The first public meeting dealing with the name "Forrest Hall" at MTSU will be held 6:30 to 8:30 PM Tuesday (12/1/2015) night in the Parliamentary Room (201) on the second floor of the Student Union Building.

Members of the task force considering whether to change the name of MTSU's Forrest Hall want the public's input. Whichever side you are on, your views are important.

The university announced in June that it would engage the community on the name of the campus building that houses MTSU's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program and is named after Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee asked the panel to recommend by April whether the building should be renamed; retain the name but with added historical perspective; or recommend that no action or change is warranted. The Tennessee Board of Regents would have to approve any recommended name change and the university is also researching whether other state authorities would have to give approval as well.

A searchable parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParking2015-16.

Task force meetings are open to the public. For more information about the task force, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/forresthall.