MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University will be closed Wednesday, June 19, for the Juneteenth U.S. federal and state holiday.
No summer classes will be held and all university offices will be closed.
MTSU will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 20, and summer classes will return to their regular schedule.
Closures will include the James E. Walker Library, Campus Recreation Center and Student Union.
Activities planned for high school students from across the state attending the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts will go on as scheduled on June 19.
Daily campus tours will resume June 20. For more information, email tours@mtsu.edu or call 615-898-5670. For more admissions information, email admissions@mtsu.edu or call 615-898-2233.
For information regarding CUSTOMS orientation for new students, call New Student and Family Programs at 615-898-5533 or visit https://mtsu.edu/customs/.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people on the anniversary of the order, issued by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom of slaves in Texas.
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law making Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, and on May 5, 2023, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation declaring Juneteenth an official state holiday in response to a bill from the General Assembly.
MTSU joined a host of organizations and vendors this past weekend for the Murfreesboro Juneteenth celebration and street festival held Saturday, June 15, near Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center on South Academy Street.
The university staffed informational tables from the College of Liberal Arts, Albert Gore Research Center and Center for Historic Preservation. Monica Smith, assistant to the president for community engagement and inclusion, shared remarks, and MTSU mascot Lightning visited to take photos with a host of attendees.
— Randy Weiler (Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu)
From left, Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney A. McPhee, College of Liberal Arts Events Coordinator Jennifer Rice, and College of Liberal Arts Dean Leah Lyons pause for a photo at the college’s informational table at the 2024 Murfreesboro Juneteenth celebration and street festival held Saturday, June 15, in front of the Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center along South Academy Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by Jimmy Hart) 
Monica Smith, left, assistant to the president for community engagement and inclusion, and MTSU Student Government Association President Michai Mosby enjoy the 2024 Murfreesboro Juneteenth celebration and street festival held Saturday, June 15, in front of the Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center along South Academy Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Smith spoke to the crowd about MTSU’s ongoing connections to the community while Mosby kickstarted activities by singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called “the Black national anthem.” (MTSU photo by Jimmy Hart) 
Middle Tennessee State University mascot Lightning takes a photo with his many fans at the 2024 Murfreesboro Juneteenth celebration and street festival held Saturday, June 15, in front of the Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center along South Academy Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by Jimmy Hart) 
Middle Tennessee State University mascot Lightning takes a photo with his many fans at the 2024 Murfreesboro Juneteenth celebration and street festival held Saturday, June 15, in front of the Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center along South Academy Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by Jimmy Hart)
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