After completing two unsuccessful national searches over the past year, the position of Greek Life director remains unoccupied, prompting an upgrade in job responsibilities and salary.
The first search committee began reviewing prospective candidates in fall 2007 but was unable to find a person to properly fit the Greek Life position.…
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Tonjanita L. Johnson, formerly of Mississippi Valley State University, has been hired as the new associate vice president for marketing and communications.
"I love MTSU and I am very excited to be working here," Johnson said. "I am embracing the position very positively and energetically.…
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Tennessee has been named the 'textiest' state in the Southeast according to the Verizon Wireless "Big City Wireless Use Study."
The Big City Wireless Use Study measures the amount of text messages sent and received per month by Verizon Wireless customers.…
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WHITWELL, Tenn. (AP) _ One man is dead after a shootout in the parking lot of a Whitwell auto parts store.
Authorities said two men exchanged gunfire shortly before the lunch hour Monday on Highway 28 outside Whitwell Auto Parts. One man was killed and another was taken to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga in unknown condition.…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ The aquatics director at a Nashville-area YMCA has been fired following the drowning death of a 7-year-old boy last month.
Phil Newman, a spokesman for the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, said Clay Beazley's firing was "not related to the specific events on June 8.…
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LOVEJOY, Ga. (AP) _ A man with a shellfish allergy is dead after eating an entree with crab at a restaurant.
An autopsy Monday confirmed that 35-year-old Rodney Hawkins went into anaphylactic shock and died after eating the dish at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Lovejoy last week.…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow.
So it really shouldn't be a surprise that it's also where she and husband Keith Urban chose to have their first child.…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ The state Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers has fined Shelby County Commissioner Joe Ford $1,000 and his funeral home an additional $1,000 for allowing photographs to be taken at the business.
The photos were taken by blogger Thaddeus Matthews of the body of 22-year-old Shindri Roberson, one of six people found fatally shot or beaten to death at a Memphis residence March 3.…
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