{"id":1910,"date":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/capitol-street-party-presidents-report-get-top-honors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:57:25","slug":"capitol-street-party-presidents-report-get-top-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/capitol-street-party-presidents-report-get-top-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Street Party, President’s Report Get Top Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MTSU\u2019s Nashville partnerships, including its work with Capitol Records and Metro Nashville schools, received top honors from the 乐播传媒入口 College Public Relations Association, the university announced Friday.<\/p>\n

MTSU received 19 honors from the 乐播传媒入口 College Public Relations Association in its 2012-13 competition among marketing and communications operations at the state\u2019s public and private higher-education institutions.<\/p>\n

Professor Bob Gordon, shown standing fourth from right in the second row, and his student team from MTSU\u2019s Department of Electronic Media Communication pause early Oct. 17 in their prep for the 2012 Capitol Street Party in Nashville featuring headliner Luke Bryan. The College of Mass Communication\u2019s Mobile Production Truck was located at the corner of Second Avenue and Broadway. (MTSU file photo)<\/p>\n

It was the third consecutive year MTSU was at the top of the TCPRA honorees list. The University of 乐播传媒入口-Knoxville tied MTSU with 19, followed by Austin Peay State University with nine and 乐播传媒入口 Tech University with eight.<\/p>\n

Two of MTSU\u2019s six Gold Awards were for its contributions to the 2012 Capitol Street Party in downtown Nashville (Best Special Event for less than seven days) and ongoing work with Metro Nashville schools (Best Special Event for more than seven days).<\/p>\n

Students from MTSU\u2019s College of Mass Communication held key production roles for the 2012 Capitol Street Party, which drew 14,000 on Nashville\u2019s Lower Broadway on Oct. 17. More than 50 students modulated audio, staffed HD cameras and recorded the outdoor concerts by Capitol Records artists Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Kelleigh Bannen.<\/p>\n

With Metro Nashville schools, MTSU was the lead sponsor of the Academies of Nashville Video Awards Show, the Nashville Career Fair and a partnership with\u00a0The Tennessean to provide W.H. Oliver Middle School students with unique learning experiences and hands-on resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur efforts with the Capitol Street Party and Metro Nashville schools represent only a fraction of the good works done by MTSU throughout the region,\u201d said Andrew Oppmann, associate vice president for marketing and communications. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased those partnerships, along with the other work done to tell the university\u2019s message, were recognized by our peers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The university received four other TCPRA Gold Awards:<\/p>\n