Oakland High School is proud to announce our 2023 Spotlight Award winner, Catherine Phillips. She won Outstanding Comedic Performance. OHS Theatre also won a Special Recognition award for Costume Classes and Design. The TPAC Spotlight Awards are dedicated to supporting the talents, educational endeavors, and friendships of high school theatre students in Tennessee to build…
MTSU’s MT Engage program recently celebrated a record-breaking 248 students graduating with the program distinction this past school year. “Earning this distinction is an accomplishment worth recognizing,” MT Engage Director Julie Myatt said. “Students who graduate with the MT Engage distinction have demonstrated their integrative learning by passing at least four MT Engage courses and…
One of the most important elements of MTSU’s top-rated teacher preparation program — ranked the No. 1 producer of the most effective teachers in Tennessee by the state — is getting future educators into classrooms for hands-on teaching experience. Shannon Harmon, associate professor of education, said these experiences would not be possible without the partnership…
MTSU’s James E. Walker Library has been named as a Preservation Steward for the U.S. Government Publishing Office, an agreement through which the library will procure and preserve publications relating to agricultural, legal and cultural aspects of brewing and distilling from the 1800s through 1980. The topic falls in line with the university’s Fermentation Science…
U.S. Army Col. John C. Kinton helped celebrate 11 of the Army’s newest officers recently during the annual Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider Battalion Spring Commissioning Ceremony. Kinton, commander of the 194th Engineer Brigade with the Tennessee Army National Guard, spoke to the new second lieutenants and an audience of family, friends and supporters…
Middle Tennessee State University is home to yet another Fulbright Scholar. Political science major Victoria Grigsby has received one of the most competitive overseas fellowships in the country — the Fulbright Summer Institute in Wales in the United Kingdom. “I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity. I believe it will play a huge…
Madison Whitworth has received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. This year, Madison was one of about 18,000 students from throughout the nation who applied for one of the approximately 1,100 appointments to the Naval Academy’s Class of 2027. After a rigorous admissions process, Whitworth’s appointment is equivalent to a…
Middle Tennessee State University will honor five officers of the Metro Nashville Police Department on Friday, May 5, for their “precision, duty and selflessness” in response to the recent deadly Covenant School shootings. Detective Ryan Cagle, detective Michael Collazo, officer Rex Engelbert, Sgt. Jeffery Mathes and detective Zachary Plese will be named honorary professors of…
The Middle Grades Math Contest was held at Middle Tennessee State University on Thursday, April 13, with sixth, seventh, and eighth grade divisions. Each student participant took a 60-minute math test during the morning and awards were presented in the afternoon. Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School won the T-shirt contest with its entry designed by student Ashley…
Siegel High School took 36 students to Knoxville to compete at the annual HOSA State Leadership Conference. Siegel students competed in 20 out of 50 different events against 2,600 other competitors. Laney Marlatt campaigned and was elected as a state officer, Middle Tennessee HOSA Vice President for 2023-2024. Ensley Baird and Madison Whitworth placed 3rd…