Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees members joined MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, center, for the Applied Engineering Building groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, June 20, in the School of Concrete and Construction Management Building. Attendees included, from left, MTSU professor Rick Cottle, Chairman Steve Smith, Pam Wright, McPhee, Chris Karbowiak Vanek, Tom Boyd and Pete Delay. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)