Randy Weiler

(MTSU photo by J. Intintoli) by Bill Lewis, Drew Ruble, and Randy Weiler The family of legendary MTSU track and field coach Dean A. Hayes recently established a permanent scholarship to honor the philosophy of their iconic patriarch and the nine original Blue Raider Pioneers of the athletic department of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A nearly $18,000 grant from the Casualty Actuarial Society will support Middle Tennessee State University’s Lu Xiong in his research related to the actuarial and insurance industry. Xiong and David Koegel, a New York-based senior actuary at a major consulting firm and co-principal investigator with the grant submission, received the $17,980 award earlier this year. The agreement allows up to five years, but “we expect to complete the work within two years,” Xiong said.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27-28, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Students and faculty will enjoy an additional day off, Wednesday, Nov. 26, and Saturday, Nov. 29, for the holiday. MTSU will reopen for business at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1. Fall semester classes will resume at their regular times on Monday.