Middle Tennessee State University

Four Middle Tennessee State University students earned top prizes and recognition for their artistic talents in designing lapel pins for True Blue Core, the newly revamped general education program at the university.

Middle Tennessee State University freshman John Aduroja won the novice division at the sixth annual Tennessee Valley Invitational Tournament, which took place Feb. 9-10 at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.

An enterprising group of Middle Tennessee State University students recently captured the top spot in an international software innovation challenge pitting them against other students from universities across the nation. The group of five students from the Jennings A. Jones College of Business tied with a group of students from Florida International University in a virtual contest organized by the Association of Information Systems Student Chapters, a networking and professionals development program for undergraduate students studying information systems.

Middle Tennessee State University's Kayla Jenkins, a student in the Public History Master's Program, was recently named to the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge's 2023 Student Voting Honor Roll.

Middle Tennessee State University Computer Science and Data Science students were not only creating games and dabbling with virtual reality and artificial intelligence at this year's HackMT event, but also networking and establishing relationships with, hopefully, potential employers. Joined by representatives from industry partners, MTSU students on 10 teams spent 36 nonstop hours creating apps and more during the annual HackMT and project expo in the MTSU Science Building Sunday, Jan. 29. The marathon hackathon gathers software developers, visual designers, programmers and computer/data science students from MTSU and professionals from local industry to form teams to invent new web platforms, mobile apps and electronic gadgets during the weekend. Scholarships and awards were presented at the conclusion of the event, and participating teams were recognized. Go to https://mtsunews.com/mtsu-hackmt-wrapup-2023/ for the full story.