PSCC的学生在凤凰彩票校际州议会中代表着学院的杰出表现

Pellissippi State Community College students brought home three top awards from the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature’s (TISL) 56th General Assembly in Nashville.

Sixteen students worked on Pellissippi State’s legislative agenda for the General Assembly, writing bills, studying parliamentary procedure and practicing debate and advocacy. 13人前往州议会大厦，在那里他们获得了最佳整体代表团和最佳众议院代表团，首席代表弗洛伦斯·卡特获得了久负盛名的卡莱尔奖。

“I’m deeply inspired by this group and the way they rose to every challenge,” said Sharon Couch, director of 学生参与 and Leadership at Pellissippi State. “Witnessing their growth throughout the semester as we prepared has been one of the greatest honors of my work.”

库奇说，通过准备和参与凤凰彩票大会的工作，该项目为学生提供了实践学习和职业沉浸的机会。

卡特和其他学生参加了一个长周末的快节奏立法活动，在此期间，他们在政府的三个领域工作，亲身体验了政治程序是如何运作的。

卡特因其在众议院的杰出服务和领导而获得卡莱尔奖，众议院有来自全州公立和私立大学和学院的99名议员。

卡特说，获得认可非常酷，她把获得卡莱尔奖归功于她对细节的关注和对遵守立法机构规定的奉献精神。

“When you are putting in effort, it will be so clearly and strongly recognized and appreciated by the rest of the people there,” Carter said. “And that feels so good.”

参加这次活动也为学生政府协会主席Sofia Meza等学生提供了在他们选择的领域获得实践经验的机会。 梅扎正在佩里西比大学学习网络与印刷设计，预计将于2026年春季毕业，她是记录事件、进行采访和编辑故事的社交媒体团队的一员。

“I think that was super fun – understanding that's really what I want to do for my career,”
Meza said.

As the senator for Pellissippi’s TISL chapter, Jacob Hunley, attended committee meetings and general sessions, in which he debated and voted upon different bills.

正在学习经济学和政治学的亨利是学生政府协会的财务主管和收费委员会主席，他说TISL的经历说明了公民参与的重要性。

“A lot of what you do is connect with the people around you to try and get them to support your bills,” he said. “That was a huge thing, especially in the Senate, where we saw coalitions form ... 我们也看到了一些预选会议的形成。 So, it’s really also about marketing yourself and what you stand for.”

本月即将毕业的卡特说，参加TISL帮助她提高了写作、研究、演讲和演讲技巧。 这段经历也使她对政治和影响立法活动的社会动态有了更好的了解。

写作、捍卫自己的立场和解决问题是她计划在非营利组织管理和领导这一首选职业领域中使用的技能。

“It's really easy, not only because you can feel yourself getting better, but it's really good to watch other people and learn who you want to mirror and who you won’t want to,” she said.

Pellissippi’s delegation to TISL met twice weekly for two months to prepare for the assembly. So when the college was recognized as Best Overall Delegation and Best House Delegation, Meza said she and her teammates knew it wasn’t because of their individual contributions but their actions as a unit.

“It was every single one of us that poured into each other,” she said. “And I think that's huge, and great representation of Pellissippi.”