The August 2017 edition of the “Out of the Blue” television magazine program from Middle Tennessee State University, available to watch above, features:

• A new name and a new focus for the university’s Department of Electronic Media Communication, now the new Department of Media Arts, in a visit with department chairman Billy Pittard.

• An update from Dr. Jessica Carter of the School of Agribusiness and Agriscience on the newly branded MTSU Creamery and MTSU’s award-winning chocolate milk‘s wider availability across the Midstate.

• A chat with Dr. Ron Henderson, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, about the first total solar eclipse in North America since 1979 and the on-campus events MTSU has planned for the “Great Tennessee Eclipse” event on Aug. 21.

Along with viewing online anytime, you can watch “Out of the Blue,” with host Andrew Oppmann, on Murfreesboro cable Channel 9 daily at 7 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and on NewsChannel5+ at 3:30 p.m. Sundays. “Out of the Blue” also is available as iTunes and Google Play podcasts and on other cable outlets in Middle Tennessee, so check local listings.

Enjoy previous editions of “Out of the Blue” here in our archives, too.