MTSU students and alumni finalists received helpful feedback toward launching future business ventures during the 2018 Pam Wright Business Plan Competition to wrap up the spring semester. Sponsored by The Pam Wright Chair in Entrepreneurship in MTSU’s Jones College of Business, the contest presented a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their plans to five…
First-year coach Ariel Herrin likes her Middle Tennessee State University equestrian team’s chances in the four-day Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships starting Thursday (May 3) at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The IHSA nationals is the culmination of the season for nine MTSU riders. It marks the first time in five…
While some students decide where they’ll be headed for summer vacation, others are figuring out where their next meal will be coming from. Thanks to MTSU’s Fraternity and Sorority Life, MTSU’s Student Food Pantry will soon be stocked with more than 3,000 items of canned food and other nonperishable goods for the summer. Current students…
Holding the actual clipping in The Tennessean from 2017, where the newspaper reported MTSU’s Department of Engineering Technology needed a new building for its growing mechatronics engineering program, Jean Gould admitted publicly she “didn’t even know anything about mechatronics.” “Mechatronics was a new term for me,” she said. “But when I learned that it was…
Young geniuses interested in all things science will experience pasta mobiles, pentathlons and more during the 11th annual Elementary Science Olympiad. A total of 17 teams from 14 different elementary schools will be putting their thinking caps on Saturday, April 28, at host John Pittard Elementary School, located at 745 Dejarnette Lane in Murfreesboro. More…
Daniel Ladendorf and Ed Russell knew they were going to receive an award during the 10th MTSU Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony. They probably were not aware of the first-time significance. MTSU officials with the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center awarded the Veteran Leadership Award and Journey Award to Ladendorf and Russell,…
The public is invited to attend the annual MTSU Engineering Technology Open House from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Tom H. Jackson Building’s Cantrell Hall, 628 Alma Mater Drive. To find the Jackson building and nearby parking, visit http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap. Visitors attending the exhibit should obtain a special one-day permit from MTSU’s…
Thong Bacon delivered about 5 pounds of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications her family and friends needed to dispose of during the Tuesday (April 24) MTSU Drug Take-Back Day on campus near the Campus Pharmacy drive-thru. A professional hair stylist, Bacon said her contribution included “cleaning out two to three people’s houses.” She added it…
The MTSU campus community and general public are welcome to participate in the next MTSU Drug Take-Back Day from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, near the Campus Pharmacy drive-thru. Expired, unused, and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medicines will be accepted. To find the drop-off location on the south side of the Student…
MTSU’s campus community and the general public have an opportunity to quickly improve their language skills thanks to the Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition’s upcoming 15th annual Summer Language Institute at MTSU. Register now for one of CALA’s five-day accelerated language classes, which include Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Latin and Spanish. For upcoming class dates…