You are an important part of a tradition of student success and academic excellence at Motlow State. We want you to have everything you need to succeed.
Share your achievements with Merit.
Merit Pages makes it easy to share accomplishments with family and friends. Students can invite others to view their accomplishments on their own Merit page, or can use their Merit page to launch news of accomplishments out on other social media platforms. Here are just a few easy to share stories from Merit:
Each Motlow campus has an Advising Center designed to help ensure you have a successful journey from enrollment to graduation.
Motlow is committed to your success. You begin your college experience with a comprehensive orientation and an opportunity to engage in workshops and activities that help you adjust to college life. Throughout your time at Motlow you will be inspired, motivated, and guided toward graduation. Your success is our mission.
The Student Government Association (SGA) is an elected group of students representing the needs of Motlow's student body, led by a president elected by the entire student body.
SGA represents the student body at events on Motlow's campuses, including the college's Leadership Council. SGA is involved in planning and executing events on every campus, from Weeks of Welcome to finals week celebrations. All Motlow students are encouraged to attend SGA meetings and voice their concerns or ideas.
Graduation day is the culmination of your hard work. A degree from Motlow empowers you to advance to your next level.
You have a vast array of support services while you are a student at Motlow. All are designed to work together to assist you towards your goal. If that goal is graduation, then the time to start planning is when you enroll at Motlow. There are multiple steps required in addition to completing your coursework.
Five-hundred and sixty graduates out of almost one thousand 2024-2025 graduating students walked the stage to receive their diplomas from Motlow State at the recent graduation ceremony. The event, held at Middle Tennessee State University's Murphy Center, celebrated the accomplishments of Motlow State students from all five locations and online.
Forty Motlow State Nursing students earned their nursing pins and will receive their diplomas along with the class of 2025. Nursing faculty presented the students with pins bearing Motlow's insignia at the 51st Annual Pinning Ceremony.
Motlow State recently hosted the Academic Honor Awards Ceremony on the Smyrna campus. Graduating students in the Honors Program, in Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), in Psi Beta, and on the Presidential Honors List received stoles or medallions to wear at the 2025 Commencement Ceremony to symbolize their commitment to academic excellence at Motlow.
On May 2, Motlow State named the original McMinnville building on Cadillac Lane the Jerry W. Cooper Center in a ceremony honoring his family and legacy. Cooper was a state senator whose advocacy and devout belief in the power of education aided the College in making substantial progress and improving student opportunities.
