U.S. Army Col. John C. Kinton helped celebrate 11 of the Army’s newest officers recently during the annual Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider Battalion Spring Commissioning Ceremony. Kinton, commander of the 194th Engineer Brigade with the Tennessee Army National Guard, spoke to the new second lieutenants and an audience of family, friends and supporters…
Middle Tennessee State University is home to yet another Fulbright Scholar. Political science major Victoria Grigsby has received one of the most competitive overseas fellowships in the country — the Fulbright Summer Institute in Wales in the United Kingdom. “I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity. I believe it will play a huge…
After graduate student Abigail Kwarteng capped off her MTSU experience with a walk across the Murphy Center stage this past weekend, she set her sights on her next dream — to represent her native Ghana in high jump in next year’s Summer Olympics Games in Paris. “Honestly, as an athlete, the Olympics is almost everybody’s…
Middle Tennessee State University’s Kayla Jenkins, a student in the Public History Master’s Program, was recently named to the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge’s 2023 Student Voting Honor Roll. ALL IN is a nonprofit that works with higher education institutions and students across the country to empower them to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic…
The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club is hosting an online auction of game-used Military Appreciation Jerseys to benefit the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center at Middle Tennessee State University. The auction runs until Thursday, May 18. The Sounds will wear the camouflage-themed military jerseys Saturday, May 13, during their game against the…
Middle Tennessee State University will honor five officers of the Metro Nashville Police Department on Friday, May 5, for their “precision, duty and selflessness” in response to the recent deadly Covenant School shootings. Detective Ryan Cagle, detective Michael Collazo, officer Rex Engelbert, Sgt. Jeffery Mathes and detective Zachary Plese will be named honorary professors of…
Southwest Airlines welcomes Middle Tennessee State University’s highly touted Department of Aerospace as its newest partner in Destination 225°, the airline’s First Officer development and recruitment program. As a potential pilot shortage across the industry increases the demand for qualified and skilled pilots, Destination 225° was developed to lead aspiring pilots to Southwest Airlines. Destination…
The Middle Grades Math Contest was held at Middle Tennessee State University on Thursday, April 13, with sixth, seventh, and eighth grade divisions. Each student participant took a 60-minute math test during the morning and awards were presented in the afternoon. Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School won the T-shirt contest with its entry designed by student Ashley…
Enhance your communication skills this summer by learning a new language through the fun, hands-on virtual American Sign Language course offered by MTSU in early June. MTSU’s Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition has opened registration for the five-day course that combines ASL Part 1 and 2 into a single learning experience. The course runs from…
Random and unexpected, 7-year-old Zoe Beard turned around in the spacious Tennessee Livestock Center main arena at Middle Tennessee State University and gave a total stranger a hug. MTSU student Olivia Key was the recipient of the kind gesture by the Christiana Elementary School first grader, who was overjoyed by all the fun, excitement, sights…