100+ flight instructors, and over 1,200 students, is among the largest of the nation's collegiate aviation programs. MTSU's total aerospace enrollment, including all seven undergraduate concentrations and three graduate concentrations, makes up about 6% of the university's total student population. Students from 32 states and 16 foreign countries are enrolled in the program. The future is getting brighter for Middle Tennessee State University film and television students in the College of Media and Entertainment thanks to a newly donated 400-panel LED screen by Chicago-based Fuse Technical Group. 'This gift will greatly aid our tour production and XR/VR (extended reality and virtual reality) filmmaking classes, which helps train and place our students into those industries,' said Bob Gordon, associate professor of video and film production and interim chair in the Department of Media Arts. Patrick Eaton, a 2009 graduate of MTSU's then Radio and TV Production Program, visited campus to donate the billboard-sized screen and calls the official presentation a 'full circle moment' as he connects the past and present. 'This is surreal, and it seemed like a great opportunity to have kids continue learning on what is being actively used in the industry right now, you know,' said Eaton, who credits MTSU as the foundation of his 15-year career in event production. 'And it's great because Fuse acknowledges that investing in the future generation is the only path forward.' Panels can be configured into smaller screens, big screens or a single large surface. The high-resolution video panel can be used for various applications, including digital scenery and live visuals for concerts, Eaton explained. Eaton's ties to MTSU have remained integral to his career in production. Over the years, the companies he's worked for have hired dozens of MTSU graduates. Fuse Technical Group is no stranger to that continuing tradition. 'The bonds that I built in that first semester here are folks that I work with across the industry,' Eaton said. He's also stayed close to his classmate, Mike Forbes, director of MTSU Technical Systems and an adjunct media arts lecturer, who was instrumental in facilitating the most recent donation. 'At the College of Media and Entertainment, we pride ourselves on giving our students real-world, hands-on experience,' Forbes said. 'This donation only emphasizes the importance of giving our students an advantage from others entering the industry by knowing and understanding the technology used in live entertainment. Our students truly grasp how it works.' MTSU Mondays content is provided by submissions from MTSU News and Media Relations. This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: Student aviation training, alum's company donates LED screen
