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Tennessee State University

NashVillager Podcast: City help for TSU’s housing crisis

Nina Cardona

May 22, 2024

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How is Nashville’s city government stepping in to help TSU give students a place to live? Plus your local newscast for May 22, 2024.

Filed Under: Education, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: HBCU, Tennessee State University

NashVillager Podcast: TSU baseball on the upswing

Nina Cardona

April 29, 2024

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Should we have seen the return of baseball to Tennessee State coming? Plus your local newscast for April 29, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Major League Baseball, Tennessee State University

Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations

Kimberlee Kruesi, APandJonathan Mattise, AP

April 27, 2024

Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Associated Press, enslaved people, reparations, slavery, Tennessee State University, tnleg, tnpol, TSU, Tyre Nichols

Student reporter roundup

Mary Mancini

April 16, 2024

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Today, we’re hosting a reporter roundup — student edition!

Filed Under: Education, Programs Tagged With: journalism, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Tech University, TSU

NashVillager Podcast: April 4, 2024

Nina Cardona

April 4, 2024

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How can Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy be seen in the battle for control of TSU? 

Filed Under: Education, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Martin Luther King, Tennessee State University

‘Legislation, litigation and agitation’: Civil rights leaders call for action following ‘attack’ on TSU

Alexis Marshall

April 3, 2024

Supporters of Tennessee State University are focusing on how to move forward, and recoup more than $2 billion in historic underfunding.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee State University

Lawmakers vote to vacate the entire TSU board

Catherine SweeneyandMiriam Kramer

March 28, 2024

Lawmakers voted Thursday to vacate the entire Tennessee State University board of trustees, and Gov. Bill Lee quickly signed the bill into law.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, State Comptroller, Tennessee State University

A compromise on TSU’s board has emerged. Will it make it to the governor’s desk?

Alexis Marshall

March 19, 2024

Dueling proposals to change the membership of Tennessee State University’s board of trustees are advancing in the legislature. It’s unclear which version of the plans will win out.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, HBCU, Tennessee State University

Tennessee’s Senate passes a backup plan in case TSU’s board dissolves this summer. The sponsor hopes it’s never used.

Alexis Marshall

February 15, 2024

Tennessee’s Senate passed a bill today that would put the state’s higher education commission in charge of Tennessee State University if its board of trustees sunsets this summer. Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, who sponsored the bill, said he hopes it is never used.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee State University

Republican lawmakers are poised to get rid of TSU’s current board. The school is asking for more time to address their concerns.

Alexis Marshall

February 12, 2024

As soon as this week, Tennessee’s Senate could vote to vacate Tennessee State University’s governing body. The school’s board of trustees is set to expire this summer. But instead of letting it lapse, this bill would remove all current trustees, allow the governor to replace most of them and extend the body’s authority for two […]

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee State University

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