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Keying Ding, associate professor of Chemistry, secured grants from the National Science Foundation and the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund totaling nearly a quarter-million dollars. Ding’s research centers around sustainability through developing new Earth-abundant metal catalysts to better facilitate “green” or eco-friendly chemistry applications.
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Newsweek named MTSU among America’s Top Online Colleges 2022, ranking the University in the top 40 and as the only Tennessee school recognized in the prestigious listing of 150 higher-ed institutions. University College Dean Rick Sluder said 23 more MTSU Online degree programs are in the works. Spearheading the expansion is Trey Martindale, hired a year ago as chief online learning officer.
MTSU’s Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship program was ranked among the top 20 entrepreneurship programs in the nation in terms of affordability. University Headquarters (HQ), an online resource for prospective students, ranked MTSU 20th in its Top 100 listing of the Most Affordable Entrepreneurship Colleges for 2021. The program is led by Management Professor Josh Aaron, holder of the Pam Wright Chair in Entrepreneurship.
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Every year, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee awards its “Power of We” scholarship to a handful of outstanding minority students who are pursuing degrees in health care. MTSU’s Sierra Cruz, a pre-med student majoring in Physiology, received one of the $10,000 scholarships in 2021, along with a new MacBook. Before landing the scholarship, Cruz relied on student loans to cover her tuition.
The premier accrediting body in business education worldwide, AACSB International, extended Jones College’s business and accounting accreditations for another five years. In addition, the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET formally approved initial accreditation for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Information Systems.
MTSU has been named a partner institution on a nearly $1 million grant awarded to the state by the Institute of Education Sciences to research the impact of the Tennessee Pathways program. Researchers will evaluate whether the career pathways initiative has been effective in its goal to align K–12 education, postsecondary education, and employers to give students a clear and relevant pathway into the workforce.
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