The college’s faculty, staff and students were an integral part of two college-sponsored events that celebrated the “Great Tennessee Eclipse” on Monday, Aug. 21.

Fans were out to support Match Records’ Artist Showcase on the first day of May at Soulshine Pizza Factory in Nashville.

Stacy Merida is a Recording Industry assistant professor of music business and the faculty adviser to Match Records, the student-run record label. She joined Recording Industry in 2012 as a full-time lecturer.

MTSU honored Alicia Warwick, executive director of The Recording Academy’s Nashville chapter, at a Feb. 7 event in downtown Los Angeles as part of the university’s second-annual outreach during the GRAMMY Awards.

The campus rocked on Aug. 29 when the College of Mass Communication’s student record label produced a concert, Match Records Presents: Welcome Week 2014, on the Student Union Commons.