By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — When Folusho Elijah Micah was asked to introduce TSU President Glenda Glover at a church event, he made an impression that has undoubtedly changed his life. “After the introduction, she thanked me and said, ‘That was really nice and very special. You are the kind of young man I’d like to see at TSU,’” recalls Micah. “Right there, standing in front of the church, she offered me a full ride to TSU. My mom started crying and I was crying, the whole church was screaming; it was really a special moment.”…
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By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Participants in Tennessee State University’s Executive MBA program experienced much more than they expected during their recent visit to Japan as part of an 11-day global immersion program. The 10-member group, which returned to the U.S. June 22, were among those who felt the earthquake that registered 6.1 on the Richter scale. “It was indeed the most frightening experience of my life,” said Grant Winrow, a member of the group and special assistant to the President of TSU. “What only lasted 10-15 seconds, felt like 10-15 minutes.” The quake hit the…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — The Tennessee State University Board of Trustees recently wrapped up its first year, and celebrated the university turning 106. At its third meeting June 21 on the main campus, Board members, along with President Glenda Glover, cut a cake to mark the founding of the university. TSU’s actual birthday was on June 19. “One hundred and six years is a long time to be around,” said Glover, herself a 1974 graduate of TSU. ” We’re still growing, and we don’t plan to stop anytime soon,” Glover said. Chairman, Bishop Dr. Joseph…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Summer is here, and that means the start of TSU camps and programs that allow youngsters to have some fun, engage in educational enrichment activities, as well as gain real-world experience. This year, nearly 1,500 students from kindergarten through college freshmen, coming from as far as Maryland and California, will participate in more than 40 summer camps and programs on the two TSU campuses. Among them is 13-year-old Adia Diane Gonzales, one of more than 400 students in grades K-8 participating in the Minority University Research and Education Program, a two-week…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Going away to college and leaving home for the first time can raise students’ anxiety. And when home is thousands of miles away—sometimes on the other side of the world—the challenges of transitioning into a new culture and university life can be daunting. Just ask Abhilasha “Abhi” Vishwanath, who at 18 years of age, left her home in Bangalore, southeastern India – about 9,000 miles away – to attend Tennessee State University. “I was scared and excited at the same time,” says Vishwanath, a senior psychology major. “Going so far away…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Three Tennessee State University students will spend part of their summer participating in an international research experience in China. Shaniqua Jones, Christine Mba and Whitney Nicole Russell, all senior STEM majors and honor students, are part of the Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program at TSU. They will join students from the University of Memphis in a research collaboration between UofM and faculty and students at Donghua University in Shanghai. An internal review team in the UofM College of Engineering selected the TSU students to participate. The group’s research…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Tennessee State University continues to attract the best and brightest from across the nation. Nine graduating seniors, each with a 4.0 grade point average from Mt. Healthy High School in Cincinnati, have committed to attend TSU this fall. TSU President Glenda Glover and university officials welcomed three of the students, who along with their school principal, Thomas Hill, visited the campus Thursday. The other six students will visit TSU after their school’s graduation ceremony on May 26, Hill said. They are all being admitted with full scholarships. Glover described the students’…
By Emmanuel Freeman Courtesy: CBS This Morning LONDON – (TSU News Service) – Almost 3 billion people around the world were expected to tune in to watch the royal wedding on May 19. More than 100,000 people gathered in the streets around Windsor Castle, hoping to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in person. Among those well-wishers were four women who first met at Tennessee State University more than 30 years ago. The TSU alums have traveled all over the world together since then, and this year they made the trip to London to be part of…
By Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Medial Relations NASHVILLE, TN — Although born more than 40 years apart, Theresa Lyles and her granddaughter Zuri Lyles were part of the same graduating class at Tennessee State University. Theresa, 68, and Zuri, 22, walked across the stage to accept their degrees at TSU’s spring undergraduate commencement in Hale Stadium on Saturday. Theresa’s degree was in sociology, while Zuri received a bachelor’s degree in health information management and a minor in business. “I never contemplated this,” Theresa said when asked about she and her granddaughter graduating at the same time. “Who knew that when I started back then that…
By Emmanuel Freeman TSU Media Relations NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Through a partnership with Verizon, TSU has joined 15 other HBCUs across the country to teach minority middle school students skills like coding, 3D design and robotics. The Verizon Innovative Learning Program is intended to engage students in grades 6-8 to interact with technology through on-campus summer-intensive courses, as well as year-round mentoring. The Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering is coordinating the program at TSU. This summer, more than 60 area middle school students participated in one of two sessions on campus. For two…