November Out of the Blue features STEM teaching grant, new Fermentation Science director, new Behavioral and Health Sciences dean [WATCH] MTSU News [Video]

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — In the November episode of “Out of the Blue,” the television magazine program from Middle Tennessee State University, viewers will learn about a National Science Foundation grant to help improve the teaching of STEM fields and get to know the new director of the Fermentation Science program as well as the new dean of the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences.

Watch the full episode below:

Guests who sat down with program host Andrew Oppmann, vice president for marketing and communications, include: 

• Dr. Sarah Bleiler-Baxter, mathematical sciences professor, and Dr. Greg Rushton, Tennessee STEM Education Center director and chemistry professor, discuss the $1.2 million NSF grant that will be used to advance research in improving the teaching of the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

• Dr. Keely O’Brien, the new director of MTSU’s Fermentation Science program and assistant professor, shares her vision for this unique major — the first degree program of its kind in …