MURFREESBORO, Tenn., May 21 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news release:

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee State University's Center for Health and Human Services, or CHHS, is bridging the rural healthcare gap while creating career opportunities for students with a newly garnered $225,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, or TDLWD.

Through the Rural Works: Healthcare Initiative, the grant will strengthen the workforce in underserved communities by placing students into entry-level healthcare positions as they complete four-year degrees and launch development of a multidisciplinary Rural Health Workforce Certificate at MTSU.

"We are pleased to partner with Middle Tennes...