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1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite
350
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615) 366-4464
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Mary Morgan
615.366.4414
Dr. Sidney McPhee Named President
of
Middle Tennessee State University
Leadership Skills and Vision Praised by Governor and Chancellor
Nashville,
Tennessee, May 30, 2001—Chancellor
Charles Manning of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) today announced that the
Tennessee Board of Regents has approved his recommendation that Dr. Sidney
McPhee, executive vice chancellor of TBR, become the next president of Middle
Tennessee State University (MTSU). The
Board of Regents met this morning by conference call.
In commenting on McPhee's appointment, Governor Sundquist said, "Dr. McPhee brings outstanding credentials to this post. He is a man of vision and intelligence, who will continue MTSU's longstanding tradition of excellence in higher education. I wish him the best in this new endeavor."
According to Manning, “The final field of five candidates for the MTSU presidency was an excellent one, but I believe Dr. McPhee has the strengths that MTSU needs to move forward in a new century. He is a team-builder who understands well the Tennessee higher education system. I expect that his ability to work collegially with all of the groups at MTSU as well as with state and local government will result in great advances for the university.”
McPhee
has served as executive vice chancellor of the Board of Regents since April
2000. He was interim chancellor
from January-April 2000, and prior to that was vice chancellor for academic
affairs and strategic planning. Before
joining the TBR staff in 1998, McPhee spent five years at the University of
Memphis, first as vice provost for academic affairs, then as senior vice
provost. Prior to that, he was at
the University of Louisville and at Oklahoma State University.
In accepting the appointment, McPhee said, “To MTSU faculty, staff, students,
alumni and friends, I want you to know that I am totally committed to building
on the excellent tradition of the institution.
I will provide strong leadership in helping MTSU reach the status of a
major, top-rate comprehensive university in this region and the nation.
We will continue to focus on improving the quality of our academic
programs and students. We will
continue our efforts to recruit and retain quality faculty and staff.
My priority will be on working together as a team to achieve common goals
of the university such as strengthening partnerships with the community,
business, industry and the public school system."
Founded on September 11, 1911, MTSU is the oldest and largest public university in the Tennessee Board of Regents System. Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, the campus is on 500 acres in the geographic center of the state, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
The university has a long-term history and commitment to educating Tennesseans, and with an enrollment of 19,000 students, educates more people in this region than any other school. Of the almost 60,000 total alumni, approximately 90 percent were born in Tennessee, and the vast majority remain in Tennessee after graduation.
MTSU is a member of Division I-A in all sports and a new addition to the 12-member Sun Belt Conference. MTSU athletes will compete against some of the nation's finest athletes in large media markets, including New Orleans, Denver and Miami. The Sun Belt Conference produced 23 All-Americans last year and 601 student-athletes were recognized for academic success.
A comprehensive university, MTSU offers over 140 undergraduate degrees in its six colleges—Basic and Applied Sciences, Business, Education, Liberal Arts, Mass Communication and University Honors—and over 55 graduate programs, including doctoral degrees.
The university’s newest college, University Honors, was established in 1998, and features residence halls for honors students as well as additions to the academic program.
In its earliest day MTSU was a teachers college and still educates more teachers than any school in Tennessee. It also has the largest Recording Industry program in the nation and strong programs in Aerospace, Business and Nursing.
Academic programs are enriched through the establishment of Chairs dedicated to the support of a particular discipline. Two Chairs, funded by gifts to the University Foundation, are administered through the Economics and Finance departments. The Chairs are the Martin Chair of Insurance and the Weatherford Chair of Finance.
MTSU houses nine Chairs of Excellence, established with a combination of private, university and State funds. They are the Jennings Jones Chairs in Free Enterprise and Urban and Regional Planning, The John Seigenthaler Chair in First Amendment Studies, The Dr. Carl Adams Chair in Health Care Services, The National HealthCare Chair of Excellence in Nursing, The Robert E. and Georgiana West Russell Chair in Manufacturing Excellence, The Katherine Davis Murfree Chair in Dyslexic Studies, The John C. Miller Chair of Excellence in Equine Reproductive Physiology, The Mary E. Miller Chair of Excellence in Equine Health.
MTSU is also the site of two Centers of Excellence established by the Tennessee General Assembly.
The Tennessee Board of Regents is the nation’s sixth largest higher education system, governing 45 post-secondary educational institutions. The TBR system includes six universities, 13 two-year colleges and 26 technology centers, providing programs to over 180,000 students in 90 of Tennessee’s 95 counties.
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