MTSU Grads Commissioned as Air Force Second Lieutenants

MTSU Grads Commissioned as Air Force Second Lieutenants

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 Physician Assistant Studies Celebrates First Public PA Program in Middle Tennessee

MTSU Physician Assistant Studies Celebrates First Public PA Program in Middle Tennessee

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…

Congratulating Iriarte-Gross

MTSU’s Iriarte-Gross Earns Statewide Award

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…

Tour of MTSU Daniels Center

MTSU Daniels Center, new VA director plan to ‘grow relationship’

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 Outdoor Pursuits Reels in $70K TWRA Grant to Pilot Fishing Program

MTSU Outdoor Pursuits Reels in $70K TWRA Grant to Pilot Fishing Program

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….

MTSU Military Science Commissions 13 New Leaders as 2nd Lieutenants

MTSU Military Science Commissions 13 New Leaders as 2nd Lieutenants

The former chair of the MTSU Military Science Department returned to address 13 ROTC cadets being commissioned as second lieutenants in various branches of the U.S. Army, reserves and national guard. Regarding leadership, retired Lt. Col. Joel Miller referenced his own commissioning ceremony from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, nearly 30…

Best friends capture MTSU President’s, Provost’s awards

Best friends capture MTSU President’s, Provost’s awards

They are best friends about to their conclude their undergraduate academic journeys at MTSU. And they are going out on top. Student Government Association President Winton Cooper and fellow motivated senior Kap Paull recently claimed the respective President’s and Provost’s awards during separate ceremonies on campus. Cooper, a Bahamas native, was presented his award —…