Summer 2026 Commencement at MTSU

Murphy Athletic Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Saturday, August. 8

9 a.m.

Degrees will be conferred to graduates in the College of Graduate Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Jennings A. Jones College of Business, College of Education, College of Liberal Arts, Scott Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment and University College. This includes all master’s, doctoral and undergraduate degree candidates for these academic colleges.

Speaker: Dr. Michael Federici

Federici is a professor and former chair of the Department of Political and Global Affairs. In the 2025–26 academic year, he served as MTSU Faculty Senate president. He received his B.S. in Economics from Elizabethtown College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Federici has published six books, including “The Political Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton,” as well as dozens of articles and book reviews. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Humanitas and was president of The Academy of Philosophy and Letters (2013–16).

Federici has done more than 1,000 media interviews for local and national media, including WZTV and WKRN (Nashville), WJET-TV, WICU-TV, WSEE-TV, C-SPAN, WITF PA Public Radio, WQLN Radio, WJET Radio, WNYC Radio, WBEN Radio (Buffalo), The Tennessean, The Erie Times News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News, Scranton Times-Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, The Buffalo News, Tribune de Genève, and CQ Weekly.

PLEASE NOTE: Clear bag policy in effect at Murphy Center

For those attending commencement ceremonies in person, please note that a clear bag policy is in effect at Murphy Center as follows: Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC may not exceed 12″ x 6″ x 12″. Gallon ziploc bags are allowed. Small clutch purses no larger than 4.5″ x 6.5″ will also be allowed in addition to a clear bag

More information for ALL students receiving degrees is available here.

WATCH LIVE:

 MTSU’s Summer 2026 commencement ceremonies will air live via streaming video at www.mtsu.edu/live, https://facebook.com/mtsublueraiders and http://mtsu.edu/trueblueTV  and on local cable channels at http://mtsu.edu/trueblueTV.

You also can click on the photo above to watch the livestreams. The streams will begin about 15 minutes before the ceremony starts. 

GRADUATION MISC.:

Complete news coverage, including a video and photos, from MTSU’s spring 2026 commencement ceremony is available here. Summer commencement coverage will be posted after the ceremony.

After receiving the final list of graduates from the Registrar’s Office, the Office of News and Media Relations routes that list through the Merit student achievement platform for publication of all graduates on MTSU’s Merit page and creation of news releases that are distributed to the hometown media for U.S.-based students. Graduates will also be notified via email when their commencement achievement is posted to Merit, and the achievement can then be shared by graduates to their social media accounts as they choose.

Merit is available to all enrolled MTSU students and is still accessible by students after graduation to share post-graduation achievements. Learn more about Merit.