Adrienne Dooley, a student at UTC, was selected for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, a forum for the state’s student campus leaders to learn how government works, exchange ideas and express their opinions. The four-day meeting was held at the Tennessee Capitol.
TISL’s structure parallels the structure of Tennessee state government with a governor, legislative leaders, constitutional officers, and the Tennessee Intercollegiate Supreme Court. More than 400 students from 43 public and private colleges in the state attended the TISL General Assembly on Nov. 13-16.
In elections Saturday, students voted in these officers:
Governor Brandon Chrisman of Nashville, a senior at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Mr. Chrisman first came to TISL as a page from Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School and has served as speaker of each house plus a year on the Board of Directors.
Lt. Governor Olivia O’Brien of Griffin, Ga., a sophomore at Sewanee: The University of the South.
House Speaker Jolie-Grace Wareham of Chicago, a sophomore at Rhodes College in Memphis.
Senate Speaker Pro Tem John Domanski of Bon Aqua, a senior at the University of Tennessee-Martin. Mr. Domanski held the same position two years ago.
House Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Dooley of Effingham, Ill., a sophomore at UTC.
Secretary of State Elizabeth Sanders of Smithville, a junior at UT-Martin.
State Treasurer Nicole Neilson of Johnson City, a junior at King University.
Other members of the TISL executive council are:
Chief Justice Rachel Washburn of Ethridge, a junior at UT-Martin. Ms. Washburn was appointed last week by outgoing TISL Governor Jamie Arnett, a 2014 graduate of UT-Martin.
Attorney General Skyler Schmanski of Nashville, a junior at Belmont University. Schmanski was appointed Saturday by the five-member TISC.
The Members of the 2014 TISL Senate and House of Representatives wrote and filed more than 200 bills, which were considered by committees and then debated and voted on during sessions in the Capitol’s legislative chambers. While the legislature met, TISC presided over the Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Challenge, a moot court competition for non-law students.
TISL is a nonprofit leadership and civic engagement program for college students founded in 1966. Alumni include Tennessee constitutional officers, justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court, state legislators and numerous other public officials in multiple states.