The university lured the CAP Cadet Engineering Technology Academy, a national enrichment effort, from Auburn University in 2017, 20, and MTSU has sponsored CAP’s national conference since 2016. MTSU hosted the Tennessee Wing Cadet Encampment in 2016, 20 and welcomed the 2019 encampment’s leadership cadre to campus. MTSU and the CAP signed a three-year extension of their partnership just hours after the Experimental Aircraft Association’s signature annual event returned after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus. Mark Smith, the Civil Air Patrol’s national commander and chief executive officer, inspect one of the university’s Diamond Aircraft Monday, July 26, on the grounds of the EAA AirVenture 2021 in Oshkosh, Wis. Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney A. “MTSU has been a valued friend, sponsor and partner in so many of Civil Air Patrol’s activities and priorities, not only in Tennessee Wing but also on a national level,” said Smith, who in 2019 became the first CAP national commander to visit the MTSU campus. 26, said he was honored to extend the MTSU partnership before his term expires. Smith, whose tenure as the CAP’s 24th national commander concludes Aug. However, pandemic precautions by both MTSU and CAP pushed it back a year. It was renewed again in 2017 and was set to be extended again in 2020.
The MTSU College of Basic and Applied Sciences and its Department of Aerospace launched the partnership in 2014 with a priority goal of providing cadets ages 12 to 18 in the CAP’s Tennessee Wing with opportunities to interact with faculty and explore the Murfreesboro campus. “Doing this at this international event underscores the importance of our work in aerospace, both as individual organizations and as partners.” “It’s wonderful that MTSU and CAP are here to celebrate the return of EAA AirVenture and the renewal of our partnership,” McPhee said. MTSU and Civil Air Patrol renewed their partnership Monday at EAA AirVenture 2021 in Oshkosh, Wis., just hours after the Experimental Aircraft Association’s signature annual event roared back after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus. COVID-19 precautions prevented the CAP from presenting the honor in person last year.
McPhee with a plaque Monday, July 26, recognizing the university as the CAP Tennessee Wing’s top aerospace education partner in 2020. Mark Smith, left, Civil Air Patrol’s national commander and chief executive officer, presents Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney A.
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