Middle Tennessee State University

Six students from Middle Tennessee State University's School of Journalism and Strategic Media were selected to participate in the Potter Digital Ambassadors program, working with newspapers across the state to offer hands-on digital training. With help from the Tennessee Press Association, the six partnered with community newspapers across Tennessee from Jan. 5-9, helping the media outlets with social media, analytics, and web strategy.

The following people recently were elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Middle Tennessee State University is congratulating 6,647 students who appear on the dean's list for the fall 2025 semester. To qualify for the dean's list, an undergraduate student must maintain a current semester grade-point average of at least 3.5 and have earned at least 12 semester hours. The complete list of honorees, compiled by the MTSU Registrar's Office and alphabetized by the students' surnames and home counties or countries, is also available as a searchable PDF in this story at MTSUNews.com, the university's news site: https://mtsunews.com/deans-list-fall-2025/.

The Middle Tennessee State University Honors College is closing out the year with a fresh, inspiring episode of the Honors Spotlight podcast featuring senior Nutrition and Food Science major Lena Eccles. A Buchanan Transfer Fellow and dedicated Honors Ambassador, Eccles brings both expertise and enthusiasm to a conversation centered on what it truly means to study nutrition and dietetics at MTSU.

Middle Tennessee State University is proud to announce that two of its students, Kaitlyn Woodland, a Video and Film Production major, and Maia Dennis, an Honors Buchanan Transfer Fellow and Criminal Justice major, have been selected as recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

Ariel Nicastro successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Olivia Vickers, Patrick Ibrahim, and Veronica Seipel successfully defended their Honors theses.

Ian Wilson successfully defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.

Rylee Brand successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Troy Steward successfully defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.

Madison Yahn successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Ruby Neu successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU

Erin Pitcher successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Noah True successfully defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.

Johanna Crick successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Annalise Dodson successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Victoria Grigsby successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Breanna Jordan successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

John Farris successfully defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.

Raiane Costa Rodrigues successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Emma Wylie successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Eliza Danila successfully defeneds Honors thesis at MTSU

Chloe Dye successfully defensed her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Jorge Avila successfully defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.

Dani VanDeBurg successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Tatyana Martinez and Ian Wilson are featured in the latest episode of the Honors Spotlight podcast.

Lia Brooks successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Ethan Estes defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.

Elizabeth Street has successfully defended her Honors thesis at MTSU.

Quaid Nichols successfully defended his Honors thesis at MTSU.