UNIVERSITY NEWS The University Announces Future Home of Aerospace Campus in Shelbyville, TN
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That's my thought. Happy for a new facility and need for it. Shows how successful the program is. But I think the city will miss this down the road.
Murfreesboro politicians are too busy turning Murfreesboro into nasty ass nashville to be concerned with the aerospace program
MTSU announces new flight operations center in Shelbyville
MTSU's aerospace campus is getting a big change. It's moving from the Murfreesboro airport to Shelbyville.
MTSU officially moves aerospace campus to Shelbyville
The university plans to have the aerospace program fully moved and running in Shelbyville by the summer or fall of 2026.
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MTSU Aerospace program announce move to Shelbyville airport after decades in Murfreesboro
MTSU's Aerospace program is announcing a plan to expand their flight operations center to Shelbyville.
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MTSU Aerospace Department set to soar with $62.2 million relocation to Shelbyville
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee joined Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney McPhee in ushering in a new era for the university’s Aerospace Department.
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Governor helps mark ‘defining moment’ as MTSU Aerospace campus shifts to Shelbyville - Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Shelbyville, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee State University's Aerospace Department is entering a new era as it prepares to move to a new state-of-the-art campus in Shelbyville. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee joined university officials, local leaders, and hundreds of attendees at the announcement event...
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Celebration for MTSU's Future Aerospace Campus in Shelbyville
Celebration for MTSU's Future Aerospace Campus at the Shelbyville Airport
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Though my employer of 40+ years was not publicly traded, we were a Fortune 25-40 size company. We had departments whose sole purpose was to look out 10-15 years and forecast where we, the industry, customers, technology, government regulation, etc, were going. Unfortunately, in the government sector, their idea of long-range planning is 1-3 years.
Certainly both MT & the city are culpable in abdicating their shared responsibility to anticipate what the aerospace/airports long-range needs would be?
That said, not sure I share the doom & gloom. There are numerous examples where even flagship universities have key degree programs at other locations. Believe the UT Systems medical school is in Memphis, a hike from Knoxville. U of GA’s medical school is in Augusta, not Athens. U of KY has 2 engineering programs in Paducah, though most are at the main campus in Lexington.
Thought I read this week that the Shelbyville airport is 19 miles from MT. To me, it gives MT a chance to burnish its brand in both Bedford & Coffee Counties. Imagine many of their citizens have no idea MT has a top 5-7 rated aerospace program. Partnerships with Delta & Southwest.
Still doesn’t excuse their failure to anticipate what their geographic footprint was going to be. We have seen this movie play out time after time.
If they were moving it to Jackson or Bristol, I would share the concern. 19 miles to an adjoining county doesn’t seem that big of a deal if we can hopefully expand our branding.
Certainly both MT & the city are culpable in abdicating their shared responsibility to anticipate what the aerospace/airports long-range needs would be?
That said, not sure I share the doom & gloom. There are numerous examples where even flagship universities have key degree programs at other locations. Believe the UT Systems medical school is in Memphis, a hike from Knoxville. U of GA’s medical school is in Augusta, not Athens. U of KY has 2 engineering programs in Paducah, though most are at the main campus in Lexington.
Thought I read this week that the Shelbyville airport is 19 miles from MT. To me, it gives MT a chance to burnish its brand in both Bedford & Coffee Counties. Imagine many of their citizens have no idea MT has a top 5-7 rated aerospace program. Partnerships with Delta & Southwest.
Still doesn’t excuse their failure to anticipate what their geographic footprint was going to be. We have seen this movie play out time after time.
If they were moving it to Jackson or Bristol, I would share the concern. 19 miles to an adjoining county doesn’t seem that big of a deal if we can hopefully expand our branding.
I agree. I think it may help strengthen what little political sway the university has in state politics, if only marginally because of the benefits to Bedford county.
True, but those are graduate programs. These are kids still going back and forth to campus for other classes.
If they take off late due to MX or WX, then the training flight will have to be cut short to accommodate the trek back to campus, which was more doable from KMBT.
Hopefully they can arrange schedule to give them the time in between to make it happen.
