MTSU signed a partnership Thursday, April 16, at the State Capitol with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation that expands educational opportunities for those in the water and wastewater industry.

From left to right are Mike Boyle, dean of MTSU University College; Mike Krause, executive director of Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive for 55 program; John Morgan, chancellor for the Tennessee Board of Regents; Sidney A. McPhee, MTSU president; Bob Martineau, commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; Brandon Hulette, director of the Fleming Training Center in Murfreesboro; Alan Cranford, chair of the Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Board; Shari Meghreblian, deputy commissioner of TDEC’s Bureau of Environment; and Robert “Bud” Fischer, dean of the MTSU College of Basic and Applied Sciences. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)