Reflecting on the Journey Award she had just received minutes earlier during the 11th Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony Wednesday (Aug. 1), MTSU student veteran Jackie Evans paused briefly. “It makes me realize I was making a difference in the (Charlie and Hazel Daniels) Veterans Center,” the Florence, South Carolina, native said. “I worked there two…
Fire Rescue Chief Mark Foulks accepted an award during the opening ceremonies of the Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association’s (TFCA) Annual Conference Monday at Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro for the preservation of the department’s 1892 Ahrens steam fire engine. Bill Dundas, President of the Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in…
The Southern Girls Rock Camp again gave young aspiring musicians a chance to showcase their musical and arts talents for a 16th year at Middle Tennessee State University. Held in the university’s Wright Music Hall and the Saunders Fine Arts Building, the camp hosted a group of more than 20 girls and gender non-conforming youth…
Steven Livingston, associate director of MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center, recently outlined potential impacts on Tennessee exports from a trade war. According to Livingston, Tennessee exports worth $1.38 billion are on the lists of goods that the EU, China, Canada, and Mexico will retaliate against following President Donald Trump’s recent decisions to impose tariffs…
MTSU’s Lisa Schrader, director of Health Promotion, has been presented a statewide award by the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Campus Communities. The Susanna L. Baxter Drug, Alcohol, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education Award is given every two years to a person in the state of Tennessee who, like Baxter, “has volunteered his or…
MTSU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy will be giving the public a chance to get a closer look at Mars and other planets during “opposition” on Friday, July 27, for this month’s Star Party event. From 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, the public can view Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and the moon at the MTSU Observatory…
On Friday, July 20, the MTSU Women’s basketball team and staff hosted a basketball clinic for children and youth with special needs attending Camp ability of Special Kids. There are 80 campers with special needs ages 6-25 years attending Camp Ability of Special Kids this summer. “We are grateful to the entire MTSU women’s basketball…
Registration is underway for the 22nd annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference at MTSU, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. Middle school and high school girls — rising sixth- through 12th-graders — from across the Midstate are welcome…
In the fall of 2016, MTSU student Caleb King had no idea that an elective class would change his outlook on his health — and change his life for the better. A 100-pound weight loss journey that started in the Murphy Center and became permanent at the MTSU Recreation Center, better known as the Rec,…
Delta is launching the Delta Propel Pilot Career Path Program to identify and mentor the next generation of pilots and the Middle Tennessee State University Department of Aerospace has been selected as one of eight initial collegiate partners. According to the airline’s announcement July 17, Delta expects to hire more than 8,000 pilots in the…