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…
For Lauren Hunsicker, a psychology major at Middle Tennessee State University, presenting her research to a live audience at the annual Scholars Week Exposition was extremely meaningful. “College is supposed to be a time where you meet different people and engage in new experiences, and we’ve all missed out on that aspect for the past…
MTSU student Denise Ortega likes snakes. Actually, she loves snakes and lizards, contrary to most people having at least some degree of fear of them. As a young scientist, she appreciates and studies their existence. An organismal biology and ecology major, Ortega has earned the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The 22-year-old senior from Madison,…
MTSU Aerospace Department maintenance management program coordinator and professor Joe Hawkins and other faculty have mentored another outstanding group of students who will likely land excellent jobs in the industry. In a year when the COVID-19 pandemic closed doors of opportunity for many, five of Hawkins’ students proved their resolve by earning coveted National Business…
Middle Tennessee State University professor Amy Harris was honored this year by the Greater Nashville Technology Council with its Diversity and Inclusion Advocate of the Year Award. Harris, an associate professor of business intelligence and analytics within the Jennings A. Jones College of Business, was the recipient of one of two new awards presented this…
“Big data” is making big strides at Middle Tennessee State University, with the university’s first cohort of students set to earn a new data science graduate certificate this month following the fall launch of the program. The group of 20 students are nearing completion of an accelerated four-course, two-semester program that seeks to “upskill” participants…
A robotic sack lunch machine caught everyone’s attention during the annual MTSU Engineering Technology Mech-Tech Expo. Automated greenhouses and a multisensor device for testing water did so as well. A hands-free system for monitoring a person’s body temperature to fight COVID-19 transmission brought a real-life aspect to the two-hour event, held Thursday, April 29, on…
Derrick Wharton and Jordan Plumb traveled totally different paths to MTSU’s upcoming spring commencements in May. They were among dozens of student veterans and cadets recognized Wednesday (April 28) at the spring Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony. Wharton, 53, served in the U.S. Navy and has been in law enforcement 27 years, returning to the classroom…
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…