[116] Petersen Brings 'Challenge' at Oct. 1 Buchanan Fellows Inauguration

Release date: Sept. 27, 2010

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Petersen Brings ‘Challenge’ at Oct. 1
Buchanan Fellows Inauguration


(MURFREESBORO) — Dr. Karen Petersen, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, will deliver the Challenge to the Buchanan Fellows’ Class of 2010.
Petersen’s remarks will come during the fourth Buchanan Fellows’ Inauguration, which will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building.
Twenty freshmen Fellows will be recognized during the invitation-only formal ceremony, said Dr. John Vile, dean of the University Honors College.
"This is the most formal event we hold for the incoming class of Buchanan Fellows,” Vile said. “The Buchanan is the most prestigious academic scholarship given on campus. This is the formal way to emphasize the meaning of the scholarship.”
Collectively, the students, who represent three states and 11 cities in Tennessee, have an average score of 32.8 on their ACT exam and a high-school GPA of 3.918, Vile said.
The Buchanan Fellowship is named in honor of Dr. James M. Buchanan, an MTSU alumnus and Nobel Prize recipient.
First-year Provost Dr. Brad Bartel plans to attend and offer a welcome. Honors students Kaitlin Beck and Leland Waite will share their MTSU experiences with the new Buchanan Fellows.
Dr. Scott Carnicom, Honors College associate dean, will provide the introduction of the Book of Town and Gown and then have the freshmen participate in the ceremonial signing.
Honors faculty member Dr. Angela Hague will lead the recitation of the Honors Creed.
The 2010-11 freshman class of Buchanan Fellows includes Emilie Ann Aslinger of Kingston, Tenn.; Joe Scott Ballard of Columbia, Tenn.; Patrick Daniels of Knoxville; John Michael Griner of Kingston; Ashlin Powell Harris of Morristown, Tenn.; Lorel Joy Holsinger of Summertown, Tenn.; Meredith Lynn Holt of Collinwood, Tenn.; Greta Louise Jochmann of Oak Ridge; Cory Matthew Long of Franklin, Tenn.; Tyler Brooke Loucky of Murfreesboro; Cedar Nathaniel Mittig of Franklin; Robert Daniel Murphy of Murfreesboro; Tyler Patrick Phillips of Knoxville; Courtney Anne Rodman of Jackson, Mo.; Amanda Patrice Scott of Brentwood; Lauren Janelle Smith of Waynesboro, Tenn.; Joshua Timothy Stein of Dover, Del.; Zach Bevins Stevens of Murfreesboro; Katelyn Meredith Stringer of Smyrna; and Victoria Elizabeth Worrell of Murfreesboro.

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