MTSU Initiative on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Academic Year 2025-2026

Aim: To put MTSU faculty, staff, students, and our community at the forefront of the AI revolution.

AI Seminar/Workshop/Discussion Schedule

Date and Time	Presenter	Audience	Topics	Location
8/11/25	John Wallin	International	How Generative AI Works and How to Use it Wisely	EPSNA Virtual Summer School
8/20/25 10:00 AM	John Wallin	National	Teaching Computational Astrophysics in an AI World	Virtual Astronomy Software Talks
8/21/25 8:00 AM	Group	Open	AI Initiative Organizational Meeting	BAS N127
9/5/25	John Wallin	CDS Seminar	Autonomous Problem Solving	Zoom
9/11/25 10:00 AM	Group	Faculty Learning Community	How is AI Impacting Our Classes?	SCI 3004
9/17/25 11:00 AM	Carlos Coronel	Open	AI Chatbots in the Classroom	LIB 348
9/23/25 11:30 AM	Professor Clark’s Students	Open	Innovative Leadership Challenge (Using AI)	BAS Courtyard
9/24/25 8:30 AM	Keith Gamble	MT Admin. Professionals	Making AI Work for You	MT Center
9/24/25 11:00 AM	Todd O’Neill	MTSU Alumni	How AI is Transforming Creative Industries	Microsoft Teams
9/26/25 8:15 AM	Group	Open	AI Initiative September Meeting	BAS N127
10/16/25 11:00 AM	Group	Faculty Learning Community	Research, Thinking, and Agentic Modes in AI	Zoom
10/16/25 1:30 PM	Keith Gamble	Open	A Primer on Artificial Intelligence	LIB 348
10/27/25 9:00 AM	Sam Zaza	CGS and ORSP	AI	LIB 264A
10/30/25 4:00 PM	John Wallin	Mich Tech Physics Department	Physics in the Age of Intelligent Machines	Mich Tech
11/4/25 2:30 PM	Keith Gamble	Open	Running Open-Source AI on Your Device	LIB 348
11/5/25 10:00 AM	Keith Gamble	TN Governor’s Conference	AI and the Local Workforce: Adapting People, Skills, and Business Practices	Embassy Suites
11/9/25 9:00 AM	Keith Gamble	St. Paul’s Episcopal Church	AI and Ministry	St. Paul’s
11/10/25 1:00 PM	Keith Gamble	TN Assoc. Family Community Ed.	AI	Embassy Suites
11/14/25 8:15 AM	Group	Open	AI Initiative November Meeting	BAS N127
11/14/25 11:00 AM	Group	Faculty Learning Community	Non-negotiable Outcomes in Our Classrooms in the Age of AI	Zoom
11/18/25-11/19/25	Sara A. Abdoh	Open	AI and the Future of Art Summit 2025	Zoom
11/19/25 9:00 AM	Sam Zaza	True Blue Core	AI	Core Office
11/19/25 9:00 AM	Eric Detweiler	Open	Teaching Information Literacy in a World of Chatbots	LIB 348
11/20/25 12:00 PM	Graduate Student Panel	Graduate Students	AI	MT Center

Recorded Videos from the AI Initiative 2023-2025:

• Using AI in the True Blue Core (recorded 4/11/25)
• What’s New in AI? (recorded 3/28/25)
• What’s New In AI? (recorded 9/23/24)
• Using AI Features in Grammarly (4/17/24)
• Unleash the Research Beast: Supercharge Your Work with AI! (recorded 3/13/24)
• What’s New in AI (recorded 2/21/24)
• Using AI-Assisted Writing Productively (recorded 10/18/23)
• New AI Tools for Faculty (recorded 9/20/23)
• How MTSU Students Use AI Right Now (recorded 9/15/23)

Additional Resources on AI at MTSU:

• AI Resources for Learning
• Course Policies for Using AI
• Using AI-Assisted Writing Productively