Middle Tennessee State College
Timeline
| 1943 | Name changes to Middle Tennessee State College |
| 1944 | MTSC has lowest enrollment in its history: 20 men and 180 women |
| 1947 | Charles M. Murphy ('38) becomes football coach, "the winningest ever" |
| 1951 | "Vet Village," first married student housing, built for WWII veterans on G.I. Bill; second men's dorm built and named Smith Hall |
| 1952 | Student Union Building completed; First Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees awarded |
| 1954 | Women's dorm Monohan Hall built and named for Katherine Monohan |
| 1958 | Quill Evan Cope becomes fourth president, serves until 1968; Andrew L. Todd Library dedicated |
| 1959 | Saunders Fine Arts Building completed and dedicated; Homer Pittard ('36), alumni secretary launches The Mid-Stater, named by Bob Womack ('48) |
| 1960 | "Distinguished Alumni" program initiated |
| 1961 | Golden Anniversary celebration includes new alma mater, written by Doug Williams ('53), and The First Fifty Years, a history of the institution by Homer Pittard ('36); Randy Wood ('41), Whitney Stegall ('37), Homer Pittard ('36), Dean N.C. Beasley, and President Cope begin The Foundation |
| 1962 | Olivia Woods is first African/American student |
| 1964 |