"Dancing with the Nashville Stars", MKT 3850 (EXL), Buckner

	Description:	Students were responsible for supporting and promoting Feed America First's banquet entitled, 
	"Dancing with the Nashville Stars."  The class was divided into 8 teams.  Each team was 
	responsible for securing sponsors, selling tickets, securing silent auction donations and 
	promoting the event to the public.  Students also wrote and distributed press releases to Middle 
	Tennessee college campus media.  Students collected over $1,500 worth of silent auction 
	donations, which resulted in approximately $2,900 to FAF.  Additionally students promoted the 
	event via Facebook, secured signage opportunities and volunteered to work as host/hostess at 
	the event on Nov. 8.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Dr. Laura Buckner ((615)898‑2370)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 380.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	Unknown
	# of Students:	 36 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

2013 Non‑Profit Impact Study, Arik

	Description:	The Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) produced the first assessment of the 
	nonprofit sector’s contribution to the economy of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 
	study included independent research as well as a survey of local nonprofits.  The study asked 
	these questions: What is the scope and size of the Nashville MSA’s nonprofit sector;  What does 
	it contribute to our local economy;  How has the sector managed the economic downturn; and 
	How does it compare with sectors in our peer cities.  Conclusion:  The nonprofit sector in 
	Nashville, including its volunteerism component, is strong, diverse, and vibrant. It is a major 
	contributor to the economic output (business revenue) of the MSA and plays a vital role in the 
	area’s strong economic picture.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Dr. Murat Arik (615‑898‑5424)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	Determine the economic impact of Non‑Profits in Tennessee.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 20.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	5
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 

	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Academies of Nashville  ‑ Best in Show Video Awards, Williams

	Description:	For the second year MTSU agreed to be the title sponsor of the Best in Show Video Award 
	through Academies of Nashville.
	The winning videos were a result of a district‑wide competition created to tell the stories of the 
	Academies of Nashville offerings within the 12 Metro Nashville high schools. “We were delighted 
	to again be part of the Academies of Nashville Video Awards Show,” said Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, 
	president of MTSU. “This show unites the talented students from metro schools, with our 
	exceptional students from the Department of Electronic Media Communication.”
	In addition to being title sponsor, MTSU students produced the awards show, using the 
	university’s state‑of‑the‑art $1.2 million mobile production truck. There were 40 students from 
	Metro Schools and MTSU working the hour‑long production. Kelsey Lebechuck and Matt Binford, 
	undergraduate students in the EMC department at MTSU, co‑produced the show.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Development and University Relations
	Department Contact:	Doug Williams (615‑494‑7800)
	Program Objectives:	Requirements for the videos included:
	must demonstrate the link between real world experience and academy offering;
	each academy pathway had to be be represented;
	must feature the formal name of the academy and the approved logo;
	should appeal to a broad community audience including students, parents, and diverse 
	linguistic, ethnic and racial populations;
	must be no longer than two (2) minutes max and be filmed utilizing an HD Flip Camera;  
	must be made on a flash drive (to be provided) and include all necessary paperwork including 
	release forms from all featured “actors” in the video;
	Students should be as creative as possible but must not disparage any other academy;
	MUST BE COMPLETELY PREPARED BY CURRENT MNPS ENROLLED STUDENTS;
	must be enrolled within the academy for which they are submitting a video; and
	must edit the videos themselves or utilize the resources available through the Martin 
	Professional Development Center.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	482
	# of Students:	 30 
	# of Faculty:	 6 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Activities for Cont. Issues in Sci. PSCI 1131 (EXL), Iriarte‑Gross

	Description:	Activities for Contemporary Issues in Science.  Laboratory and activity emphasizing the 
	application of basic concepts in science to topics of contemporary interest to the general citizenry. 
	Includes laboratory activities, group‑oriented problem‑solving using computers and class 
	discussion of selected contemporary issues in science.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Judith Iriarte‑Gross ((615)904‑8253)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 352.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Activities for Cont. Issues in Science PSCI 1131 (EXL), Weller

	Description:	Activities for Contemporary Issues in Science.  Laboratory and activity emphasizing the 
	application of basic concepts in science to topics of contemporary interest to the general citizenry. 
	Includes laboratory activities, group‑oriented problem‑solving using computers and class 
	discussion of selected contemporary issues in science.
	Category:	NA
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Martha Weller ((615)898‑2792)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 256.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 8.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 8 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Acute Care Food Service, Sheehan‑Smith

	Description:	The students develop and deliver an in‑service presentation to food service employees, conduct 
	a patient satisfaction audit, conduct a test tray and evaluate the wellness needs of the hospital 
	retail food service.
	Category:	B2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lisa Sheehan‑Smith (615‑898‑2090)
	Program Objectives:	1. Students learn the principles involved in employee development. 
	2. Students understand the ways productivity can be measured in patient food service.
	3. Students learn how to conduct a needs assessment and how to develop program proposals.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Advanced Research Methods PSY 4080 (EXL), Brinthaupt

	Description:	Student research teams (2‑3 persons) designed, conducted, analyzed, and presented an 
	advanced research study.  All teams presented their research at the Middle Tennessee 
	Psychological Association (MTPA) annual meeting on April 27 as well as wrote a final research 
	report on their projects.  Student research teams made two in‑class oral presentations on their 
	study during the semester.  These presentations were "progress reports" on the status of 
	projects.  They gave the students the opportunity to describe their research ideas and methods to 
	the class and to give and receive constructive feedback on the projects.  The final research report 
	was a team‑written APA‑style manuscript suitable for submission to a journal.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tom Brinthaupt ((615)898‑2317)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,210.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Advanced Songwriting RIM 4020 (EXL), Carnes

	Description:	AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers) provides a professional Music publisher 
	review of one song by each student.  Each student meets with a publisher and pitches a song 
	written for that meeting.  The student then writes down the suggestions the Music publisher gave 
	them and attempts to rewrite the song incorporating the suggestions made by the publisher.  The 
	log as well as the final version of the song is graded by the instructor.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Rick Carnes ((615)898‑5827)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,200.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 22.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 22 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Advertising Campaigns, ADV 4170 (EXL) Farwell

	Description:	Created an advertising/integrated marketing campaign book for the partner based on the 
	partner's stated needs.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tricia Farwell (615‑898‑2987)
	Program Objectives:	For the students: To provide the students with real world experience in planning an 
	advertising/public relations campaign for a client while working within the boundaries the client 
	sets.

	For the partner: To provide the partner with advertising and public relations 
	ideas/recommendations that they may be able to implement in their organization.

	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 1,292.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	3
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 2 

	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Advertising Competition, Lee

	Description:	The advertising provides an outlet for high school students in the community who are interested 
	in advertising to be able to get feedback on and encouragement of their work in advertising. This 
	gives  them information and guidance to help them determine job selection, college selection, 
	major selection and/or minor selection.   MTSU students judged and  coordinated the 
	competition. Moreover, one of the competition topics will have a public service component, such 
	as social benefits such as anti‑binge drinking or anti‑smoking.  After the competition, it is 
	possible that the strategies will be suggested to a non‑profit organization or real campaign.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Dr. Joonghwa Lee (615‑898‑5301)
	Program Objectives:	1) To motivate high school and college students who are interested in advertising and marketing 
	to follow their passion and learn from each other;
	2) To develop creative ideas and strategies for brands and Public Service; and 
	3) To make the community aware of the offerings of the MTSU School of Journalism advertising
	program
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Aging Health and Development CDFS 4391 (EXL), Bush

	Description:	Aging Health and Development is an intergenerational service‑learning course, consisting of 
	structured, planned activities which involve meaningful interaction between students and older 
	adults.   The course is intended to offer students an understanding of the aging process 
	particularly in relation to aspects of health and wellness.  Students are involved in lectures, one 
	on one working with senior citizens, the development of health plans, workshop development, 
	and the team approach.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Stephanie Bush (615‑898‑5604)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 3,154.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 39.00 
	Persons:	11
	# of Students:	 57 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Aging Health and Development CDFS 4391 (EXL), Crabtree

	Description:	Aging Health and Development is an intergenerational service‑learning course, consisting of 
	structured, planned activities which involve meaningful interaction between students and older 
	adults.   The course is intended to offer students an understanding of the aging process 
	particularly in relation to aspects of health and wellness.  Students are involved in lectures, one 
	on one working with senior citizens, the development of health plans, workshop development, 
	and the team approach.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Cynthia Crabtree ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 540.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 20.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 20 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Agribusiness & Agriscience Field Day and Other, Gill

	Description:	An Open House featuring the MTSU Agribusiness and Agriscience  Experiential Learning and 
	Research Center on Guy James Road is open to all, but special emphasis is put on inviting the 
	local community as well as the staff and faculty of MTSU.  In 2013 and 2014, special emphasis 
	was put on inviting families with young children.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Warren Gill (615‑898‑2523)
	Program Objectives:	Present and introduce the MTSU Dairy Farm to the community.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 

	Persons:	350
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Aircraft Performance, AERO 4440  (EXL), Callender

	Description:	Students perform the duties of a flight test engineer in an instrumented Piper Saratoga.  The flight 
	test is designed to collect data necessary for calculating the Saratoga's performance (maximum 
	rate of climb, best climb, airspeed, bgest angle airspeed, best glide speed, absolute ceiling, and 
	service ceiling.)  The students collect the data in flight, reduce the data post flight, and present the 
	data via reports.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Nate Callender (898‑5983)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 440.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 20.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 44 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Airline Management, AERO 4100 (EXL), Hill

	Description:	Airline operation and implementation of sound management practice.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Gerald Hill (898‑2554)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,344.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 14.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 84 
	# of Faculty:	 2 

	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Alternative Dispute Resolution PS 3490 (EXL), Willis

	Description:	Students engage in extensive role play using mediation skills to resolve disputes of a variety of 
	situations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Clyde Willis ((615)898‑5457)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 608.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 15.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 27 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Alternative Fuel, Ricketts

	Description:	MTSU professor and alternative fuels researcher Dr. Cliff Ricketts discovered how to drive 2,600 
	miles without using any gasoline.  And then the “Discovery Channel Canada” discovered him.  
	Freelance video journalists Anthony May and Greg Simmons, who normally work primarily for 
	Great American Country and Country Music Television, respectively, were dispatched for a 
	documentary that will be broadcast. Discovery Channel Canada producer Diego Garcia 
	conducted the interview by telephone with Ricketts. Nationally, CNN, The Associated Press and 
	USA Today carried coverage of Ricketts’ trip. Major media markets picking up on the story 
	included KABC in Los Angeles, Fox5 in Atlanta, Gannett‑owned properties, Albuquerque and 
	Oklahoma City.  Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates around the country aired footage. Newspapers 
	and radio stations nationwide provided news accounts. Locally, the journey by Ricketts and his 
	seven‑member team of engineers and mechanics was chronicled by virtually all newspapers, TV 
	and radio stations.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Cliff Rickets (615‑898‑2430)
	Program Objectives:	Test drive a vehcile 2,600 miles by using alternative fuel that was developed by a MTSU 
	professor.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 

	Persons:	4
	# of Students:	 3 
	# of Faculty:	 4 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Applied Org. Projects ORCO 4210 (EXL), Asbury

	Description:	Students plan and implement a major project either on campus or in the greater community.  
	Students choose a project, discuss it with their faculty advisor, and maintain regular contact with 
	that advisor throughout the project.  Typical projects include planning and implementing the 
	MTSU Homecoming Parade, coordinating a series of events held at The Avenue in Murfreesboro, 
	working on promotions and events for The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, planning a golf 
	fundraiser, and other major events.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary Asbury ((615)904‑8164)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 790.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 26.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 26 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Applied Org. Projects ORCO 4210 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	Students plan and implement a major project either on campus or in the greater community.  
	Students choose a project, discuss it with their faculty advisor, and maintain regular contact with 
	that advisor throughout the project.  Typical projects include planning and implementing the 
	MTSU Homecoming Parade, coordinating a series of events held at The Avenue in Murfreesboro, 
	working on promotions and events for The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, planning a golf 
	fundraiser, and other major events.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program

	Student:	 840.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 28.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 28 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Applied Org. Projects ORCO 4210 (EXL), Smith

	Description:	Students plan and implement a major project either on campus or in the greater community.  
	Students choose a project, discuss it with their faculty advisor, and maintain regular contact with 
	that advisor throughout the project.  Typical projects include planning and implementing the 
	MTSU Homecoming Parade, coordinating a series of events held at The Avenue in Murfreesboro, 
	working on promotions and events for The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, planning a golf 
	fundraiser, and other major events.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sharon Smith ((615)898‑5601)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 1,440.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 24.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Applied Organizational Projects ORCO 4210 (EXL), Smith

	Description:	Students volunteer a minimum of 40 hours of work on activities such as fundraising, volunteer 
	coordinating, event planning, etc., for a nonprofit organization in the Middle Tennessee area.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sharon Smith ((615)898‑5601)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 40.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Apprenticeship Pre‑Clinical PSY 4750 (EXL), Hamilton

	Description:	Supervised practical experience utilizing psychological principles and tools in an established 
	organization.  Each student is placed with an agency in middle Tennessee.  The project has 
	been determined by the agency, so the projects vary by agency.  Typical projects involve assisting 
	agency staff with gathering information for reports, writing first drafts of reports, proof‑reading 
	agency reports prior to release, creating documents, taking notes at meetings, setting up 
	conferences and other types of activities.  No two apprenticeship students had the same projects 
	which sometimes changed over the course of the semester because of completion of the 
	originally assigned project.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Gloria Hamilton ((615)898‑5745)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,349.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 25.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 25 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Argumentation COMM 3210 (EXL), Richey

	Description:	Students either judge or compete at a debate tournament as a professional representative of 
	MTSU.  MTSU Debate Team supports students to travel to debate events across the State of 
	Tennessee.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Patrick Richey ((615)898‑2273)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,600.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 20 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Associated Press Media Award, Foust

	Description:	MTSU’s Center for Innovation in Media has been nationally recognized by the Associated Press 
	Media Editors for its efforts to converge the University’s student media and foster collaboration 
	across media platforms.  Students work on news projects in the heart of MTSU's Center for 
	Innovation in Media in the Bragg Mass Communication Building.   The University was lauded for 
	“reforming and reshaping its student media.” According to the judges, “the converged newsroom 
	is a model for journalism schools and professional news organizations.”  MTSU’s College of 
	Mass Communication formally unveiled the new almost‑$700,000 center in April.  The center 
	combines the newsrooms for Sidelines, the student newspaper; WMTS‑FM, the student‑run radio 
	station; MT Records, the student‑run record label; MT10, the student‑operated cable television 
	station; and WMOT‑FM, the 100,000‑watt public radio station at MTSU.   As future interns, as 
	part‑time employees and as full‑time professionals, students are better positioned to separate 
	themselves from the crowd, to be those special people with the skills and education the industry 
	wants.  The new Center for Innovation in Media enables students from all media disciplines to 
	hone their real‑world skills while working under one roof.   The center takes particular advantage 
	of the uniqueness of our college that includes programs in recording industry, journalism and 
	electronic media communication as well as the Center for Popular Music, a new all‑HD Mobile 
	Production Lab and the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies. The 
	ultimate goal of the center is to educate and train the future leaders in mass media innovation.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Stephan Foust (615‑898‑5872)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Bike Rodeo and Wellness Fair MGMT 3890 001 (EXL), Wilson

	Description:	Students worked as a class to successfully complete a public service project.  This involved each 
	student working with 3 other students to create a sense of synergy and competitive spirit.  The 
	class planned an event:  setting goals, deadlines, and budget and created promotional pieces 
	and channels to spread awareness, etc.  The students were encouraged to work together as a 
	cross‑functional team, designing communication channels that allowed them to move towards 
	the successful completion of an event.  Team leaders were appointed and empowered to solve 
	problems.

	The students applied managerial decision making concepts to the creation of their class project.  
	In addition to reading about the mistakes of other organizations and deciding what should have 
	been done to avoid those mistakes (easier to determine when in hindsight), students learned 
	from their own mistakes.  "Good judgment comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad 
	judgment."

	This class focused their efforts on a bike rodeo and wellness fair to benefit the children and their 
	families who reside in low‑income housing in the Franklin Heights residential area through the 
	Murfreesboro Housing Authority.  The Murfreesboro Housing Authority is a nonprofit corporation 
	that began in 1950 to provide housing for low‑income families.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Jean Wilson ((615)898‑2436)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 390.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 16 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Blood Drive, Bonner

	Description:	The  Blood Drive Competition between MTSU and Western Kentucky University was  held in 
	support of the American Red Cross.   The grand totals for the 2012 competition blood drive were:
	WKU = 637 and MTSU = 618.    This was the first year that either school has done over 600 
	productive units of blood. The  drive is growing and raising awareness in the University 
	communities.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Gloria Bonner (615‑494‑7969)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 

	Persons:	300
	# of Students:	 573 
	# of Faculty:	 75 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Bright Side: Journey Home, BUAD 4000 (EXL), Wilson

	Description:	The MW Senior Seminar EXL class continued a partnership with the Journey Home, an outreach 
	for the homeless and at‑risk individuals and families in Rutherford County.  The students 
	planned a spagetti benefit dinner held on Friday 11/9/12 at Sones River Country Club from 4:30 ‑ 
	6:00 and 6:30 ‑ 8:00 pm.  Proceeds from the ticket sales benefitted The Journey Home and its 2 
	Acres of Hope garden, a community garden previous Senior Seminar classes have worked to 
	improve.  They pre‑sold 414 tickets at $7.00 per ticket and served 175 dinners between the 2 
	servings.  Because the students raised $3,277.83, Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial 
	provided an additional $2,500.  A check in the amound of $5,777.83 was presented to the 
	Journey Home on 11/26/12.  Modern Woodmen also provided an incentive for the top 
	salesperson.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Jean Wilson ((615)898‑2436)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	Hunger and Homelessness
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 300.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 1.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 13 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

C1, C5, A2, Wade

	Description:	C1 ‑ Wade, L.M. & Dial, K.C. (2012)  Toward Taser Regulation:  A content analysis of news print 
	media on Taser™‑related deaths.” Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 12, 4, 96‑106.

	C1 ‑ Wade, L.M. (under review)  Reflection on Policy, Power, and Police Pursuits:
	A Case Study of Administrative Responsibility. Administrative Theory & Praxis

		C5 – Collecting Data and submitted grant proposal for NIJ solicitation # NIJ‑2013‑3446:  
	RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ON THE IMPPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLICING.  
	IRB‑EXEMPT APPROVED 13‑242

	A2 ‑ Worked to develop CSI tests for the state’s Tennessee STAR program for high schools
	Brandon Hudson – state of Tennessee Star program – Brandon.hudson@tn.gov
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Criminal Justice Administration
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lee Wade (615‑494‑7751)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Camp ENRGY, Stevens

	Description:	Camp ENRGY is a free, five‑day event for youth with physical disabilities.     The camp’s mission 
	is to promote physical activity in a population that is at risk for sedentary behavior.   Participation 
	in this camp increases the level of activity in these children year‑round.  Sponsored by the MTSU 
	Center for Physical Activity and Health in Youth, Camp ENRGY — which stands for Excellence ‘N’ 
	Recreation and Games for Youth — includes baseball, basketball, yoga, a nutrition session, 
	gymnastics, cheerleading, nature trail, martial arts, alpine tower, golf, football, kayaking, soccer 
	and geocaching.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sandra Stevens (615‑898‑2557)
	Program Objectives:	To promote physical activity in a population that is at risk for sedentary behavior.
	Student:	 600.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 200.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	20
	# of Students:	 22 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Camp PRISM, Science & Math Summer Camp, Thomas

	Description:	Camp PRISM, which stands for Practice in Science and Math, involves lectures, field trips to 
	various classrooms on the MTSU campus and local businesses, including Nissan.

	Paid for by federal funds Murfreesboro City Schools receives, the camp began more than a 
	decade ago as a partnership between Murfreesboro City Schools and MTSU. The camp kicked 
	off last week and continues through the end of this week.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Mimi Thomas (615‑898‑5311)
	Program Objectives:	Children learn  how math and science can be fun in an interactive sort of way.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	15
	# of Students:	 5 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Campaign Plan for National Pro Fastpitch, Farwell

	Description:	For the students: To provide the students with real world experience in planning an 
	advertising/public relations campaign for a client while working within the boundaries the client 
	sets.

	For the partner: To provide the partner with advertising and public relations 
	ideas/recommendations that they may be able to implement in their organization.
	Category:	B3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tricia Farwell (615‑898‑2987)
	Program Objectives:	For the students: To provide the students with real world experience in planning an 
	advertising/public relations campaign for a client while working within the boundaries the client 
	sets.

	For the partner: To provide the partner with advertising and public relations 
	ideas/recommendations that they may be able to implement in their organization.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	3
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Capitol Street Party, Gordon

	Description:	Students from MTSU’s College of Mass Communication got an experience that few media 
	professionals ever realize when they assumed key production roles for the 2012 Capitol Street 
	Party in Nashville.  As an estimated 14,000 fans on Lower Broadway enjoyed the music of Capitol 
	Records artists Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Kelleigh Bannen, 53 students modulated audio, 
	staffed HD cameras, conducted interviews and recorded the concerts for the label. Usually, 
	colleges don’t get to do projects of this magnitude. The free music event, where live 
	performances literally take to the streets, was staged downtown.  Gordon assumed the role of 
	assistant director alongside director Zack Eagles, a senior radio/television major from Alvaton, 
	Ky., in MTSU’s 40‑foot, $1.7 million HD mobile production laboratory.  Also known as “The Truck,” 
	the lab is used by students to cover sports, concerts and events for local broadcast, cable 
	stations and national cable networks.  Students worked alongside Capitol executives and 
	technicians to stage the show, gaining uniquely valuable material for their individual portfolios 
	when it’s over.  In addition to augmenting their resume credits, students will post‑produce three 
	music videos, each for a specific song. They also will produce a promotional video for the 
	department and a “sizzle reel,” which Capitol will use in social media and other marketing efforts.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Electronic Media Ciommunication
	Department Contact:	Robert Gordon (615‑898‑5862)
	Program Objectives:	Students assumed key production roles for the 2012 Capitol Street Party in Nashville.  Gordon 
	assumed the role of assistant director alongside a senior radio/television major.  In addition to 
	augmenting their resume credits, students will post‑produce three music videos, each for a 
	specific song. They also will produce a promotional video for the department and a “sizzle reel,” 
	which Capitol will use in social media and other marketing efforts.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	14,000
	# of Students:	 53 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Careers in Music, Kissinger

	Description:	Forty‑five  high school students with IEP’s from four selected schools in the Metro Nashville area 
	spent a semester learning about careers in music by spending two afternoons a week at the 
	various cultural facilities.  The students were bused to the locations and divided into groups and 
	then they would rotate between the various facilities.  There was a graduation program at the end 
	with projects completed by the students.  Metro Nashville coordinated a large portion of this 
	project with the support of the participating schools.  The TN Dept of Education supported the 
	program financially and through spreading information about the event as well as through an 
	ending reception.  VSA TN coordinated the overall logistics of the program, did the fund raising 
	and this was their project.  Students from MTSU attended the weekly activities as chaperones 
	and mentors to the high school students.

	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Speech and Theatre
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger (615‑210‑8819)
	Program Objectives:	Teach young people about careers in music by spending two afternoons a week at the various 
	cultural facilities.
	Student:	 25.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 140.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	45
	# of Students:	 25 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Caring for Adult Clients II Clinical NURS 4340 (EXL),  Sauls

	Description:	Opportunity for nursing students to integrate didactic and empirical knowledge and skills for 
	clients with critical needs into the acute care setting. Understanding of complex, multi‑system 
	illness, failure, and trauma in providing nursing care. Twenty hours clinical/lab for duration of 
	course.  As a culmination project, each student chooses one patient, prepares a case study 
	related to that patient using PowerPoint and presents the case to peers and course faculty on 
	Grand Rounds Day.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 9,996.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 133.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 133 
	# of Faculty:	 12 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Caring for Adults I Clinical NURS 3540 (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	Applying the nursing process in a clinical setting with the adult client experiencing acute and 
	chronic health deviations. Twenty hours clinical/lab per week for duration of course.  The 
	culminating project is a written Research Case Study in APA format.  One patient is chosen by the 
	student to demonstrate the application of practice guidelines and nursing research to clinical 
	care.  Current nursing research and evidence based practice guidelines are explored to support 
	the care delivered to the patient utilizing the nursing process.  In the final section, the student 
	evaluates the role of the nurse in the care delivered.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑2437)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 12,348.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 126.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 126 
	# of Faculty:	 13 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Caring for Children and Teen Clients NURS 4350 (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	Incorporates the nursing process and critical thinking skills into the professional nursing care of 
	children, adolescents, and their families. Explores the principles of growth and development and 
	family‑centered care. The project, Scholarly Pediatric Case Study, requires students to compare 
	an actual experience with the evidence available in the literature.  In addition, the student must 
	include a reflective component that articulates the personal impact of this experience.  Students 
	are required to formulate a game and/or poster that is used to educate patients and families 
	about different disease processes, hospital procedures or safety issues.  Each game/poster is 
	intended to be used by a certain age group in the clinical setting.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls (898‑2437)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 3,525.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 139.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 139 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 

	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Caring for Children and Teen Clients, NURS 4360 (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	Provides assistance in transferring knowledge to the implementation of nursing care of children, 
	adolescents, teens, and their families in a variety of clinical settings. Sixteen hours clinical/lab 
	per week for duration of course.  Each student completes a Clinical Evaluation Tool.  This tool 
	tracks competence in a number of areas and also provides a reflective component at the 
	conclusion of each clinical experience.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls (898‑2437)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 6,881.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 139.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 139 
	# of Faculty:	 4 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Caring for Vulnerable Aggregate NURS 4560  (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	Familiarizes the undergraduate nursing student with ways to care for aggregates. Emphasis on 
	clients in the community and in in‑patient psychiatric facilities. Sixteen hours clinical/lab per week 
	for duration of class.  In addition, each student completes 2 projects: 1) volunteer to do a health 
	promotional activity within the community.  Examples of these health promotion activities include 
	volunteering at a local health fair (performing BP checks, medication discussion, and giving 
	information; participating in fund raising and awareness walks and teaching skills such as hand 
	washing, importance of safety gear when bicycling and nutritional choices  2) Perform an 
	intensive health assessment with a community family using health assessments and choices of 
	Depression Scale, Marriage Assessment plus many other forms.  After the assessment the 
	student determines area of the family life requiring some intervention, information is obtained 
	and the second visit includes the teaching and reassessing of the family.  The 2 visits are in 2 
	hour blocks with approximately 4 more hours of obtaining the information for assessments and 
	teaching interventions.  This also includes an assessment of the community around the home of 
	the family.  Finally, the student self‑reflects on the importance of the activity and the value of being 
	a community volunteer.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls (898‑2437)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 5,696.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 177.00 
	Persons:	4
	# of Students:	 206 
	# of Faculty:	 8 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Catalog & Archive 18th‑20th Century American Music, Cockrell

	Description:	Catalog and archive more than 9,000 pieces of early 18th‑ to 20th‑century fiddle, fife and flute 
	dance tunes, hymns, songs, ballads and keyboard pieces on a searchable website of “American 
	Vernacular Music Manuscripts” in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, 
	Mass. 
	Preserve, inventory and digitize more than 3,850 cassette and open‑reel tapes of music, oral 
	histories and field recordings of the late MTSU folklorist Dr. Charles Wolfe — more than four 
	decades’ worth of work called "the premier collection in the American Mid‑South" — for the first 
	time. 

	These are just the latest in the Center for Popular Music’s efforts to preserve and share American 
	music. Earlier grants helped the center present a special six‑week “Celebration of America’s 
	Music” program of documentary films, scholarly discussions and live concerts this spring and 
	launch a new website focusing on songs about Tennessee last fall. 

	“Musicians in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century would regularly inscribe musical notations in 
	books,” Cockrell said of the new NEH project. “It was a way of preserving music they particularly 
	liked or were interested in learning. These little books actually are important because they're 
	books that mattered to people. They wouldn't have gone to the trouble to write these things down 
	if they weren’t.”

	Such historic documents are scattered around the world, including 150 in the MTSU center’s 
	archives, but there’s never been a way for scholars to find them before, short of an Indiana 
	Jones‑level search from libraries to basements to historic association archives to attics. 

	That will change by the end of next year, when the MTSU and American Antiquarian Society 
	collections are digitized, archived and put on the Web. To see an example of the digital archive 
	that will be created, visit http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/AVMM/vernacular.html and follow the 
	demonstration directions.

	“Just to say ‘cataloging’ makes it a little too simple, because we're coming up with cataloging 
	standards to do these things,” Cockrell explained. “We're going to be setting the model for the 
	way libraries and archives and historical societies will deal with these things forever. There's 
	never been a standard for doing this.

	“If you want something from the 1860s, you can find it, something from Massachusetts or New 
	England, you can find it. You'd click on that (site) and it would take you immediately to the Internet 
	Archive website and that page in that manuscript, and then, using Internet Archive features, you 
	could flip back and forth through the book as if you were using it right there.”

	Another preservation, inventorying and digitizing project is underway for Wolfe’s audiotape 
	collection, which stretches across decades of the late professor’s research. 

	Wolfe, a professor emeritus of English at MTSU, was one of the world's most respected and 
	prolific writers on traditional folk and popular American musical genres. He wrote more than 20 
	books on American music and annotated more than 100 record albums, earning three Grammy 
	nominations for his album liner notes.

	“Maybe about a quarter of it is in open‑reel tapes, but the majority of it is in cassette tapes,” 
	Fabke, himself a music historian and researcher, explained. “What we're doing is organizing it, 
	making transfers to preserve it. A lot of the tapes, especially the old open‑reel tapes, are 
	endangered media. They have a backing that makes the tape stick to itself. 

	“We have a great audio engineer, Martin Fisher, who is able to work wonders with old tapes 

	using techniques such as baking the reels in a food dehydrator to be able to coax one more play 
	out of them … so we can digitize the music. There’s a great variety of stuff: recordings of concerts, 
	recording session outtakes and unissued test pressings, interviews, field recordings and 
	transcriptions of decades‑old radio shows.”

	The Grammy Foundation grant to the MTSU center is one of 14 announced nationwide earlier this 
	year. The grants aim to preserve musical history at sites as varied as the New York Philharmonic, 
	the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and the American Organ Institute Archive and 
	Library at the University of Oklahoma School of Music.

	“That'll be the role of scholars: to take this material and make something of it,” center director 
	Cockrell said of the projects. “What we're doing here in the Center for Popular Music is providing 
	them with the information that will enable them to construct knowledge.”
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dr. Dale Cockrell (615‑898‑2449)
	Program Objectives:	Catalog and archive more than 9,000 pieces of early 18th‑ to 20th‑century fiddle, fife and flute 
	dance tunes, hymns, songs, ballads and keyboard pieces on a searchable website of “American 
	Vernacular Music Manuscripts”.

	Preserve, inventory and digitize more than 3,850 cassette and open‑reel tapes of music, oral 
	histories and field recordings of the late MTSU folklorist Dr. Charles Wolfe.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 10 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 147,949 
	Benefit:	(147,949)
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Characteristics & Teach of Diverse Learn SPED 3010 (EXL), Calder

	Description:	This course is a highly experiential learning opportunity for Special Education, Sociology, 
	Psychology, and Education students.  Students experience working and teaching children with 
	disabilities and special needs.  This provides students the opportunity to apply theory and 
	concepts in practical situations.  Students work as teachers or tutoring students with Project 
	HELP or in self placement in a public school.  Students critically examine their experiences and 
	document connections between those experiences and their disciplinary knowledge in a 
	reflection paper.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. James Calder ((615)898‑5932)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 720.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 48.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 48 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Children's Literature, Palmore

	Description:	Palmore, the director of MTSU’s Child Development Center is writing children’s literature for the 
	needs of today’s children. Her first book received the endorsement of the Betty Ford Center.  The 
	Dragon Who Lives at Our House (Fresh Fables) tells the story of a typical suburban dad who 
	likes to drink beer at barbecues in the company of his faithful companion, Al, a jovial green 
	dragon.  Eventually, however, Al grows so big that he can no longer stay in the house. Dad has to 
	go to some place called “treatment,” where he meets other people with dragons of all sizes and 
	colors. After Dad’s recovery, Al never really goes away, but he does shrink down to a manageable 
	size.  Only 14 books  about addiction are recommended by the Betty Ford Center, one of the most 
	renowned alcohol‑ and drug‑abuse treatment centers in the world and a pioneer in the field of 
	rehabilitation.  Palmore’s second book, Big Changes in the Crow Family, tackles the tricky 
	subject of divorce in a similarly compassionate, kid‑friendly way. Mom and Dad Crow, who have 
	three little hatchlings, grow apart as Mom returns to college to better herself, and the Crows 
	develop different sets of friends and different life agendas.
	Category:	C1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Elaine Palmore (615‑8982198)
	Program Objectives:	Palmore is writing children’s literature for the needs of today’s children. Her  second book, Big 
	Changes in the Crow Family, tackles the tricky subject of divorce.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

China Agricultural University, McPhee

	Description:	The University’s  renewed partnership with China Agricultural University in Beijing will continue to  
	provide both institutions with opportunities for valuable cultural exchanges, both small and large.  
	At  least three of CAU’s administrators worked through internships at MTSU for periods ranging 
	from three to six months.  CAU’s International College is one of its major attractions for 
	study‑abroad students from Western nations because classes are conducted in English. The 
	goal is to foster both student and faculty exchanges.  Other programs and initiatives are being 
	developed with MTSU colleges of business and mass communication.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	Provide both institutions with opportunities for valuable cultural exchanges, both small and large.  
	Develop programs and initiatives with MTSU colleges of business and mass communication.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

China Guangxi University, Mcphee

	Description:	Since the launch of a 2012 agreement with Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants in 
	China, a group from Middle Tennessee State University has discovered 37 plants that may have 
	the potential to treat cancer and other diseases.
	“We want to take the first couple of drugs to clinical trials in the fall,” said Elliot Altman, MTSU 
	biology professor and director of the Tennessee Center for Botanical Medicine Research in 
	Murfreesboro.
	The botanical partnership between MTSU and China is a two‑way street. China provides the 
	plants to create a sample, and MTSU examines the pharmaceutical value. Last week in China, 
	the groups discussed the plants’ potential ability to heal infections and disease — 13 that could 
	kill cancer, nine to fight viral infections and 15 to battle protozoa.
	Guangxi Botanical Garden, located in Nanning, unveiled a new sign outside its building during 
	the visit to signify the joint research effort. The botanical garden includes more than 7,400 plants, 
	many of which have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Biology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Elliot Altman (615‑898‑2847)
	Program Objectives:	Discover plants that may have the potential to treat cancer and other diseases.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	140
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 

	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

China Shanghai University, McPhee

	Description:	The agreement between MTSU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University will allow for the exchange of 
	faculty and students between the institutions. It will also let professors collaborate and share 
	research.

	This agreement joins the School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology at Shanghai Jiao Tong with 
	the Tennessee Center for Botanical Medicine Research, headed by Director Elliot Altman, who is 
	also a Professor of Biology at MTSU.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	Allow students and faculty to study, explore and collaborate on projects that benefit both 
	institutions and our respective communities.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 20 
	# of Faculty:	 5 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Chinese Industrial Design Institute, McPhee

	Description:	Middle Tennessee State University signed a pact to become the first American university to 
	establish formal ties with an institute in China’s leading design center for household appliances 
	and technology.

	The agreement with the Research Institute of Industrial Design in Foshan City, China was 
	secured  during a visit by a MTSU delegation to the Shunde District in China’s Guangdong 
	Province. MTSU’s visit to Guangdong.

	The pact signed by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Xu Xuyan, deputy director of the 
	Education Bureau of Shunde District, allows the university  to develop an exchange program for 
	students to work with the institute. It also allows joint research, giving MTSU a potential outlet to 
	participate in Shunde‑based projects.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)

	Program Objectives:	To allow the university  to develop an exchange program for students to work with the institute. 

	Provide an opportunity for joint research, giving MTSU a potential outlet to participate in 
	Shunde‑based projects.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 4 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Civic Engagement EXL 3030, Evins

	Description:	Health, historic, political science, sociological, psychological, public relations, mediation, 
	organizational, management, and marketing skills are exercised through these student EXL civic 
	engagement research projects.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary A. Evins ((615) 904‑8241)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 455.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 13.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 13 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Clinical Placements, Sauls

	Description:	Clinical placements fulfill clinical course objectives.
	Faculty are place in clinical courses, first based on their advanced degree credentials and they 
	may be in the clinical setting 16‑24 hours per week.  Benegits are quantified through the course 
	pass rate and the NCLEX‑RN pass rate.  Faculty complete a MTSU Post‑ clinical agency 
	evaluation.  Contract decisions are made for clinical placement based on these evaluations.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Karen Ward (615‑904‑8488)
	Program Objectives:	To provide nursing practice opportunities for students.

	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 1,356 
	# of Faculty:	 184 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Club MARVEL, Owens

	Description:	Club MARVEL (MARVEL Academy) is a collaborative between Middle Tennessee State University 
	and the Murfreesboro City Schools designed to maximize each student’s potential and foster a 
	passion for lifelong learning through exposure to a variety of fields and disciplines.  Its purpose is 
	to generate and develop an excitement about a college campus, what it offers, and the vision it 
	can create.  The Saturday Academy will be held at Middle Tennessee State University.  Children 
	experience: aviation/airport; mathematics; astronomy; the arts; a working farm; the environment, 
	chemistry.  The target group is at‑risk students in grades 4‑6 from across the district.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Academic Affairs
	Department Contact:	Dr. Rosemary W. Owens (615‑890‑3442)
	Program Objectives:	To maximize each student’s potential and foster a passion for lifelong learning through exposure 
	to a variety of fields and disciplines.  
	To generate and develop an excitement about a college campus, what it offers, and the vision it 
	can create.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	75
	# of Students:	 30 
	# of Faculty:	 25 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

College of Education University  Community Partnerships, Seivers

	Description:	Brief Summary of Outreach and Partnerships for the College of Education
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lana Seivers (615‑898‑2874)
	Program Objectives:	Provide a variety of educational services and resources to the community through the College of 
	Education.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 47.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 

	Persons:	365
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 15 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 2,500,000 
	Benefit:	(2,500,000)
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Columbia State and Maury Regional Hospital, McPhee

	Description:	Middle Tennessee State University and Columbia State Community College presidents formally 
	agreed to help ease the transfer of Columbia State nursing students who want to upgrade their 
	associate’s degrees to an MTSU bachelor’s degree.  The agreement provides for specific 
	advisement for Columbia State students who intend to transfer to MTSU and encourages 
	academic and administrative coordination between the institutions.   The signing of this 
	innovative articulation agreement is a first and has occurred because of institutions joining 
	together, partnering, to find the best way for associate‑degree RNs to obtain their Bachelor of 
	Science in Nursing.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	To help ease the transfer of Columbia State nursing students who want to upgrade their 
	associate’s degrees to an MTSU bachelor’s degree.  
	To find the best way for associate‑degree RNs to obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 10 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Commercial Songwriting MUTH 3020 (EXL), Carnes

	Description:	ASCAP provides professional mentors for this class.  Each student meets with a mentor and 
	performs a song written for that meeting.  The student takes what they learn from their mentor 
	about how to improve that song and re‑writes the song based on those suggestions.  The new 
	song is then performed for the mentor for further critique and suggestions, if any.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Rick Carnes ((615)898‑5827)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 40.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Commercial Songwriting RIM 3020 (EXL), Carnes

	Description:	ASCAP provides professional mentors for this class.  Each student meets with a mentor and 
	performs a song written for that meeting.  The student takes what they learn from their mentor 
	about how to improve that song and re‑writes the song based on those suggestions.  The new 
	song is then performed for the mentor for further critique and suggestions, if any.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Rick Carnes ((615)898‑5827)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,865.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 45.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 45 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Computer Based Scoring for Visual Media MUTH 4590 (EXL), Wood

	Description:	The student is given a short scene from a motion picture.  All sound will have been removed from 
	the scene and it is the student's responsibility to write appropriate music for the scene.  This 
	requires analysis of the action, mood, subtext, and historical context of the visual and determine 
	what musical style will best convey the meaning of the scene.  The student works with other 
	students who are creating sound effects and collaborates with a mix engineer in combining all 
	the audio elements.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Bob Wood ((615)898‑2532)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 80.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Computer Based Scoring for Visual Media RIM 4590 (EXL), Wood

	Description:	The student is given a short scene from a motion picture.  All sound has been removed from the 
	scene and it will be the student's responsibility to write appropriate music for the scene.  This 
	requires analysis of the action, mood, subtext, and historical context of the visual and determine 
	what musical style will best convey the meaning of the scene.  The student works with other 
	students who are creating sound effects and collaborates with a mix engineer in combining all 
	the audio elements.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Bob Wood ((615)898‑2532)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 360.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 9.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 9 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Conflict and Organizations ORCO 3650 (EXL), Smith

	Description:	Students not only learn about conflict resolution processes, they also prepare extensively for an 
	actual negotiation experience, and then hold a real meeting in which they negotiate on an 
	important issue, then reflect on the experience.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sharon Smith ((615)898‑5601)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program

	Student:	 1,620.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 108.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 108 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Contemporary Issues in Science PSCI 1130 (EXL), Gross

	Description:	Students complete series of laboratory activities and an individual energy audit that will provide 
	them with an estimate  of their carbon footprint.  They then use this knowledge to calculate a 
	carbon footprint for the driving tour of the Trail of Tears in Rutherford County.  They investigate tour 
	routes and distances to determine the most energy efficient paths for the driving tour using 
	today's energy prices.  Students conduct research using MTSU library and various energy related 
	websites such as the Environmental Protection Agency, U. S. Dept. of Energy, and Tennessee 
	Valley Authority.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Judith Iriarte‑Gross ((615)904‑8253)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 352.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Cooperative Education AERO 3980 (EXL), Hill

	Description:	Provides students with opportunities for on‑the‑job experiences related to academic major.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Gerald Hill ((615)898‑2554)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 225.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Cooperative Education, AERO 3970 (EXL), Hill

	Description:
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Gerald Hill ((615)898‑2554)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 450.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Cooperative Education, CHEM 3970 (EXL), Van Patten

	Description:	Provides students with opportunities for on‑the‑job training in conjunction with on‑campus 
	academic experiences.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Chemistry
	Department Contact:	Greg VanPatten ((615)898‑2956)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 405.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 2 

	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Corrective Reading READ 4130 (EXL), Tharp

	Description:	Students complete two major projects.  1) an individual case study with a student who has 
	reading difficulties, including a diagnostic evaluation and intervention strategies, and 2) the 
	implementation of a Family Literacy Night Program in collaboration with Read to Succeed to 
	furnish support in the areas of literacy education and family involvement.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Terri Tharp ((615)494‑7633)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 782.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 37 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Criminal Justice, Nashville State Community College, Gotcher

	Description:	MTSU and Nashville State announced a transfer agreement that will allow students with 
	associate degrees in criminal justice‑related majors to earn a bachelor’s degree in criminal 
	justice administration or liberal studies. The partnership, which was recently approved by the 
	Tennessee Board of  

	MTSU professors will teach the classes at Nashville State’s satellite campus at The Crossings, 
	the area now home to the community college’s branch campus and a variety of retail stores.

	Offering the criminal justice program at the Nashville State satellite campus will help current and 
	prospective students in the nearby community by providing more convenient and affordable 
	access to an advanced degree within a popular program.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Dr. David Gotcher (615‑494‑7714)

	Program Objectives:	Provide current and prospective students in the nearby community with more convenient and 
	affordable access to an advanced degree within a popular program.

	To increase the number of college graduates in the state of Tennessee — in this case graduates 
	ready to enter a career within law enforcement and the burgeoning area of homeland security.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Critical Thinking Common Core, Seivers

	Description:	A conference aimed to enhance the skills of local teachers on Common Core, the new, tougher 
	education standards for math and language arts increasingly in the news throughout the country. 

	Dubbed “Critical Thinking with the Common Core,” the conference was made possible through 
	funding from the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation. Organized by the Center for 
	Educational Media, the conference brought in roughly 150 select K‑5 teachers from local school 
	systems to hear about and see the latest teaching techniques from regional and national 
	experts.

	“The purpose of this conference was to disseminate information about the Common Core 
	Standards in English language arts and mathematics, as well as provide those teachers 
	strategies and resources so that they can go back and do that in their K‑5 classrooms,”.

	Tennessee students will begin testing under the new standards in spring 2015.
	Category:	C3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lana Seivers (615‑898‑2874)
	Program Objectives:	To enhance the skills of local teachers on Common Core, the new, tougher education standards 
	for math and language arts increasingly in the news throughout the country.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	150
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Culture Fest 2012, Promotion, MKT 3850 (EXL), Buckner

	Description:	Students coordinated and promoted Culture Fest 2012 held on November 15 on MTSU's 
	campus.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Laura Buckner ((615)898‑2370)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 414.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1,400
	# of Students:	 23 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Culture Fest 2012, Senior Seminar, BUAD 4000 (EXL), Wilson

	Description:	Culture Fest 2012, "Around the World", BUAD 4000 (EXL)
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Jean Wilson ((615)898‑2436)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 504.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1,400
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Cyber Threats Summit, Berryman

	Description:	This event was of particular interest to government agencies at all levels, as well as the utility, 
	education, health care, transportation and financial services industries — and others — that want 
	to protect their operations from online attack.  The event theme was  “Building Partnerships and 
	Understanding the Threat.”  The summit addressed how a company or agency’s assets and 
	reputation can be threatened by electronically breaching its security, confidentiality, data or other 
	facets of its operations via external or internal unauthorized access.

	Category:	B3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Hugh Berryman (615‑494‑7713)
	Program Objectives:	This event was of particular interest to those who want to protect their operations from online 
	attack.  The summit addressed how a company or agency’s assets and reputation can be 
	threatened by electronically breaching its security, confidentiality, data or other facets of its 
	operations via external or internal unauthorized access.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 5 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Data Analysis and Consulting, Wallace

	Description:	Provide data a analysis and consulting services for NHC.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Sociology and Anthropology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Brandon Wallace (615‑898‑2509)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	Persons with disabilities
	Program Objectives:	Assess the quality of care being provided by long‑term care facilities owned/operated by NHC to 
	facilitate planning and improvement.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	5
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Democratic Participation & Civic Advocacy PS 3550 (EXL), Franklin

	Description:	Students are required to complete a volunteer activity with a Middle Tennessee organization 
	working in one of the assigned topics.  Students volunteer a minimum of 15 hours with one of the 
	groups, as well as keep a log or journal of their activities.  Upon completion of the volunteer 
	project, the students will turn in their journals as well as make classroom presentations of their 
	activities.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science

	Department Contact:	Dr.Sekou Franklin ((615)904‑8232)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 270.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 18.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 18 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Diagnostic Microbiology BIOL 4430, (EXL), Farone

	Description:	The project involves an epidemiological activity, that is, attempting to identify whether individual 
	cases of a particular disease are related to one another.  This will involve the use of molecular 
	biology techniques to look at the backeria at the level of the DNA.  Students will compare their 
	data to data on the Centers for Disease Control website.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Biology
	Department Contact:	Mary Farone ((615)904‑8341)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 318.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 33.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 33 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Dietetics Counseling and Coaching NFS 4305 001 (EXL), Bogle

	Description:	Students apply their knowledge by counseling/coaching a classmate through a health behavior 
	change.  Next, students practice their skills by providing general nutrition education to clients 
	from outside of the classroom.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Virginia Bogle ((615)898‑5173)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 365.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 31.00 
	Persons:	3
	# of Students:	 87 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Diversity in Comm. COMM 3350 001 (EXL), Kim

	Description:	Diversity workshop group project enable students to design diversity training program to educate 
	people to reduce prejudice and ethnocentrism, facilitating interethnic cohesion in this diverse 
	society.  By doing in‑class presentations, students also learn how to deliver carefully designed 
	training program to different groups of people.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Yang Soo Kim ((615)494‑8756)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 138.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 23 
	# of Faculty:	 10 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Doing Digital History HIST 3870 (EXL), McWatters

	Description:	This class is an adventure in experiential or process learning; that is, students actually "do digital 
	history" by making a history documentary‑‑not unlike Ken or Ric Burns.  As a Public Historian, I 
	give students the opportunity to work with the growing and increasingly accessible range of new 
	media tools, not only as a means of presenting history to students and other audiences, but also 
	as an approach to learning history through selecting, researching, and making documentary 
	films.  Learning history in this manner is unlike writing a typical term paper, and necessarily 
	involves a different approach to the study of the past.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	History
	Department Contact:	Lorne McWatters ((615)898‑5805)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 750.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 5 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Early Elementary School Awareness of Hand Hygiene, Moore

	Description:	Appropriate hand hygiene is a critically important yet often neglected
	activity. If proper technique is introduced early in a child's learning environment, it is more likely to 
	be adhered to with diligence throughout the individual's life.  According to the Centers for Disease 
	Control and Prevention (CDC), "infections are a major cause of morbidity among newborns in the 
	U.S. and globally are one of the top causes of deaths in children under 5 years" (DHHS, 2008). 
	The CDC tracks several serious infectious organisms that threaten public health. These 
	pathogens under surveillance include: Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A streptococcus (GAS) 
	and GBS, Neisseria meningitis, Haemophiflls influenza and MRSA. here is increased prevalence 
	of community‑associated methicillin resistant staph aureus (CAMRSA) in pre‑school, elementary, 
	middle and high schools. A study at two day‑care centers in Dallas, Texas, revealed that 3% and 
	24% ot children in the respective centers were colonized with MRSA. The deaths ot four children 
	from rural Minnesota and North Dakota caused by CA‑ MRSA strains brought the problem to 
	national attention in 1999 (Chambers, 2001). As a benefit to public school teachers in Wilson 
	and Rutherford Counties, many schools have on‑site daycare facilities for employees. Many 
	students in the classroom have both older and younger siblings at home that are exposed to 
	pathogens in their daily settings as well (for e.g. locker rooms, dance studios, wrestling mats). 
	Targeting the early elementary teachers and their students can aid disease prevention. CDC 
	states that infectious diseases are responsible for millions of school days lost each year for K 
	through 12 grades in public schools. Almost 22 million school days are lost each year due to the 
	common cold alone. 38 million are lost each year due to the flu virus.  Proper hygiene is an 
	effective intervention aimed at decreasing spread of infection.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Shelley Moore (615‑898‑5729)
	Program Objectives:	Teach proper hygiene as an effective intervention aimed at decreasing spread of infection.
	Targeting the early elementary teachers and their students can aid disease prevention.
	Objectives of this project are: 1) to teach proper hand hygiene at a very early stage in a
	child's learning development; 2) to measure the degree to which the students retained the 
	practice by the end of the school year; 3) to educate teachers on the definition, prevalence, signs 
	and symptoms, prevention, and intervention for CA‑MRSA specifically.
	Student:	 0.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	25
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Econ. of Agribusiness Mgmt. ABAS 4140 001 EXL, Spring 13, Gardner

	Description:	Students are assigned to groups; each group is responsible for managing a simulated Farm 
	Supply store.  Groups need to develop an understanding of basic financial statements, master 
	strategic price setting, and learn how to organize resources such as labor and capital resources, 
	in order to operate the business profitably.  Students use the Perdue Farm Supply Management 
	Game to simulate managing a business in an oligopoly market.  The simulation is repeated 
	numerous times to allow strategic interactions to play out.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Justin Gardner ((615)898‑2418)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 480.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Educational Psychology FOED 2110 (EXL), Harris

	Description:	Students spend eight hours tutoring or assistant teaching in a public school and two hours in 
	observation.  Students are required to maintain observations and record of their experience for 
	compilation into a field journal of their reflections of the experience.  The eight hours are spent at 
	designated public school with supervision and guidance with a trained teacher who is not a 
	family member.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Nadine Harris ((615)904‑8079)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 110.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Empower Faculty to Help Student Veterans on Campus, Stallings

	Description:	MTSU held a series of seminars to empower faculty to help student‑veterans on campus.  
	President McPhee signed a statement of support for the National Guard and Reserve.  The goal 
	is to provide faculty with not only an understanding of the veteran population, but with some real 
	skills and resources they can use in their classrooms.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Hilary Stallings (615‑898‑5525)
	Program Objectives:	To empower faculty to help student‑veterans on campus by providing them with not only an 
	understanding of the veteran population, but with some real skills and resources they can use in 
	their classrooms.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 8 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Entertainment Marketing MKT 3920 (EXL), Phillips

	Description:	Students develop a marketing plan in groups for a proposed entertainment product of their 
	choosing.  This results in a completed marketing plan including the media plan, strategy 
	development, situation analysis and creative output.  This creative output includes movie posters, 
	trailers and print advertisements, merchandise prototypes and soundtrack development.  Each of 
	these products results in the student gathering exposure to applied marketing.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Melodie Phillips ((615)898‑2388)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,680.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 16.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 66 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Equine Nutrition and Feeding, ABAS 4440 (EXL), Hoffman

	Description:	The teaching methods are built around experience‑based learning.  Students are divided teams 
	of two or three members and assigned project horses including at least one "easy" horse with 
	few nutritional issues, and at least one "problematic" horse that is either underweight, overweight 
	or has special needs.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Rhonda Hoffman ((615)898‑2432)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 800.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 7.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 16 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Expanding Your Horizions EXL 3010, Clippard

	Description:	Students participating in this course will be assigned a mentoring leadership role for the EYH 
	Conference.  There are typically 16 middle school groups with 2‑3 MTSU student leaders per 
	group.  Each middle school group has one EXL 3010 student as the main leader.  This student 
	will have the groups' materials, lead small group discussion, and have to supervise not only the 
	middle school girls, but any additional MTSU Students that have volunteered.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Laura Clippard ((615)898‑5464)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 150.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Expanding Your Horizons Math and Science ‑ STEM, Iriarte‑Gross

	Description:	Expanding Your Horizons is a hands‑on science and math conference to help girls investigate 
	careers in the STEM fields; to talk with women in these careers; to attend math and science 
	workshops for girls; and meet other girls interested in science and math.  Including girls from 
	Memphis and several school groups from Chattanooga, more than 400 girls attended and nearly 
	200 volunteers supported the event, which is simply called EYH by local, state and national 
	organizers.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Females
	Department:	Chemistry
	Department Contact:	Dr. Judith Iriarte‑Gross (615‑904‑8253)
	Program Objectives:	Help girls investigate careers in the STEM fields; to talk with women in these careers; to attend 
	math and science workshops for girls; and meet other girls interested in science and math.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	400
	# of Students:	 200 
	# of Faculty:	 5 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Experiential Learning Seminar, EXL 4000 (EXL), Swayze

	Description:	Culminating experience for students in the EXL Scholars Program. Students develop an 
	e‑portfolio of experiential and service‑learning experiences and  participate in discussions of 
	their EXL experiences.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Carol Swayze (615‑494‑7849)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,400.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 162.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 162 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Exploring Life, BIOL 1030 (EXL), Sadler

	Description:	Students have been involved primarily in an ecological restoration project at two sites in 
	collaboration with two partners:  the National Park Service at Stones River National Battlefield and 
	Murfreesboro City Parks & Recreation.  Site one is located at Stones River and site two is located 
	at the Overall Street trailhead at Lytle Creek on the Greenway. The class is removing exotic 
	invasive pest plants that have completely changed the vegetative composition of the area.  A third 
	ecological project has been in collaboration with Stones River Watershed; students have 
	assisted with planting trees to stabilize the bank next to Garrison Creek.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Biology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Kim Sadler ((615)904‑8283)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,515.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 23.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 232 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Fam. & Consumer Sci, Ed. Curriculum FCSE 2510 (EXL), Poirier

	Description:	Students work with a specific school in Rutherford County or a surrounding county throughout the 
	semester.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sandra Poirier ((615)898‑5207)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 240.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 12.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Family Centered Community Building II CDFS 4720 (EXL), Bush

	Description:	This class will focus on one of the most acute human sustainability issues of our time ‑‑ world 
	hunger.  We are joining the fight against hunger, both domestically and worldwide.  In the year 
	2000, the United Nations announced its Millennium Development Goals (MDG's), the first of 
	which was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and to cut them in half by 2015.  
	Unfortunately, that goal will not be reached.  If anything, world hunger is increasing.  This class 
	will gather and analyze information about world hunger and explore ways in which to actively 
	address this issue.  Students enrolled in this course  will complete journals, give presentations, 
	and develop a fundraiser in order to be a part of the fight against hunger.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Stephanie Bush ((615)898‑5604)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 720.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Family Literacy Programs, Tharp

	Description:	Title 1 schools in the Murfreesboro City School District, the Rutherford County School District, and 
	the Maury County School District have identified a growing number of children and families who 
	are English Language Learners (ELL). In collaboration with Read to Succeed, Family Literacy 
	Programs provide an avenue for the Elementary & Special Education Department to furnish 
	support for the local schools in the areas of literacy education and family involvement for this 
	population. Faculty members plan and coordinate with the local principals
	and/or literacy coaches to choose a featured book (or books) and address the specific literacy 
	needs (phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, etc.) of their children and 
	families. Then, under the supervision of the faculty members, MTSU pre‑service teachers 
	organize, plan, and lead literacy activities which incorporate math, art, music, social studies, etc. 
	and relate to the featured book(s).  Based on a school's need, there are two basic types of 
	program formats. Families attending the
	Families that Read, Succeed program meet two hours weekly for four consecutive weeks a the 
	local school while families attending Family Literacy Nights meet for two hours for one or two 
	nights at their
	school. The Families that Read, Succeed program includes a one‑an‑one tutoring component for 
	the children while the faculty member meets with the parents/guardians to share practical tips 
	and strategies to encourage and promote literacy in the home in addition to the shared family 
	literacy activities.   At both events, the families receive a copy of the feature book(s) for them to 
	keep and enjoy at home as well as any materials from the activities. In addition to fostering the 
	importance and enjoyment of reading, these' events allow the local  schools to support and build 
	community with their children's families. It is a great opportunity for the
	university to serve and build connections with families and local schools as well.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Terri Tharp (615‑494‑7633)
	Program Objectives:	1. to advocate the importance of reading in our community;
	2. to address the specific literacy needs of ELL in our local schools;
	3. to develop strong home‑to school connections;
	4. to support collaboration between the university and the local school systems;
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Farmers' Market EBT Payment, Phillips

	Description:	MTSU’s role in a collaboration aimed at helping low‑income residents and fixed‑income senior 
	citizens to eat healthier has proven to be an instant success.  Farmers and consumers say the 
	newly implemented EBT, debit‑ and credit‑card payment method is a hit at the Rutherford County 
	Farmers’ Market. MTSU’s community partnership with the UT/TSU Extension‑operated Rutherford 
	County Farmers’ Market celebrated the kickoff to the “Grow Healthy Rutherford Initiative” at the 
	Lane Agri‑Park Community Center in Murfreesboro. Through a U.S. Department of Agriculture 
	Farmers’ Market Promotion Program grant, MTSU has helped implement a system that lets 
	farmers’ market customers make EBT, credit and debit payments to obtain tokens to make their 
	purchases. “This partnership will provide low‑income individuals with the opportunity to buy 
	healthy food at the farmers’ market,” said Dr. Justin G. Gardner, MTSU assistant professor of 
	agribusiness.  The University is helping with the EBT process as well as with promotional efforts 
	for the University of Tennessee/Tennessee State University Extension‑operated county market, 
	located at the Lane Agri‑Park Community Center on John R. Rice Boulevard in Murfreesboro.  
	Since 2007, officials report a 90 percent increase in Rutherford County residents using EBT 
	cards to buy food, reaching a total of 38,498 in September 2011.More than 17,000 residents live 
	in an area in central Murfreesboro known as a “food desert,” with low or limited access to 
	full‑sized grocery stores, Gardner said. A “food desert” can limit residents’ intake of fresh fruits 
	and vegetables, whole grains, low‑fat dairy products and other items in a healthy diet.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Nate Phillips (615‑494‑8996)
	Program Objectives:	Implemented EBT, debit‑ and credit‑card payment method is a hit at the Rutherford County 
	Farmers’ Market.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	20
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Field Experience and Study Abroad GS 3010 (EXL), Phalichanh

	Description:	Students travel abroad and learn about different cultures.  Once students return, they write a 
	research paper documenting their experiences and adventures abroad.  Photographs are 
	required to supplement their writing sample.  Students also provide a map documenting their 
	path in their travels abroad.  We look for encounters with people abroad‑‑whether they are 
	students or just people that they meet during their travels.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Justin Phalichanh (Justin Phalichanh)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,870.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 38.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 75 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

First to the Top, Seivers

	Description:	The College of Education is reaching out to area school districts with training aimed at helping 
	administrators meet the challenges of the state’s First to the Top initiative to improve student 
	performance.   The university hosted a professional development training session with 
	administrators from southern Midstate public school districts to help them establish or improve 
	their own systems’ Professional Learning Communities.  Under the direction of President Sidney 
	A. McPhee and Dean Lana Seivers, the MTSU College of Education has been partnering with 
	surrounding school districts on a number of school improvement initiatives, including PLCs.   
	The recent training targeted the south central CORE district, which includes Bedford, Coffee, 
	Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry and Wayne 
	counties and city systems in Manchester, Tullahoma and Fayetteville.
	Category:	C3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Lana Seivers (615‑898‑2874)
	Program Objectives:	Providing training to help  administrators meet the challenges of the state’s First to the Top 
	initiative to improve student performance.   Hosted  a professional development training to help 
	them establish or improve their own systems’ Professional Learning Communities.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	30
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

FirstSTEP Summer Bridge, Cheatham

	Description:	FirstSTEP is a five‑year, $2 million grant funded by the National Science Foundation. It is an 
	enrichment program that provides financial and academic support for students majoring in 
	biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering technology, geosciences, mathematics and 
	physics and astronomy. It also helps students improve their college‑life skills and learn about 
	research and careers in science, technology, engineering and math — the STEM fields.
	“FirstSTEP addresses gaps in math.  Incoming freshmen STEM majors are invited to join 
	FirstSTEP based on having an ACT math subscore between 19 and 23 inclusive.   The students 
	are not required to take prescribed math courses, but they have some gaps in their mathematics 
	development that need to be addressed to succeed as a STEM major.   An individualized study 
	plan was developed based on students’  areas of deficiency.  
	MTSU faculty and staff and nine MTSU students from sophomores to graduate students assisted 
	the fall 2012 freshmen. 

	Staff included Dr. Ginger Holmes‑Rowell; Tenpenny, Dr. Joan Raines;Dr. Chris Stephens; 
	co‑administrator and math chair Dr. Don Nelson; and coordinators Brad Rudnik and Teresa 
	Walls.  Grad students Jennifer Yantz, Brittany Smith, Amenah Kassaee and Clint Holman guided 
	the freshmen through homework problems. Nine student workers also assisted. A $1.7 million 
	National Science Foundation grant originally funded the program then called STEPMT in 2004.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tom Cheatham (615‑494‑8738)
	Program Objectives:	Provide financial and academic support for students majoring in biology, chemistry, computer 
	science, engineering technology, geosciences, mathematics and physics and astronomy.  
	Helps students improve their college‑life skills and learn about research and careers in science, 
	technology, engineering and math — the STEM fields.
	Address gaps in math.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	120
	# of Students:	 13 
	# of Faculty:	 7 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Food Preparation Competition, Colson

	Description:	The students competed in a culinary competition that focused on foods grown in Tennessee and 
	prepared lunch for a civic organization.
	Category:	A7
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet Colson (615‑898‑2091)
	Program Objectives:	1. Students will be able to recognize foods grown in Tennessee.
	2. Students will prepare and serve a dish made from Tennessee grown foods.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 

	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Food Systems Management NFS 4220 (EXL), Sheehan‑Smtih

	Description:	Students spend approximately 2/3 of the semester on‑site in a variety of food service 
	organizations.  During this time they have learning objectives and associated learning 
	experiences to achieve.  These learning experiences provide them with the opportunity to 
	enhance their knowledge of food systems management obtained in the classroom and to 
	develop skills based on this knowledge.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sharon Smith ((615)898‑5601)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,050.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 30.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 30 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Freshman Day of Service, Victory

	Description:	Freshman Day of Service made some changes this year to allow more students to participate.  It 
	is a partnership with United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties Hometown Huddle 
	program.  This is the third year for the MTSU event.  Freshman Day of Service will promote 
	volunteerism through a style of speed volunteering. This year, 207 volunteers participated in the 
	joint effort, racking up 621 hours of service and putting together more than 2500 healthy snack 
	packs for local school children.  This year’s projects include students putting together healthy 
	snack packs for local school children.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Student Affairs
	Department Contact:	Jackie Victory (615‑898‑5812)
	Program Objectives:	Freshman are able to come together to participate in volunteer work throughout the Murfreesboro 
	community.  Freshman Day of Service will promote volunteerism through specific projects in the 
	area. Exposing Student Affairs staff to diversity and service, through the giving of time and energy.  
	It will instill in our students the importance of civic engagement and giving back.

	Student:	 250.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 20.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 75 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, Heffington

	Description:	The Japanese city of Fukushima Daiichi continues to recover from a massive March 2011 
	earthquake and resulting tsunami that engulfed the coastal area.  Some 16,000 people lost their 
	lives. In June 2012, ten MTSU students witnessed the aftermath firsthand. During ten days of 
	debris cleanup and 
	personal service, the MTSU delegation—chosen on the basis of grades and essays—served hot 
	meals, entertained children, and learned about disaster‑response procedures. Doug Heffington, 
	director of the Global Studies program, led the trip. No MTSU representatives ventured into 
	unsafe areas.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	History
	Department Contact:	Dr. Douglas Heffington (615‑898‑5978)
	Program Objectives:	MTSU students witnessed the aftermath firsthand. During ten days of debris cleanup and 
	personal service, the MTSU delegation served hot meals, entertained children, and learned 
	about disaster‑response procedures.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 10 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Fund of Communication COMM 2200 03, 09, 072 (EXL), Kissinger

	Description:	Classes are divided into groups of five students.  Each of the groups is completing a project that 
	connects disability, communication and the arts.  The projects vary and there are many options 
	from which the students could select to focus.  The projects involve activities such as 
	interviewing, hosting educational events and creating videos.  All projects result in a binder, oral 
	presentation and display board (which will go to the Tennessee Communication Association 
	conference).
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger ((615)898‑2640)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 1,125.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 75 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Fund of Communication COMM 2200 D04 (EXL), Kissinger

	Description:	This project is tying in several things:  Students work with items related to the water to connect to 
	summer reading book.  Students use a math concept to create their item to tie in to our sister 
	class in the communication program.  As a public speaking class, the class travels to the 
	Parthenon and to give a public presentation of their project.  This public performance is part of a 
	bigger project focused on the Golden Ratio that has been videotaped and has become part of an 
	international exchange with Athens, Greece.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger ((615)898‑2640)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 330.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 22 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Fund, of Communication COMM 2200 (EXL), Fall 12,Kissinger

	Description:	The project is an oral presentation given to middle school students and the general public about 
	an item that was created using the dimensions of the Golden Ratio and what they have learned 
	about the use of math in real world situations.  It will be a math project that will be communicated 
	through public speaking to school children and the general public and taped for an overseas 
	exchange.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger ((615)898‑2640)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,050.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, AERO 3440 (EXL), Callender

	Description:	Students perform duties of a flight test engineer in an instrumented Piper Saratoga.  The flight 
	test is designed to collect data necessary for creating aerodynamic characteristic curves 
	(coefficient of lift, coefficient of drag, and lift to drag vs. angle of attack.)  The students collect the 
	data in flight, reduce the data post flight, and present the data via reports.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Nate Callender ((615)898‑5983)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 650.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 33.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 65 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

General Psychology PSY 1410 (EXL), Boyer‑Pennington

	Description:	Consists of a minimum of 10 hours service learning activities.  Portfolio that consists of all 
	student papers, activities, journal entries, and service learning documentation.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Psychology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Michelle Boyer‑Pennington ((615)898‑5451)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 800.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 80.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 80 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Generation Next EXL 3010, Service Learning Practicum, Francis

	Description:	Over the course of the semester, students have participated in a variety of projects including 
	collaborating with Club Marvel to work with local youth and encourage them to attend college; 
	participation in MTSU's Alternative Spring Break; planting trees with local non‑profits; cleanup and 
	beautification work on campus and off campus; participation in the BIG Event; and teaching ESL 
	courses at a local community center.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Clay Francis
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 528.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 15.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 44 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Giving Campaign, Bonner

	Description:	The MTSU, 2012 Charitable Giving Campaign raised $110,723.24 from 721 donors!
	Ninety‑six point three  (96.3) percent of the $115,000 goal was reached. There was a substantial 
	increase in participation from many divisions, including – most notably – Academic Affairs.   They 
	engaged in friendly competition for the inaugural Provost Cup, which went go to the college 
	recording the greatest percentage of engagement in the campaign. This also marks the second 
	consecutive year that the $110k mark was crossed.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Gloria Bonner (615‑494‑7969)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	200
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 732 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Golden Ratio Project, VSA , Kissinger

	Description:	MTSU students played a part in an arts performance that will soon be on exhibit across 
	Tennessee and will ultimately travel to Athens, Greece, for an international arts education 
	exchange.   Students provided the narration for “The Golden Ratio Project,” at Nashville’s 
	Parthenon presented by Tennessee students with disabilities.     An MTSU experiential‑learning 
	organizational communication class provided funding for the project and also served as 
	volunteers during the event. 
	During the performance, young people with disabilities used music, dance, poetry and the visual 
	arts to explain the mathematical concept of the Golden Ratio, an irrational number that has ties, 
	either by design or coincidence, that can be found in nature, architecture, the human body and 
	even the universe.   VSA Tennessee is a statewide nonprofit organization that provides 
	resources, tools and opportunities for arts programming for people with disabilities.
	Category:	B3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Speech and Theatre
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger (615‑210‑8819)
	Program Objectives:	MTSU students will have the opportunity to travel to Athens, Greece, for an international arts 
	education exchange.  Students provide narration for “The Golden Ratio Project,”.
	Student:	 50.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 110.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1,000
	# of Students:	 50 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Grant Writing for Non‑profit Organization, Sayward

	Description:	Grant‑writing for Doors of Hope, a non‑profit organization that provides education and basic 
	needs for women being released from incarceration at the Rutherford County Work Facility; which 
	includes some with disabilities and some who are racial, cultural,, and ethnic minorities.
	     Persons with disabilities
	     Racial, cultural & ethnic minorities
	And, writing grants for DOH and the related tasks of attending the Mayor’s Taskforce on 
	Homelessness as well as grant‑related training and compliance activities.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	History
	Department Contact:	Dr. Amy Sayward (615‑898‑2569)
	Program Objectives:	Clients opt to participate in the educational component of the program while incarcerated, which 
	focuses on developing a success strategy for the women.  After release, Doors of Hope provides 
	opportunities for a set of post‑release clothing, a ride home, continuing support, educational 
	funding, transitional housing, counseling, and transportation.  By providing these opportunities, 
	we hope to reduce the recidivism rate of this population.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	200
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Great Books in Middle Tennessee Prisions, S2013, Phillips

	Description:	According to the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), 97% of incarcerated felons will 
	eventually be released back into the community. Great Books in Middle Tennessee Prisons 
	seeks to encourage reflection, respectful interpersonal communication, and better 
	decision‑making. Longer‑term goals include promoting good citizenship and reducing 
	recidivism. This non‑credit program is offered by MTSU faculty (and graduate
	students) volunteers from the College of Liberal Arts who have a strong desire to give back to the 
	community by working with an underserved population for whom such an educational program 
	could make a positive difference in their lives and ultimately in the community at large.
	Volunteering in the prisons provides faculty volunteers one of the most rewarding teaching 
	experiences available. The inmates who participate in the program show their appreciation 
	during every class meeting, and the faculty volunteers witness the growth and development in the 
	participants. The success of the program over the years has resulted in other faculty members 
	taking a greater interest in our public service efforts. The graduate student volunteers who serve 
	in the program gain valuable professional experience through team‑teaching classes in the 
	prisons with more seasoned, full‑time faculty members.  Moreover, our students at MTSU benefit 
	from our volunteer efforts simply by seeing that the faculty and
	graduate student volunteers value this kind of public service.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	English
	Department Contact:	Dr. Philip Phillips (615‑898‑2699)

	Program Objectives:	The primary objectives of the Great Books in Middle Tennessee Prisons program are to promote
	rehabilitation through education and to contribute to the reduction of recidivism by providing 
	non‑credit, college‑level courses to inmates in TDOC facilities led by MTSU faculty volunteers.  
	This program constitutes a meaningful partnership between MTSU, TDOC, and the Great Books 
	Foundation (GBF): faculty and graduate student volunteers gain valuable experience serving the 
	community by offering a non‑credit, college‑level educational experience to a population of 
	inmate students who will eventually return to the free world, and the program's positive impact 
	upon the inmate students underscores the university's commitment to public service and 
	educational outreach.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	45
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Health and Gerontology NURS 3370 (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	Course consists of two projects: a group project (3‑5 students) designed to incorporate theory 
	regarding genontological practice and an individual project where students interact with a "well" 
	elderly person who lives in a community setting.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑2437)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 4,183.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 187.00 
	Persons:	3
	# of Students:	 173 
	# of Faculty:	 5 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Health Care Issues and Trends, NURS 4039 (EXL) Sauls

	Description:	Each student is expected to spend a minimum of 8 hours providing volunteer community service 
	to the agency of their choice, or to a political candidate or campaign working on a health‑related 
	issue.  The purpose of this experience is to provide the student with hands‑on experience 
	providing a service, or furthering a cause, that is aligned with current healthcare issues and 
	trends, as well as the student's individual areas of interest.

	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑2437)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 552.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 69.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 69 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Historic Preservation Century Farms CHP, Graham, West

	Description:	The Tennessee Century Farms Program was created in 1975 by the Tennessee Department of 
	Agriculture as part of our nation’s bicentennial celebration.  In 1985, the Center for Historic 
	Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University assumed the responsibility for the program.  
	The program was originally designed and continues to be a recognition and documentary effort. 
	The Tennessee Century Farms Program has a farm in all of Tennessee’s 95 counties.

	The primary focus of the program is to continue honoring and recognizing the dedication and 
	contributions of families who have owned and farmed the same land for at least 100 years. After 
	30 years, the statewide and ongoing program has 1,507 certified farms. Of that number, 57 farms 
	were founded in or prior to the year 1796, the year Tennessee became a state. 157 farms are 
	200 years old, 634 are 150 years old, and 716 are over 100 years old.
	Secondly, it is a documentary program that collects and interprets the agrarian history and culture 
	of the state.  The collection has supported the 1985 book, Tennessee Agriculture: A Century 
	Farms Perspective; a traveling exhibit that toured the state from 1988‑89; articles in journals and 
	magazines; county displays; local museum exhibits; brochures and booklets; and web sites.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Center for Historic Preservation
	Department Contact:	Dr. Carroll Van West (615‑898‑2947) (caroll.west@mtsu.edu)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	The recognition, encouragement, and promotion of long‑standing agricultural production and 
	history in TN, which is achieved by the Century Farms program, is meant to maintain farmland 
	against the effects of rampant development in the state.
	Program Objectives:	In addition to promoting and recognizing the operations of family farms, Century Farms primarily 
	documents these farms and their chain of ownership from their foundation.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	17
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 1 

	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Honors Service Learning Practicum UH 3001 (EXL), Vile

	Description:	Students produce an issue off Collage:  A Journal of Creative Expression.  Collage is a collection 
	of creative student work submitted by MTSU students and recent alumni each semester.  
	Approximately 200 to 300 submissions are reviewed through a blind grading process with 
	approximately 50 works chosen for publication.  Selected literary works are edited, and visual 
	works are tweaked using Photoshop.  Visual and literary works are paired and placed in a 
	student‑centered design using Adobe InDesign.  A professional printiing company prints the 
	magazine from the submitted InDesign file.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Honors College
	Department Contact:	Dr. John Vile ((615)898‑2596)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 550.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Human Genetics BIOL 4460 (EXL), Seipelt

	Description:	Each semester the project changes as the research project progresses.  Example projects have 
	included students working on amplifying and cloning human aminopeptidase genes into a yeast 
	expression vector.  The aim of this project is to examine the biochemistry of the aminopeptidases 
	as they are important for the immune system and cardiovascular health.  Another group worked 
	on amplifying and cloning cellular processing genes into a mammalian expression vector.  The 
	aim of this project was to examine how immune cells become mature through cellular 
	processing.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Biology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Rebecca Seipelt ((615)904‑8393)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 950.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 19.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Human Osteology, ANTH 4300 (EXL), Hodge

	Description:	As a pro bono service for the Tennessee Division of Archaeology, students  complete skeletal 
	inventories of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites in Middle Tennessee.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Shannon Hodge ((615)494‑7681)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 575.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 48.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 16 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Hybrid Powertrain Development, Perry

	Description:	Dr. Perry continues driving toward success in the development of the plug‑in hybrid retrofit kit for 
	any car.  Perry and this year’s five‑member team saw gas mileage increase anywhere from 50 to 
	100 percent on a 1994 Honda station wagon retrofitted with laboratory prototype plug‑in hybrid 
	capability.  The Honda wagon research vehicle has been fitted with electric motors at each rear 
	wheel and a large lithium‑ion battery that’s mounted in the rear of the vehicle.   
	Brent Brubaker, a May 2012 graduate explains to goal, “The wheel‑hub motor is an answer to a 
	problem. It’s innovative technology. You can take and bolt it on a car. 
	Dr. Chong Chen advised in the motor’s design and directed Wattage’s modeling work;  Dr. 
	Richard Redditt oversaw the mechanical build of the earliest prototype of the wheel‑hub motor; 
	and Dr. Ron McBride was a consultant and oversaw student involvement in the machine shop.  
	The nine students have all graduated with bachelor’s or master’s degrees.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Engineering Technology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Charles Perry (615‑898‑5683)
	Program Objectives:	Development of a plug‑in hybrid retrofit kit for any car.

	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 9 
	# of Faculty:	 4 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

IDES Fall Jury Residential Design I, Miller

	Description:	Professional interior designers evaluate student residential loft projects. Twelve IDES‑3730 
	Residential Design I students engage in a 20 – 30 minute session during which they present 
	their design solutions to the Jury and receive verbal and written feedback.
	Category:	B4
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dana Miller (615‑898‑5723)
	Program Objectives:	To provide students with presentation experience, advice and guidance from design 
	professionals. Twelve students participated in this Jury.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Infant and Toddler Practicum ECE 4380 (EXL), Taylor

	Description:	Each student spends 2.5 hours per week working directly with children in the Infant‑Toddler 
	classroom for a total of 30 hours.  Two sessions are lead teaches for each student.  Students 
	make school‑to‑home activities for children to do with parents as an extension of lessons taught 
	in class.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Kimberley Taylor
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,470.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 49.00 
	Persons:	2

	# of Students:	 49 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Integrated Marketing Comm. Project MKT 3850 (EXL), Allgood

	Description:	Students are responsible for creating a compete an integrated marketing communication project 
	including psychological, sociological, legal, and marketing environments of promotion; the 
	promotion mix consisting of advertising, publicity, personal selling, and sales promotion; and the 
	development of promotion objectives, strategies, and plans.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Alizabeth Allgood ((615)494‑8864)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 944.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 59.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 59 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Integrated Marketing Comm. Project, MKT 3850 (EXL), Buckner

	Description:	Students are responsible for creating a compete an integrated marketing communication project 
	including psychological, sociological, legal, and marketing environments of promotion; the 
	promotion mix consisting of advertising, publicity, personal selling, and sales promotion; and the 
	development of promotion objectives, strategies, and plans.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Laura Buckner ((615)898‑2370)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 592.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 37.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 37 

	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Integrative Seminar in Leadership LEAD 4001 (EXL), Raffo

	Description:	Culminating project where students create a personal leadership portfolio that highlights their 
	leadership strengths.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Dr. Deana Raffo ((615)494‑8713)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 420.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 21.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 21 
	# of Faculty:	 11 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intercollegiate State Legislature PS 2140 (EXL), Reed

	Description:	Intercollegiate State Legislature
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Gerald Reed ((615)898‑2708)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 30.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 3 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intercultural Communication COMM 3560 (EXL), Kim

	Description:	International student interviews enable students to explain/describe the respondents' experience 
	of intercultural adaptation and intercultural communication in American host cultural environment.  
	In addition, by analyzing the experience of international students in American campus in terms of 
	U‑curve hypothesis, students are able to understand and feel how it would be like to be relocated 
	in a different host cultural environment and how culture shock comes into play in sojourners' live 
	overseas.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Yang Soo Kim ((615)494‑8756)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 198.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 33.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 33 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intercultural Communication Honors COMM 3560 (EXL), Seward

	Description:	Students met with International students from the ELS Center to interview them about their 
	cultures.  This was beneficial for all students since the ELS students were able to improve their 
	vocabulary and conversational English abilities.  Students in the class combined information 
	learned from the interviews with traditional research and made connections to Intercultural 
	theories and concepts in producing a research paper.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Linda Seward ((615)904‑8572)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 54.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 9 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intern Design for Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation, Dunlap

	Description:	Graduate students in LSM 6050: Design & Management of Leisure and Sport Facilities created a 
	structured internship program for the Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department. This 
	process entailed multiple consultations with MPRD leadership and staff, regarding 
	organizational needs related to interns. Project used a project planning methodology and 
	included design considerations related to operations, human resources, facilities maintenance, 
	budgeting/finance, marketing, and public administration.
	Category:	B2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Rudy Dunlap (615‑898‑2811)
	Program Objectives:	Consult with MPRD Staff to design formalized internship program; design position descriptions, 
	situate interns within overall departmental organization and operations; formalize interns’ review 
	process; design orientation training for interns; sketch a marketing plan to attract interns
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	5
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internal Auditing ACTG 4640 (EXL), Heath

	Description:	Students were formed into groups and interviewed a student officer about the cash handling 
	procedures that are in place at the student organization.  Each group then prepared a process 
	map of the described cash handling procedures, identifying strengths and weaknesses in the 
	process.  Each group also prepared a report to the student officer with recommendations for 
	improving the process.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Rebekah Heath ((615)898‑2625)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 330.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 9.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 30 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 

	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

International Agriculture ABAS 4190 (EXL), Johnston

	Description:	Interdisciplinary experiential learning in a foreign country. Foreign agriculture and agribusiness 
	explored in the classroom and onsite through a planned trip. Students required to hold (or 
	acquire) a valid US passport and participate in a one‑ to two‑week visit to a foreign country during 
	the course.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tony Johnston ((615)898‑2421)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 1,848.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 8.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship CHEM 3890 001 (EXL), DiVincenzo

	Description:	Each student aids an instructor during chemistry laboratory sessions.  They circulate around the 
	lab answering questions and helping laboratory students.  In the process, they keep a laboratory 
	journal.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Chemistry
	Department Contact:	Dr. John Divincenzo ((615)904‑8251)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,599.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 46.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 46 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 

	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship Child Dev. Fam. Studies HSC 4101, (EXL),  Emery

	Description:	Students complete a 300 hour internship in Middle Tennessee social agencies and 
	organizations.  The work that the students do varies and is based on their site and their clients 
	and/or residents and mission.  Students are working with children, adolescents, the elderly, and 
	families in a variety of capacities.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 5,100.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 17.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 17 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship COMM 4900 (EXL), Asbury

	Description:	Students work in the community and demonstrate their communication skills.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary Asbury ((615)904‑8164)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 450.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship CSCI 4910 (EXL), Pettey

	Description:	Students are expected to apply his/her computer science "book learning" in a real world 
	assignment.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Chrisila Pettey ((615)898‑2132)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,315.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 4 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship in Communication COMM 4900 (EXL), Gebert

	Description:	Practical experience in a professional work setting in a field requiring communication skills.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Kaylene Gebert ((615)898‑5263)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 450.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship in Org. Comm. ORCO 4220 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	Practical experience in applying coursework to actual situations and projects in organizations, 
	both on and off campus, in a supervised internship program.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts

	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,616.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 16.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 16 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internship RIM 4000 (EXL), Wald

	Description:	This project is a supervised internship with a company allied with our field of music business.  
	Often these companies are record labels, music publishing companies, music management 
	companies, live event companies, new media and marketing companies, and others.  The 
	course is designed to be a launching pad for employment in our industry.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Melissa Wald ((615)494‑8661)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 8,475.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 113.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 113 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Internships, Owens

	Description:	Listed are various internships sites for Regents Online Degree Program students.  The 
	partnership sites are unique because students identify them based on that  individual student’s 
	particular area of academic emphasis and interest.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Academic Affairs
	Department Contact:	Dr. Rosemary W. Owens (615‑898‑2180)

	Program Objectives:	Expand the opportunities for students and the community to develop internships.
	Student:	 750.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	6
	# of Students:	 5 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Interpersonal Communication COMM 2300 (EXL), Xiaowei Shi

	Description:	Students are assigned into five groups.  Each group picks an industry in which employees deal 
	with communication issues that often involve stress (i.e. angry customers, employees who need 
	to be fired, communication accuracy, building teamwork, etc.) Each group produces an initial 
	report that provides valuable information that helps students develop and conduct excellent 
	interviews about communication issues in their industry.  Once the initial report is completed, 
	each person interviews a key person in the industry.  Finally each group develops and gives a 15 
	‑ 20 minute presentation to the class which integrates information from the research with 
	material from the course (i.e. makes connections between communication theories and 
	concepts covered in class with how issues are handled in real life for people who work in the 
	industry that was studies.)
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Xiaowei Shi ((615)494‑7958)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 3,650.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 6.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 73 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Interpersonal Communication, COMM 2300 (EXL), Seward

	Description:	Students form groups and each group performs interviews with individuals in an industry in 
	which employees deal with communication issues that often involve stress (i.e. sick relatives, 
	angry customers, employees who need to be fired, etc.) Students will choose from an industry list 
	or propose an additional industry for consideration (i.e. hospitals, human resources, airlines, 
	funeral homes, hotels, etc.)
	Category:	D

	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Linda Seward ((615)904‑8572)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,083.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 72 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Interpersonal Communication, COMM 2300 (EXL), Stephens

	Description:	Students analyze interpersonal conflict in an organizational setting by interviewing two managers 
	about conflict and conflict management in their organizations.  In addition to the interviews, 
	students are required to complete research on the topic of conflict.  Students complete the two 
	interviewes for similarities and differences.  Students then make recommendations for 
	improvement based on guidelines for constructive conflict skills.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Elizabeth Stephens ((615)904‑8080)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 322.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 23.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 23 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Interview Communication COMM 3340 (EXL), Asbury

	Description:	Students conduct mock hiring interviews in the community.  The mock interview usually ends up 
	as a "real" interview for the students where they secure internships, promotions or employment 
	after graduation.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary Asbury ((615)904‑8164)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 260.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 26.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 26 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Interview Communication COMM 3340 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	Students conduct mock hiring interviews in the community.  The mock interview usually ends up 
	as a "real" interview for the students where they secure internships, promotions or employment 
	after graduation.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 250.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 25.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 25 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Interview Communication COMM 3340 (EXL), Stephens

	Description:	Students conduct mock hiring interviews in the community.  The mock interview usually ends up 
	as a "real" interview for the students where they secure internships, promotions or employment 
	after graduation.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Elizabeth Stephens ((615)904‑8080)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 990.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 99.00 
	Persons:	3
	# of Students:	 99 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro to Aerospace, AERO 1020 (EXL), Callender

	Description:	Students research, design, build, and flight test wood gliders.  The process is documented in 
	three research papers throughout the semester and culminates in a glide range competition.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Nate Callender ((615)898‑5983)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,180.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 30.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 118 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro to Cross Cultural Experiences GS 2010 (EXL), Phalichanh

	Description:	A hands‑on course that establishes a broad‑based foundation for understanding varying 
	perspectives and values in a culture other than one’s own. Differing global and international 
	views on cultural and environmental issues past, present, and future.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Justin Phalichanh ((615)898‑2631)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 315.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 25.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 48 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro to Nursing Practical‑Clinical, NURS 3360 (EXL),  Sauls

	Description:	In addition to 5 weeks of campus laboratory sessions (8 hrs/wk), students work 7 weeks of 
	clinical (agency) practicum providing care for 1‑2 clients (with faculty supervision).  Weekly written 
	work/expectations/assignments include:  Nursing plan of care, medication forms, client 
	demographic form, physical assessment and vital signs assessment forms and 
	pathophysiology form.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Nursing Dept ((615)898‑5845)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 6,672.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 118.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 118 
	# of Faculty:	 11 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro. to Org. Comm. ORCO 3240 (EXL), Asbury

	Description:	Each students conducts a face‑to‑face interview with an organization leader in a setting that is 
	related to their discipline of study or potential career.  Through the interview process, students 
	gain a greater understanding of organizational communication, particularly as it relates to 
	theories associated with organizational structures and communication networks and strategies 
	within the organization.  Students produce a paper that analyzes the organization according to the 
	theoretical perspectives given above and will also include a reflective component that instructs 
	the student to examine the experience.  Students will also share their findings with classmates 
	as a shared oral reflective exercise.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary Asbury ((615)904‑8164)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,470.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 73.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 73 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro. to Org. Comm. ORCO 3240 (EXL), Boyd

	Description:	Each students conducts a face‑to‑face interview with an organization leader in a setting that is 
	related to their discipline of study or potential career.  Through the interview process, students 
	gain a greater understanding of organizational communication, particularly as it relates to 
	theories associated with organizational structures and communication networks and strategies 
	within the organization.  Students produce a paper that analyzes the organization according to the 
	theoretical perspectives given above and will also include a reflective component that instructs 
	the student to examine the experience.  Students will also share their findings with classmates 
	as a shared oral reflective exercise.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Debra Boyd ((615)898‑2732)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 360.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 24.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro. to Org. Comm. ORCO 3240 (EXL), Stephens

	Description:	Students complete a 10‑hour community service project and reflective paper.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Elizabeth Stephens ((615)904‑8080)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,180.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 70.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 70 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Intro. to Org. Comm., ORCO 3240 (EXL), Gebert

	Description:	The Organizational Service Project requires the students to be involved in work for an 
	organization.  In an effort to have students practice their organizational listening and observing 
	skills, this project is focused on successful contributions within an organization, on campus, or 
	off. Students must serve at least 10 hours of volunteer work outside class, and the hours must be 
	documented.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Kaylene Gebert ((615)898‑5263)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 285.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 19.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Invention Convention, Huddleston

	Description:	The 2015 Invention Convention marked the event’s 23rd year and featured more than 100 
	one‑of‑a‑kind inventions from 200 young inventors from across the Midstate. The young inventors 
	were public‑ and private‑school students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades in Coffee, DeKalb, 
	Franklin, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Davidson and Wilson counties.  Each year, the 
	youngsters create an invention fitting one of two categories: “Games” and “Make Our Lives 
	Easier.” Judges select winners in each category, and participants also create presentations as 
	well as working models of their inventions to display to visitors. The event also features a guest 
	speaker each year. Robert "Hoot" Gibson, NASA astronaut and pilot, was the speaker for the 
	2015 Convention.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tracey Huddleston (615‑898‑5500)
	Program Objectives:	Children create an invention fitting one of two categories: “Games” and “Make Our Lives Easier.”
	Student:	 20.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 100.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	466
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Investing in Innovation (3):  NWP College‑Ready, Donovan

	Description:	Federally‑funded project through the National Writing Project to provide professional 
	development to English/Language Arts teachers (grades 7‑10) in Marshall County.  The teachers 
	and administrators in the county collaborate with Middle Tennessee Writing Project teaching 
	consultants to develop professional development workshops that will help the teachers 
	incorporate Common Core State Standards (especially analytical, informational, and 
	argumentative writing) into their curriculum.  Simultaneously, a research project assessing the 
	merits of long‑term intensive professional development will be conducted in the district.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	English
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ellen Donovan (615‑898‑5981)
	Program Objectives:	1. Improve middle and high school teachers’ practice in the teaching of academic writing
	2. Improve middle and high school student academic writing achievement
	3. Increase the number of rural teacher‑leaders in participating schools and districts
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	10
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 

	Linked to Community Need:	None

Jackson State Community College Agreement, McPhee

	Description:	The agreement creates dual admissions, concurrent enrollment, and reverse transfer options 
	between the institutions.  The dual admission program allows eligible Jackson State students to 
	get MTSU advising, registration priority and admission while still attending the community 
	college.  The concurrent enrollment aspect of the new agreement allows students to enroll for 
	classes at both institutions simultaneously and get financial aid for the total number of credits if 
	needed. The change will help students whose majors require lower‑division courses not 
	available at the community‑college level, such as nutrition, interior design and Concrete Industry 
	Management. The reverse transfer portion of the plan gives former Jackson State students who 
	transferred to MTSU before receiving an associate degree to transfer their MTSU course work 
	back to the community college, eventually allowing them to get a Jackson State diploma.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	Create dual admissions, concurrent enrollment, and reverse transfer options between the 
	institutions.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

John Early Museum Middle School, Martin

	Description:	Nashville’s newest museum embraces some unusual notions: the small, gloved hands of 
	children can handle artifacts with care; children  can serve as knowledgeable and enthusiastic 
	docents; and young minds can envision and create engaging exhibits and assist in the 
	development of a collection policy. With professional recognition from the American Alliance of 
	Museums (AAM), the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM), and the Inter‑Museum Council 
	of Nashville (ICON), the students and faculty at John Early Museum Magnet Middle School 
	recently celebrated the grand opening of Tennessee’s first officially sanctioned museum within a 
	school.
	Following the closing of Scarritt‑Bennett’s Hartzler Towner Multicultural Museum in 2011, 
	museum officials began looking for new homes for its collection of over 10,000 artifacts, 
	including African masks, exotic musical instruments, baskets, traditional Japanese costumes, 
	textiles, pottery, and dolls from around the world. 
	By any estimation, it was a bold move. Placing cultural artifacts from around the world under the 
	stewardship of middle school students would normally send terror through the ranks of museum 
	professionals. But two years into working with the museum magnet, the forty‑one museum 
	partners of John Early applauded the donation and welcomed the venture. In workshops led by 
	Dr. Bren Martin and the Public History Program at Middle Tennessee State University, teachers 
	and students learned and followed professional museum accessioning procedures for 
	inventorying, cataloguing, crating, and moving artifacts from one museum location to another. 
	The university and museum magnet partnership includes continuing support services in critical 
	areas such as artifact handling and exhibit display using museum‑quality display units. 
	Throughout the process, John Early faculty and students have taken seriously their new role as 
	cultural stewards and educators.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	History
	Department Contact:	Dr. Brenden Martin (615‑898‑2643)
	Program Objectives:	Placed cultural artifacts from around the world under the stewardship of middle school students.  
	In workshops led by Dr. Bren Martin and the Public History Program at Middle Tennessee State 
	University, teachers and students learned and followed professional museum accessioning 
	procedures for inventorying, cataloguing, crating, and moving artifacts from one museum location 
	to another. The university and museum magnet partnership includes continuing support services 
	in critical areas such as artifact handling and exhibit display using museum‑quality display units.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	541
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Language and Literacy K‑6 READ 4015 (EXL), Tharp

	Description:	Students address the specific literacy needs of children in a local school as designated by the 
	principal, literacy coaches, and teachers.  Students plan and implement a Family Literacy Night 
	Program in collaboration with Read to Succeed to furnish support in the areas of literacy 
	education and family involvement.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Terri Tharp ((615)494‑7633)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 132.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 42.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 42 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Leadership EXL 3020 (EXL), Raffo

	Description:	Students participate in a project that promotes personal leadership development and a 
	heightened understanding of the complexities of leadership through a campus‑ or 
	community‑based project.  Students may work with campus office such as those affiliated with 
	the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership or may choose to work with a community 
	partner.  Examples of activities include 1) plan and develop leadership conferences/programs, 2) 
	coordinate, research and write a newsletter, 3) plan and develop service opportunities for student 
	leaders, 4) coordinate and/or plan a charitable event, and 5) organize volunteers, etc.  The 
	practicum will be individually focused based on the student's interests and experience.  The goal 
	is for students to enrich their leadership development and self awareness as a leader.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Dr. Deana Raffo ((615)494‑8713)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 320.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 8.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 8 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Leadership Theories and Practices LEAD 3010 (EXL), Raffo

	Description:	There is a strong connection between service and leadership.  With this thought in mind, 
	students are challenged to work in small groups and identify a need within the campus or 
	Murfreesboro community and then address it through a service project.  Volunteering outside of 
	class allows them to connect with campus and/or community in order to make a difference and 
	better understand the theory of Servant Leadership.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Dr. Deana Raffo ((615)494‑8713)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 490.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 63.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 98 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Legal Courtroom Procedure PS 2100 (EXL), Snow

	Description:	Students develop experience‑based knowledge and apply their knowledge through participation 
	in MTSU's Mock Trial.  Students spend most of the course working in teams preparing actual 
	cases, simulating all aspects of the legal courtroom process, and competing against other 
	teams.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Stephen Morris ((615)494‑7687)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 135.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 9 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Legal Courtroom Procedure PS 2100 (EXL), Vile

	Description:	Students are assigned to teams of 6 to 8 students where they are expected to master mock trial 
	rules, and apply them to cases involving attorneys and witnesses.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. John Vile ((615)898‑2596)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 165.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Legal Env. of Business, BLAW 3400 (EXL), Benson

	Description:	Students participated in a Supreme Court project which included researching, analyzing, 
	presenting, and reflecting on cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.  Four to six 
	students were assigned as "attorneys" representing the petitioner, respondent and amicus 
	parties ("friends of the court") for each of the cases and to complete homework on the other 
	cases.  Each student was responsible for listening to the actual oral arguments made by 
	attorneys before the high court, researching the lower court opinions, analyzing the legal issues, 
	preparing a media information sheet, thinking on their feet by responding to audience questions 
	in class, and writing a comprehensive reflection memo analyzing the legal arguments and ethical 
	ramifications of the case.  Students also completed homework assignments which included 
	reviewing the other Supreme Court cases and tracking their own ethical decision making.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Sandra Benson ((615)898‑2348)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,508.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 14.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 57 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Legal Speakeasy, Kissinger

	Description:	The Legal Speakeasy was a fund raising event to support the efforts of VSA Tennessee in 
	working with people with disabilities through the arts.  Performances and visual arts by 
	individuals with disabilities were present at the event, which was held at the Nashville Lexus 
	Dealership. The dealership provided the site, tables, chairs, linens and promoted the event.  The 
	Nashville Predators served as hosts with the announcers for the Predators and honorary hosts 
	were the coach and assistant coach of the team. Lane Motor Museum provided a vintage car. 
	Students from MTSU served as volunteers at the event by taking tickets, serving as cigar girls, 
	running a silent auction, etc.  They also helped to plan the logistics of the event.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Speech and Theatre
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger (615‑210‑8819)
	Program Objectives:	Raise funds to support the efforts of VSA Tennessee in working with people with disabilities 
	through the arts.
	Student:	 20.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 40.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	200
	# of Students:	 17 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Legislative Internship PS 4360 (EXL), Byrnes

	Description:	A cooperative program with the State of Tennessee that provides for student service with the 
	legislature on a full‑time basis during the spring semester.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mark Byrnes ((615)898‑2351)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 600.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 12.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Linguistics Olympiad, Blackwell

	Description:	The  MTSU Linguistics Olympiad is an academic competition for area middle and high school 
	students with a special interest in the formal study of languages. A linguistics competition is a 
	paper‑pencil test consisting of problems requiring the analysis of a given set of linguistic data. 
	New
	linguistics problems are created each year specifically for this competition. The competition 
	attracts students with a love of language, logic, and cryptography. Since its inception in 2007, the 
	competition has grown from 12 participants to almost 100 participants in 2013.  The competition 
	was founded by Aleka Blackwell, Associate Professor of Linguistics in the English department.  
	Dr. Blackwell organizes this event with the assistance of Drs. Tom Strawman in English and Will 
	Langston in Psychology, as well as MTSU student volunteers and graduate assistants in the 
	Literacy Studies Ph.D. Program.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	English
	Department Contact:	Dr. Aleka Blackwell (615‑898‑5960)
	Additional Information:	The project is evaluated by means of a questionnaire which participants complete.  We ask them 
	to evaluate each competition problem and the break activities.  Please see attached Evaluation 
	document.
	Program Objectives:	(i) to expose middle and high school students to some of the fascinating Intricacies of some of 
	the world's languages (with a focus on crosslinguistic phenomena);
	(ii) to introduce the field of linguistics to middle and high school students Interested in the 
	systematic study of English and/or foreign languages;
	(iii) to offer students a challenging, yet nurturing and fun, environment in which to compete
	individually or in teams of up to four students);
	(iv) to support middle and high school teachers of English and foreign languages in their efforts 
	to motivate their students to excel;
	(v) to provide area middle and high school with an opportunity to compete in an academic
	competition geared to their interests;
	(vi) to provide area middle and high school students with an opportunity to build their academic 
	resume and prepare for college entrance testing (by building their skills in logical deduction);
	(Vii) to provide MTSU undergraduate students pursuing the Minor in Linguistic Studies, as well as 
	Literacy Studies and English Ph.D. students, with an opportunity to provide public service and to 
	use their linguistics knowledge by preparing competition materials and by helping host the event;
	(Viii) to provide interested MTSU faculty with an opportunity to serve the community by creating 
	and scoring competition materials and/or by creating presentations for participants or teachers; 
	and
	(ix) to enhance participants' awareness of language as a reflection of cultural diversity.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	96
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 6 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Literacy in Early Childhood ECE 4375 (EXL), Cornett

	Description:	Practicum placement encompassing the focus on literacy concepts from birth through grade 
	three:  
	2 hours per week totaling 20 hours
	One placement in a federally funded P‑K placement
	2nd placement in a K‑3 grade placement
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Rachel Cornett ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 440.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 22.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 22 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Long‑Term Care Nutrition, Sheehan‑Smith

	Description:	The students conduct an audit of foodservice operation safety and help with food production and 
	service.
	Category:	B2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lisa Sheehan‑Smith (615‑898‑2090)
	Program Objectives:	1. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of foodservice operation safety. 
	2. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to apply quality standards for food production 
	and service.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Lunar Samples, Perevalova

	Description:	Dr. Perevalova acknowledges that it is not only one of the coolest guests she has ever brought to 
	a physics and astronomy Star Party, but also one of the rarest.  On display were lunar samples 
	from Apollo missions 14‑17.   Dr. Perevalova helped land the lunar and meteorite samples at the 
	university. The public was invited to view the display, on loan from NASA.  “What’s important to us 
	is that they are from the moon,” Perevalova said. “They belong to the people of the United States. 
	The moon samples are absolutely unique. They’re a national treasure.”  Perevalova said she 
	believes this may be one of the first times lunar samples have come to Tennessee. Parents 
	were encouraged to bring their school‑age children to view the historic samples. Russia and the 
	United States, possess lunar samples. Russia’s came from a machine and U.S. astronauts 
	collected the moon samples.  Dr. Perevalova had to attend training at Georgia Southern 
	University and be certified by NASA before they would allow MTSU the opportunity to host the 
	exhibit.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Physics and Astronomy
	Department Contact:	Dr.  Irina Perevalova (615‑898‑2522)
	Program Objectives:	Provide display of lunar samples from Apollo missions 14‑17 and extend an invitation to the 
	community at‑large. Parents were encouraged to bring their school‑age children to view the 
	historic samples.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Management Internship MGMT 4950 (EXL), Buckner

	Description:	Students work in a real world environment at area businesses applying management skills and 
	knowledge.  Each internship is individual and unique.  Areas of work include project 
	management, human resources, hospitality management, logistics and contract management.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Laura Buckner ((615)898‑2370)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,025.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 10.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 10 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Marketing Internship MKT 4950 (EXL), Buckner

	Description:	Students work in a real‑world environment at area businesses, applying Marketing skills and 
	knowledge.  Each internship is individual and unique.  Areas of work include nonprofit marketing, 
	real estate marketing, retail promotion, insurance sales, healthcare marketing and sports 
	marketing,.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Laura Buckner ((615)898‑2370)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 4,950.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 24.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

MC Internship JOUR 4000 (EXL), Conner

	Description:	Advanced students gain practical experience in a professional setting.  Students are highly 
	engaged in the activities and projects produced by their internship provider.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Brandt Conner ((615)898‑2814)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 3,525.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 28.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 28 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

MC Practicum JOUR 3580 (EXL), Conner

	Description:	Practical experience in an on‑campus mass communication setting.  Students are highly 
	engaged in the activities and projects produced by their practicum provider.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Brandt Conner ((615)898‑2814)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,050.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Mediation Procedure PS 2120 (EXL), Willis

	Description:	Students engage in using mediation skills to resolve disputes between people, group and 
	organizations.  They have competed in intercollegiate mediation tournaments regionally and 
	nationally.  The exercises allow students to practice specific mediation skills (as mediator and as 
	a client‑advocate in mediation) and the details of different mediation approaches.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Clyde Willis ((615)898‑5457)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 540.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 18.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Model United Nations and Crisis Simulation PS 2130 (EXL), Petersen

	Description:	Hosted a competition with a team from Sewanee.

	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Karen Petersen ((615)494‑8662)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 550.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Montgomery County Cattle, Gill

	Description:	Many of the cows in Montgomery County are unable to get pregnant and  it has to do with the 
	emissions from a nearby Tennessee Valley Authority plant. A group of students and agriculture 
	experts made the bizarre discovery and say it presents a huge problem for farmers and 
	consumers.  The cows are suffering from bad health and spontaneous abortion. At times, as 
	many as 40 percent of the cows are infertile. Some of Clarksville‑Montgomery County's brightest 
	students have been collecting data for researchers at Vanderbilt University, Middle Tennessee 
	State University and the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service.  It has been quite 
	a project that has yielded answers as to what is happening and why. The TVA plant in nearby 
	Cumberland City emits sulphur, which carries into neighboring Montgomery County and lands on 
	the grass for the cows to eat.  The animals then start developing critical deficiencies in copper, 
	selenium and zinc, and soon the cows are sick, infertile and dying.   In the meantime, consumers 
	can expect the costs from the impact on beef and dairy production to be passed along at the 
	grocery store.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Warren Gill (615‑898‑2402)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	Why cows cannot get pregnant.
	Program Objectives:	Increase interest in STEM disciplines.
	Improve standing in the profession.
	Student:	 100.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 25.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 20 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Motlow SCC ‑ Early Childhood Education, McPhee

	Description:	An agreement signed between Middle Tennessee State University and Motlow College will help 
	community college students majoring in early childhood education turn their associate degrees 
	into bachelor’s degrees at MTSU’s Murfreesboro campus.  The agreement eases the transfer of 
	Motlow students into the Bachelor of Science degree program in early childhood education at 
	MTSU.    The next step is to track such partnerships for effectiveness, not just for increasing 
	transfer student enrollment but for more graduates entering the teaching profession and staying 
	there for the long term.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	To help community college students majoring in early childhood education turn their associate 
	degrees into bachelor’s degrees at MTSU’s Murfreesboro campus.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

MTSU Campus Recreation, Wiley

	Description:	Campus recreation is very involved with the Heart of Tennessee Chapter of the American Red 
	Cross, Middle Tennessee Region Blood Services.  Student volunteers did the following projects 
	throughout 2012‑2013:   in September, 4 students went through 8 hours of training to serve as 
	disaster volunteers; in October, 30 students assisted with a mock disaster drill at campus 
	recreations which allowed the American Red Cross to run their shelter operations program and 
	practice; also in October they assisted with the annual competition blood‑drive between MTSU 
	and Western Kentucky University.  Western collected 637 units and MTSU collected 618.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Student Affairs
	Department Contact:	Ray Wiley
	Program Objectives:	Provide students opportunities to be fully involved in community service and social service 
	activities.
	Student:	 200.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	Unknown
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 

	Linked to Community Need:	None

MTSU Events Calendar, McGoffin

	Description:	The university now has a one‑stop website for the campus community — and the rest of the 
	world — to learn about upcoming activities at MTSU: www.mtsu.edu/calendar.    The overall goal 
	was to create a calendar for the surrounding broader Middle Tennessee State University 
	community as well as for the MTSU campus community. MTSU students helped evaluate and 
	tweak the calendar before the launch.  This is also a result of surrounding communities’ 
	requests for up‑to‑date and readily accessible information regarding campus events that may be 
	of much broader interest.
	Category:	A7
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Academic Affairs
	Department Contact:	Allison McGoffin (615‑898‑2953)
	Program Objectives:	Create a University Calendar that is easily accessible and user‑friendly so that communities 
	outside the campus can learn about University events available to them.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 12 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

MTSU Gives Veterans Airplane Rides, Johnston

	Description:	Three veterans enjoyed a flight to remember when MTSU partnered with the Tennessee State 
	Veterans Home to fulfill their wish to return to the skies.  MTSU aerospace professor and pilot 
	Terry Dorris and professor Tony Johnston met the residents at the Murfreesboro Airport for the 
	flights on the MTSU Aerospace’s single‑engine 1953 DeHavilland Beaver.  State Veterans Affairs 
	Commissioner Many‑Bears Grinder and some of her staff also attended to show support for 
	veterans, who were accompanied by medical personnel from the State Veterans Home as a 
	precaution.  Will Tuttle, 82, served more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a paratrooper in the 
	Korean and Vietnam wars. Tuttle also wrote the program for Combat Controller Training.  Leticia 
	Fort, 72, served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam. Fort served with air emergency evacuation 
	teams to provide medical care for troops wounded on the battlefield.  Lynn Holliday, 70, served 
	more than 20 years in the U.S. Navy in the legal administrative offices. Holliday also served 
	during Vietnam. He studied to be a pilot but could not afford to get his license. It had always been 
	his dream to fly.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tony Johnston (615‑898‑2421)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 15.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	3

	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

MTSU STEM Eduation Research Conference, Cheatham

	Description:	The Tennessee STEM Education Research Conference (TSEC) advances the quality of pre‑K 
	through graduate and doctoral level Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) 
	education across the state of Tennessee, and seeks solutions to the growing shortage of 
	mathematics and science teachers across the nation, as well as, the increasing demands from 
	business, industry and government for a highly qualified STEM workforce.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tom Cheatham (615‑494‑8738)
	Program Objectives:	TMSTEC GOALS
	Develop and provide quality professional development for mathematics and science teachers.  
	Inspire and motivate students to study and learn more mathematics and science. Influence State 
	policies related to mathematics, science and technology education. Encourage and promote the 
	development of undergraduate and graduate programs of excellence in mathematics and 
	science education. Promote and facilitate scholarly research on the teaching and learning of 
	mathematics and science. Encourage and facilitate collaboration among business, industry, 
	education, and state policymakers to ensure the future of a skilled workforce.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	114
	# of Students:	 20 
	# of Faculty:	 8 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

MTSU Student Food Pantry, Seul

	Description:	The student food‑pantry idea came to fruition in spring 2012. The Student Government 
	Association passed legislation to create a pantry, but it did not have a physical location. With the 
	UCAC’s facilities, the partnership seemed ideal.   Any active, currently enrolled student can come 
	and access the food pantry.  However, the focus is on homeless students and students who 
	have just emerged from foster care, especially those who lack the necessary support to make it 
	on their own. The pantry is now located in the MT One Stop and have been accessed over 1500 
	times by our students.
	Category:	A7
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:
	Program Objectives:	Provide food for MTSU students who are in need.

	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	300
	# of Students:	 100 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Multinational Org. ORCO 4200 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	The students research multinational organizations through the internet and personal interviews.  
	Students analyze the communication training needs of the organization and then prepare and 
	present an appropriate training program.  In order to prepare for the unique training experience, 
	the students first conduct and be a participant in a nationally known communication training 
	program for a certificate granted by Business and Professional Women (BPW).
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 600.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 24.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 24 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Multinational Organizations, ORCO 4200 (EXL), Kim

	Description:	As a group project, students choose a target country and each group is required to design a "pre 
	departure training program" to educate expatriates in multinational organizations to reduce 
	prejudice and ethnocentrism, facilitating global competence and successful cultural adjustment 
	in a target country.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Yang Kim ((615)494‑8756)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 208.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 26 
	# of Faculty:	 26 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Music Enrichment at Bellwood‑Bowdoin Preschool, Vannatta‑Hall

	Description:	Currently, there are 436 at‑risk preschool children who daily attend Bellwood‑Bowdoin Preschool. 
	Even though the classroom teachers are encouraged to incorporate music into their curriculum, 
	there is not a
	music specialist employed at Bellwood. I have already collaborated with the school 
	administrators and the director of the school system to establish a service opportunity in which I 
	would teach music experiences to the preschool students that foster exploration, expression and 
	creativity.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Music
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jennifer Vannatta‑Hall (615‑898‑2487)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	Exposure to music in early childhood who are identified as being at risk
	Additional Information:	Dr. Linda Gilbert, the Superintendent of Murfreesboro City Schools, and Dr. Jennifer 
	Vannatta‑Hall, Assistant Professor of Music Education, determined that there was a need for the 
	young children at Bellwood‑Bowdoin Preschool to gain experiences in music, especially since 
	there is no music teacher at this school. Jennifer determined the need for early childhood 
	education majors enrolled in their required music methods course to be able to teach music to 
	young children in a practicum/field setting.
	Program Objectives:	To provide at‑risk preschool children with rich, quality musical experiences, thereby
	fostering exploration, expression and creativity.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	436
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Music Publishing Admin RIM 4840 (EXL), Wald

	Description:	Common relationships between music publishers and the community of the music industry as it 
	relates to the licensing and protection of copyrighted materials.  All notes and materials provided 
	during the semester is compiled into a final project which must be organized and presented in a 
	professional manner with a brief statement of experience.  This project is a large part of the final 
	grade for the class and is representative of a report that might be required of a future employee 
	that attends a training program.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Melissa Wald ((615)494‑8661)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,050.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 21.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 42 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Nashville Zoo ‑ Breed Eastern Hellbenders, Miller

	Description:	The Nashville Zoo’s effort to breed Eastern hellbenders in captivity garnered a Tennessee 
	Wildlife Resources Agency grant.  Tennessee used about $100,000, divided among three 
	entities, for collaborative efforts to increase the Eastern hellbenders’ numbers. Dr. Brian Miller, 
	an MTSU biology professor, repeated surveys done 20 years ago to compare today’s wild 
	hellbender population with that of the 1990s.  The Zoo’s role was the actual breeding. To that 
	end, the state grant helped the zoo pay for its share of work surveying wild hellbenders, plus 
	disease testing, tissue sampling and cryopreserving (freezing) hellbender sperm to build a 
	database of hellbender genes.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Biology
	Department Contact:	Dr. Brian Miller (615‑898‑5635)
	Program Objectives:	Tennessee used about $100,000, divided among three entities, for collaborative efforts to 
	increase the Eastern hellbenders’ numbers. Dr. Brian Miller, an MTSU biology professor, 
	repeated surveys done 20 years ago to compare today’s wild hellbender population with that of 
	the 1990s.  The Zoo’s role was the actual breeding.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Naturalization Ceremony, Evins

	Description:	MTSU celebrated the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution with 288 new fellow 
	citizens and a global audience that tuned in via the Internet at a special naturalization ceremony 
	inside Murphy Center. The university celebrates the Constitution’s 1787 signing every year with 
	special events and programs, including live readings of the document and printing portions of it 
	on MTSU’s replica 18th‑century Franklin‑era printing press at Walker Library.
	Category:	A7
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Academic Affairs
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary A. Evins ((615) 904‑8241)
	Program Objectives:	The 2012 celebration was made more special for MTSU as it  allowed a rare naturalization 
	ceremony to be held outside Nashville.
	The ceremony also saw three MTSU students take their oaths as naturalized U.S. citizens.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	288
	# of Students:	 3 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

North American Saxophone Alliance Regional 7, Aliquo

	Description:	MTSU’ Saxophone Conference included a special public concert by renowned musicians Jeff 
	Coffin and Dave Pietro alongside two School of Music faculty members, Don Aliquo and Paula 
	Van.  Coffin is a saxophonist with the Dave Matthews Band and a three‑time Grammy Award 
	winner with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.  More than 50 saxophonists based in Tennessee, 
	Kentucky, South and North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia also performed.
	Category:	C2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Music
	Department Contact:	Don Aliquo (615‑004‑8382)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Nursing's Image in the Media NURS 4036 (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	A group project which uses the nursing process to develop the creation of a media piece in the 
	form of a short play, a newspaper or magazine article, an advertisement or commercial, website, 
	or art piece.  This project addresses the class objective to establish how nurses can play a 
	bigger role in creating desirable images for themselves by allowing them to create a media 
	image.  The group discussions augment the learning in other projects and provide an opportunity 
	for class interaction on what was learned.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑5845)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 110.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Nursing's Image in the Media NURS 4036 (EXL), Weatherspoon

	Description:	Students interview several professional nurses and non‑nurses about their perception of 
	nursing's image in the media.  Students write a paper and a discussion board posting about 
	their findings.  They are required to reflect and discuss their cohort's findings as compared to 
	their own.  Students are encouraged to sample from a wide variety of persons.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑5845)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 110.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Nutrition Education Lesson Development and Implementation, Cromer

	Description:	Students from NFS 3260 develop and implement nutrition education lessons for specific target 
	audiences and conduct them in community settings.  This year the location was the Rutherford 
	County YMCA and the target audience was overweight/obese children and adolescents, along 
	with their parents, enrolled in a General Mills funded grant program designed to improve health 
	through improvements in physical activity and nutrition.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Lauren Cromer (615‑898‑2093)
	Program Objectives:	1. Provide a hands‑on opportunity for students to develop and conduct a nutrition education 
	lesson plan for a target audience.
	2. Provide experience for students in the implementation of a program for a target audience in a 
	community setting.
	3. Provide enrichment to the community in regards to nutrition knowledge.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Nutrition Group Seminar, Bogle

	Description:	The activity is part of a class that meets for 3 hours/week so as the instructor meets with them 
	each week for the entire semester for 3 hours/week. However once the client 
	recruitment/management and organization for the seminar begins at mid‑semester  the 
	instructor spends closer to 6 hours/week working on this course. The additional 3 hours  entail 
	administrative duties such as meeting with community partners to plan the seminar event; 
	reviewing student presentations for the event; organizing marketing the seminar event and 
	individual counseling sessions; organizing venue arrangements for seminar and individual 
	sessions; marketing/recruitment for clients for individual sessions; scheduling of individual 
	appointments; assisting each student on an individual basis with their planning for the individual 
	session; and sending reminder emails and requesting feedback to/from clients that are 
	scheduled for individual sessions.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ginny Bogle (615‑898‑5173)
	Program Objectives:	This project is designed to provide service learning opportunities to dietetics students who will:
	1)  Practice nutrition coaching skill with individuals interested in improving eating habits.
	2) Demonstrate oral presentation skills by planning and presenting a nutrition seminar to a 
	community group.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 

	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Nutrition, Bogle

	Description:	Nutrition Education Seminar Event: Thirty minute sessions were presented covering the following 
	topics: Healthy Eating ‑ when every dollar counts; Eating for Optimal Health; Organic, Natural and 
	Local Foods: what does all that mean; Reading Food Labels; Healthy Eating in Restaurants; 
	Smart Shopping, and more.
	Individual Nutrition Coaching Sessions: Students worked individually to coach an assigned client 
	through a nutrition‑related behavior change of the client’s choosing.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Ginny Bogle (615‑898‑5173)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	This is the third semester I have taught the class and the second time working with Murfreesboro 
	City Schools during the course. I feel that I have greatly increased the professional network on 
	multiple levels, personally, departmental‑wide, and university‑wide. The relationship I have 
	developed with the local school systems will hopefully set an exceptional precedence that will 
	open doors not only to my current/future NFS students for all students here at MTSU. More 
	personally to me I have greatly enjoyed seeing my senior dietetic students work with the public to 
	deliver sound nutrition knowledge. Their ability to successfully apply what they have learned gives 
	meaning to all of the hard work that the students and I have been a part of over their previous 
	semesters at MTSU.
	Program Objectives:	Increase the number of citizens, including children, who eat healthy diets and have good 
	nutritional habits.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Allen

	Description:	MTSU continues to strengthen its credentials as a scientific research institution by becoming one 
	of only 105 universities in the country to gain full membership with the Oak Ridge Associated 
	Universities.  This prestigious designation gives MTSU faculty and students an opportunity to 
	land members‑only grants and internships, as well as provides a “gateway” to laboratory 
	research at federal facilities.  Sponsoring institutions enjoy preferred access to Oak Ridge 
	National Laboratories, Y12, and the Department of Energy and its programs.   The nonprofit 
	ORAU pushes innovation by leveraging the strength of major research institutions to advance 
	science and education. Those institutions partner with national laboratories, government 
	agencies and private industry.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Graduate College
	Department Contact:	Dr. Michael Allen (615‑898‑2182)
	Program Objectives:	To strengthen our credentials as a scientific research institution. Provide opportunities for faculty 
	and students to earn members‑only grants and internships, as well as provide a “gateway” to 
	laboratory research at federal facilities.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Oliver Middle School, Williams

	Description:	MTSU adopted Oliver Middle School and arranged various activities for their students and faculty, 
	including five speakers throughout the year and two field trips.  Students from Oliver Middle 
	School in Nashville toured the MTSU campus, learning about the expectations, challenges and 
	rewards involved in getting a college education. The five‑hour tour included:  sixth, seventh, and 
	eighth‑grade students, some whom have never been on a college campus. OMS faculty 
	members Adam Wicker and Darcia Deloach worked with MTSU officials to arrange the trip.  
	Student ambassadors answered questions about MTSU from the Middle School students. MTSU 
	developed a partnership with Oliver Middle to help the school enhance its students’ educational 
	experience. The project is part of a larger strategic partnership between MTSU and The 
	Tennessean. On a later date students from Oliver Middle will be touring the Tennessean facility at 
	1100 Broadway in Nashville, meeting reporters and learning about the newspaper business.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Development and University Relations
	Department Contact:	Doug Williams (615‑494‑7800)
	Program Objectives:	MTSU  developed a partnership with Oliver Middle to help the school enhance its students’ 
	educational experience.
	Student:	 60.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 60.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	70
	# of Students:	 4 

	# of Faculty:	 4 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Online MTSU Guide to Tennessee Music, Cockrell

	Description:	A research grant for the Center for Popular Music at MTSU will help end those “what was that 
	song about Tennessee  …?” debates before they start.  The  $6,700 grant from the Tennessee 
	Historical Records Advisory Board is helping the CPM produce “’My Homeland’: A Research 
	Guide to Songs About Tennessee”. The project will identify and preserve a unique collection of 
	songs about Tennessee held in the Center’s archives and make them accessible online.   
	Perhaps more than any other state, Tennessee is associated with music.  While many 
	thousands of songs have been written in Tennessee over the last century, hundreds and 
	hundreds have also been written about Tennessee. Because resources have been scattered, 
	there has never been a systematic effort to gather and organize this powerful music.  In  the last 
	few years, the Center has acquired two major collections of songs about Tennessee:  the John 
	S. Mitchell Collection of Tennessee Music, which contains 1,413 sound recordings, 589 pieces of 
	sheet music, 24 books, one film and 22 posters; and; the Peter S. LaPaglia Collection, which 
	includes 76 select pieces of sheet music.  The site will include nation‑leading eight state songs, 
	raps, ditties and tunes on Tennessee
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dale Cockrell (615‑898‑2449)
	Program Objectives:	The Center of Popular Music will produce of "’My Homeland’: A Research Guide to Songs About 
	Tennessee”. The project will identify and preserve a unique collection of songs about Tennessee 
	held in the Center’s archives and make them accessible online.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Org. Comm. Analysis ORCO 3750 (EXL), Smith

	Description:	Students not only learn about research processes, they also carry out several group and 
	individual projects, then they reflect on the experience.  These projects require a minimum of 30 
	applied experiential hours per student.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sharon Smith ((615)898‑5601)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 3,030.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 200.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 100 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Org. Comm. in Communities, ORCO 3250 (EXL), Kissinger, Fall 12

	Description:	Students completed three projects.  The first project was securing items for an online auction for 
	a nonprofit. The students raised $2,000 for a statewide nonprofit that works with people with 
	disabilities. The second project was a partnership with the Tennessee Arts Commission that 
	allowed students to write an actual grant as well as going through an actual grant review 
	process.  They were able to see all of the components that go into a grant and prepare for an oral 
	defense of a grant.  The final project was assisting with a program at the Nashville Parthenon.  
	The students served as volunteers assisting with handing out programs, moving chairs and 
	providing general assistance to the event.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger ((615)898‑2640)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 728.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 26.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 26 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Org. Comm. in Communities, ORCO 3250 (EXL), Kissinger, Spring 13

	Description:	The students completed 3 projects.  The first project was to create a performance that 
	showcased young artists with disabilities who were competing in a statewide music program.  
	The second project was a legal speakeasy fundraising event.  The final project is to create their 
	own nonprofit and write a grant for that organization.  The first project raised $700 for a 
	scholarship for children with disabilities and the Legal Speakeasy raised $7,000.  The projects 
	created posters that are connected to the Tennessee Communication Association and will be 
	showcased at that conference in September 2013.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger ((615)898‑2640)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,190.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 17 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Pathology of Sport Illness and Spec Pop, ATHT 4950 (EXL), Phillips

	Description:	Students provide 200 service learning hours, present orally and written research projects, and 
	provide clinical reports.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Kristi Phillips ((615)904‑8326)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,354.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 55.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Patterson Park Right Choices Teen Program, Poirier

	Description:	Pre‑service family and consumer sciences teachers enrolled in FCSE 2510 and 3510 plan and 
	deliver a structured 1 hour lesson to two groups of teens from 4‑6 on most Tuesday’s during the 
	fall and spring semesters at Patterson Park Community Center.  Lessons cover such topics as 
	healthy snacks, Black History month, Earth Day, bullying, and interpersonal communications.
	Category:	B2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sandy Poirier (615‑898‑5201)
	Program Objectives:	1.  To assist the teens in building personal strengths.
	2. To assist the teens in developing social competences.
	3.  To assist teens in managing emotions.
	4. To assist the teens in improving peer relations.
	5.  To assist the teens in strengthen family relations.
	6. To assist the teens in encouraging healthy living.
	7. To engage the teens in a structured educational activity where learning is a fun activity.
	8.  To assist the teens in learning more about attending MTSU after high school.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	250
	# of Students:	 32 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Personal Selling MKT 3840 (EXL), Edmondson

	Description:	The project is a sales proposal and sales presentation.  Students are permitted to select any 
	product of their choice; however, the product must be real and sold by an existing company.  
	Students are also allowed to select their organizational buyer (the company they will be selling 
	this product to); however, this company cannot already use or sell their product.  After doing an 
	extensive amount of research on their company, product, competition, and organizational buyer, 
	students are then required to create a sales proposal and sales presentation.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Diane Edmondson ((615)898‑5368)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 3,000.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 75.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 75 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Play Symposium, Burris

	Description:	The play symposium provides content knowledge, skill implementation, and assessment 
	strategies targeting children’s health and wellness through play and physical activity.
	This is not a typical conference, it involves identifying knowledge with a key note, but incorporate 
	many‑ field trips as a part of the learning. Participants are expected to walk, actively participate in 
	a physical session, and interact with others in their learning.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Kathleen Burriss (615‑898‑2680)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	Health
	Program Objectives:	1. Promote educators understanding of the importance of children’s play and physical activity. 
	2. Provide participants with an opportunity to physically engage in meaningful activity.
	3.  Provide opportunities for transformative learning.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	183
	# of Students:	 40 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Pleistocene History of Amazon Basin, Brower

	Description:	Dr. Brower and several Brazilian scientists will collaborate with the partner agencies to construct 
	a Pleistocene history of the Amazon Basin. They will look at genetic patterns of variation in a 
	variety of model organisms including birds, monkeys, trees, and then butterflies. They will 
	attempt to do some next‑generation sequencing, which is something.  Researchers like Brower 
	are playing beat the clock, because thousands of species of plants and animals are threatened 
	with extinction each year. “There are too many people, the climate is changing, and it’s an 
	ecological catastrophe for most other living things in the world right now,” Brower says. “And as 
	countries like China and Brazil become more economically advanced, it speeds up the 
	destruction of natural resources—they get whittled down to little national parks and places like 
	that.” To promote the collaborative mission, Brower has added his expertise to the Tree of Life 
	Project, a web‑based “family tree” charting genetic interconnections among all living things. 
	Scientists and nature enthusiasts around the world have contributed to 10,000 web pages, each 
	devoted to a different group of plant or animal, from tyrannosaurs to fungi. (Thanks to Brower, it 
	includes more than 40 varieties of Heliconius butterfly alone.) It is an ambitious undertaking, a 
	blueprint of the evolution of life on earth. Because Darwinian theory underpins Brower’s 
	research—mimicry is evolution by natural selection—he’s well aware of the attendant political 
	and religious baggage.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Biology

	Department Contact:	Dr. Andy Brower (615‑898‑2064)
	Program Objectives:	Researchers will look at genetic patterns of variation in a variety of model organisms including 
	birds, monkeys, trees, and then butterflies. They will attempt to do some next‑generation 
	sequencing.   It is an ambitious undertaking, a blueprint of the evolution of life on earth.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Political Campaign Internship PS 4270 (EXL), Langenbach

	Description:	Students develop experience based knowledge and apply their knowledge by working in a 
	political campaign.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lisa Langenbach ((615)898‑2710)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 960.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 8.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 8 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Practicing Anthropology ANTH 4120 (EXL), Leggett

	Description:	Each student is required to find a volunteer opportunity in their community, and to volunteer 
	several hours each week at that non‑profit.  They are to experience this opportunity as someone 
	who is performing a service for their community, and are required to "journal" their critical 
	reflections on this activity throughout the course of the semester.  They are then required to 
	combine their critical reflections with the course readings on applied anthropology and to create 
	both a PowerPoint presentation and a "field report" which will apply what the student has learned 
	"in the field" to the key concepts of anthropology: writing and communicating clearly, an unbiased 
	attitude, a holistic perspective, trying to see things from the insiders' perspective, and practicing 
	"participant observation."
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett ((615)904‑8275)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 110.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Practicum in Leadership Studies EXL 3020 (EXL), Raffo

	Description:	Independent leadership projects with the campus or community entities.  Capus 
	groups/organizations examples include National Pan‑Hellenic Council, Judicial Affairs, PEER 
	Program, Honors Student Association, and SGA.  Community organizations examples include 
	churches and Girl Scouts.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Dr. Deana Raffo ((615)494‑8713)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 460.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 9.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 9 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Practicum RIM 3580 (EXL), Brown

	Description:	Students develop an experience based knowledge of their discipline by working on‑campus in a 
	variety of activities including lab assistant, audio maintenance, live sound, recording concerts, 
	and other functions related to the recording industry.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications

	Department Contact:	Dale Brown ((615)898‑2087)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,575.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 21.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 21 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Pre‑Law Internship PS 4040 (EXL), Willis

	Description:	Students develop experience based knowledge and apply their knowledge by working in a local 
	law firm.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Clyde Willis ((615)898‑5457)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 3,720.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 4 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Preschool Practicum ECE 4300 (EXL), Schmidt

	Description:	Each student spends 3 hours per week working directly with children in the Preschool classroom 
	for a total of 36 hours.  Children are from the Murfreesboro area.  Students make school‑to‑home 
	activities for children to do with parents as an extension of lessons taught in class.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department Contact:	Cheryl Ann Schmidt ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 1,656.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 46.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 46 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Prescription Drug Take‑Back Event, Ragland

	Description:	A service to collect unwanted or expired prescription and over‑the‑counter medications and have 
	them destroyed in a responsible manner as part of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National 
	Drug Take‑Back Day.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Student Affairs
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tabitha Ragland (615‑494‑8888)
	Additional Information:	Weight of medication collected.  Number of prescriptions collected. Numerous employees 
	thanked us for providing the opportunity to dispose of medicine in a responsible way.  More than 
	one expressed that they had had such medicine in their home for years without knowing what to 
	do with it. Others asked when we might offer a similar event in the future.  The organizers 
	expressed that the event resulted in the collection of more medicines than we expected for the 
	first year we offered such a service.
	Program Objectives:	1. Collect unwanted or expired prescription and over‑the‑counter medications.
	2. Track number of prescriptions collected.
	3. Partner with Drug Enforcement Agency to ensure proper disposal
	Student:	 26.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 28.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 6 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Principles of Management MGMT 3610 (EXL), Gilbert

	Description:	Student groups prepare a brochure on one of five bullying topics:  mobbing, stalking, cyber 
	bullying, corporate bullying, and hazing.  In addition, student groups had the option of preparing a 
	presentation for student groups (e.g. sororities/fraternities, student government, athletics) on the 
	same topic.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Jackie Gilbert ((615)898‑5418)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,240.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 7.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 70 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Principles of Management MGMT 3610 (EXL), Raffo

	Description:	Students volunteer a minimum of 10 hours with a community‑ or campus‑based organization to 
	heighten their understanding of the role of social responsibility in business as engaged citizens.  
	Students may work on projects individually, with classmates, or another group outside of class.  
	They are encouraged to work with an agency/organization that they are passionate about or is 
	personally meaningful in order to fully experience the benefits of contributing to a community.  
	Students write a reflection paper with a focus on their learning as it applies to social 
	responsibility, teamwork, leadership, and communication.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department Contact:	Dr. Deana Raffo ((615)494‑8713)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 400.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 60.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 60 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Professional Practice and Leadership Clinical NURS 4580 (EXL)Sauls

	Description:	Students develop and implement a management or leadership project within the preceptor 
	organization.  Projects are agreed upon by student, faculty and preceptor.  Examples of projects 
	include policy development, process redesign, and staff education.  Students present their 
	projects to their preceptor organizations and to their peers.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing

	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑5845)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 8,993.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 171.00 
	Persons:	3
	# of Students:	 156 
	# of Faculty:	 6 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Professional Seminar CDFS 3390 (EXL), Emery

	Description:	Students complete 100 hrs. of field placement in Middle Tennessee social agencies and 
	organizations.  A few examples of placements are:  The Domestic Violence Program, Child 
	Advocacy Center, The Discovery Center, The Discovery Center, Stones River Manor, Murfreesboro 
	Pregnancy Support Center, CASA, Community Care, and Project HELP.  The work that the 
	students do is based upon their site audience/clients/residents.  They are working with children, 
	adolescents, the elderly, and families in a variety of capacities.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Beth Emery ((615)898‑2468)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 4,600.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 46.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 46 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Program Planning in Leisure,Sport & Tourism LSTS 3530 (EXL), Bloom

	Description:	Students work in task‑specific groups to plan, organize, implement and evaluate a major event.  
	Informed by course texts, lectures and assignments, students apply classroom theory to address 
	areas of event marketing, registration, logistics, risk management, sponsorship, implementation 
	and evaluation.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Kelly Bloom ((615)904‑8478)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 880.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 22 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Project ICE: Math, Bollman

	Description:	ICE was established in February 2011 and provides free tutoring for homework at Patterson Park 
	Community Center.  This year 15 teens were actively involved in Project ICE. Students in the 
	program do not have access to a private math tutor for homework and math enrichment.  With 
	little or no mathematics experiences through the exploration of math manipulatives and 
	technology. Students who attend the program do not own graphing calculators that are needed to 
	complete homework outside of school.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Robin Bollman (‑615‑898‑5107)
	Program Objectives:	Provide meaningful experiences in mathematics in order to develop a lifelong interest in 
	mathematics for teens in the program.  Students are provided the opportunity to experience math 
	concepts outside the classroom.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	15
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Promotion MKT 3850 (EXL), Roy

	Description:	Students work with community clients to gain experience in planning and creating marketing 
	communication messages.  The project is designed to familiarize students with the strategy 
	behind ad creation as well as taking them through the creative process to develop the three ads 
	for the competition.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Don Roy ((615)904‑8564)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 300.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 50.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 50 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Public Service Internship PS 4290 (EXL), Langenbach

	Description:	Students develop an experience based knowledge and apply their knowledge by working in a 
	public service organization.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lisa Langenbach ((615)898‑2710)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 1,800.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 15.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Race to the Top ‑ Teacher Education, Seivers

	Description:	Tullahoma City School System worked in partnership with MTSU to offer course‑work toward 
	twelve (12)  education specialist and thirteen (13) master’s degrees. Some of the teachers said 
	they probably wouldn’t have pursued the higher learning opportunities if it weren’t brought to their 
	front door. This educational program was provided in part through the state’s First to the Top 
	program funds. Classes were taught at Motlow College.    Tullahoma School Director, Lawson 
	said that the overall goal is to improve teachers’ skill level so that they can more effectively teach 
	students.
	Category:	C3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lana Seivers (615‑898‑2874)
	Program Objectives:	Offer course‑work toward twelve (12)  education specialist and thirteen (13) master’s degrees.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	25
	# of Students:	 0 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Recording Industry Internship:  Audio RIM 4010 (EXL), Pfeifer

	Description:	This project is a supervised internship with a company allied with our field of music business.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dan Pfeifer ((615)898‑5944)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 7,575.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 103.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 103 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency I: Early Childhood Ed ECE 4100 (EXL), Hitchcock

	Description:	Students are involved in a field experience placement in a public school.  Students work in the 
	classrooms under mentor teachers.  They plan and implement lessons, develop and implement 
	assessments, implement family/school activities, assist with routine classroom duties, teach 
	small groups of children and tutor children on‑on‑one.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Cheryl Hitchcock ((615)904‑8297)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 1,300.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 13.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 13 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency I: Early Childhood Ed ECE 4100 (EXL), Ridgley

	Description:	Students are involved in a field experience placement in a public school.  Students work in the 
	classrooms under mentor teachers.  They plan and implement lessons, develop and implement 
	assessments, implement family/school activities, assist with routine classroom duties, teach 
	small groups of children and tutor children on‑on‑one.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Robyn Ridgley ((615)898‑5526)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,200.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 12.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency II Pre K‑3 ECE 4110 (EXL), Barnes

	Description:	Residency includes 450 hours of hands‑on experience in the classroom. Students complete a 
	Teacher Work Sample and Unit Plan along with self evaluations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department Contact:	Marilyn Barnes
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 4,950.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	2

	# of Students:	 11 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency II Pre K‑3 ECE 4110 (EXL), Hitchcock

	Description:	Residency includes 450 hours of hands‑on experience in the classroom. Students complete a 
	Teacher Work Sample and Unit Plan along with self evaluations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Education
	Department Contact:	Dr. Cheryl Hitchcock ((615)904‑8297)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 900.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency II Pre K‑3 ECE 4110 (EXL), Markum

	Description:	Residency includes 450 hours of hands‑on experience in the classroom. Students complete a 
	Teacher Work Sample and Unit Plan along with self evaluations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	 ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 3,150.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 7.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 7 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 

	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency II Pre K‑3 ECE 4110 (EXL), Nadeau

	Description:	Residency includes 450 hours of hands‑on experience in the classroom. Students complete a 
	Teacher Work Sample and Unit Plan along with self evaluations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department Contact:	Tonia Nadeau ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,800.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 4 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency II Pre K‑3 ECE 4110 (EXL), Sharp‑Gregory

	Description:	Residency includes 450 hours of hands‑on experience in the classroom. Students complete a 
	Teacher Work Sample and Unit Plan along with self evaluations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	Annette Gregory ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 900.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 2 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Residency II Pre K‑3 ECE 4110 (EXL), Warwick

	Description:	Full semester of supervised teaching experience in two placements in the public schools.
	Category:	D

	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Elementary and Special Education
	Department Contact:	 ((615)898‑2680)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 6,300.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 14.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 14 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Roane State Community College Agreement, McPhee

	Description:	The presidents of MTSU and Roane State authorized agreements that create dual admissions, 
	concurrent enrollment and reverse transfer options between the college and the university.    The 
	dual admission program allows eligible Roane State students to get MTSU advising, registration 
	priority and admission while still attending the community college. The concurrent enrollment 
	aspect of the new agreement allows students to enroll in classes at both institutions 
	simultaneously and get financial aid for the total number of credits if needed.  Officials said that 
	change will help students whose majors require lower‑division courses not available at the 
	community‑college level, such as nutrition, interior design and Concrete Industry Management.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	Create dual admissions, concurrent enrollment and reverse transfer options between the college 
	and the university.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Robotics Research, Blanks

	Description:	A historic educational partnership announced between MTSU, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine 
	Corps will explore how to add low‑cost hardware and software to existing small robots to use 
	Raven aircraft as an eye‑in‑the‑sky relay. The new pact will study ways robots on the ground can 
	be used in concert with unmanned vehicles in the air.  The partnership also allows the Army and 
	Marines to help develop courses and materials for MTSU and involve faculty and students in 
	defense‑laboratory research projects.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Mark Blanks (615‑898‑2788)
	Program Objectives:	The new pact will study ways robots on the ground can be used in concert with unmanned 
	vehicles in the air.  The partnership also allows the Army and Marines to help develop courses 
	and materials for MTSU and involve faculty and students in defense‑laboratory research projects.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 4 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Salvation Army Teaching Music, Loucky

	Description:	The Salvation Army of Murfreesboro‑Rutherford County is teaching local children the joy of music 
	and hopes to expand that reach in the future.  MTSU is assisting in that effort, with music 
	students teaching participating students. MTSU’s Faculty Quintet  shared its talents during the 
	Salvation Army’s second annual Spring Festival. Lt. Monica Seiler said this is the third year the 
	nonprofit’s music program has been conducted during the school year, with about 20 students 
	currently participating at the Salvation Army’s West Main Street location.  The Salvation Army has 
	25 instruments on which to train students, with practices held in conjunction with their teenage 
	leadership class (called corps cadets) and elementary leadership and discipleship class (called 
	junior soldiers). The instruments are all brass (cornet or small trumpet, horns, baritone, 
	euphonium, trombone) and the students have a musical rotation between private instruction, 
	band ensemble rehearsal and music theory.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Music
	Department Contact:	Dr. David Loucky (615‑898‑2474)
	Program Objectives:	The Salvation Army of Murfreesboro‑Rutherford County is teaching local children the joy of music 
	and hopes to expand that reach in the future.  MTSU is assisting in that effort, with music 
	students teaching participating students.
	Student:	 135.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 35.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	220
	# of Students:	 3 
	# of Faculty:	 5 
	Expenses:	 0 

	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

School Nutrition, Sheehan‑Smith

	Description:	The students conduct a food service establishment health inspection and complete an informal 
	research project to develop and evaluate the use of a new recipe for the school’ s menu.
	Category:	B2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lisa Sheehan‑Smith (615‑898‑2090)
	Program Objectives:	1. Students demonstrate an understanding of food safety and sanitation standards. 
	2. Students demonstrate the ability to develop, enlarge, prepare and evaluate the outcome of a 
	recipe made with a commodity foods item for the school nutrition program.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Scripps National Spelling Bee, Brooks

	Description:	As sponsors, MTSU's School of Journalism provided an important public service to the state's 
	elementary and middle school teachers, its students, their communities and families. In March, 
	2013 we planned and hosted an event that brought the region's brightest students to MTSU. This 
	sponsorship program is consistent with MTSU's educational mission and fulfills college and 
	university community outreach goals. Specifically, as a sponsor of the Scripps National Spelling 
	Bee, we will contribute to the
	fulfillment of MTSU's mission that "develops and sustains academic partnerships, 
	entrepreneurial activities, outreach and public service that support instruction and research and 
	that meet the needs of
	communities throughout the region." In additional, our sponsorship cultivated community 
	goodwill by fostering environments in which
	parents, grandparents, siblings and schools support their students. This project also provided 
	service opportunities to students in curricular and extra‑curricular activities. These opportunities 
	included enhancing students' literacy, organizational and communication skills. Finally, this 
	sponsorship offered MTSU, the College of Mass Communication and the School of Journalism 
	with local, regional and national media exposure. These public service, community educational 
	outreach and publicity opportunities made positive contributions to the recruitment and retention 
	efforts of MTSU. Our future sponsorships may include offering a $1,000 scholarship to our 
	regional champion should they choose to attend MTSU.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Dr. Dwight Brooks (615‑494‑8925)

	Program Objectives:	Cultivate community goodwill. 
	Provide service opportunities to students in curricular and extra‑curricular activities. Enhancing 
	students' literacy, organizational and communication skills.  
	the College of Mass Communication and the School of Journalism received local, regional and 
	national media exposure. 
	Make positive contributions to the recruitment and retention efforts of MTSU.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Seminar in Media: Project Real EMC/JOUR 4800 (EXL), Bratten

	Description:	Two websites were designed and implemented and three videos.  Students created one web 
	site for a non‑profit (Tennessee Foreign Language Institute's new ESL to Go Program) and 
	re‑designing/rewriting/updating a website for Journeys in Community Living‑‑a non‑profit based 
	in Rutherford County that places intellectually disabled people in jobs or finds on tract work for 
	them and provides them with homes and home environments.  Additionally we produced 
	promotional videos for the two aforementioned clients to promote their cause as part of fund 
	raising and perhaps to also be displayed or linked to on their websites.  For a third client ‑‑ the 
	Nashville Symphony, we produced a video that promotes the use of their meeting rooms and 
	facilities to the Nashville and middle Tennessee business community.  The journalism students 
	are writing copy for the websites and scripts for the video and blogging about their experiences.  
	The production students are shooting the videos and editing them.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Electronic Media Ciommunication
	Department Contact:	Dr. Clare Bratten ((615)898‑2795)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,224.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 6.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 21 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Seminar UH 3500 (EXL), Kates

	Description:	Students take part in various service learning projects that are geared to their anticipated 
	professional field or to discipline‑specific interests.  The final assignment for the class is a 
	term‑length (at least 10 pp) self‑reflective essay that looks back at the service learning and 
	classroom experiences.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	University College
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ron Kates ((615)898‑2595)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 70.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 14.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 14 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Senior Capstone ORCO 4500 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	Students complete a consulting project where they apply discipline specific readings to analyze 
	an actual for‑profit or not‑for‑profit organization.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 1,120.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 22.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 56 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Senior Seminar in Athletic Training ATHT 4990 (EXL), Binkley

	Description:	Students provide 150 service learning hours on or off‑campus with an assigned athletic team at 
	MTSU, a local high school, or nearby University.  They are under the direct supervision of a 
	certified athletic trainer and learn to work with not only a variety of athletes, but ATC, coaches, 
	other allied medical health professionals, and other student athletic trainers.  They help play an 
	integral role in the health care provided to the assigned athletes.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Dr. Helen Binkley ((615)904‑8192)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,800.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 12.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Senior Seminar PS 4800 (EXL), Maynor

	Description:	By doing the public service requirement, students learn the value of good citizenship, complete a 
	reflective paper, and develop and foster partnerships between the University and the community.  
	The course also has a theoretical element to it that reinforces the students' public service 
	commitments.  In short, the course critically engages with scholarship that highlights the 
	importance of public and community service to society and the American political system as a 
	whole.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. John Maynor ((615)494‑8758)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 690.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 46.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 46 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Service Learning in Health Education HLTH 3000 (EXL), Ellis

	Description:	Groups of students are formed to identify and confirm the health issue/disease their group will 
	explore, through engaging in actual services with community outreach agencies, organizations, 
	or faith‑based groups that address real‑world problems of health, health care and health 
	disparities.  Each group of students confirm a local speaker to present, at a "brown bag" forum, 
	on a topic to better meet the actual health needs within the agency, organization and/or group 
	investigated.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Dr. Cheryl Ellis ((615)898‑2893)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 820.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 30.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 41 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Share Support Group:  Program Brochures Update, Wilson

	Description:	Dr. Wilson works with the SHARE national office on publications as well as assisting and 
	facilitating a local SHARE support group. This is a free local support group service to all families 
	who have lost babies to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. All families who experience 
	pregnancy loss in the Davidson and surrounding counties receive information from the hospital 
	or doctor's office about this organization. There are few fund raising activities for this organization. 
	This group is associated with nationalshare.org.  Centennial Hospital offers the meeting space 
	at no charge. In addilion to these two meetings amonth, a9week program of
	more structured grief support has been developed (with input from Dr. Wilson) to allow families 
	to work through their grief with the usual support as well as learn coping and stress 
	management techniques. These support
	groups provide avaluable service to an at‑need group in the community and Dr. Wilson's 
	community service is graciously appreciated by the populations served.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Nursing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Debra Wilson (‑615‑898‑5841)
	Program Objectives:	Those attending the support group 9 week series will receive group support, counseling,
	education, self care strategies, and resources to help in their healing from this very sad event. 
	This new program is in addition to the every‑other‑Thursday meetings in an attempt to meet an 
	identified need for education and support. This grant is requesting funds to print the new 
	brochure about SHARE that is distributed to grieving families in this area.
	Student:	 0.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Small Group Communication COMM 3220 (EXL), Kratzer

	Description:	Our entire class, consisting of several small groups, chooses a community project that we plan 
	and execute together.  Each small group is given specific responsibilities that allows the 
	community project to be implemented.  As a class, we decide what our small groups need to 
	accomplish for our project, work is delegated and our community project is implemented.  Each 
	small group is evaluated on their individual members' performance within their small group 
	(including peer assessment), as a small goup, and as a class.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jessica Kratzer ((615)904‑8033)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 867.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	4
	# of Students:	 102 
	# of Faculty:	 4 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Small Group Communication COMM 3220 (EXL), Stephens

	Description:	Students work on  semester long, 30‑minute presentation that includes choosing a topic related 
	to small group communication, writing a bibliography on their topic, writing a full content outline of 
	their presentation, creating a presentation about their topic that includes the use of audio and 
	visual aids.  Students choose to present their topic using PowerPoint, a video of their 
	presentation, or a web 2.0 tools such as Prezi.  As part of their bibliography and research, each 
	student in the group interviews at least one professional who works for a local profit or non‑profit 
	business about their experiences in being part of a work team.  Students write at least I've 
	open‑ended questions before their interviews.  Students must include the interviewee's name, 
	title, and organization, in addition to their interview questions and answers with the group's 
	bibliography.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Elizabeth Stephens ((615)904‑8080)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 200.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 5.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 25 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Social Media Marketing Plan for Active Learning Center, Lee

	Description:	Students work in teams of 4‑6, on a client project with Active Learning Center. The project uses 
	both secondary and primary research. Students develop a social media marketing plan for Active 
	Learning Center. The client provides students with information, background, and data for the 
	project and also participates in evaluations for the project.
	Category:	B3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Dr. Joonghwa Lee (615‑898‑5301)
	Program Objectives:	By inviting Active Learning Center to conduct a client project, students can have a hands‑on 
	experience to develop social media marketing planning based on the real market situation. 
	Students can have a client orientation, conduct an online survey, and have a final presentation 
	with the client. Active Learning Center can obtain creative ideas from the project.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Social Work Field Instruction I SW 4590 (EXL), Pharris

	Description:	Students are required to complete 525 hours  in a social service or government agency for an 
	internship.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Angela Pharris ((615)898‑2510)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 14,175.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 27.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 27 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Social Work Field Instruction II SW 4680 (EXL),  Pharris

	Description:	Students are required to complete 525 hours in a social service or government agency for an 
	internship.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Angela Pharris ((615)898‑2510)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 20,475.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 39.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 39 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Software Engineering CSCI 4700 (EXL), Pettey

	Description:	Six teams of students worked on different projects.  Three of the teams worked with Vanderbilt 
	Medical Center, one team with the Domestic Violence Center, one team did the stocks program 
	for a friend and one team worked on an Online Content Management System.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Basic and Applied Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Chrisila Pettey ((615)898‑2132)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.

	Student:	 855.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 6.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Soil and Water Conservation ABAS 4370 (EXL), Anderson

	Description:	The class projects consist of analyzing erosion sites and making recommendations on 
	implementing conservation practices.  Projects are conducted on the MTSU campus and/or 
	MTSU ABAS Experiential Learning and Research Center.  To write their final report, a 
	conservation plan, students are required to use their log book which they have maintained on 
	their observations, literature review and lab/field test results.  Their final report and notebook is 
	turned in at final exam week.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Warren Anderson ((615)898‑2408)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 867.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 17.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 17 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Sound for Picture RIM 4580 (EXL), Foglia

	Description:	For the "TV Show Mix" project, students are given their own extraction of an actual television show 
	that airs regularly.  The audio and video they are provided, and the format that is provided in, is 
	the same as in the professional sector.  Their assignment is to isolate the various sound 
	elements (into talking "dialogue," sound effects, music, and narrations).  They are to choice 
	appropriate microphone channels, adjust the edits of all of the sound files (when necessary), 
	balance the frequencies (EQ) and loudness (volume) of all of the audio relative to one another.  
	Using professional monitoring meters, they will keep the sound mix levels "within network spec." 
	In the end, they will have mixed the sound for an intense two‑minute excerpt from a television 
	show.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Matthew Foglia ((615)904‑8424)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,440.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 36.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 36 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, Clark

	Description:	Former Middle Tennessee State University student Kelley Anderson founded SGRRC in 2003. 
	The camp has spawned multiple teen music programs in the Nashville area.  SGRRC is a week 
	long day camp for girls aged 10 to 17. Each day includes instrument instruction, workshops, 
	panels, guest performances, and band practice. Campers form their own bands and perform in a 
	showcase at the end of the week.  Girls show up on Monday morning having never picked up a 
	guitar and by Saturday night, they've mastered a three‑chord Ramones song.  Camp counselors 
	help campers to hone instrument skills and introduce them to a myriad of new bands that they 
	hadn't heard before.   SGRRC's goal is simple: to empower young women both on and off the 
	stage. Though it has progressed in recent years, the music industry is still very male dominated.   
	At the end of the week, the entire camp comes together for the showcase.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Females
	Department:	Computer Information Systems
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jeff Clark (615‑898‑2838)
	Program/Intervention Theory:	This program brings students from the Middle TN area and from out of state to MTSU’s campus. 
	Through this partnership, YEAH! has served almost 1000 students who otherwise would not 
	have access to such enriching experiences in the arts. The program allows student music 
	educators to develop their skills working with students. 
	YEAH! focuses on empowering the individual first as a means to build positive self‑esteem and 
	ensures students feel capable of learning a new skill. The program challenges students to apply 
	themselves, builds discipline and rewards hard work and team‑effort. YEAH! builds life skills 
	through music such as creative and critical thinking and affirms students’ self‑worth. Showcases 
	and public performances build a supportive environment among students and their families, 
	which is essential for positive communities. The lasting impact of the program is lifelong 
	learning in the arts, personal growth through music, and a sense of empowerment that applies 
	to all aspects of one’s life.
	Additional Information:	The partnership is measured through the number of students participating as teaching staff and 
	volunteers in the program, the number of faculty engaged in supporting the program, the number 
	of MTSU alumni participating in the program, and by assessing the number of students who 
	attend camp who then go on to become a student at MTSU.

	Program Objectives:	SGRRC's goal is simple: to empower young women both on and off the stage. Though it has 
	progressed in recent years, the music industry is still very male dominated.  At the end of the 
	week, the entire camp comes together for the showcase.
	Student:	 55.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 30.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1,100
	# of Students:	 20 
	# of Faculty:	 5 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Special Olympics, Harris

	Description:	Special Olympics Area 16, MTSU Disabled Student Services and MTSU Student Athlete 
	Enhancement Center join to sponsor sports and recreation events throughout the year with 
	Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Student Affairs
	Department Contact:	John Harris (615‑898‑2783 or 615‑904‑8492)
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 600 
	# of Faculty:	 12 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Special Topics in Comm COMM 4800 (EXL), Kratzer

	Description:	Students participate in a research project where they conduct interviews, produce a written 
	product, and present their findings to the class.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jessica Kratzer ((615)904‑8033)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 800.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 20.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 20 

	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Special Topics in Communication COMM 4800 (EXL), Kratzer

	Description:	Students participate in a research project where they conduct interviews, produce a written 
	product, and present their findings to the class.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jessica Kratzer ((615)904‑8033)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 380.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 19.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Special Topics NURS 4035 (EXL), Sauls

	Description:	Students choose four community activities related to a nurse's role in the community.  A total of 
	four journals are submitted during the course, each reflecting on their chosen 
	experiential/applied projects.  Each of the journals include reflective activity that requires a 
	personal introspection component as well as consideration for application to future practice.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Behavioral and Health Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Jenny Sauls ((615)898‑5845)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 270.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 72.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 27 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Speech Learning Communities ‑The Golden Ratio Project, Kissinger

	Description:	MTSU students played a part in an arts performance that will be on exhibit across Tennessee 
	and will ultimately travel to Athens, Greece, for an international arts education exchange.  
	Students provided the narration for “The Golden Ratio Project,” at Nashville’s Parthenon 
	presented by Tennessee students with disabilities.    An MTSU experiential‑learning 
	organizational communication class provided funding for the project and also served as 
	volunteers during the event. 
	During the performance, young people with disabilities used music, dance, poetry and the visual 
	arts to explain the mathematical concept of the Golden Ratio, an irrational number that has ties, 
	either by design or coincidence, that can be found in nature, architecture, the human body and 
	even the universe.  VSA Tennessee is a statewide nonprofit organization that provides resources, 
	tools and opportunities for arts programming for people with disabilities.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Speech and Theatre
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger (615‑210‑8819)
	Program Objectives:	An MTSU experiential‑learning organizational communication class provided funding in support 
	of the project and also served as volunteers during the event. 
	During the performance, young people with disabilities used music, dance, poetry and the visual 
	arts to explain the mathematical concept of the Golden Ratio, an irrational number that has ties, 
	either by design or coincidence, that can be found in nature, architecture, the human body and 
	even the universe.
	Student:	 40.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 110.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1,000
	# of Students:	 50 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Sports Marketing MKT 3865 (EXL), Roy

	Description:	Students are required to conduct a consumer interview on the topic of the use of social media for 
	sports consumption.  Other activities include Nashville Predator Ticket Sales, Event Volunteer 
	with Country Music Marathon, Nashville Sounds ticket sales, build professional network on 
	LinkedIn, and attend PodCamp Nashville.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Dr. Donald Roy ((615)904‑8564)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program

	Student:	 795.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 53.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 53 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Strategic Comm. ORCO 3500 (EXL), Asbury

	Description:	Students compile a field project designed for interaction and observation of an on‑campus 
	organization or office.  The students serve as volunteers for 10 to 15 hours each during the 
	semester.  The students will use the experience of interacting and communicating with the 
	organizations as qualitative information (organizational culture, communication networks, human 
	resources, and organizational structure) in developing a research paper about organizational 
	change and communication.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary Asbury ((615)904‑8164)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 390.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 26.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 26 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Strategic Comm. ORCO 3500 (EXL), Gebert

	Description:	Students compile a field project designed for interaction and observation of an on‑campus 
	organization or office.  The students serve as volunteers for 10 to 15 hours each during the 
	semester.  The students will use the experience of interacting and communicating with the 
	organizations as qualitative information (organizational culture, communication networks, human 
	resources, and organizational structure) in developing a research paper about organizational 
	change and communication.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Kaylene Gebert ((615)898‑5263)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 285.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 19.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Strategic Comm. ORCO 3500 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	Students compile a field project designed for interaction and observation of an on‑campus 
	organization or office.  The students serve as volunteers for 10 to 15 hours each during the 
	semester.  The students will use the experience of interacting and communicating with the 
	organizations as qualitative information (organizational culture, communication networks, human 
	resources, and organizational structure) in developing a research paper about organizational 
	change and communication.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,030.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 78.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 78 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Strategic Management BUAD 4980 H01 (EXL), Lipinski

	Description:	Students worked on developing a global distribution strategy for LP Products.  Their business 
	model focused almost exclusively on providing materials for the US Construction market.  
	International distribution was largely a set of one‑time deals based on unexpected opportunities.  
	For them to capture the value of their capital assets, they need to produce for the global market.  A 
	new team has been formed at the company in April 2012 to address this challenge.  The class is 
	augmenting their efforts starting in September 2012.
	Category:	D

	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business
	Department Contact:	Dr. John Lipinski ((615)494‑8993)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 405.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 1.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 45 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Strength, Cond, and Human Perform, ATHC 4000 (EXL), King

	Description:	Students complete 20 hour observation/assistantship with the Varsity Strength Training facility on 
	MTSU's campus.  This is a wonderful illustration of academics and athletics working together to 
	achieve a common goal.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance
	Department Contact:	Kevin King ((615)898‑2811)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 100.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 5.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 5 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Strength, Cond, and Human Perform, ATHT 4000 (EXL), King

	Description:	Students complete 20 hour observation/assistantship with the Varsity Strength Training facility on 
	MTSU's campus.  This is a wonderful illustration of academics and athletics working together to 
	achieve a common goal.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Health and Human Performance

	Department Contact:	Kevin King ((615)898‑2811)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 720.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 36.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 36 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Studio Production RIM 4670 (EXL), Pfeifer

	Description:	Students work with musicians from the community to complete a recording project.  In teams of 
	two (partnered with students from another class) they are allotted over 132 hours of studio and 
	lab time to complete their recording projects.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Mass Communications
	Department Contact:	Dan Pfeifer ((615)898‑5944)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 2,064.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 11.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 15 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Summer Language Institute: Total Physical Response, Thomas

	Description:	MTSU’s 1annual Summer Language Institute uses innovative methods to help students grasp 
	and use a new language.  The “Total Physical Response” and “Teaching Proficiency through 
	Reading and Storytelling” methods are designed to teach students a second language the same 
	way they learned their first—by relating vocabulary to movement and learning grammar through 
	storytelling. Students are completely immersed in the language from the first day of class.  These 
	methods have work with adults in their 70s, even with languages as difficult as Mandarin.   The 
	morning language classes are conducted in a fun, low‑stress atmosphere using movement, 
	songs and games, said Thomas, who has spent years teaching the language‑learning methods 
	to teachers worldwide. Participants gain a low level of proficiency that will enable them to carry on 
	very basic conversations.   The afternoon teachers’ workshops discuss the language‑learning 
	process and guide participants in using the TPR and TPRS methods.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Foreign Languages and Literatures
	Department Contact:	Dr. Shelley Thomas (615‑898‑5757)
	Program Objectives:	Using innovative methods to help students grasp and use a new language.   Participants gain a 
	low level of proficiency that will enable them to carry on very basic conversations.
	Student:	 280.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 280.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	400
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 5 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Survey of U.S. History II, HIST 2020 EXL, Evins

	Description:	2014 (from 2013 to the present): Beginning in 2013, in addition to the oral history engagement as 
	described below, students have also...

	2013 (actually, from 2010 to the present): Students engage in the historian's craft of oral history, 
	develop an oral history questionnaire, and carry out an oral history; the students apply the learned 
	principles of acquiring oral histories ethically, practice the skills of asking important historic 
	questions respectfully, and write about the processes of oral history and of confronting emotional 
	issues of race and prejudice in their journals. The professor structures the journal entries, 
	posing critical evaluation and reflective questions such that the students will examine their 
	experiences and make connections between their subject's attitudes and time in history to 
	(hopefully) students' own attitudes and perceptions and to the key ideas of the historic period.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary A. Evins ((615) 904‑8241)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 280.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 

	# of Project:	 28.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 28 
	# of Faculty:	 0 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Teaching Internship ENGL 3580 (EXL), Kates

	Description:	Students are engaged in a teaching internship with an area educator.  Students take part in daily 
	classroom activities including lesson planning, classroom management, and creating 
	opportunities for further engagement.  The experience does not only well prepare students for 
	student teaching, but also enable them to develop skills within their respective peer groups.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	English
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ron Kates ((615)898‑2595)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 600.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 5.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 5 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Technical Training for Team to Afghanistan, Johnston

	Description:	MTSU was able to demonstrate its agricultural education superiority as evidenced by being 
	selected as the site for  training. As the war in Afghanistan transitions from combat to withdrawal, 
	the military and political effort is directed toward stabilization of the country.  This project is an 
	effort to transition Afghan farmers from poppy production to other crops that can be legally traded. 
	Tennessee's Army and Air National Guard have been selected to mount what could be the final 
	agricultural development team to that country.  These folks will be faced with agricultural 
	conditions unlike anything they've experienced in the U.S.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tony Johnston (615‑898‑2421)
	Program Objectives:	Train Tennessee Army and Air National Guard Agricultural Development Team members on the 
	specifics of agricultural production, product storage, product  and market development, and 
	technology exchange appropriate for use in Afghanistan.
	Student:	 0.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area CHP, West

	Description:	The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area tells the whole story of the America's greatest 
	challenge, 1860‑1875 ‑ the powerful stories of vicious warfare, the demands of home front and 
	occupation, the freedom of emancipation, and legacies of Reconstruction. We provide leadership 
	to organizations statewide, supporting education, interpretation, preservation, and economic 
	development. Leveraging federal, state, local, and private funding, we empower communities 
	and individuals to serve as good stewards of their historic places and stories. Professional 
	Services and Outreach assists in developing heritage projects at little or no cost to property 
	owners and organizations. Through Collaborative Partnerships, organizations, governments, and 
	non‑profits can apply to us for matching funds for more extensive projects. 

	"To remain sustainable, we encourage strong reciprocal partnerships with local, state, and 
	national organizations to create long‑term projects for the Civil War Sesquicentennial and 
	beyond. As Tennessee commemorates the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, our 
	programs and services are even more critical to the state’s successful educational, interpretive, 
	heritage tourism and economic development initiatives. As a result, we will continue to take steps 
	to ensure our long‑term viability and support for our partners and national Civil War parks.  

	The Heritage Area strives to efficiently use and leverage our funding, while identifying new ways 
	we can better help our local, state, and national partners.  Following our Management Plan goals, 
	we will use our resources carefully to provide an exceptional heritage area experience for 
	Tennesseans and our visitors, now and in the future. Through resource conservation, heritage 
	tourism, education, and interpretation, we will preserve and promote Tennessee’s irreplaceable 
	Civil War experience.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Center for Historic Preservation
	Department Contact:	Dr. Carroll Van West (615‑898‑2947) (caroll.west@mtsu.edu)
	Program Objectives:	We provide leadership to organizations statewide, supporting education, interpretation, 
	preservation, and economic development. Leveraging federal, state, local, and private funding, 
	we empower communities and individuals to serve as good stewards of their historic places and 
	stories. Professional Services and Outreach assists in developing heritage projects at little or no 
	cost to property owners and organizations. Through Collaborative Partnerships, organizations, 
	governments, and non‑profits can apply to us for matching funds for more extensive projects. 

	We encourage strong reciprocal partnerships with local, state, and national organizations to 
	create long‑term projects for the Civil War Sesquicentennial and beyond.  
	We will continue to take steps to ensure our long‑term viability and support for our partners and 
	national Civil War parks.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 

	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	200
	# of Students:	 10 
	# of Faculty:	 4 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 1,607,858 
	Benefit:	(1,607,858)
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame, Burriss

	Description:	A Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame has been created and housed in the new Center for 
	Innovation in Media at MTSU’s College of Mass Communication.  Murfreesboro Mayor, son of the 
	late state Representative John Bragg, for whom the college building is named, touted the 
	creation of the hall at the time when the media landscape continues to transform rapidly. MTSU is 
	the perfect place for this to be because of the broad‑based support of MTSU alumni.  The effort is 
	led by a non‑profit independent foundation which plans to recognize career excellence in “all 
	facets of media, including newspaper, television, radio, electronic and public relations.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Journalism
	Department Contact:	Dr. Larry Burriss (615‑898‑2983)
	Program Objectives:	Create and house the new Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

The Big Event, Victory

	Description:	The BIG Event is the largest one‑day student‑run service project in the nation.  MTSU students 
	come together to say ‘thank you’ to the residents of Murfreesboro. This year's Days of Action 
	impacted the local community with 418 volunteers putting in 1,254 hours of service to complete 
	37 projects throughout Rutherford and Cannon counties.
	Days of Action is an opportunity for individuals or teams in the community to complete projects 
	that benefit United Way partners. Volunteers participate in activities such as refurbishing 
	workspaces for children, delivering meals to homebound seniors, and miscellaneous house 
	work to help nonprofits complete projects that need to be done. United Way focused on projects 
	impacting the areas of education, health and financial stability.
	This year's Days of Action was a partnership between Middle Tennessee State University's The 
	Big Event and United Way with nearly 240 participating students.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Student Affairs
	Department Contact:	Jackie Victory (615‑898‑5812)

	Program Objectives:	The BIG Event is the largest one‑day student‑run service project in the nation.  
	MTSU students come together to say ‘thank you’ to the residents of Murfreesboro.
	Student:	 1,400.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 50.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 350 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Theories of Persuasive Communication COMM 4320 (EXL) Seward

	Description:	Students went to an orientation at the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro and then 
	served a minimum of 3 volunteer hours at the hospital to learn about the veterans and their 
	needs.  Groups then developed a persuasive ad to use as a flyer or promotional tool to raise 
	needed items for the vets.  The veterans are in particular need of laundry detergent and ploy grip 
	denture cream so these were the items they were to focus on, although shampoo was also 
	accepted since it was needed as well.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Linda Seward ((615)904‑8572)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 400.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 23.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 23 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Topics in Org. Comm. ORCO 4000 (EXL), Asbury

	Description:	At the beginning of the term, students are assigned to groups.  These groups are to pick a health 
	cause that they would like to study and advocate for (e.g., breast cancer, MTSU's no smoking 
	campaign, etc.).  Students learn about the importance of research in health campaigns, and an 
	IRB representative speaks to the class about research ethics.  Then, as a team, they research 
	the cause, finding out what messages have been used, which messages were successful and 
	which messages failed.  Students also do research on effective health campaigns and 
	specifically look at what campaigns work for their audience (i.e., millenials/college students).  
	Students design a small research study around their campaign.  They obtain IRB approval for 
	their study.  Once approval is obtained, each member of the team recruits 10 people to complete 
	the study.  The data is loaded into SPSS and is analyzed.  Using this information, they then 
	develop a health campaign for their cause which is most likely to reach their target audience.  
	Students then organize and present this information at a health fair which is held in the KUC in 
	April.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts
	Department Contact:	Dr. Mary Asbury ((615)904‑8164)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 285.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 5.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 19 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Training on Beechcraft King Air 350 Extended Airplane, Ferrara

	Description:	With MTSU’s nationally recognized aerospace program as a focal point, five groups announced 
	the establishment of an agreement in principle to work together to help train Chinese pilots on 
	their new Beechcraft King Air 350 Extended Range airplane currently housed in Smyrna, 
	Tennessee.  Civil Aviation Authority in China officials discussed their interest in helping MTSU 
	and Corporate Flight Management gain approval for training pilots on the new plane.   The 
	Beechcraft King Air will be based in Qinghai, in the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau. The airplane 
	will fly with a rear‑tail, boom‑mounted magnetometer used for geophysical and geochemical 
	exploration in the Tibetan Plateau. Valued at more than $10 million, the U.S. export deal was 
	arranged by the Franklin, Tennessee‑based international business management company and 
	its Hong Kong affiliate.   The airplane is housed at Corporate Flight Management’s hangar at the 
	Smyrna Airport. Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China also is interested in purchasing 
	maintenance services here.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Aerospace
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ron Ferrara (615‑898‑2788)

	Program Objectives:	With MTSU’s nationally recognized aerospace program as a focal point, five groups announced 
	the establishment of an agreement in principle to work together to help train Chinese pilots on 
	their new Beechcraft King Air 350 Extended Range airplane currently housed in Smyrna, Tenn.  
	Civil Aviation Authority in China officials discussed their interest in helping MTSU and Corporate 
	Flight Management gain approval for training pilots on the new plane.   The Beechcraft King Air 
	will be based in Qinghai, in the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau. The airplane will fly with a rear‑tail, 
	boom‑mounted magnetometer used for geophysical and geochemical exploration in the Tibetan 
	Plateau. Valued at more than $10 million, the U.S. export deal was arranged by the Franklin, 
	Tenn.‑based international business management company and its Hong Kong affiliate.   The 
	airplane is housed at Corporate Flight Management’s hangar at the Smyrna Airport. Commercial 
	Aircraft Corporation of China also is interested in purchasing maintenance services here.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Transit Citizen Leadership Academy, Owens

	Description:	As a result of membership on the board of the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee, we are 
	afforded the opportunity to nominate participants for the annual Transit Citizen Leadership 
	Academy.  This is done through our affiliation with Mind2Marketplace.
	Category:	A5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Academic Affairs
	Department Contact:	Dr. Rosemary W. Owens (615‑898‑2180)
	Program Objectives:	By having a representative serve on Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee Board, we are afforded 
	the opportunity to continue submitting nominees for the Academy.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 1.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Tree Planting, Allen

	Description:	Cynthia Allen of the MTSU Stormwater Program, coordinated a volunteer team of students for the 
	tree planting event along Garrison Creek in Murfreesboro.  The trees were planted along the 
	creek, an effort that will help provide a border and future canopy for the stream and in turn better 
	protect the community’s groundwater supply. This was the third planting in a series of several 
	projects this year that will help re‑establish this stream segment and support aquatic life within 
	the creek. A similar event in October, that also included cleanup efforts, resulted in more than 200 
	trees being planted along different parts of the creek.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Business and Finance
	Department Contact:	Cynthia Allen (615‑898‑2660)
	Program Objectives:	Approximately 125 trees were planted along the creek, an effort that will help provide a border and 
	future canopy for the stream and in turn better protect the community’s groundwater supply  help 
	re‑establish this stream segment and support aquatic life within the creek.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 40 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Try Boro Kids 100% Challenge, Apigian

	Description:	The Try Boro Kids Race Series, a 501(c)3, was created to promote physical activity through 
	events that are unique and special for kids. The first event was in 2009 with a kids' triathlon (ages 
	7 to 14) on August 22"d, which was a sellout with 170 participants. The next year was just as 
	successful with a sellout of 220 kids. This led to an expansion to 3 events in 2011, which 
	encouraged kids to be more active throughout the year by offering a run, a duathlon, and the 3'd 
	annual Try Boro Kids Triathlon, which again sold out at 250 kids. In 2012, with the help ofa Public 
	Service Grant, the Try Boro Kids 100% Challenge had:  9 Murfreesboro City Schools participate in 
	the 100% Challenge; One class of 30 kids had 100% participation in the program, with several 
	other classes having close to 100%;  Over 150 kids reached 50% by May 11 and 70 of the kids 
	were classified as FREE and
	reduced lunch; 50 kids reached 100% by August 25; and Murfreesboro City Schools has adopted 
	our program as their main activity for physical activity.  These events are used as a motivating 
	factor for kids to get active in their community. The race series also hosts several clinic and 
	training runners in the three triathlon disciplines.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Computer Information Systems
	Department Contact:	Dr. Charles Apigian (615‑898‑2375)

	Program Objectives:	The main objective is to provide opportunities for kids to become physically active through unique 
	events. The main benefit is heightened awareness of activity that can be enjoyed by the entire 
	family. However, we have also given back to the community in other ways by supporting the Child 
	Advocacy Center, a local domestic violence shelter by providing bikes for kids, Juvenile Diabetes 
	Research Foundation, Special Kids and Team A.S.K., Candle Wishes, and also sponsored the 
	local summer swimming program.
	Most importantly, this program has helped get kids and families active that would not have
	otherwise done so, such as:
	• Swimming programs in Murfreesboro continue to grow, with SportsCom Comets summer
	swimming program (which we support) filling to capacity every summer.
	• We continue to hear from families that now bike and run together, with the main goal the
	100% challenge and our other events.
	• Kids that have participated in the past four years are now on cross‑country teams at their
	middle schools and high schools.
	• We have had several kids that started with our events go on to national triathlons and
	place.
	• We have had several kids run for the first time because of this program (one 9 year old
	comes to mind named Gehrig) who would have never done so without motivation.
	(Gehrig now runs with his mom, and both have lost a fair amount of weight together.)
	• .. .and finally, it is just fun to see so many kids outside being active.
	G. Procedures: (Indicate any Co‑sponsors)
	In 2012, we became the city of Murfreesboro and their Parks and Recreation division's marquee
	endurance events for kids. We hosted three events in 2012, a 2.5K15K run, a triathlon, and we
	will be hosting a trail run on October 2dh
	• We also hosted 5 training clinics in April and May.
	But, our main objective is to reach out to the kids that normally do not pursue these types of
	activities. In other words, how do we reach the kids that truly need this program?
	With the help of Murfreesboro City Schools, we will continue to educate and inform all kids on
	being active. This includes reaching out to ESP Programs and schools where there is a high
	percentage of kids on free and reduced lunch. The city has already confirmed that they will help
	get these to our events with transportation. Now, we just need to let them know about the
	opportunity.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Turkey, Meliksah University, McPhee

	Description:	Middle Tennessee State University and Meliksah University (a research center with an emphasis 
	on mechanical engineering, science, and economics in Kayseri, Turkey) crafted an academic 
	and cultural exchange allowing third‑year students from Turkey to finish their studies in 
	Murfreesboro and earn degrees from both institutions.  Meliksah, is one of four universities 
	serving the Anatolia region of Turkey. The agreement will also allow for faculty and staff 
	exchanges and cultural opportunities between the two universities.
	Category:	C5
	Gender:	Both Males and Females

	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Sidney McPhee (615‑898‑2622)
	Program Objectives:	To allow third‑year students from Turkey to finish their studies in Murfreesboro and earn degrees 
	from both institutions.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Universities Fighting World Hunger, Emery

	Description:	The focus of the Child Development and Family Studies course, CDFS 4720 Family Centered 
	Community Building II is on one of the most acute human sustainability issues of our time – 
	world hunger.  We have joined the fight against hunger, both domestically and worldwide by 
	partnering with Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH), an initiative of the World Food 
	Programme and the United Nations. MTSU, through this class, is one of over 300 universities 
	world‑wide involved in UFWH.  In the year 2000, the United Nations announced its Millennium 
	Development Goals (MDG’s), the first of which was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and 
	to cut them in half by 2015. Unfortunately, that goal will not be reached.  If anything, world hunger 
	is increasing. The students enrolled in this class gathered and analyzed information about 
	domestic and world hunger and explored ways in which to actively address this issue.  Students 
	gave presentations to raise hunger awareness among community organizations and developed 
	and implemented fundraisers as part of the fight against hunger in Middle Tennessee. These 
	fundraisers included coordinating a food and change drive, selling t‑shirts, as well as hosting a 
	“Celebrity Scoop Night” at Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream and Treatery.  Our students raised $750 that 
	will be donated to area schools for their respective Back Pack Programs and the MTSU Food 
	Pantry. These school programs provide backpacks of nutritious food for children who would 
	otherwise go hungry over the weekends. Our students’ provided the resources to provide 180 
	children with food for the weekend as well as contribution of $150 to the MTSU Student Food 
	Pantry.
	The Vision of Universities Fighting World Hunger: in pursuit of a sustainable future, universities 
	will lead a global higher education movement focused on eradicating world hunger
	The Mission of Universities Fighting World Hunger: to create an academic hunger model that is 
	suitable for replication or adaptation by colleges and universities worldwide.  The Goal of 
	Universities Fighting World Hunger: to develop an action agenda that includes: hunger 
	awareness and consciousness‑raising; fundraising; advocacy; and academic initiatives
	(Dr. Beth Emery and Stephanie Bush)
	Category:	B3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Human Sciences
	Department Contact:	Dr. Beth Emery (615‑898‑2468)

	Program Objectives:	Become aware of the complexities and dynamics of world hunger (domestic and global); Analyze 
	the research and literature associated with world hunger; Develop an infrastructure that will 
	sustain the contributions of the CDFS program, the HSC department and MTSU to Universities 
	Fighting World Hunger (UFWH); Raise awareness in the community (department, campus, 
	community, middle TN) regarding the war on hunger; and Complete (a) fundraising project(s) for 
	the war on hunger.
	Student:	 750.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 25 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Up 'Til Dawn, Victory

	Description:	Up Til Dawn is a program designed to give students a sense of servant leadership through 
	raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. MTSU was the 2nd school in the nation 
	to host this program and serves as one of the most successful finale events across the nation. 
	Up 'Til Dawn is a student‑led, student‑run fundraising program hosted by colleges and 
	universities nationwide. Up 'til Dawn unites faculty, students, the surrounding community and 
	sponsors in a goal to help the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Students are the 
	key to the success of the program. Not only do they lead Up 'til Dawn on their campus, but they 
	also educate the community about St. Jude, and they raise the funds through a variety of 
	activities. Up 'Til Dawn is a rapidly growing organization. Since its inception, the service learning 
	program has grown from one school to more than 234 college campuses nationwide.  This year 
	MTSU students raised $22,640.56.
	Category:	A6
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Student Affairs
	Department Contact:	Jackie Victory (615‑898‑5812)
	Program Objectives:	MTSU will give students a learning opportunity about servant leadership. Exposing students to 
	diversity and service, through the giving of time and energy. It will instill in our students the 
	importance of civic engagement and giving back.
	Student:	 1,400.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 50.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 75 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Vegetable Gardening ABAS 3660 001 (EXL), Phillips

	Description:	The project consists of team planning and implementing a 1/4 acre garden at the MTSU 
	Agribusiness and Agriscience Experiential Learning and Research Center.  Individuals will be 
	required to maintain notebooks that detail planning, crop records and scheduling, and 
	implementation of the designing and planting of the garden.  Four student teams each have a 
	particular group of vegetable crops that they are in charge of.  At the end of the semester, 
	students turn in their notebooks along with a final report of the project.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Nathan Phillips ((615)494‑8996)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 520.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 4.00 
	Persons:	50
	# of Students:	 26 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Venice "Fly‑Girl" Armour, Bonner

	Description:	America’s  First African American Female Combat Pilot and MTSU Graduate gave a mini seminar 
	on subjects in her recently published book. “Fly Girl” Armour:  Known simply as “Fly Girl,” Venice 
	Armour went from beat cop in Nashville to combat pilot in three years. Within months of earning 
	her wings, she flew over the deserts of Iraq supporting the men and women on the ground. She 
	served two tours overseas.  After returning home she realized many people wanted to create 
	breakthroughs in their own lives, they just didn’t know how.  From her experiences, she created a 
	7‑step process called the Zero to Breakthrough™ Success Plan. MTSU staff also took her to 
	Reeves Rogers Discovery Elementary School where she spoke to about 100 girls AND boys.  
	The seminar was scheduled purposely on September Eleven.
	Category:	C2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	President's Office
	Department Contact:	Dr. Gloria Bonner (615‑494‑7969)
	Program Objectives:	Understanding the importance of setting high goals for oneself and working until those goals are 
	accomplished.  Emphasizing the need for a good educational foundation to set the stage for 
	whatever you want to do in the future.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	250
	# of Students:	 10 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 

	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Vietnam War Public Memory, Frisby

	Description:	As Chuck Hagel, America’s first Vietnam veteran to become secretary of defense takes office, 
	MTSU launches its first study‑abroad excursion to Vietnam. “This is a new and exciting 
	opportunity for our students to be able to experience the new Vietnam and examine ways in which 
	Americans and Vietnamese view warfare, especially effects of warfare on Vietnamese society,” 
	said Dr. Derek Frisby, associate professor of history and a Marine veteran of Operations Desert 
	Shield and Desert Storm.  Stops on the itinerary for Frisby’s history class, “Public Memory and the 
	Vietnam War”, included: Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, the capital of South 
	Vietnam;  Pleiku, strategic locus of U.S. military supply logistics during the Vietnam War; Quy 
	Nhon, birthplace of an 18th century emperor;  Khe Sanh, site of a key battle of the Vietnam War; 
	Hanoi, the capital city where students were treated to a reception with members of the Marine 
	Security Force; and the “Hanoi Hilton”,  where former Navy pilot, now U.S. Sen. John McCain and 
	other American prisoners of war were held captive. At this location, Frisby recited the official 
	Tennessee state poem, “Oh, Tennessee, My Tennessee,” written by Adm. William Porter 
	Lawrence, a Vietnam War veteran.
	The Vietnam odyssey of MTSU alumnus William “Bud” Morris has come full circle. Frisby said he 
	hopes to attract more Vietnam War veterans to accompany future classes to enrich the learning 
	experience by sharing their personal perspectives with the students.  Morris calls his sojourn 
	with the university's Vietnam study‑abroad class “the greatest experience of my life.” Morris 
	served several  months at Quang Tri, an experience he describes as “rewarding.” He worked with 
	the local Vietnamese equivalents of the city and county militia.
	Category:	A7
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	History
	Department Contact:	Dr. Derek Frisby (615‑904‑8097)
	Program Objectives:	Provide an opportunity for our students to experience the new Vietnam and examine ways in 
	which Americans and Vietnamese view warfare, especially effects of warfare on Vietnamese 
	society.  Stops included: Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, the capital of South 
	Vietnam;  Pleiku, strategic locus of U.S. military supply logistics during the Vietnam War; Quy 
	Nhon, birthplace of an 18th century emperor;  Khe Sanh, site of a key battle of the Vietnam War; 
	Hanoi, the capital city where students were treated to a reception with members of the Marine 
	Security Force; and the “Hanoi Hilton”,  where former Navy pilot, now U.S. Sen. John McCain and 
	other American prisoners of war were held captive.
	To attract more Vietnam War veterans to accompany future classes to enrich the learning 
	experience by sharing their personal perspectives with the students.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 12 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Washington Experience PS 4280 (EXL), Carleton

	Description:	Students develop an experience‑based knowledge and apply their knowledge through an intense 
	internship experience in Washington DC.  Students work in government or non‑government 
	agencies in accordance to their career goals.  The students reflect on and create linkages 
	through a weekly seminar that contributes part of the overall program and a course assignment 
	presented upon their return.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. David Carleton ((615)898‑5461)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 843.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 3 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Washington Experience PS 4280 (EXL), Langenbach

	Description:	Students develop an experience‑based knowledge and apply their knowledge through an intense 
	internship experience in Washington DC.  Students work in government or non‑government 
	agencies in accordance to their career goals.  The students reflect on and create linkages 
	through a weekly seminar that contributes part of the overall program and a course assignment 
	presented upon their return.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Political Science
	Department Contact:	Dr. Lisa Langenbach ((615)898‑2710)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program
	Student:	 843.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 3.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 3 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Website for Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, Bratten

	Description:	MTSU students enrolled in Professor Clare Bratten’s Seminar in Media Issues class took their 
	skills from the classroom to the real world this spring by creating a media campaign for the 
	Tennessee Foreign Language Institute.
	Their work came through Seminar in Media Issues: Project Real, an Experiential Learning class 
	for students to produce media that benefits real clients in the Murfreesboro and Nashville area. 
	Students learn theories and strategies that can be applied to creating media for these clients.
	Category:	B3
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Electronic Media Ciommunication
	Department Contact:	Dr. Claire Bratten (615‑898‑2795)
	Program Objectives:	The class worked in teams to produce and deliver media campaigns.
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	100
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Wee Care Day Care, "Enriching the Next Gen" MGMT 3890 (EXL) Wilson

	Description:	The Managerial Decision Making EXL class focused on a public service oriented project which 
	benefited Wee Care Day Care, a day care facility just blocks away from our campus.  The day 
	care currently serves 30 children who range in age from 1 to 5 years.  The vast majority are 
	African American and Hispanic Americans, and child care is paid based on a sliding scale (the 
	center participates in the subsidized child care program).

	The day care didn't have any computers or technology based on educational programs for the 
	children, and because they are a non‑profit, many needs were apparent.  With the help of a 
	Lowe's Community Improvement Project Partnership Grant, the MTSU management students 
	used their managerial decision making skills to plan, organize, lead and control 7 mini‑projects 
	within the class project.  The students (1) custom built a computer station designed with young 
	children in mind (2) built from scratch 2 compters and are working on obtaining educational 
	software (3) custom built diaper cubbies (4) built a shed to protect from theft and weather the toys 
	left outside the facility (5) built two picnic tables (6) currently working on the design and launch of 
	a website to be continued next semester (7) and secured additional funds, through fundraising 
	partnerships, necessary due to grant limitations.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Jean Wilson ((615)898‑2436)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 322.00 

	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 7.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 7 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Wee Care Day Care, BUAD 4000 (EXL), Wilson

	Description:	Two Senior Seminar EXL classes continued to focus their hands‑on service with a non‑profit 
	daycare. Wee Care Day Care, an organization that was targeted and provided for durng the Fall 
	2012 semester by a Managerial Decision Making EXL class.  This day care facility is just blocks 
	away from our campus and currently serves 30 children who range in age from 1 to 5 years.  The 
	vast majority are African and Hispanic Americans, and child care is paid based on a sliding scale 
	(the center participates in the subsidized child care program.

	We knew from last semester that the day care had many needs since they were located in an 
	aging building.  Our goal this semester was to use our marketing skills to successfully complete 
	2 fundraisers, raising over $4,000 for Wee Care Day Care, so their theatre area could be 
	improved.  We discovered in March 2013 that the daycare had been cited by the Department of 
	Human Services in January 2013 as needing to "Replace carpet and mat in Theatre area‑
	‑Urgent."  They also had an extensive "wish list" of projects they hoped to have completed.

	The 44 marketing students divided into 9 teams of 4 or 5 students to create a sense of synergy 
	and competitive spirit as they set goals, deadlines, and strategies to create promotional pieces, 
	generate awareness, and gain sponsors for their on campus Silent Auction and Golf Scramble at 
	Champion Run.  Nine team leaders, 4 project managers, and 1 executive project manager were 
	appointed and empowered to solve problems.

	The students applied marketing skills (promotional and sales) and management skills 
	(planning, leading, organizing, and controlling) to the successful completion of their project.  The 
	students (1) secured/created/auctioned off 41 themed baskets raising $1999 (2) secured 39 
	organizations (paying at least $50 each) for hole sponsorship at the golf scramble (3) gained 10 
	additional ananymous sponsors (paying between $15 and $200 for the golf scramble (4) 
	obtained 9 teams to participate in the golf scramble and (5) earned after expenses $2,950 from 
	the golf scramble.

	Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial, once again, partnered with the Senior Seminar classes 
	on this project.  Because we raised at least $2,500, we received a match (up to $2,500).  We 
	presented to Wee Care Day Care a check in the amouont of (1999+2950+2500) = $7,449.  
	Actually the Fall 2013 class will take care of the renovation of the theatre area so Wee Care Day 
	Care can continue to focus on the children.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Managment and Marketing
	Department Contact:	Jean Wilson ((615)898‑2436)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 845.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 2.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 44 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Wine Appreciation, ABAS 2500 (EXL), Johnston

	Description:	All students attend a field trip to study wineries.  Students either travel to Canada to visit wineries 
	or go on their own to a winery of their choice.  Extensive class time is spent teaching the students 
	how to taste for flavors and aromas in wines.  Students conduct additional tastings on their own.  
	All students prepared reports on their visits detailing what they learned from the experience.  All 
	students keep a weekly diary of wine tastings conducted as part of the class.  These reports are 
	being collected, bound and submitted for a grade to fulfill the EXL requirements.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Agribusiness and Agriscience
	Department Contact:	Dr. Tony V. Johnston ((615)898‑2421)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,184.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 118.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 118 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Women, Leadership & Comm. ORCO 3245 (EXL), McCormick

	Description:	This project requires interviews, direct observation, and reflection.  Students will create handouts 
	and guide discussions on gender topics of their choice as related to textbook chapter material.  
	Students will demonstrate research and leadership skills in the preparation and presentation of 
	their class discussions.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Liberal Arts

	Department Contact:	Dr. Janet McCormick ((615)904‑8208)
	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 420.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 28.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 28 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Workforce Development Taskforce, Owens

	Description:	The Taskforce was established to discuss workforce development challenges and opportunities 
	in Rutherford County.  The initial meeting was a facilitated discussion to develop a 
	comprehensive workforce development strategy. The Taskforce conducts regular meetings 
	which conclude with action items.
	Category:	A1
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Academic Affairs
	Department Contact:	Dr. Rosemary W. Owens (615‑898‑2180)
	Program Objectives:	Determine the following from the participants and develop an action plan:
	What was most disturbing about the information from the Summit;  What was most inspiring;  
	What think are key challenges; What are the two most pressing issues; and What are some 
	quick wins we can make?
	Student:	 0.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	1
	# of Students:	 1 
	# of Faculty:	 3 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Writing Internship ENGL 4600 (EXL), Kates

	Description:	The writing internship consists of 120 hours which allows students to take what they have 
	learned in previous English/writing classes and use these skills to complete tasks assigned to 
	them by the internship supervisor.
	Category:	D
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	English
	Department Contact:	Dr. Ron Kates ((615)898‑2595)

	Program Objectives:	This course is an experiential learning course.  This course includes a hands‑on learning project 
	(applied learning, service learning, creative activity, teacher education, laboratory, co‑op, or 
	internship). MTSU wants to provide relevant real‑world learning opportunities that will benefit 
	students.  This course will count toward completion of the designation, EXL Scholars Program.
	Student:	 1,080.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 0.00 
	# of Project:	 9.00 
	Persons:	2
	# of Students:	 9 
	# of Faculty:	 2 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

Young Soloist Performance, Kissinger

	Description:	The Young Soloist competition is a statewide music competition for anyone under the age of 24 
	with any form of disability who is an instrumentalist or vocalist.  The top 2 winners from each 
	State represent that State in a national competition for scholarship. The Statewide competition 
	was held at MTSU at the Hinton Music Hall and was run by the ORCO 3250 event planning class.
	Category:	A2
	Gender:	Both Males and Females
	Department:	Speech and Theatre
	Department Contact:	Lori Kissinger (615‑210‑8819)
	Program Objectives:	This is a statewide music competition for young people with disabilities that allows participants 
	to be eligible for a national scholarship program.
	Student:	 20.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 50.00 
	# of Project:	 0.00 
	Persons:	200
	# of Students:	 17 
	# of Faculty:	 1 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 0 
	Benefit:	 0 
	Linked to Community Need:	None

	Totals:
	Number of Programs:	 281 
	Student:	 286,524.00 
	Faculty/Staf:	 1,412.00 
	# of Project:	 5,174.00 
	Persons:	 28,061 
	# of Students:	 10,816 
	# of Faculty:	 1,566 
	Expenses:	 0 
	Revenues:	 4,255,807 
	Benefit:	(4,255,807)