MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Nearly 75 Middle Tennessee State University alumni learned the latest in analytics and Artificial Intelligence, or AI, during the 15th annual Alumni Summer College.
Alumni came from across the state and country to attend this year’s summer college, held June 26-28 and titled, “Navigate the Unknown: Exploring the Future of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.”
Middle Tennessee State University alumna Rebecca Carroll, right, of Chattanooga, Tenn, shows MTSU College of Basic and Applied Sciences’ Dean Greg Van Patten a cell phone photo following dinner on Wednesday, June 26, Day 1 of the 15th annual Alumni Summer College in the second-floor atrium in the Miller Education Center on Bell Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. A graduate from the Class of 2002, Carroll earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. She is a senior digital marketing specialist at PMD Group. This year’s summer college focus was about the future of analytics and artificial intelligence, or AI. (MTSU photo by James Cessna)
Beth Dye
Open to alumni and friends, Alumni Summer College is an “edutaining” opportunity to expand your knowledge of interesting subjects that combines interactive classes and tours specifically created with MTSU alumni in mind, said Beth Dye, assistant director of alumni engagement in the Office of Alumni Relations.
Among the highlights was a final day field trip to Nashville to MP&F Strategic Communications and the National Museum of African American Music.
Classes included:
• Introduction and Fundamentals of Data Analytics and AI.
• The marriage of Data and Intelligence and Revolutionizing Technology.
• The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
• The Future of AI and much more.
Leah Tolbert Lyons, left, dean of the Middle Tennessee State University College of Liberal Arts, listens as alumnus Andre Dyer (Class of 1991) of Lawrenceville, Ga., talks about his time as a student-athlete when he attended the Murfreesboro, Tenn., university. Their conversation took place during the dinner on the opening day of the 15th annual Alumni Summer College Wednesday, June 26, in the second-floor atrium in the Miller Education Center on Bell Street. Nearly 75 alumni attended Alumni Summer College with the theme of the future of analytics and artificial intelligence, or AI. Dyer earned his degree from the Jones College of Business and played football for the Blue Raiders. (MTSU photo by James Cessna)
MTSU faculty members included Keith Gamble, MTSU Data Science Institutedirector; John Wallin, director of the Computational and Data Science doctoral program in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences; and Mike Forbes, director of technical systems for Media Arts in the College of Media and Entertainment. They presented classes on analytics and AI.
MTSU Provost Mark Byrnes, college deans and other administrators joined the group for dinner at the Miller Education Center on Bell Street on June 26.
— Randy Weiler (Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu)
As others enjoy reminiscing about their time in college, Middle Tennessee State University Provost Mark Byrnes, right, greets a university alumnus attending the dinner on Wednesday, June 26, for the 15th annual Alumni Summer College featuring the theme of the future of analytics and artificial intelligence, or AI. More than 70 alumni attended summer college this year. (MTSU photo by James Cessna)
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