Annual Giving

More than 7680 alumni and friends make gifts to MTSU every year. Annual gifts provide important support that help students, faculty, and alumni.

Priorities for 2024

  • Scholarships are a top priority as more than 80% of MTSU’s students qualify for financial aid.
  • Gifts to academic colleges and departments can support needed equipment, student research, special speakers, or other needs beyond the capacity of our state budget.
  • The Student Mental Health Fund helps the Counseling Services office serve more students in need of mental health help.
  • Support for the Alumni Enrichment Fund promoting networking for students with alumni as well as university outreach to alumni in many locations beyond the campus.
  • Student Emergency Funds - Emergency funding for students who encounter an unexpected financial crisis (like a car breakdown, loss of a rent-sharing roommate, or medical hardship) is crucial as well.  Support from alumni like us can literally make the difference in student coming to school or not and being able to stay in school or not. 
  • Visit mtsu.edu/give

Walnut Grove Society

Our leadership annual supporters of $1,000 or more exemplify the legacy of the Walnut Grove, our well-worn gathering place, and more importantly, our symbol of carrying education’s seeds forward to future students. Ever since the day in 1930 when Julius Bayer brought back and planted walnut seeds gathered at President George Washington’s home, the stately walnut trees in our Walnut Grove have stood for paying MTSU forward – seed by seed – graduate to student.

The Walnut Grove Society is rooted in the pride and generosity of friends who will help make sure MTSU offers the best it can to every student, year after year. Walnut Grove Society members support the university program of their choice with an annual gift or series of gifts totaling at least $1,000.00

Signal Society

Signal Society honors annual donors who have supported the university in 20 or more years. This group is named for Middle Tennessee Normal School’s first newspaper/magazine, The Signal, which was originally published in 1912. New Signal donors receive an engraved medallion reflecting their years of supp