MTSU concrete, construction students seek internships through speed-interviewing process

MTSU concrete, construction students seek internships through speed-interviewing process

ByMurfreesboro.com

From 19-year-old sophomores Nija Threat and Riley Bethmann to 61-year-old senior Dan Throneberry, nearly 60MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management students of all ages participated in the Speed Interviewing Day for internships with industry partners. Companies from across the South and Midwest sent representatives to interview 45 Concrete Industry Management and 12construction management students…

Central Magnet eighth-grader wins state award, scholarship for serving others

Central Magnet eighth-grader wins state award, scholarship for serving others

ByMurfreesboro.com

The late Chris Kyle famously wrote “it is our duty to serve those who serve us” in his bestselling memoir. Wills McAdams, an eighth-grader at Central Magnet School, has not yet read “American Sniper.” He never even saw the Academy Award-winning movie version directed by Clint Eastwood. And yet the 14-year-old from Murfreesboro has embodied…

Lyndal Duke named interim principal of Buchanan Elementary

Lyndal Duke named interim principal of Buchanan Elementary

ByMurfreesboro.com

Retired Principal Lyndal Duke will lead Buchanan Elementary School for the remainder of the current school year, following the recent resignation of the school’s current principal, Michael Hickman. Hickman has accepted a principal position in Wilson County — where he lives — and his last day will be Friday, March 24. Duke will assume the…

MTSU’s EXL Program recognizes three outstanding community partners

MTSU’s EXL Program recognizes three outstanding community partners

ByMurfreesboro.com

The Experiential Learning Program at Middle Tennessee State University has once again presented a group of local organizations with its 2016 EXL Outstanding Community Partner Awards. MTSU’s EXL Program, which provides students with hands-on learning in a specific work or service, presents these awards to organizations who help make “learning-by-doing” possible through their exceptional work…

Murfreesboro’s Most Misunderstood

Murfreesboro’s Most Misunderstood

ByMurfreesboro.com

Sometimes conflict is just a misunderstanding.  Join us on this series as we uncover the true identity of some of our most misunderstood creatures.  Presentations by professors, naturalists, and other professionals will examine behavior, threats, and wildlife-human conflict resolution. This program is free and for adults.  Saturdays starting at 9 a.m. at the Wilderness Station. …

Stewarts Creek Middle’s band selected among best in Tennessee

Stewarts Creek Middle’s band selected among best in Tennessee

ByMurfreesboro.com

The Stewarts Creek Middle School Band has again been recognized by the Tennessee Music Education Association as one of the state’s top school band programs, and as such, has been invited to perform at state music conference in April. The band has been selected to perform for the TMEA State Professional Development Conference on April…

Oakland High School earns honors at Foreign Language competition

Oakland High School earns honors at Foreign Language competition

ByMurfreesboro.com

On Saturday February 25, Oakland High School students competed in the 2017 Countywide Spanish Contest at MTSU. Oakland High swept the competition by placing in 4 out of the 4 levels. The students and their teachers prepared for this day over the past months enthusiastically and diligently, so it is wonderful to see that the hard work has paid off. The OHS family is…

Michael Hickman

Buchanan principal announces resignation for position in Wilson County

ByMurfreesboro.com

Buchanan Elementary School Principal Michael Hickman has announced his resignation from Rutherford County Schools to accept a principal position with Wilson County Schools. Hickman, who lives in Wilson County, will continue as Buchanan principal until March 24. “This was not an easy decision to make due to the relationships that I have built in Rutherford…

John Pittard Elementary Students

Murfreesboro City Schools Students Design Their Dream Home

ByMurfreesboro.com

Students at John Pittard Elementary were outside mapping house plans last week after spending weeks focusing on ratio and proportional relationships in real-life form. This hands-on project is part of the 6th grade curriculum standards for mathematical practice and brings engineering to life. During this project, JPE students focus on the importance of teamwork while…

Steve Reeves

After daughter’s near-drowning, dad creates nonprofit to teach kids how to swim

ByMurfreesboro.com

A Middle Tennessee father is working to save lives after his own daughter nearly died in a swimming pool. “It was a birthday party,” recalled Steve Reeves. “Little girls – no one is watching the pool and we turn around and I see my daughter lying on the bottom of the pool.” His then 4-year-old…