Alive is pleased to announce it has received a $50,000 grant from the West End Home Foundation (WEHF) to support its Henry Hooker Alive Connect telehospice program. Alive was one of 30 nonprofit and governmental agencies that received grants ranging from $10,000 to $400,000. “We are thrilled to be a recipient of this grant, allowing…
Cindy Layne, CFO at Middle Tennessee Electric, was announced as a 2022 CFO Awards honoree by the Nashville Business Journal (NBJ). To view the complete article, visit here. To determine the list of honorees, nominations were accepted from the public. Nominees were then asked to submit questionnaires highlighting their accomplishments from the past year and…
Rutherford County Schools remains one of the top school districts in Tennessee, based on academic growth scores released by the Tennessee Department of Education. RCS earned the highest possible composite score on the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System — more commonly known as TVAAS — which measures student growth from year to year on a 1-5…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Police Chief Michael Bowen announces the promotion of two detectives to the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Adam Boisseau started his career with MPD in April 2008. He previously served as a Field Training Officer (FTO) and a member of the Special Operations Unit. He was promoted to detective in February 2019….
Biology professor Liz Barnes and her team of student and faculty biology education researchers at MTSU’s Social Perceptions of Science Lab recently published a novel study about undergraduate biology students’ ability to communicate effectively to their community about COVID-19. “To start, we reviewed the literature about undergraduate biology students serving as science communicators about COVID,”…
MTSU faculty and staff work hard to ensure students and alumni are exposed to multiple scholarship and grant opportunities, the latest being two MTSU graduate students and one alumna who have landed spots in the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program this fall. “We at the Honors College individualize our support to help assist MTSU students…
Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School is the first school in Rutherford County to be named a model school by the International Center for Leadership and Education. Schools are chosen by ICLE based on their rapid improvement and ability to present streamlined and straightforward strategies to help other schools achieve success. The application process is very rigorous, involving…
Several Rutherford County Schools have earned honors in this year’s Beta National Convention. The convention took place this summer at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center and was open to all grade levels. National Beta Club is the largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization in America – seeking to promote academic achievement, character, community…
MTSU seniors and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, residents Dallas Glover and Jonas Farmer received the Journey and Leadership awards, respectively, during the summer 2022 Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony, held Wednesday, July 27, in the Miller Education Center second-floor atrium. They were among 20 student veterans recognized and presented red stoles at their upcoming graduation at 9 a.m….
Congratulations to Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Director Seth Russell on his recent promotion from Major to Lieutenant Colonel in the TN Army National Guard. Russell is currently the Brigade Operations Officer with the 30th Troop Command in Tullahoma, TN.