MURFREESBORO — Maddy
Horton and Agnes Porter want high school students from their hometown of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the surrounding area to find their way in college
where they did — at Middle Tennessee State University.
Horton and Porter, both 20, will join MTSU administrators
and academic staff in Chattanooga Tuesday, Sept. 29, on the first leg of the
expanded True Blue Tour to recruit prospective students.
The Chattanooga event will be held at the Chattanooga
Convention Center, 1150 Carter St. The student and family reception begins at 6
p.m. EDT. A luncheon for area high school counselors and community college
staff begins at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
At 10:30 a.m., officials from MTSU and Cleveland State
Community will gather for a special announcement.
To register for any MTSU Admissions events, go to www.mtsu.edu/rsvp.
Walkups are welcome.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and other administrators
will join deans from the university’s eight academic colleges, the library
services dean and counselors from the financial aid and admissions offices.
They will be on hand to answer questions from prospective students, transfer
students and their parents at the events.
Horton, a junior mathematics major, secondary education
minor and 2014 graduate of Grace Baptist Academy, “hopes to be a voice from the
(Chattanooga) area and show what MTSU is about from a student perspective.”
“It’s a great community. Everyone has a place at MTSU,”
added Horton, whose ultimate goal after graduating in 2017 is to teach high
school students and coach softball. “Life at MTSU has been everything I hoped
for and more. Community is a big deal here. The student-teacher ratio is like
20 to 1. MTSU has lived up to my expectations.
“All my professors know me by my first name even from my
first semester, so I feel a part of the community rather than being just
another number.”
Porter, a 2013 East Hamilton High School graduate after
attending the Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts from grades six
through 11, said she will share “how hands-on the university is.”
“This past year has shown me all the different opportunities
the university offers to students not only with facilities and equipment, but
how they don’t just teach it by the book,” added Porter, a political science
and College of Media and Entertainment major planning to attend law school at
the University of California-Berkeley or Georgetown University.
Both students are admissions Blue Elite members helping
provide campus tours.
Porter participates in The Scholars Academy, she recently
joined the National Association of Black Journalists MTSU chapter and served
internships in the spring at the state Capitol in Rep. Bob Ramsey’s office and
summer in Washington, D.C., in the Department of General Services
communications and government affairs office.
Horton is a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national honors
leadership society. She is involved in The Point, a News Vision Baptist Church
college ministry and Campus Outreach, an on-campus ministry. She was a Hope
Lottery Scholarship recipient.
Nashville native and MTSU alumnus Joe Legge, WDEF-TV “News
12 This Morning” anchor, will provide a welcome during the student reception.
Legge has earned several awards for his work, both in the field and on the set,
and viewers see his frugal side with his “Joe Frugal” blog on Facebook and on
www.WDEF.com.
About the MTSU True Blue Tour
Who: Middle
Tennessee State University administrators and academic personnel
What: True Blue
Tour visits Chattanooga
When: Tuesday,
Sept. 29
• 10:30 a.m. EDT — Special announcement regarding MTSU and
Cleveland State Community College.
• 11:30 a.m. EDT — High school counselors’ and community
college staff luncheon.
• 6 p.m. EDT — Reception for high school students and
families
Where:
Chattanooga Convention Center, 1150 Carter St., Chattanooga
Why: University
President Sidney A. McPhee, college deans, academic advisers and staff from
virtually all MTSU departments take MTSU on the road to recruit prospective
students. Chattanooga is the first stop on the nine-city tour. Admissions
representatives invite counselors from area high schools and staff from area
community colleges for lunch as a thank-you for recommending and sending
students to MTSU. The student reception allows area high school and community
college students and their parents to “meet MTSU” and learn about its more than
150 offerings including signature programs recording industry, aerospace,
business and Concrete Industry Management. Guaranteed scholarships for freshmen
who meet ACT and GPA requirements and apply by Dec. 1 will be a major topic
discussed during the event.
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