Here’s the latest news from Middle Tennessee State University .
A small cohort of Middle Tennessee State University students recently convened at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville to learn about local government, exchange ideas and opinions and propose legislation at the 55th General Assembly of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, also known as TISL.
Universities across the state attended this four-day event, allowing 360 students the opportunity to debate and vote on public issues. Students served in various roles by choosing one of four programs — the legislative, media or lobbying programs or the appellate moot court collegiate challenge, where students assume the roles of attorneys in a court simulation.
MTSU student Denzel Harris, a 22-year-old senior marketing major from Nashville, served as a student legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives for the fifth year in a row. He oversaw the MTSU student delegation as the head delegate and received a Carlisle Award, presented to 10 delegates for being outstanding student legislators and named after Douglas Carlisle, who was instrumental in the founding of TISL in 1966.