[057] SPRING HILL SCHOLAR WINS MTSU’S CHARLES R. RAY SCHOLARSHIP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 21, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

SPRING HILL SCHOLAR WINS MTSU’S CHARLES R. RAY SCHOLARSHIP
Political Science Major Desires Career in Law with Nonprofit Organization

(MURFREESBORO) – The MTSU Department of Political Science is proud to announce that this year’s Charles R. Ray Scholarship is awarded to Danielle Mitchell of Spring Hill, Tenn.
Eighteen-year-old Danielle, daughter of Eliot and Becky Mitchell, is a graduate of Page High School in Franklin. During her high school years, she was active in volleyball, drama and Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and excelled in advance placement classes in calculus, history, English and statistics.
“Both my parents went to MTSU,” says Danielle. “I was worried at first about how big it was, but after I visited the campus, I saw that it had a really good program.
Danielle says she has wanted to be a lawyer since she was 11 years. She says she aspires to perform legal work for a nonprofit organization.
The Charles R. Ray Scholarship is presented annually to a student who intends to major in political science with a concentration in pre-law at MTSU. Ray was a prominent Nashville attorney and MTSU alumnus who personally funded the scholarship. It provides money for college expenses for each successful semester of full-time study (up to eight) provided the recipient maintains a 2.5 GPA or higher and continues in the pre-law program.
For more information, contact the Department of Political Science at 615-898-2708.

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ATTENTION, MEDIA: Photos of Danielle Mitchell are available upon request. Contact Gina Logue in the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-5081 or gklogue@mtsu.edu.