News for Rutherford County, Tennnessee
Motlow State Community College is one of six institutions selected for a $4,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant goes toward the Resource Collaborative for Immersive Technologies (RECITE), a collaboration between academic institutions and NSF grantees. This project is designed to promote the research, development, and usage of extended reality (XR) technology …
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, announced today the launch of a new disaster preparedness website, located at LASdisasterpreparedness.org. The website was developed in response to the series of natural disasters that have affected Tennessee in recent years, including the 2020 tornadoes in Davidson, Wilson, and Putnam …
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Multiple lives have been claimed in traffic crashes this year; a 24 year-old male was killed in a Saturday accident on Hwy 41A between Tullahoma and Estill Springs. Two others were injured. (We will have more details when the THP releases the information.) The number of fatal crashes so far this year has amounted to at …
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Honor Flight is a nationwide program that takes eligible World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam veterans on a free trip to see their war memorials in the nation’s capital. On Wednesday, twenty-nine local veterans made their way to Washington, D.C. World War II veterans get top priority, followed by Korean War veterans. Terminally ill …
Motlow State Community College recently hosted the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) at the Moore County Campus for their quarterly meeting. Motlow partnered with the Shelbyville, McMinnville, and Murfreesboro Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) in hosting the board meeting. Actions at the September 2023 meeting included approval of Motlow’s Associate of Applied Science degree in Distilled Spirits at …
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More than 645,000 people have died from opioid-related overdoses between 1999 and 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provisional data shows just under 80,000 people died in 2022 alone. Opioid prescriptions have decreased dramatically over the past decade as physicians and public health officials learned about the dangers of OxyContin and other opioids prescribed for pain …
Motlow’s Smyrna campus recently became the College’s third site to receive an ambulance simulator for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program. A crew worked for three days straight to build the simulator, giving instructors a new resource to expand the simulations and training available to students. The purpose of the simulator is to create scenarios …
Stacker compiled a list of the best counties to raise a family in Tennessee using data from Niche. Niche ranks counties based on a variety of factors, including cost of living, schools, health care, recreation, and weather. Listed in the top 30: #26. Coffee County, Tennessee – Population: 57,227– Median home value: $170,800 (67% own)– Median rent: …
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Motlow State Community College recently visited Tennessee Tech University to sign an articulation agreement to benefit Motlow’s Engineering students. Tennessee Technological University President Philip Oldham, along with TTU faculty and staff, met with Motlow’s President, Dr. Michael Torrence, and Executive Administrator Alissa Roebuck to sign the agreement. The document ensures that students who are pursuing …
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For those looking to deepen their career in the medical field, Motlow State Community College offers a one-year program that allows Paramedics to obtain an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. Motlow’s paramedic and nursing programs include active field training experiences such as the College’s recent Simulation Day. Students test their skills in mock scenarios …
Only Middle Tennessee One-Year Paramedic-to-RN Bridge Continues Read More »
