[053] MTSU Scholars Academy aims for students’ successful futures

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Middle Tennessee State University Scholars Academy for freshmen has a twofold plan for their individual success.

Part of the aim for what became the largest Scholars Academy freshman summer institute (357 students this year compared to 312 a year ago) includes “positioning them to not only be successful for now, but for next year and the next seasons of their life,” said Vincent Windrow, assistant vice provost for Student Success.

The Scholars Academy, a part of the Office of Student Success, was created to serve all students with emphasis on the needs of first-generation and Pell Grant-eligible students. There are academic, social and long-term impacts.

To learn more about the Scholars Academy, visit

http://www.mtsu.edu/studentsuccess/scholars-academy.php.

The students in this year’s recently concluded academy attended University 1010 classes, study skills workshops, team-building exercises and leadership training and participated in the summer reading program (“Hillbilly Elegy” by author J.D. Vance) and service-learning projects.