Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Student Trustee topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Board appoints Olivia Blower as non-voting student trustee

Tennessee State University Board of Trustees · June 30, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

After a selection process that included interviews and presidential input, trustees appointed rising senior Olivia Blower to a one-year, non-voting student trustee term for the 2026–27 fiscal year.

The Tennessee State University Board of Trustees on June 30 appointed Olivia Blower to serve a one-year, non-voting student trustee term for fiscal 2026–27. The recommendation came from President Tucker after interviews conducted by the Student Government Affairs Association and institutional interviews with the president.

Trustees noted Blower is a rising senior, a double major in political science and urban studies, a member of the Honors College with a 4.0 GPA, and has prior internship experience in a congressional office and in Nashville's mayoral office. She was also selected as an inaugural ambassador for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation leadership institute and is participating this summer in the Junior Summer Institute at Harvard Kennedy School.

The board moved, seconded and approved the appointment by roll call.