Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) has renamed its College of Media and Entertainment in honor of Big Machine Label Group founder, chairman and CEO Scott Borchetta.
The school’s name change is accompanied by what MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee said was Borchetta’s $15 million “transformational investment” in support of the College of Media and Entertainment. Andrew Oppman, MTSU’s vice president for marketing and communications, added that it marked the largest unsolicited investment in MTSU history.
Big Machine Founder and CEO Scott Borchetta joined by Middle Tennessee State University staff, faculty at the College of Media & Entertainment naming event at the university’s John Bragg Building, on August 26, 2025
The renaming announcement took place in the atrium of MTSU’s Bragg Media and Entertainment Building, which now houses the Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment.
“I want to build bridges for young minds by inspiring them, lifting them up and giving back to them,” said Borchetta, who was joined by his wife, Sandi, executives from Big Machine and the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix. The capacity crowd included Big Machine-signed country chart-topper Carly Pearce and hundreds of students, faculty and staff members.
Scott Borchetta, his wife, Sandi, being greeted by Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney A. McPhee at the College of Media & Entertainment’s re-naming event in the John Bragg Building, on August 26, 2025
How, why has Scott Borchetta been a longtime, significant financial contributor to MTSU?
Borchetta, who famously dropped out of college after two years, said having his name on an MTSU building was a “legacy-defining” moment that allowed him to help define “the path to success” that he, as an aspiring music industry executive, never saw for himself as a student.
“The Scott Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment represents the next generation of innovators and creators, whose bold ideas will transform the media landscape,” Borchetta said.
Borchetta also noted that he was inspired by and indebted to the work of another longtime Nashville music executive in attendance, Mike Curb. The Curb Records impresario has achieved significant success through his three decades of involvement in Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.
Recently, Belmont opened the first phase of its Curb-funded $58 million Music Row expansion of its College of Entertainment & Music Business.
Dean Keel noted that Borchetta’s forthcoming contributions would be in addition to the building upgrades, scholarship opportunities, trips to the Bonnaroo festival, e-sports conferences and Grammy Awards trips he has previously funded for MTSU students.
In previous years, he has also provided MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment with the resources to hire a strategic communications specialist, as well as sponsor the Southern Oasis Film Festival and the MT Imagine showcase for digital animation students.
Graduates of MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment include award-winning singer-songwriters such as Hardy and Brittney Spencer.
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