MURFREESBORO — “MTSU
On the Record,” the public affairs radio program that connects listeners with
the campus community, brightens the holidays with stories of two inspiring
college students.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Kyla Hallums, whose
education was interrupted by a life-threatening condition, will air from 5:30
to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, on WMOT-FM
(89.5 and www.wmot.org).
Hallums, a 20-year-old business management major from
Lebanon, Tenn., was carrying her laundry from her apartment to her car on Sept.
1 when she collapsed.
After being transported to Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, doctors found a pulmonary embolism, a blockage of a major blood vessel
in the lung, about 15 inches in length in both her left and right pulmonary
arteries.
Although she missed the fall semester due to her illness,
Hallums is eager to resume her studies with the spring 2014 semester beginning
in January.
“God pulled me through this, and I honestly think that’s the
only reason that I made it, that and all the support of all my friends and
loved ones,” said Hallums.
Logue’s interview with Malcolm Stallard, president of the
Blue Raider American Veterans Organization, or BRAVO, will air from 5:30 to 6
p.m. Monday. Dec. 30, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 5.
Stallard, a sophomore social work major from Manchester,
Tenn., who served in Iraq from 2009 to 2010 and has served in the U.S. Army
since 2008, strives to help veterans who are negotiating the transition from
military service to college education obtain access to the resources they need.
Speaking about how his military experience has changed him
as a person, Stallard said, “I focus more on others. I guess I learned that
because of taking care of my soldiers. I want to provide the best training and
also the best education for them, and I find myself doing that here at MTSU as
well.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to
the “Audio Clips” archives at http://www.mtsunews.com.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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