MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The June episode of “Out of the Blue,” Middle Tennessee State University’s television program, takes viewers inside a new graduate degree program, a growing music archive, and educational initiatives reaching teachers across Tennessee and beyond.

This month’s episode explores MTSU’s new Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television program, visits the Center for Popular Music following a major archive acquisition and highlights how the Center for Educational Media continues to support K-12 educators through professional development and online learning opportunities.

This month’s guests were interviewed by program host Andrew Oppmann, vice president of the Division of Marketing and Communications.

June’s guests include:

• Allie Sultan, director of MTSU’s new MFA in Film and Television program, discusses the university’s newest graduate degree. The program is the first of its kind at a Tennessee public university and is designed to help students prepare for careers in film and television production.

• Karli Sutton, reporter for True Blue TV, takes viewers inside the Center for Popular Music, home to one of the largest collections of popular music materials in the world. The story also highlights the center’s recent acquisition of the Maximum Rocknroll archive, which preserves decades of punk music history.

• Laura Clark, director of the Center for Educational Media, shares updates on the center’s work with K-12 educators. She discusses summer training programs, resources focused on artificial intelligence in the classroom and the launch of CEM Online, a new platform that expands access to professional development opportunities.

You can watch the full episode below:

Ways to watch, listen

• “Out of the Blue” is available anytime on the university’s YouTube channel, the True Blue TV channel, Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.

• It also airs on Murfreesboro cable Channel 9 daily at 6 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; NewsChannel5+ at 6:30 p.m. Sundays; WKRN+ at 7 p.m. Thursdays and noon Sundays; and streamed on the MTSU Jazz Network through WMOT.org at 7 a.m. on the first Sunday of each month; and on other cable outlets in Middle Tennessee, so check local listings.

• It is also available as a podcast on iTunes and Google Play and as individual interview segments on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/453hxg3.

Watch previous episodes of “Out of the Blue” at https://mtsunews.com/out-of-the-blue.

— Karli Sutton ([email protected])