American Democracy Project
Past Initiatives
Our MTSU ADP students strive to get their peers civically engaged! Check out some of their hard work from days gone by:
MTSU recognized by ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for 2024 “Highly Established” Action Plan
“ALL IN has developed this seal of recognition for higher education institutions with strong action plans to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement by promoting civic learning, political engagement, and college student voter participation. Action plan strength is determined by reviewing campus action plans with the Strengthening American Democracy Action Planning Rubric.” – allinchallenge.org
Hot Off the Press!
MTSU’s American Democracy Project stays in the news! Click below to see what we’ve been up to:
Mike Pence, former VP speaks at MTSU Constitution Day Event
MTSU Receives National Seal For Action Plan That Promotes Student Voting
Two MTSU Students Named Inaugural Andrew Goodman Foundation Ambassadors
MTSU Tops in Voter Registration by WGNS Radio
MTSU Wins!
In a “three-peat” MTSU is named #1 in Tennessee for Public University Voter Registration
“Space” to Vote!
It was a “Once In A Blue Moon” Homecoming and American Democracy Project’s parade float was titled “Space to Vote!” MTSU students want to be able to vote on the MTSU campus, to cast their ballots as citizens at a polling place at the university. Students to Rutherford County Election Commission: Do you copy? We have the place. Authorize us a legal Space to Vote on Campus!
Check Out Our 2023 Constitution Day Programming!
Click below to watch footage of our Common Sense Civics program with Congressman Jim Cooper and Senator Bob Corker.
The Middle Tennessee session of the 2023 Tennessee Statewide Campus Civic Summit meets in person at Vanderbilt University, Friday March 24. Active Citizenship programming includes in-person speakers and activities, virtual collaborations across the state, and networking and brainstorming with student leaders throughout Middle Tennessee! Lunch provided! All Middle Tennessee colleges and universities, send your civic action, civic learning, civic engagement, service learning, voter registration, and student government teams!
REGISTER HERE!
2022 Party at the Polls!
∗More pictures from the 2022 Poll Party on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!∗
MTSU again tops in Secretary of State voter registration competition
BLUE RAIDERS VOTE! EARLY VOTING BEGINS IN TENNESSEE 10/19:
MTSU professors Dr. Amy Sayward and Dr. Mary Evins took their students to the polls to kick off the first day of early voting!
MTSU Tennessee History students celebrated the beginning of early voting on the Square in Murfreesboro 10/19/2022.
MTSU Honors U.S. History students exercised their citizenship when they voted, most for the first time, on the first day of early voting in Tennessee 10/19/22.
ADP Members Walk in MTSU’s Homecoming 2022 Parade!
This year’s cart theme was “The 19th Amendment and Women’s Rights.”
“Campus Ramps Up for Voter Registration Competition”
Read about us in this Sidelines article! https://mtsusidelines.com/2022/08/30/campus-ramps-up-for-voter-registration-competition/
MTSU celebrates National Voter Registration Week with campus events through Oct. 2
Rock The Vote at Belmont University: Nashville Colleges Celebrate Democracy
MTSU students can register here at mtsu.edu/vote
MTSU campus keeps tradition of reading U.S. Constitution to celebrate democracy
‘Chimes of Freedom’ ring out as MTSU celebrates 100 years of women’s suffrage
MTSU hosts summit to spur student civic engagement and voting participation
MTSU is the leader in 2019 Tennessee College Voter Registration Competition through the Secretary of State’s Office.
The American Democracy Project’s goal is to produce graduates who understand and are committed to engaging in meaningful actions as citizens in a democracy. By working with students and faculty, the American Democracy Project seeks to nurture programs inside and outside the classroom that raise the levels of our campus community’s engagement with the local, national, and global communities around us.
Under the auspices of the Office of the University Provost, Middle Tennessee State University has participated in this national initiative since its founding in 2003. The American Democracy Project has grown into a multi-campus initiative that seeks to create an intellectual and experiential understanding of civic engagement for undergraduates enrolled at institutions that are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Currently more than 250 campuses participate in the American Democracy Project.
Dr. Mary Evins (Research Professor, University Honors College, Associate Professsor, Department of History) coordinates the American Democracy Project. Find her at the Paul W. Martin Honors Building in HONR 221.
- To work with ADP, email amerdem@mtsu.edu.
- To join the ADP student organization, visit the myMT page and click on Join Organization.
- Listen to Dr. Evins discussing the American Democracy Project on the WGNS Action Line radio program:
Click here for the full podcast.
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Contact ADP
Dr. Amy Sayward
American Democracy Project
HONR 221
615-904-8263
At MTSU, the American Democracy Project is a program of the University Honors College.
