MTSU graduate students Yiting Dong of Hangzhou, China, and Shannon Ghee of Eagleville, Tennessee, are part of the transformation for the growing actuarial sciences program that numbers more than 125 combined undergraduate and graduate students. The program dipped to a third of its current size 10 to 15 years ago, said professor Don Hong, who…
Students in MTSU’s Jones College of Business now have access to an innovative sales laboratory that will allow them to hone their selling skills in their efforts to become ready-to-hire graduates. The university cut the ribbon Tuesday (Aug. 7) on the Mel Adams State Farm Agent Sales Lab on the first floor of its Business…
MTSU animation students are back home with some hardware after some hands-on teamwork, technical skills and creativity during the second annual Wonderful World: 2018 International Students Ocean Short Film Exhibition held in Guiyang, China. Kevin McNulty, associate professor in Department of Media Arts, and Dr. Guanping Zheng, director of the Confucius Institute, traveled with MTSU…
The MTSU True Blue Tour, a longtime tradition as the university travels to recruit prospective students, will launch this year right here in Rutherford County on the Blue Raider campus. MTSU invites potential students from public, private and home schools, to attend a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in the Student…
Teacher Tristan Brown feels safer after Rutherford County Sheriff’s school resource officers trained for an active aggressor scenario Tuesday at a county elementary school. “It makes me feel safer they’re prepared,” said Brown, a Siegel High School marketing teacher who played a victim during the all-day scenario. “This gives me an opportunity to be as…
Residents who want to learn about forensics and ride along with a patrol deputy are invited to participate in the 12-week Sheriff’s Citizens Academy at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Citizens learn about the inner workings of the Sheriff’s Office. The free classes begin Tuesday, Aug. 21 from 6-9 p.m. and run through Nov. 12….
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….
Job opportunities for inmates arrived in the form of a Hyundai forklift Friday at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. Maintenance Sgt. Joe Scott said the forklift will be used to train inmates for jobs once they are released from the Adult Detention Center and perform maintenance tasks at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. If…
High school senior Jessica Bullock of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, did not hesitate when given the opportunity to participate in MTSU’s Project SEED Program. The 16-year-old Central Magnet student heard about the summer immersive program through a friend who had previously participated — and what she learned sparked her interest. “I thought that’d be a good opportunity…
The technology involved with computer science is always changing and so too are the opportunities being afforded to students of Rutherford County Schools to be on the frontend of those advances. This summer, Rutherford Works offered a series of five summer coding camps, including this week’s Create with Code camp being offered for incoming ninth-…