MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — With COVID-19 throwing a wrench into daily lives around the world, technology and social media have become even more important tools.
At Middle Tennessee, social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and video communication apps like Zoom and FaceTime are being utilized for hours a day to do everything from holding athletics staff and coaches meetings to checking in with student-athletes living across the country and world.
"It has actually been pretty seamless," MT Associate Athletic Director of Communications Mark Owens said. "The athletic staff has been doing Zoom meetings since we started working remotely, and almost all of our teams have done the same thing with their players.