“New technology, new tactics and new information are always coming. Invest in yourself, your business and your personal brand to stay on top of new trends,” says Alli Worthington, author of Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy. Guests are welcome to attend the RUTHERFORD Cable membership drive at…
MTSU Student Life administrator Danny Kelley wants incoming students revved up and ready to kickoff the fall semester with a string of upcoming fun activities. What was formerly known as “Week of Welcome” at MTSU now has a new but familiar name — Connection Point. The Center for Student Involvement and Leadership is teaming with New Student and Family Programs to merge…
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee applauded university faculty and staff Thursday (Aug. 24) during his annual fall address, praising them for significant progress in student achievement and new academic programs amid a new governance structure, ongoing budgetary challenges and the need to improve facilities and salaries. Now in his 17th year leading the Blue Raider campus, McPhee…
Anne of Green Gables follows the misadventures of a wildly independent orphan with fiery red hair and a temper to match. Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to live with a plainspoken farmer and his spinster sister, who thought they were adopting a boy! She wins over the Cuthberts and all of Prince Edward Island with…
The Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame inducted four outstanding journalists during its fifth annual induction ceremony Aug. 15. This year’s honorees — Leon Alligood, Tom Humphrey, Don Whitehead and Larry Woody — were celebrated during the fifth annual ceremony at Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, 1200 Conference Center Blvd. in Murfreesboro. WSMV-TV Channel 4…
RUTHERFORD Cable has officially welcomed a new leadership team for the 2017-2018 membership year. Incoming president Carolyn Tumbleson aims to further the organization’s mission of being “the premier leadership organization for women’s professional advancement in Middle Tennessee.” “I want every woman who aspires to move forward in her career to know that RUTHERFORD Cable is…
As a young girl, Kay (Francis) Martin would gather all of her stuffed animals into one area and then arrange them as if they were kids in a classroom. Of course, she played the role of teacher. Years later, pretend became a reality. Dr. Kay Martin has been an educator for the past 18 years,…
New and returning MTSU student veterans and their families are welcome to attend a “newcomers briefing” provided by the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center. The event will be held from 5 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, in Cantrell Hall in the Tom H. Jackson Building, 628 Alma Mater Drive. To find the…
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee has launched a partnership with Hytch, a Nashville-based tech company that tracks and rewards shared rides, to help its employees and clients overcome lack of transportation as a barrier to employment. Goodwill, a non-profit organization whose mission is changing lives through education, training and employment, will be the first midstate…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue is pleased to announce an addition to the MFRD family, Teri Herron. Teri is the department’s new Logistics Manager, selected from a list of qualified applicants. Teri came to the department from the Tennessee Fire and Codes Academy, where she has spent the last fourteen years managing supplies and equipment. Herron…