MTSU is clearly proud to bleed “True Blue,” as dozens of donors rolled up their sleeves for the first day of the university’s three-day True Blue Blood Drive on Monday, Oct. 21.
True Blue supporters across the Midstate can still make an appointment now at www.redcrossblood.org/mtsuto donate through Oct. 23 at MTSU’s Student Health, Wellness and Recreation Center. Appointments are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, and Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The blood drive, now in its fourth year, has traditionally been a competition between MTSU and former Sun Belt Conference rival Western Kentucky University linked to their annual football matchup.
The Blue Raiders aren’t facing the Hilltoppers this fall because of MTSU’s switch to Conference USA, but MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee said the need for blood remains urgent.
Middle Tennessee State University supporters have poured out their True Blue love and helped save as many as 17,000 lives with blood they've donated since 2010 in the university's big three-day fall blood drive. This custom T-shirt, designed by MTSU Leisure, Sport and Tourism Management Program graduate student Elizabeth Hatfield…
The rivalry returned, and now 831 blood donors around Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Bowling Green, Kentucky, are back in their daily routines with their superhero capes barely visible. This challenge trophy will remain with MTSU after supporters donated 480 units of blood to rival Western Kentucky University's 351 to win the…
MTSU proudly accepted the annual “blood battle” challenge trophy for the sixth time in its eight-year competition with Conference USA rival Western Kentucky University, but once again, the true winners are the 3,000-plus neighbors across several states whose lives may be saved by the 1,015 total pints of blood donated…
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