Middle Tennessee State University returned to The Princeton Review’s annual list of the nation’s best colleges for a third consecutive year. MTSU remains the only locally governed institution in Tennessee recognized by the publication, having first achieved its spot in 2019. Only five higher education entities in the state — two public and three private…
Middle Tennessee Electric came away as the most decorated utility from the Tennessee Valley Lineman’s Rodeo this weekend in Jackson, Tenn. Competing with utilities across the Tennessee Valley, MTE claimed seven of the 12 places in overall results across four categories of competition. Leading the way was MTE’s Logan Barber, who won overall lineman competition….
Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) STEM program received a generous donation from The Business Education Partnership (BEP) Foundation in conjunction with the Nissan Neighbors Program. The $25,000 grant will be used for current STEM schools and schools seeking STEM designation. MCS boasts five schools with the designation of Tennessee STEM School by the TSIN organization. This…
Growth scores for Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) show level 5 growth in all four categories according to the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) and achieved the advancing district designation. MCS students claimed a year of successful growth, by achieving the highest level, level 5, in literacy, numeracy, and composite scores. TVAAS, works in conjunction with…
The Wes Moore people are most likely familiar with is a Rhodes scholar, combat veteran, former White House fellow and entrepreneur, who recently stepped down as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation — one of the largest anti-poverty nonprofits in the U.S. — and is currently a gubernatorial candidate in his home state of Maryland….
Keying Ding, associate professor of chemistry, has been involved in research since her time in graduate school at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, in 2004. “I have always loved doing research in chemistry,” Ding said. “I was a graduate research assistant in graduate school in Rochester and a post-doc research associate at…
MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business continues to rack up international recognition for the quality of its programs. The premier accrediting body in business education worldwide, AACSB International, recently extended Jones College’s business and accounting accreditations for another five years, based on an exhaustive review. Established in 1916, AACSB is the world’s largest business…
The Middle Tennessee State University WISTEM Center has received the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award honors colleges and universities encouraging and assisting students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. MTSU’s WISTEM (Women in STEM) Center will be featured…
MTSU’s Lana Seivers, dean emerita of the College of Education, devoted her almost half-century-long career to education — from her years in the classroom and school administration, to her service as the Tennessee education commissioner and on to her decade as dean of the university’s College of Education before her retirement this year. In recognition…
Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS) Director Carl Hudgens is pleased to announce that five RCEMS employees and medic students recently completed the national registry with a 100 percent first-time pass rate. Thomas McKinstry, Sophia Fuller, McKayla Knox, Oscar Porto, and Doug Diehl completed the paramedic program at Columbia State which entailed attending courses twice…