Setting New Goals
Setting New Goals The Future Is Now To maintain this True Blue vision, though, will require new approaches, total commitment, and the support of the entire MTSU family. For most of its first century, MTSU looked primarily to the state for the resources needed to maintain the campus and support students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Unfortunately, demands on state resources and resulting reductions in funding for higher education will challenge MTSU’s ability to sustain the level of quality its constituencies have come to expect. The University must look boldly at new opportunities as it begins planning for a second century of excellence.
Pam Wright (’73), chair of the Centennial Campaign
To address the needs of the state of Tennessee and fulfill the potential of this great University, MTSU recently embarked on its most ambitious quest for philanthropy. This fundraising campaign will address strategic needs across all areas. More importantly, however, this effort will ensure the University’s place among the nation’s top comprehensive universities, further raise MTSU’s visibility nationally and internationally, and maintain MTSU’s legacy as a center of higher education excellence.
“We are rightfully proud of our past. But it is merely the foundation for future progress.” —Dr. Sidney A. McPhee 16