Reflecting on the Journey Award she had just received minutes earlier during the 11th Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony Wednesday (Aug. 1), MTSU student veteran Jackie Evans paused briefly. “It makes me realize I was making a difference in the (Charlie and Hazel Daniels) Veterans Center,” the Florence, South Carolina, native said. “I worked there two…
Fire Rescue Chief Mark Foulks accepted an award during the opening ceremonies of the Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association’s (TFCA) Annual Conference Monday at Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro for the preservation of the department’s 1892 Ahrens steam fire engine. Bill Dundas, President of the Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in…
MTSU’s Lisa Schrader, director of Health Promotion, has been presented a statewide award by the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Campus Communities. The Susanna L. Baxter Drug, Alcohol, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education Award is given every two years to a person in the state of Tennessee who, like Baxter, “has volunteered his or…
Pel Doski and Leia Green of Nashville, Tennessee, are the latest MTSU students to earn Fulbright Fellowships to teach or conduct research abroad later this year. Doski, a biology major, will be teaching English in South Korea, and Green, a foreign language major, will be teaching in Argentina. They join 14 former MTSU students who…
First Community Mortgage (FCM) recently announced the 2018 recipients of the Andrew C. Rambo Scholarship were Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Students, Amanda Sampedro and Lily Shepler. The Andrew C. Rambo Memorial Scholarship – funded by FCM employees – is awarded to an MTSU MBA student in the accelerated cohort program of the Flex MBA….
The Blind Pig, a speakeasy-themed escape room, was named the #1 escape room in the Nashville area by Room Escape Artist. The Blind Pig is managed by Murfreesboro Escape Rooms, located about 35 miles southeast of Nashville. Escape rooms are large, step-by-step puzzle-solving adventures, typically played by a small group of friends. Each room has…
A group of Public Safety and Water Resources employees received STARS Awards in June for going above and beyond in their jobs as City employees. The City recognized a group of Public Safety employees in the Police and Fire Rescue departments for demonstrating exemplary service in the rescue of a kitten at Birchwood Apartments on…
Children of three Sheriff’s Office employees each earned $500 scholarships from the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh recommended the scholarship awards for Faith Edgell, daughter of Sgt. Glenn Edgell, Skyler Norrod, daughter of Detective Kyle Norrod and Jacob Hendrixson, son of Lt. Barry Hendrixson. Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association awards the scholarships to sheriffs’ employees or…
Lee Company has been recognized among the Top 100 Contractors in the nation. Contractor Magazine has released its 2018 “Book of Giants,” listing America’s biggest mechanical contractors, and Lee Company is ranked #10 in the South. Richard Perko, president and CEO, says the recognition is a direct reflection of the business-building success of the entire…
A sheriff’s narcotics detective earned Officer of the Month honors for leading an investigation to seize about $1.3 million worth of Xanax made in a clandestine lab in April. Detective Mike Hoekstra received a watch from General Manager Jason Borowski of Ford of Murfreesboro for his efforts. Borowski said, “Hoekstra’s assertiveness and initiative has been…