Middle Tennessee State University’s “We Are Music” marketing campaign, which highlighted the music industry work of current students and alumni in three colleges, was awarded Best of Show honors recently by the Tennessee College Public Relations Association. The Best of Show honor, issued at the TCPRA annual conference in Maryville, was one of 17 awards…
Murfreesboro City Schools’ Discovery School team is the National Champion in the Elementary School Division of the Beta Club Quiz Bowl! Discovery School students competed against 20,000 students from across the country and came home with impressive wins. Quiz Bowl -1st – Jack Gray, Alicia Moreno, Grayson Lin, John Thomas Parkerson Engineering – 7th –…
A hard-working group of GIS employees received STARS Awards June 12 for going above and beyond in their jobs for the City. The City recognized three Geographical Information System (GIS) employees who work in the Information Technology Department: Gerald Lee, Susan Carmouche and Bob Boutiette. A geographical information system is a framework for gathering, managing,…
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center announced today that it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM. This distinction places TriStar StoneCrest among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals. During the study…
Jail Administrator Chris Fly of the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center earned the national Certified Jail Manager designation by the American Jail Association. The designation is granted by the Jail Manager Certification Commission. Fly earned certification by completing a rigid experiential background application and an intensive four-hour examination prepared by the AJA and the commission….
Congratulations to Siegel High School’s Lee Ramsey, a Ponce Law Outstanding Teacher Finalist. In May, Ponce Law recognized Tennessee teachers making a difference in students’ lives. The Siegel history teacher won $100 to use in the classroom. Mr. Ramsey is well deserving of this award!
Two students from Central Magnet School each received a $1,000 college scholarship from the Rutherford County School Resource Officers. Central Magnet SRO Scott Culp presented the checks to students Sally Smith and Max Larsen Wednesday during an SRO meeting. SRO Jason Urban said the students were chosen based on their academics, an essay and their…
Discovery School, a Murfreesboro City School, was named a Tennessee Designated STEM School during the STEM Innovation Summit in Nashville. Discovery was one of only eleven schools to receive this designation in 2019. This honor was developed with the guidance of the Tennessee Department of Education and the STEM Leadership Council to identify and recognize…
Murfreesboro City Schools honored its Employees of the Year this week. Twenty-eight staff members received recognition as support staff of the year and departmental employees of the year. Support staff were nominated by their peers or supervisor for this recognition. “It is an honor to celebrate the people who form the foundation of Murfreesboro City…
Central Magnet School has maintained its ranking as the best high school in Tennessee, while moving up the national rankings to fifth place, according to the latest study released by U.S. News & World Report. It’s been the talk of the school today among teachers, students and several alumni who have contacted the school about…