Journey Home vaccines

MTSU nurses provide COVID-19 vaccine for Journey Home clients

Three weeks ago, knowing the need for MTSU Health Services to utilize COVID-19 vaccines about the expire so they would not be wasted, university nurses Tracy Mifflin and Heather Ashby brainstormed. Ashby suggested Murfreesboro’s homeless population. Mifflin knows Scott Foster, executive director of Journey Home Inc., a Christian ministry that serves homeless people and the…

MTSU alumni recognized for teaching, leadership excellence

MTSU alumni recognized for teaching, leadership excellence

Rutherford County Schools recognized two Middle Tennessee State University alumnae with top honors to close out the latest academic year. Judy Goodwin, Barfield Elementary School principal and MTSU alumna, was named Principal of the Year for the school district — the second time she’s received this top honor. Stefanie Edgell, another College of Education alumna…

MTSU junior Svetlana Baranova

Online courses help University College student pursue global education

Some people choose to study internationally focused majors because they’d like to see the world. MTSU junior Svetlana Baranova of Murfreesboro chose her major — Professional Studies with a concentration in International Organizational Leadership — because she already has, and she’s loved every second of it. Baranova was born in Russia and visited Egypt, Singapore,…

MTSU Creamery Saturday market crowd

MTSU Creamery Milk Headlines Return of Main Street Saturday Market

Extremely popular MTSU Creamery milk will return to the trendy Main Street Saturday Market for the second year, making everyone — especially the buying public — very happy. The Main Street Saturday Market resumes its annual summer and fall season from 8 a.m. to noon starting May 22 and continuing through Oct. 30, said Linda…

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MTSU Seeks Public Comment on Tuition Increase Proposal

The MTSU Board of Trustees will consider a proposal to increase undergraduate in-state tuition and mandatory fees at its June 8 meeting. The Tuition Transparency and Accountability Act (T.C.A. §§ 49-7-1601, et. seq.) requires boards of public universities to give public notice of proposed increases to tuition and mandatory fees charged to in-state undergraduate students…

Air Force ROTC First Salute

Two MTSU graduates among four commissioned by Air Force ROTC

Two recent MTSU graduates were among four commissioned as U.S. Air Force second lieutenants during the recent spring 2021 ceremony for Air Force ROTC Detachment 790 held at Middle Tennessee State University. The outdoor, in-person event sponsored by MTSU’s Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center took place Saturday, May 15, at the…

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24 RCS freshman selected for MTSU’s True Blue 100

Middle Tennessee State University has released its “True Blue 100” honorees and nearly a fourth of those honored attend a Rutherford County high school. For 2021, 24 RCS freshmen have been selected for the honor. True Blue 100 is one hundred outstanding high school freshman who share the university’s core values and commitments and live…

MTSU fermentation science major receives inaugural scholarship from brewer Terrapin

MTSU fermentation science major receives inaugural scholarship from brewer Terrapin

Middle Tennessee State University rising junior fermentation science major Calvin Hood of Greeneville, Tennessee, is the inaugural recipient of the Tenth and Blake Brewing Education Scholarship, awarded by Athens, Georgia-based Terrapin Beer Co. The announcement was made Wednesday, May 12, by Terrapin President Dustin Watts; Paul Verdu, vice president and head of Tenth & Blake,…

Murfreesboro Aviation Sponsors Patrick Jordan’s Private Pilot’s License

Murfreesboro Aviation Sponsors Patrick Jordan’s Private Pilot’s License

Murfreesboro Aviation is a unique enterprise and is surrounded by unique stories. One of those stories is of a 16-year-old Blackman High School student who has always been fascinated by airplanes and aviation in general. Ever since his first Discovery Flight three years ago with Murfreesboro Aviation’s owner, Jim Gardner, he’s been “all in”! Patrick’s…