Natalie Hughes, right, business development officer with Ascend Federal Credit Union in Murfreesboro, hands out blue-and-white shakers to students attending “Meet Murfreesboro” Aug. 25 in the Student Union Commons. Students include, from left, Brittney Williams, a sophomore child development and family studies major from Maury City, Tenn.; sisters Elizabeth and Miriam Kash, respective business and sociology majors from Murfreesboro; and freshman Allie Cudd, an elementary education major from Chattanooga, Tenn.