MURFREESBORO — Jackson will be the sixth stop this week on
the statewide Middle Tennessee State University True Blue Tour to recruit
outstanding students from West Tennessee.
MTSU will hold
the True Blue Tour reception for all area high school and potential transfer students
and their families from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Jackson Country
Club, 31 Country Club Drive, in Jackson. To register in advance, visit www.mtsu.edu/rsvp.
The event — where
deans and personnel from admissions and other academic departments share options
and answer questions — also will feature interactive displays including the
40-foot, $1.8 million Electronic Media Communication mobile production truck
and Concrete Industry Management’s mold to make concrete coasters by hand. A
music CD will be available at the School of Music table.
In addition to
the recently announced MTSU Student Success Advantage, which is full of
incentives for future students to graduate in four years, the $147 million
Science Building will be at the forefront of the agenda when MTSU
representatives talk to prospective students, their parents or guardians and
alumni.
MTSU officials
will be pitching the recently announced “Graduate in Four (years) and Get More”
program that highlights the Student Success Advantage for students starting in
fall 2015. The program adds a total of $1,000 back to eligible Hope Scholarship
recipients during the first two years ($500 each year), guarantees scholarships
to eligible transfer students and returns tuition increases to eligible
students who stay on track to graduate in four years.
To learn more,
visit http://www.mtsunews.com/student-success-advantage/.
Details about the
new Science Building, which was officially dedicated Oct. 15, and other major
changes regarding future scholarship and financial aid opportunities for MTSU
students will be shared with prospective students and their families.
MTSU will treat
area high school counselors and community college representatives to a luncheon
at 11:30 a.m. To register in
advance, visit www.mtsu.edu/rsvp.
The Jackson stop will conclude the six-city True Blue Tour.
MTSU already has visited Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, Nashville and
Memphis.
Prospective students have multiple opportunities for a
firsthand look at campus. They include:
• A Fall Preview Day will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 1, starting in the Student Union;
• True Blue Experience Days will be held Jan. 23, 2015, for
prospective students in the Colleges of Behavioral and Health Sciences and
Liberal Arts and Jan. 30 for prospective students in the Colleges of Mass
Communication, Business and Education; and
• Along with daily campus tours, there will be special
Saturday fall visit days Nov. 15 and Dec. 6. All start in the Student Services
and Admissions Center. To register, visit http://tinyurl.com/ndqyvn5or
call 615-898-5670.
The priority deadline to apply and receive scholarship
consideration is Dec. 1.
MTSU True Blue Tour at a glance
Who: MTSU deans
and academic personnel
What: True Blue
Tour, recruiting prospective students from Jackson and the surrounding area
When: Thursday, Oct.
23
• 11:30 a.m. luncheon for high school counselors/community
college advisers
• 6 to 8 p.m. student reception
Where: Jackson Country Club, 31 Country Club
Drive, in Jackson
Why: In an effort
to attract future students to the MTSU in Murfreesboro, university officials
travel by bus and automobiles 155 miles to “bring” the campus — 150-plus
academic programs and much more — to Jackson.
Etc.: All public,
private, homeschool and potential transfer students from West Tennessee are
welcome. … Attendees will be treated to
interactive displays including the Electronic Media Communication’s 40-foot,
$1.8 million mobile production lab — aka “The Truck” — Concrete Industry
Management’s mold to make concrete coasters by hand, an MTSU School of Music
CD, food and more.
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