Insurance Group of America has given a significant boost to MTSU’s new professional sales program with a $100,000 sponsorship that funds a new office to increase student outreach and internship opportunities. The IGA Office of Professional Sales within the Jennings A. Jones College of Business will benefit from a yearly $20,000 commitment for the next…
For those wanting to volunteer or to learn about how to prune grapevines, there will be opportunities to join MTSU’s Tony Johnston and others for the next five Saturdays at the Rutherford County UT Extension at Lane Agri-Park, 315 John R. Rice Blvd., in Murfreesboro. The pruning will take place from 9:30 until 11 a.m….
With brain power and a $3.50 domain fee, one team created its own website: Travelcast.me. In 36 hours’ time, a second team provided help to solve Nashville-based Second Harvest Food Bank’s warehouse woes both now and in the future. That’s normal for the approximately 20 teams — and a record 200-plus students — competing in…
MTSU “Veterans in Motion” speaking participant Mike Krause and attendee Pam Russell served in the military and now lead productive lives in their careers and communities. Krause, Tennessee Higher Education Commission executive director, and Russell, human resources director for the city of Murfreesboro, are personal examples of the narrative MTSU’s Keith M. Huber speaks of…
Murfreesboro City Schools in conjunction with Middle Tennessee State University will host its first Club Marvel event of 2019 this Saturday. Participating fourth-sixth grade students will attend experiential learning sessions to explore possible careers and gain new knowledge. The January event will focus on Horse Science and will be held at Miller Coliseum from 9…
Middle Tennessee State University continues its “MTSU Promise Tour” to recruit potential transfer students with upcoming visits to Volunteer State and other community colleges across Tennessee. Following trips earlier this week to Motlow State’s main campus in Lynchburg and to its Smyrna campus, MTSU recruiters will travel to Gallatin, Tennessee, Thursday, Jan. 24, to meet…
Middle Tennessee State University’s senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives wants to change the narrative embracing those who have served in the U.S. military. Keith M. Huber, who served 38 years in the U.S. Army and retired as a lieutenant general, is planning an information-exchange conference titled “Veterans in Motion” for Rutherford County leaders….
Some 250-plus of the brightest, most technically savvy collegiate minds in the South will converge in MTSU’s Science Building Jan. 25-27 for the fourth Hack MT led by the university’s computer science department. After registration and dinner, Hack MT begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25. It ends at noon Sunday, Jan. 27. The public…
Weather permitting, the MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy will welcome the public for the Sunday, Jan. 20, total lunar eclipse at the university’s observatory on campus. Visitors are welcome from 9 to 11:45 p.m. if the weather is clear, said professor Chuck Higgins, who added there will not be any formal talk or program,…