Centennial Snippets - Student Unions & Programming

• Student Programming gets students involved with activites outside the classroom that include:
  • concerts
  • feature films
  • comedians
  • lectures
  • debates
• Some of the famous entertainers to come to MTSU are:
  • Elvis Presley
  • Tina Turner
  • Beach Boys
  • Stevie Wonder
  • The Temptations
  • Dolly Parton
  • Bill Cosby
  • James Earl Jones
  • Whitney Houston
  • Elton John
  • Chicago
  • Kanye West
  • Eddie Murphy
  • Amy Grant
  • Alabama
  • Carrot Top
  • MC Hammer
  • Famous farewell concert of The Judds
• The first concert on campus was Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.
  • This concert held in the Alumni Gym prior to Murphy Center being built.
• The KUC Theatre started showing films in 1982.
  • "Notorious" was the first film to be shown with about 30 people in attendance.
• The James Union Building (JUB) was the first student union built in early 1950's.
  • It was named after the first dean of students, Clayton L. Jones.
  • It contained a bookstore, cafeteria, post office and lunchroom where faculty and students mingled.
    • The lunchroom had a juke box for dancing.
• Keathley University Center was constructed after we outgrew the JUB.
  • This building was named after former Dean of Students, Dr. Belt Keathley.
• We've long since outgrown Keathley University Center and have started construction on a new student union that is scheduled to open in 2012.

[ back to department listing]