MTSU to close Monday for MLK Day



MTSU will be closed Monday, Jan. 18, in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, university officials said.

No classes will be held and no offices will be open.

University classes will resume Tuesday, Jan. 20. All offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day.

Some buildings will be open certain hours this weekend. They include:

• James E. Walker Library, which will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, then closed Sunday and Monday;

• Keathley University Center, which will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday and from 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. Monday;

• James Union Building will be closed. However, The Raider Zone, which is located on the ground level, will be open from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Saturday through Monday for food service.

Other food service options for the weekend include McCallie Dining and Cyber Café being open their regular hours Saturday and Sunday, McCallie open from 11:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Monday and Cyber Café open from 5 p.m. Monday until 2 a.m. Tuesday. The KUC Grill will be closed Jan. 16-18. All venues will be open their regular hours Tuesday. For more information, visit mtdining.com.

After being closed Saturday through Monday, the Health, Wellness and Recreation Center will reopen at 6 a.m. Tuesday with their regular spring semester hours.