LOUISVILLE and BOWLING GREEN, Ky. —Sacred Heart Academy senior Taylor Edlinalready planned to attend Middle Tennessee State Universityafter being offered and accepting a scholarship to be a member of the women’s golf team by coach Chris Adams.
Edlin’s role as a future Blue Raider, biology student and member of the Class of 2023 became solidified Thursday (Oct. 11) when MTSU President Sidney A. McPheeawarded her a Presidential Scholarshipduring the annual True Blue Tourvisit to the Louisville Marriott East.
On the tour, MTSU travels across Tennessee, then to Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama, recruiting prospective students for 2019 and beyond. It visits 14 cities altogether, finishing the tour in early November.
McPhee and the university combined three scholarships into one, creating the new Presidential award for qualifying students with a 25 to 29 ACT score and 3.5 or higher GPA, and completing the application process by Dec. 1. To apply, visit www.mtsu.edu/applynow.
MTSU still offers a Trustee Scholarshipfor qualified students with a 30 to 36 ACT score and 3.5-plus GPA.
“We want to recruit students like Taylor,” McPhee said of the randomly selected student athlete, who placed fifth recently in the Kentucky high school state tournament while leading Sacred Heart to a second-place team finish.
“I never thought this would happen,” said Edlin, who was joined by her father, Marc Edlin, at the event. “I was really honored to be picked.”
Molly Bebelaar, 17, a South Oldham High senior from Crestwood, outside of Louisville, received a $1,000 scholarship from MTSU in a drawing. She and Taylor Edlin are best friends and she, too, is a future MTSU golfer.
JackMedley, 17, a Christian Academy of Louisville junior, received a $2,000 scholarship from McPhee, who twice added $500 bonuses when Medley continued to praise MTSU and its campus while talking to the crowd attending the event.
Going the distance at Bowling Green
Garett Toddand his grandmother, Linda Nordine, drove more than two hours from near Benton, Kentucky, to Bowling Greenbecause he’s hooked on MTSU’s recording industry program.
About 12 people, all from Danville, Kentucky, and students from Boyle County High School also attended MTSU’s True Blue Tour recruiting event at the Sloan Conference Center.
Boyle County football teammates Clay Karsner, Cameron Guinnand Nathaniel Stephensare committed to attending MTSU because of its Concrete Industry Management program. Karsner’s sister, Madi, is an MTSU junior education major.
Chloe Raffertyand her mother, Shannon Rafferty, drove from Owensboro and she walked out with a $2,500 scholarship from her No. 1 college choice.
At least one currently university student, Maliyah Beckwith, took in the MTSU visit and now wants to visit MTSU. She is considering transferring “because they have a pretty good aerospace program and I’m also into biology.”
At both Louisville and Bowling Green, McPhee and administrator Peter Cunninghamshared about the Regional Scholars Programand Academic Common Market.
The university’s Regional Scholars Program allows select non-Tennessee resident students who live in states bordering Tennessee and meet specific academic requirements to attend MTSU at a greatly reduced rate and qualify for the Freshman Academic Merit Scholarships.
Qualifying students receive a reduced tuition rate roughly half of the standard out-of-state rate. Students participating in the Academic CommonMarket programmay receive even lower rates.
For Kentucky residents, MTSU programs in the Academic Common Market include aerospace’s unmanned aircraft systems, concrete industry management, animationand three recording industryconcentrations: audio production, commercial songwritingand music business.
To learn more about the Regional Scholars Program, visit
http://www.mtsu.edu/financial-aid/scholarships/regional-scholars.php. To learn about the Academic Common Market, visit https://www.mtsu.edu/acm/.
The next MTSU Fall Preview Day will be Saturday, Nov. 3. Visit www.mtsu.edu/rsvp
to register. There’s also a special Saturday visit day on Oct. 20. Guided campus tours are available daily. Schedule a tour at www.mtsu.edu/tours.
No comments:
Post a Comment