Legendary country music superstar Charlie Daniels shook hands and mixed and mingled many of the more than 200 people attending the inaugural MTSU Veteran Impact Celebration Thursday (June 28) at The Grove at Williamson Place. He held court for an hour for a number of news media wanting interviews. Later, he performed “In America” and…
High school senior Jessica Bullock of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, did not hesitate when given the opportunity to participate in MTSU’s Project SEED Program. The 16-year-old Central Magnet student heard about the summer immersive program through a friend who had previously participated — and what she learned sparked her interest. “I thought that’d be a good opportunity…
Three years of investigation conducted by a Middle Tennessee State University chemistry researcher, two of his graduate students and three researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology has led to a unique design for monitoring acetaminophen (a common ingredient in pain medications) to prevent overdose, resulting in liver damage. The findings by associate…
On Wednesday, June 20, Coach Rick Stockstill and the MTSU Football team and staff hosted a football 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 thankful to Coach Stockstill…
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…