A proposed Middle Tennessee State University aerospace campus at the Shelbyville Municipal Airport in Bedford County would generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue and hundreds of jobs for that community over the next three years, according to a recently released economic impact study by the university’s Business and Economic Research Center. With more…
A British crisis and social psychologist who assisted families following the devastating recent school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, will speak to MTSU faculty, staff and students and the wider community at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 6, in the Keathley University Center Theater to answer their questions about mental health following the incident. Shamender Talwar, Ph.D.,…
Middle Tennessee State University accepted the first of eight new Diamond Aircraft DA40 XLT single-engine planes at a ceremony Wednesday, March 29, at Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo, one of the nation’s largest annual aviation gatherings. Greg Van Patten, dean of MTSU’s College of Basic and Applied Sciences, and Chaminda Prelis, chair of the university’s…
Greta Muller, MTSU senior in the Visual Arts Program, said she was surprised about the opportunity for art students to participate in research on campus while showcasing her impressive nine-painting collection at the recent Scholars Week student research event. “I feel like many of us undergraduate students feel like most of research is focused on…
Six Middle Tennessee State University Concrete Industry Management students will be hoping to “strike” it big this weekend when they compete in an international bowling ball competition in San Francisco, California. Representing a dozen students in their upper division “Special Problems in the Concrete Industry” class, the students will be entering the American Concrete Institute’s…
As a research assistant professor in MTSU’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tiffany Saul serves students in a multifaceted role, working as an instructor, a researcher and a mentor. “I was a first-generation college student, which shaped my undergraduate experience here at MTSU,” said Saul, who earned her degree in anthropology in 2010. “I know…
With a very personal reason for volunteering along with dozens of others, Lily Bradney kept making bike-powered smoothies for people participating in the annual Middle Tennessee State University Relay for Life. Bradney, 19, a junior public health major from Cleveland, Tennessee, and fellow students prepared the smoothies Friday, March 24, on the basketball courts in…
Having attended previous career fairs, graduating MTSU management major Kacey Day of Tullahoma, Tennessee, brought a higher sense of urgency than many of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business underclassmen seeking internships or entry-level jobs at the recent career fair inside the Student Union Ballroom. Almost 60 employers ranging from logistics to retail giants…
With about 80 Blackman High School students flanking them, MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, Blackman Principal Justin Smith and Rutherford County Schools’ Director Jimmy Sullivan signed a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the university and local high school. The signing occurred Friday, March 24, in the MTSU Student Union Ballroom, as a university…
MTSU’s Jennings and Rebecca Jones Chair of Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning Advisory Committee is launching a new Scholars Program to assist students in their academic and professional development. The COE-URP Scholars Program is a nine-month research and engagement program for undergraduate students at Middle Tennessee State University designed to bring students, professors, and…