Middle Tennessee State University is again hosting a summer STEM camp for young girls this week in hopes of sparking their interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Running through Friday, the weeklong camp begins each day inside the Kirksey Old Main Building before moving to different locations on the Blue Raider…
As Middle Tennessee State University wraps up its seventh annual Introduction to Aviation and Professional Pilot Advanced Camp, 34 middle and high school students have gained valuable hands-on experience in how to aviate, navigate and communicate in what could a future career. Coordinated by the MTSU Department of Aerospace, the one-week intensive aviation camp started…
With multiple MTSU degrees mostly in the science fields but taking a new position as an instructional coach at Nashville Collegiate Academy, Chatoria Franklin “had light bulbs going off” Thursday (June 14) during the Project IMPACT summer conference at Coffee County Middle School. “Oh, my God. Amazing,” Franklin, a Murfreesboro resident and Middle Tennessee State…
Elizabeth Keller and Madison Taylor are embarking on the race of their young lifetimes. The Middle Tennessee State University senior aerospace professional pilot majors and self-proclaimed “Barnstorming Babes” left Murfreesboro Airport Wednesday (June 13), bound for Sweetwater, Texas, and the June 19 start of the four-day Air Race Classic. The event is the longest running…
Capturing and recording high-quality sound coming from the Who Stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival means solving a lot of different challenges, most of them surprises with little or no warning. Michael Fleming, a professor in Middle Tennessee State University’s Department of Recording Industry, uses Bonnaroo each year to teach a select group…
The nondescript set of white tents and port-a-potties that make up the media compound at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival seem dull compared to the rest of the event’s 700-acre farm. Yet inside these tents, students from Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Media and Entertainment covering Bonnaroo are having a great time and…
Hot dust turned to soggy mud Sunday in Coffee County, but that didn’t stop students from Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Media and Entertainment from getting their work done at the 2018 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. MTSU’s crew of about 35 students was among those who were asked to leave the festival’s main…
Terry Oxford of Bowling Green, Kentucky, knew he and his son, Jason, were driving to Murfreesboro Monday (June 11) for a special presentation at Middle Tennessee State University. Not long after arriving, Terry Oxford understood the full impact. MTSU Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center officials presented Oxford, a Vietnam veteran and…
Sixty young people from seven states received two full days of all things lamb and goat at the annual Massey Show Lamb Camp in the MTSU Tennessee Livestock Center. The youngsters, ages 5 to 18, gained a new or better understanding of how to care for their animals and to prepare them to be shown…
With the registration deadline quickly approaching and spaces still available, the MTSU Office of Alumni Relations looks forward to bringing “better living” to some of its faithful alums and supporters during the 11th annual Alumni Summer College on June 20-22. Highlights of this year’s three-day event will be entertainment by Emmy-nominated comedian Chonda Pierce, a…