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What is your favorite Murphy Center memory? We asked MTSU alumni to tell us about special times they shared at the Glass House the past half-century—concerts, commencement, games, or other events. Marion Southall-White (’88) Working all the concerts at Murphy Center while I was a student, and I got a chance to meet & take pics with Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie’s All Night Long Dancers in 1983/84. RIP Shabba Doo . Secondly, watching my Roommate HOF Lady Raider Tawanya Mucker Wilson play Basketball. Thirdly, graduating in August 1988. #iamtrueblue
Lisa McGrath (’82)
Getting my degree/diploma is a given! But there was also presiding over TO’s All-Sing and 3rd row center tickets for The Eagles-The Long Run (camped out overnight for those babies)!
Eric Wimsatt (’96)
Russ Fulbright (’91)
Win over Vandy ’95 and camping out for Pearl Jam concert ’94
Old school registration where we had to run around and collect computer punch cards to get the classes we wanted.
Regina Petty (’07) Playing in back-to-back State Tournaments in high school. Growing up going to individual and team balls camps every summer. Taking college PE courses, and eventually walking the stage at Murphy Center when I graduated. Murphy Center has been a part of my life for 40 years. Garth Brooks, The Judds’ Farewell concert, etc. Shannon Burnette Brown (’02) Journey – first concert ever! A friend of my dad snuck in a camera!
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It’s where I met my husband AND where we got engaged! Tammy Duffy (’81, ’97)
Elvis 3 nights in a row Ashley Johnson (’12, ’19)
My graduations in 2012 and 2019...then in 2021, when my daughter was on the floor with the newest freshman class!
Rob Boudreau (’94) I was almost kicked out of a women’s basketball game. The Tech coach went down on one knee while watching the game and I yelled “Praying won’t help, coach. God hates Tech, too!” Steven Fulks (’94) MTSU victory over Austin Peay in the mid ’70s – and the concerts! Crosby Stills and Nash, Mountain, The Who, Elton John - such an incredible four years there! And my graduation with Senator Sasser speaking and Johnny Cash attending.
Ashlee Hover (’02, ’06, ’09)
Claudia Spivey House (’89, ’95)
Sleeping outside waiting for Billy Joel tickets to go on sale in the ’80s
Shirley Farris Jones I was there when we played our first game in Dec. 1972 against Vanderbilt in our brand-new glass house. So very many thrilling games over the years! But, the year we were down 10 points with a minute to go and came back to defeat Austin Peay in 1975?? was certainly one of the most memorable. And, on April 27, 1975 I touched ELVIS in Murphy Center!!!!!
