Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Doug Kreulen’s heart and compassion for veterans led to a $10,000 donation for the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center at MTSU. Kreulen, president and CEO of Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, personally delivered the check to Keith M. Huber, MTSU senior adviser for veterans and military initiatives,…
Conference USA announced Friday that Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney A. McPhee will serve as its representative on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors through August 2024. The Board of Directors is the top governing body for Division I, responsible for strategy and policy and overseeing legislation and management of the division. It…
With assistance from dozens of volunteers, an MTSU School of Agriculture agritourism class planned and executed the return of the Ag Education Spring Fling for nearly 750 local school children. The youngsters enjoyed a small taste of life on a farm — even a sample of MTSU Creamery chocolate milk — during each school’s two-hour…
Bright, animated and full of energy and determination, Chloe Johnstone epitomized many of the girls and young women attending the 25th Tennessee Girls in STEM Conference at MTSU. “We made it. It worked,” Johnstone, 10, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, squealed with delight as her marble made it down the roller-coaster foam track, through a loop and…
Cason Lane Academy students built brick and mortar walls, created coasters, and learned about all things concrete with Club Marvel at MTSU.
MTSU assistant professor Yangseung Jeong has earned the prestigious Ellis R. Kerley Research Award. Jeong, who has been a member of the Department of Biology and Forensic Science program since 2017, learned earlier this year he is the 2022 Kerley award recipient, recognizing excellence in the continuing effort to research and develop methods in forensic…
MTSU graduate student Christine Whelchel knew it was never too late to achieve her dreams. In the past year, the long-time “Jeopardy!” fan, part-time musician and mother of three dominated on the game show and started a Master of Music program — all amid a diagnosis of and treatment for breast cancer. “I watched ‘Jeopardy!’…
Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday, April 5, to extend President Sidney A. McPhee’s contract through 2026. McPhee has led MTSU through an extended period of academic progress and more than $1 billion in capital investment during his two decades at the helm while developing world-class programs that attract students from across…
MTSU, its Aerospace Department and Delta Air Lines celebrated a fourth anniversary of their partnership Tuesday, April 5, with a very special occasion: Recognizing alumnus Colton Gray as the first graduate of Delta’s Propel pilot program. A 2018 MTSU graduate, Gray, 29, of Lebanon, Tennessee, will begin training next month to fly for Delta as…
An MTSU student is one semester away from graduating and already working her dream job at just 20 years old. She credits the university’s Dual Enrollment program for jump-starting her academic and professional life. Psychology major Haley Burt, a Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native, started high school at 13 and college at just 15 years old. Of…