By the end of the third Hack-MT at Middle Tennessee State University Sunday (Jan. 28), there was plenty of cheering and whooping and hollering from a bunch of tired people. Along the way from Friday (Jan. 26) until the science fair portion of the event Sunday morning, a wealth of collaboration and teamwork and an…
MTSU Theatre is setting the scene Feb. 1-3 for another collaboration with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival devoutly to be wished on the Tucker Theatre stage: the woes of that troubled Danish prince, Hamlet. Director Denice Hicks, who brought the glamorous fairy queen Titania to life at MTSU in last fall’s joint production of “A Midsummer…
The Secret Sisters, an Americana duo that includes MTSU alumna Laura Rogers, was honored Saturday by the College of Media and Entertainment at its annual industry event preceding the Grammy Awards. Rogers and her sister, Lydia Rogers, are nominated for Best Folk Album in Sunday’s 60th Grammy Awards. They shared their excitement, and some life…
The Murfreesboro City Council will meet in a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, at 5 p.m. in Room 218 at City Hall, 111 West Vine Street, to discuss the recruitment for a City Manager. Who: The Murfreesboro City Council. What: The Council will gather to discuss recruitment of a City Manager. When: Thursday,…
Representatives from the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center recently thanked Nashville business LKQ Corp. for its hiring of MTSU student veteran Jason Gill. Led by Keith M. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives, and Daniels Center Director Hilary Miller, MTSU’s veterans program awarded a certificate of appreciation to LKQ executives Friday (Jan. 19) at their Grassmere Park Drive…
MTSU journalism alumna Tosheena Robinson-Blair is earning notice within the media and communications industries in her native Bahamas with a number of awards over the past year. A journalist with Etienne Dupuch Jr. Publications Ltd. in the Bahamas, Robinson-Blair received the Women of Distinction 2017 Global Leadership Award in Journalism and Broadcasting in December from Celebrating Women International, a…
The annual spring musical means as much to Siegel High School as the state title won by the baseball team last spring. “If you talk to people around the state,” Siegel Principal Larry Creasy said, “they’re going to know us for our fine arts program.” Yeah, the spring musical is the cornerstone for an arts…
They each ordered steak — two medium rare and one medium well. It had been an eventful day for the three Kittrell students, Anahlea Ferguson, Nathan O’Neal and Chase Singleton, who were now preparing for lunch at The Parthenon restaurant. Along with seven other Kittrell students, they spent the morning of March 8th doing mock…
Rutherford County Schools has the second largest Career Technical Education programs in the entire state of Tennessee. So in spite of having only been in her current role for the past two years, it wasn’t all that surprising for Tyra Pilgrim, CTE coordinator for RCS, to be recognized as a pioneer in her field. Tennessee…
It all started with a road trip. Four librarians from Rutherford County Schools – Liz Hicks, Erin Alvarado, Barbara Collie and Marcie Leeman – planned a girl’s weekend in Charleston, South Carolina, where they attended a young adult book festival. One trip in October 2013 led to another a year later, in 2014, and in…