U.S. Navy to Showcase SEAL Virtual Reality Experience at Great Tennessee Airshow

U.S. Navy to Showcase SEAL Virtual Reality Experience at Great Tennessee Airshow

This weekend, Saturday, June 10-Sunday, June 11, at the Great Tennessee Airshow in Smyrna, TN, the U.S. Navy will showcase the Nimitz, a mobile, state-of the-art virtual reality experience that simulates an actual high-speed Navy SEAL mission. Inside the Nimitz, which is housed in a massive, unfolding 18-wheeler, participants go through a video briefing before…

Rutherford County Schools

RCS Participating in Together Reunification Exercise

Next week, RCS administrators will undergo crisis response training for reunification. When events that require evacuations occur at a school, staff must ensure efficient and accurate parent reunification with their students. The RCS Safety team is led by Director of Safety Patty Oeser and Assistant Director Sean Martin. Reunification is an important step in the…

Murfreesboro Airport

Murfreesboro Airport Runway Closure for Pavement Maintenance

The Murfreesboro Municipal Airport Runway, Taxiway, and Apron will undergo required maintenance beginning June 15, 2023, for safety enhancements. Airport Operations scheduled a closure for approximately 30 days for completion of the required work. Taxiway A will not be used for departures and landings during maintenance. “Commercial operators and customers have been notified of the…

New MTSU Students Quickly Adapt to Campus During CUSTOMS Orientation

New MTSU Students Quickly Adapt to Campus During CUSTOMS Orientation

Incoming Middle Tennessee State University freshman biology major Laylah Coleman likes the diversity of opportunities on the Blue Raider campus. Taking a different slant, Cedric White loves the flat terrain, there’s a rock-climbing wall in the Campus Recreation Center and excited to pursue forensic science. They were two of nearly 250 freshmen that mid-May day…

MTSU Education Center Celebrates First Leadership Academy Cohort of Middle Schoolers

MTSU Education Center Celebrates First Leadership Academy Cohort of Middle Schoolers

Seventeen young males of color from Oakland Middle School recently completed the first Emerging Leaders Academy — a mentorship program launched this spring between MTSU’s Center for Fairness, Justice and Equity, Oakland Middle School and First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Michelle Stevens, the MTSU center’s director, said the nine-week academy “was a success” and…