MTSU’s Harris honored with Nashville Technology Council  diversity and inclusion award

MTSU’s Harris honored with Nashville Technology Council diversity and inclusion award

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…

MTSU Data Science program preps first graduate certificate cohort with real-world Second Harvest partnership

MTSU Data Science program preps first graduate certificate cohort with real-world Second Harvest partnership

“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…

MTSU Engineering Technology students’ gadgets on display at Mech-Tech Expo

MTSU Engineering Technology students’ gadgets on display at Mech-Tech Expo

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…

MTSU spring Stole Ceremony recognizes graduating veterans, cadets

MTSU spring Stole Ceremony recognizes graduating veterans, cadets

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…

Public invited to MTSU Engineering Technology in-person Mech-Tech Expo

Public invited to MTSU Engineering Technology in-person Mech-Tech Expo

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…

MTSU Raiders ride home with top individual honors at stock horse nationals

MTSU Raiders ride home with top individual honors at stock horse nationals

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…

MTSU spring Drug Take-Back Day collects nearly 72 pounds

MTSU spring Drug Take-Back Day collects nearly 72 pounds

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…

Keyann Reaves

First General’s Fund recipient says scholarship will help reach goal of becoming pediatrician

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…

Jonathan Gogal

MTSU grad students earn tuition coverage, experience with assistantship positions

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,…

MTSU Pharmacy, Police hosting drug take-back event

MTSU Pharmacy, Police hosting drug take-back event

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,…