Coming up on this edition of Out of the Blue from Middle Tennessee State University:

We learn about Financial Literacy Month and helping students with budgeting, saving and preparing for the future; get an update on "MTSU Connect," a new networking opportunity for MTSU students with faculty, staff, and alumni; and talk with the leaders of the MTSU Scholars Academy about getting incoming freshmen ready to make the transition to college life.

2:13 - Dr. Anne Anderson, Department of Economics and Finance and holder of the Weatherford Chair of Finance in the Jones College of Business.

11:41 - Blair Buergler, Office of Alumni Relations.

22:06 - Brelinda Johnson and Travis Strattion, MTSU Scholars Academy.

Learn more about financial literacy: https://mtsu.edu/financialliteracy

Get more information about MTSU Connect: https://www.mtalumni.com/mtsuconnect

Learn more about the MTSU Scholars Academy: https://mtsu.edu/studentsuccess/scholars-academy

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Dr. Katie Foss

Synopsis: Dr. Katie Foss, a professor in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media, is the author of the forthcoming book "Constructing the Outbreak: Epidemics and Collective Memory." The book reviews media coverage and transmission of information during various epidemics throughout history.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Melody Hicks

Synopsis: Melody Hicks, a master's degree candidate in criminal justice, helped conduct what is believed to be the first academic study of "porch piracy," the theft of packages delivered to homes when no one is at home.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Stefanie Marvin-Miller

Synopsis: Stefanie Marvin-Miller, an MTSU psychology major and sexual assault survivor, talks about enlightening groups about sexual assault with the help of her support dog, Leland.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Dr. Kevin Downs

Synopsis: The associate professor of poultry science explores the possibility of using kudzu as feed for cattle and other farm animals.

On this month's edition of "MTSU Out of the Blue," we welcome the Southeastern Young Adult (SEYA) Book Festival, one of our most popular annual events on campus.

We check on the archeological dig underway in Nashville, as our students are unearthing history at a site that was one of the city’s first post-Civil War black neighborhoods.

And we’re gearing up for Nashville Fashion Week, another of our great partnerships that provides our Fashion Merchandising students with ready-to-work experiences.

This is Out of the Blue!

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Rodrigo Gomez

Synopsis: The assistant professor of media arts turns his attention from animation to children's literature with "Milly & Roots: The Headscarf," a book about facing one's fears with information.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Amanda Nadler

Synopsis: Nadler, a nursing major who aspires to become a psychiatric nurse, explains her paper on suicides on college campuses.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: June Iljana

Synopsis: The media specialist with the Philadelphia Regional Census Center explains why the U.S. Census Bureau is both recruiting MTSU students to be census workers and encouraging them to fill out the census themselves.

Producer/Host: Gina Logue

Guest: Dr. David Trowbridge

Synopsis: The assistant professor of political science and international affairs describes his research into how law firms that serve LGBTQ clients have developed public education resources to augment their legal efforts.