A promise fulfilled: Mother Follows Daughter’s Footsteps to College Degree

Janet Blakemore always wanted to get her college degree. But sometimes life throws you a curve and your personal aspirations are put on hold while you take care of the things that are most important, such as family. But she made a promise to her daughter, Holly, that she would finish her degree once Holly obtained her graduate degree from TSU. It is a promise Janet will fulfill when she graduates from the University Saturday, Dec. 14…

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TSU Expert Receives TDOT Grant to Engage Public in Transportation Decision-Making

A Tennessee State University expert on transportation equity has received a grant worth more than $123,000 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation to conduct public involvement outreach efforts for the state. The goal is to identify innovative techniques that make it easier for citizens to participate in transportation decision-making…

University to Hold Fall 2013 Commencement Ceremony December 14

Tennessee State University will confer more than 700 degrees Saturday, Dec. 14 during the University’s Fall 2013 commencement ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. in the Gentry Complex. Candidates eligible for degree include 440 students earning undergraduate degrees, 219 receiving graduate degrees and 45 doctoral candidates…

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Tennessee State University’s FUTURO chapter float during the University’s homecoming parade in October. (Photo credit: Daryl Stuart)

HBCUs Looking Beyond Black Students to Stay Competitive

When Tennessee State University staged its homecoming parade in October, the parade returned to its roots, beginning on Jefferson Street, the main business corridor of the historically Black neighborhood connecting three widely known historically Black colleges — TSU, Fisk University and Meharry Medical College….

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TSU’s Student Affairs Division Receives Performance Award for Excellence

Tennessee State University, Division of Student Affairs has earned the Commitment Award in the annual Excellence in Tennessee recognition program administered by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence. TSU is one of 18 organizations to receive the Commitment Award that are presented to organizations that are beginning to demonstrate commitment to, and implementation of, performance improvement principles…

TSU Music Professor Contributes to New American Music Dictionary

A music professor from Tennessee State University is one of the latest contributors to one of the largest reference works geared toward music and musicians. Chip Henderson, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Music, contributed to The Grove Dictionary of American Music, the principal research source for generations of musicians…

The Grove Dictionary of American Music is expected to be published Dec. 2 and will be a significant makeover to the first edition that was first published in 1986.
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Nashville Pastor Joseph Walker to Speak at TSU December Commencement

Recognized as one of Nashville’s ministerial community’s most educated and influential leaders, Bishop Joseph W. Walker III, the charismatic pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, will be the keynote speaker when more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students receive their degrees during TSUs fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 14….