MURFREESBORO — MTSU
already is making preparation for the 2014 Spring Preview Day featuring
science.
The preview day for prospective high school and transfer
students will be held Saturday, March 22, on campus.
All university colleges and disciplines will be
participating, but in anticipation of the opening of the new Science Building
in early 2015, a special emphasis is being placed in the science areas that
day.
Preview Day is
MTSU’s signature open house for prospective students and their families. This
campus visit program includes department presentations, opportunities to meet
with faculty and staff from academic areas and student affairs, and campus
tours. All students are welcome; high school seniors and underclassmen and
transfer students are highly encouraged to attend.
Prospective students and their families can visit http://www.mtsu.edu/admissn/ online to
learn more and register for the preview day. Click on “Special Events” and
follow the prompts.
College of Basic and Applied Sciences Dean Bud Fischer said
he and his entire college look forward to the preview day.
“I’m excited,” Fischer said. “It’s a great opportunity for
this college to showcase all the outstanding programs it has in the various
fields of science.”
Fischer said special tours will be conducted “to give
prospective students an extra opportunity to see the various departments and
talk to faculty and department chairs.”
The visiting students and their families will have an
opportunity to view the Science Building from outside the $147 million
facility. Because of safety regulations, visitors that day will not be able to
tour the building.
“We will only have the ability to point to things and say
what this space will be used for, what the building will offer, when it will
open and give them a picture of what the building will be like,” Fischer said.
“It is a chance to tell people majoring in STEM (science, technology, engineering
and mathematics) what they will do in the future related to hands-on science.”
A “virtual tour” of the facility and more information about
the science preview day is available at www.mtsu.edu/science. Scroll to the
bottom of the page and click on “Science Building Fact Sheet” to view the tour.
Departments in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences
include aerospace, biology, chemistry, computer science, concrete industry,
engineering technology, math, physics and astronomy, military science and the
School of Agribusiness and Agriscience.
Fischer wanted to emphasize that the Spring Preview Day will
be for all colleges, not just Basic and Applied Sciences.
Other colleges within the university include Behavioral and
Health Sciences, Business, Education, Graduate Studies, Honors, Liberal Arts,
Mass Communication and University College.
For more information, call the Office of Admissions at
615-898-2111.
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