New MTSU Student Services building will be part of spring 2014 semester

The new $16 million Student Services and Admission Center and MT One Stop will open in March on the MTSU campus across from the Student Union. The approximately 58,000-square-foot facility will bring admissions, financial aid, scheduling, course registration, enrollment and business office functions together under one roof. (MTSU photo by News and Media Relations)

With MTSU spring semester classes ready to begin Thursday, Jan. 16, the opening of the $16 million Student Services and Admissions building in March will be a much-anticipated and welcome addition to campus for current and future students.

MTSU faculty, staff and administrators will welcome thousands of students to campus for spring 2014 classes as well as music and theater events, special lectures, athletic competitions and more.

“It is with great anticipation that we greet the coming academic semester, as many of our new Student Success initiatives — including the opening of the MT One Stop facility — begin to take shape,” MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee said. “This is an exciting time to be part of our university community.”

Last fall, MTSU unveiled a Quest for Student Success initiative, helping to eliminate barriers to student success and bolster retention and improve graduation rates. The plan will continue into the new year and new semester.

The university community also is eager to see the March 17 opening of the Student Services and Admissions building, which will include the “MT One Stop,” a site aimed at student convenience by bringing admissions, financial aid, scheduling, course registration, enrollment and business office functions together under one roof.

Dr. Debra Sells

Located across Blue Raider Drive from the Student Union and next to a new student parking garage, the approximately 58,000-square-foot facility “represents a new way to think about the way we deliver basic enrollment services in the areas of financial aid, course scheduling and enrollment,” said Dr. Deb Sells, vice president of student affairs and vice provost for enrollment and academic services.

“The MT One Stop is designed to bring a new approach to providing high-touch, comprehensive and coordinated enrollment services to MTSU students.”

The MT One Stop will be located on the building’s second floor.

Dr. Brad Bartel

From the academic perspective, University Provost Brad Bartel said faculty members are excited about the spring semester, adding that MTSU “has additional advisers to assist students, and the academic departments are offering a full complement of courses.”

Final-semester seniors will be working toward graduation Saturday, May 10, when MTSU will hold two commencement ceremonies.

Students in the College of Graduate Studies, which includes all master’s, education specialists and doctoral degree candidates, along with the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, the Jennings A. Jones College of Business and the College of Education will receive their degrees during the 9 a.m. ceremony.

A 2 p.m. commencement ceremony is planned for students graduating from the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, College of Mass Communication and University College.

More graduation details, including guest speakers for each ceremony, will be available later this semester at http://mtsunews.com/graduation-info.

MTSU will be closed and no classes will be held Monday, Jan. 20, for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Students and faculty will be off Monday through Saturday, March 10-15, for spring break. Spring semester 2014 casses will end Wednesday, April 30, followed by a study day Thursday, May 1. Final exams will take place May 2-8.

To learn if the campus schedule will be affected by inclement weather this semester and throughout the year, visit and bookmark http://mtsunews.com/weather. That site also has a link to details on updating contact preferences for MTSU’S Rave Mobile Safety System.

The university’s complete academic calendar is available at www.mtsu.edu/calendar_academic.php; a shorter version is below. MTSU’s searchable events calendar is available at www.mtsu.edu/calendar.

MTSU Spring 2014 Schedule (Jan. 16-May 12)