The annual MTSU Engineering Technology Mech-Tech Expo will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 29, on the Murphy Center track level. The expo will be an in-person event, where the general public and MTSU community can see the projects and talk with the students about their creations. State COVID-19 protocols remain in…
They were the new kids in the saddle, but coach Andrea Rego and the determined riders of the 2021 MTSU stock horse team rode into the Sweetwater, Texas, outdoor coliseum ready to defend their American Stock Horse Association National Show Division 2 championship with a well-executed plan of preparation and mental skills training. “We had…
Jennifer Hyde of Murfreesboro delivered old and unwanted medication her mother, Joan Brown, wanted disposed of from her home. Heather Ashby finally remembered it was time to toss her children’s ear drops, cough and cold items, old vitamins and more — dating to 2012-13. Campus Pharmacy and Campus Police partnered to hold the semiannual MTSU…
A year after being established, the General’s Fund has helped a Middle Tennessee State University graduate student continue her education as she works to become one step closer to reaching her dreams of becoming a pediatrician. Keyann Reaves, a Jackson, Tennessee, native and military dependent, was the first to receive support from the fund, which…
Zach Thomas knew he wanted to pursue an assistantship position when he enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University for graduate school. A math graduate student and former middle school teacher, he was taking undergraduate prerequisite courses for his math master’s program when he first learned about the assistantship opportunity. “While I was taking undergraduate courses,…
The return of the semiannual MTSU Drug Take-Back event sponsored by Campus Pharmacy and University Police will be from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 22. Expired, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medicines will be accepted at a special drive-up location in the parking lot in front of Health Services at the Health,…
MTSU’s Heather Brown continues to bring notoriety to not only herself but to the highly acclaimed MTSU Concrete Industry Management program. The much-honored Brown recently received another distinction in her outstanding career, earning the Joe W. Kelly Award from the American Concrete Institute in a virtual ceremony. ACI President Jeff Coleman made the announcement during…
The schoolchildren couldn’t visit the MTSU Farm, so the farm came to the schools. Numerous MTSU School of Agriculture students prepared special ag bags for more than 1,100 Rutherford County fourth graders and nearly 75 teachers. This year’s Spring into Agriculture theme — “Planting the Seeds for Future Needs” — helped educate children and their…
MTSU officials announced the “Don’t Miss Your Shot” COVID-19 vaccine clinic sponsored by MTSU Health Services will reopen Thursday, April 15, and Friday, April 16, at the Student Union first-floor atrium location. After opening Monday, the special clinic shut down Tuesday and Wednesday, in accordance with the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control…
Middle Tennessee State University is one of 16 institutions across the country participating in the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Powered by Publics initiative to each receive an additional $15,000 investment and support to advance student-centered transformation. The cohort of participating institutions will engage in an in-depth institutional needs assessment, share student success data,…