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Associate Professor Mary Evins (History) is the coordinator of the American Democracy Project at MTSU and an expert on social and political history and women’s history.

What can MTSU alumni do to get more involved with the political process in Tennessee?

Vote! Assist others in voting. Advocate that all citizens be aided in registering to vote and in getting to the polls, all across Tennessee. Support state legislation that brings polling places to university campuses, to assist our students in becoming active, practiced, participating citizens while they’re in college so they’ll take with them a commitment to citizenship for the rest of their lives.

MTSU alumni represent the best of the best. Our alums are model citizens who leave the University, go out into the world, and contribute to making the world a better place through their own expertise and in their own unique, respective areas of competence. In all they do, they are reflections of the heritage, history, and mission of this University. MTSU prides itself on educating for curriculum, careers, and citizenship—the three Cs. When our alumni model being the best in all three arenas, they honor the University’s values and help us help our current students. Our alums are co-educators with us. Through their own active citizenship, they assist us in showcasing what a committed citizen looks like and behaves like. They embody what we hold most dear, and in so doing they advance the ideals of citizenship and voting among our current cohort of students.

We ask, please, for all of you to help us advance the next generation of informed, engaged, active citizens. Support the Tennessee legislation that establishes polling places on large university campuses. Help us bring an election site to our campus by letting your legislators know that we want our youngest citizens to engage in voting while in school, which the polling-places-on-campus legislation 100% secures. We need your voice of support!