MURFREESBORO, Tenn. —
Seniors in the Blackman Collegiate
Academy spent part of their day Thursday (Sept. 14) visiting MTSU and learning about programs like printmaking, unmanned aerial systems and more.
The MTSU-Blackman partnership is one of several arranged
each semester during the academic year. It allows freshmen, sophomores, juniors
and seniors opportunities to spend time on the college campus, meeting MTSU
students, faculty and administrators and learning about many of the
university’s 140-plus undergraduate programs.
When art assistant professor Nick Satinover asked for a volunteer to make the first print, Madi Fabber jumped at the opportunity.
“I like trying new art processes,” Fabber said. “It’s all
very interesting.”
Nathan Jenkins
was one of eight Blackman students checking out MTSU’s UAS program, which was
one of the first of its kind in the nation.
Jenkins said he liked “the interdisciplines — math and
physics, computer science and coding and engineering” — that students can find
at MTSU.
Among numerous offerings, Blackman students heard a geosciences GIS/remote sensing
presentation, saw a biology DNA
crime scene analysis lab, investigated a mathematical
sciences forensic problem, toured the College
of Media and Entertainment’s Center for Innovation in Media and Albert Gore Research Center and took
part in a Jennings A. Jones College of
Business Dale Carnegie engagement exercise and demonstration.
Launched in 2015, the Blackman Collegiate Academy is
special partnership between MTSU and the Murfreesboro high school in which
juniors and seniors who meet eligibility standards can take up to six hours of
university courses taught by MTSU instructors at Blackman at no cost. The
credits will count on high school and college transcripts.
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