MTSU magazine is the official alumni magazine for Middle Tennessee State University, and has an audience of nearly 130,000 per edition. After nearly a decade with the same aesthetic, our magazine was refreshed and overhauled, and winter 2020 was its inaugural edition. The magazine took a slightly different turn in order to focus on and commemorate the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic; future issues will return in force to the new tone and template established in January.
The hope was that this new MTSU magazine would offer a better user experience, be helpful, be useful, and—most of all—serve as an invitation to connect with the larger MTSU community: alumni, students, staff, faculty, and the Middle Tennessee region.
Printed copies of MTSU magazine are distributed twice annually to more than 120,000 alumni readers. The publication also is distributed to interested community members, including state lawmakers.
From the Judges
Impressive refresh of the publication. An improvement to style and careful design choices moves this publication from traditional, folksy, and safe, to a more daring setting. The team clearly thinks outside of the box, and that is evident in this attractive publication.
