By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) — With Tennessee State University planning to reopen this fall, state health and emergency management officials say the university is moving in the right direction to ensure a safe environment for its reopening plan. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee Department of Health and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission joined TSU President Glenda Glover and other University officials in a COVID-19 tabletop exercise, or workshop, on the main campus. “Today’s tabletop was very critical in our reopening plan, in that it covered areas that we need to know about, and emphasized things…
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By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Tennessee State University is collaborating with Vanderbilt University in a national initiative to bring engineering to area high schools. Engineering for US All, or E4USA, a National Science Foundation initiative, provides a standardized educational curriculum for pre-college students to learn and demonstrate engineering principles, skills and practices. The curriculum affords students the opportunity to earn college credit at participating colleges and universities. Under the initiative, TSU’s College of Engineering will work with students at Stratford STEM Magnet High School in a curriculum that introduces basic principles of engineering, and allows students…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — The Tennessee State University Board of Trustees on Thursday elected two new members and officially announced freezing tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year. The board unanimously approved attorney Andre Johnson as a full voting member, and Tiara Thomas as the new student trustee. Additionally, the board made it official that there will be no increase in tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year. The “Tiger Tuition Freeze” recommendation, put forward by President Glenda Glover to keep fees flat for undergraduate and graduate students, was also accepted unanimously. Johnson, who will serve on…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — As the Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands prepares for its historic appearance in the Tournament of Roses in January, the marching band has announced a new lineup of drum majors. The new “Fantastic 4,” as they are called, were announced at the AOB’s recent virtual banquet, which also recognized outgoing drum majors who are part of the 2020 TSU graduating class. Julian Dooley, a senior communications major from Decatur, Georgia, who will lead the new Fantastic 4, is the only returning member. Joining him are Justen Ramsey, rising junior, health…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — A drive-thru food distribution at Tennessee State University on Saturday offered relief to hundreds of residents in the Nashville metro area. Second Harvest Food Bank, along with TSU and One Generation Away, hosted the contact-free, mobile food pantry distribution outside the TSU indoor practice facility for anyone experiencing hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the aftermath of the March 3 tornado. No registration was required. Organizers say TSU offered one of the best locations for the food distribution, as more than 500 families were served. Cars lined up from Walter S.…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — When Jelani Nash of Fort Worth, Texas, received his certificate of admission to Tennessee State University, the usually quiet and shy Nash was emotional. The screen on his laptop revealed the certificate welcoming him to TSU. “It just felt good and I was very excited,” said the high school graduating senior, as he and his family gathered in their living room in Fort Worth to participate in TSU’s first live virtual Spring Preview Day on April 9. Like many prospective TSU students observing travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nash…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASAHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — With nearly all students away and classes online, Tennessee State University is continuing a complete wipe down to protect the campus from the COVID-19 and other diseases. The university is using professional cleaning companies with disinfectants and sanitizing equipment to wipe down its main campus and downtown location. Cleaning crews are using protective equipment including gloves, body suits, and products that are “extremely effective” in killing the virus, company representatives say. Interim Associate Vice President for Facilities Management Albert Hill says the goal is to keep the campuses clean and less…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — TSU students looking for internship opportunities got a major break when representatives from more than 40 companies came on campus for the 2020 Spring Internship Fair. Nearly 400 students from different disciplines, with resumes in hand and dressed for business, attended the fair in Kean Hall, where the companies set up tents, tables and displays. The fair was organized by the TSU Career Development Center in the Division of Student Affairs. William Corneh and KeAnna Dakwa were among the first students at the fair, stopping at tables to hear what company…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — State lawmakers got a taste of Tennessee State University’s excellence at the annual TSU Day at the Capitol on Tuesday. More than 150 TSU students, administrators, faculty, staff and others packed a conference room on the 8th floor of the Cordell Hull Building to hear TSU President Glenda Glover kick-off the event. Before the official kick-off, lawmakers saw displays of the university’s diverse research and academic offerings, including robotics and giveaways like White Dogwood trees grown on the university farm, that has become a prized and highly requested staple during the…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — High school students looking to get an early start on college now have a home at Tennessee State University. Through its National Center for Smart Technology, the university has launched a dual enrollment program with three major school districts in the state that offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn college credits while enrolled in high school. Participating school districts are Clarksville Montgomery County School System, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and Shelby County Schools. Jalen Driskell and Larry Perry, 12th graders from Shelby County’s Trezevant High School in…