Emily Beavers, a rising junior in the MTSU Fermentation Science program, is the second recipient of the Brewing Education Scholarship awarded by Athens, Georgia-based Terrapin Brewing Co. Beavers, 20, who is from Dunlap, Tennessee, recently learned she would be the 2022 beneficiary of a $10,000 award during a Zoom session with Terrapin and MTSU representatives….
From top-shelf custom cabinetry to emergency tarping services to an innovative campus mapping platform, the top three choices from the 2022 MTSU Business Plan Competition Final made compelling pitches for why their businesses were poised to succeed and should win the top prize. And in the end, they were all winners, along with the three…
One person is dead and another one was injured after a shooting on the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) campus. The shooting occurred after a high-school graduation on Wednesday, May 18. “The shooting at Middle Tennessee State University is a tragedy for our community,” said Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Public Information Officer Larry Flowers. “We…
WMOT-FM, Middle Tennessee State University’s public radio station, recently launched a new way to experience the independent, American Roots station’s programming with its new radio app, now available in the iOS App Store and via Google Play. The radio app will allow listeners to tune into a livestream of WMOT’s programming from anywhere around the…
Recent MTSU graduates Corwin Cordell and Jalen Ervin received their commissions as U.S. Air Force second lieutenants during a special ceremony for Air Force ROTC Detachment 790, held Saturday, May 14, at the Veterans Memorial outside the Tom H. Jackson Building. The event was sponsored for the second year by the Middle Tennessee State University…
MTSU’s new Physician Assistant Studies, or PA, graduate program has been a decade in the making, and the university marked the occasion with a grand opening event last Friday. “It was an opportunity to make people aware of our existence and who we are since a lot of the work was done during COVID and…
MTSU chemistry professor and Women in STEM Center Director Judith Iriarte-Gross is the 2022 recipient of the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Excellence in Advocacy Award. Iriarte-Gross received the honor Tuesday, May 10, during the organization’s annual awards at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, recognizing individuals for their efforts to promote science, technology, engineering…
A first-time visit to the MTSU Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center left a positive impression on Daniel Dücker, the new executive director for the VA’s Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Joined by Tennessee Valley Healthcare System staff members Michael Renfrow and Hunt Blair, Dücker recently visited the center, which is located on…
MTSU’s Blake Osborn, outdoor pursuits coordinator for Middle Tennessee Outdoor Pursuits, or MTOP, knew True Blue students were interested in a university fishing program, and the slowdown during the pandemic allowed him to pursue it. “We also started collaborating with Abundant Life Adventure Club, made for Black professionals and entrepreneurs to recreate outside,” Osborn said….
Blackman High School celebrated its BCA seniors signing scholarships. The school celebrated 58 students, 18 signing with MTSU and 40 signing with other colleges, universities or branches of the military.