Farrah Meredith

Coalfield native, Farrah Meredith, is a Tennessee Tech University transfer student from Roane State Community College. She is a junior double majoring in business management and human resource management.

Meredith’s knowledge about Tech started at a very young age and continued to grow over the years.

“Many of my teachers at my Pre-K-12 school went to Tech and highly recommended it,” she continued. “I formally toured Tennessee Tech with my school in my sophomore year of high school.”

Even when attending Roane State Community College, she always had Tech as her end goal.

“I know that Tech had a good transfer program from Roane State, which was closer to my hometown,” she explained. “I always knew I would later end up at Tennessee Tech though.”

With that in mind, Meredith participated in the Roane-to-Tech program, which enables students to transfer seamlessly from Roane State Community College to Tennessee Tech University to complete their last two years of college and provides students additional opportunities.

“My experience with the program was very positive, and it made everything very easy coming over,” Meredith recalled. “All I had to do was once a semester have a meeting with both my Tech advisor and my Roane State advisor, and they set it up where I took all of my prerequisites at Roane State and only my major-specific classes at Tech.”

Specifically, she acknowledged Julie Galloway, Director of the College of Business Student Success Center at Tech, as a huge supporter in her transfer process.

“She was my Tech advisor through the whole process and has been great with getting me the information I need along with helping me achieve my goals,” Meredith appreciated.

Here on campus, Meredith has not had any shortage of getting involved. She is part of Tech’s College of Business Society of Human Resource Management and Society of Advanced Management club – where she even holds vital positions.

“I serve as SHRM’s vice president and secretary along with running the Instagram page,” Meredith revealed.

She noted a few of her favorite parts of Tech, which include a locally loved campus event Lighting the Quad.

“I love the independence it has given me, along with the Christmas tree lighting night, which was very fun,” she reminisced. “There are also job/internship fairs and opportunities that have been helpful.”

Meredith mentioned that her high school graduating class consisted of only 36 students, so she was nervous about her transition to Tech at first.

“It was a little nerve racking to try to make friends as a junior, but the group projects and getting involved in a club helped with this,” she explained. “Once I got to Tech it was not scary, and I would recommend Tennessee Tech to anyone.”

To others considering transferring or in the process of transferring to Tech, Meredith encourages students to not be scared, but instead be prepared – arrive to campus early, stay on top of your academic demands, and soak up all the opportunities Tech has to offer.

“Just enjoy it and get involved – especially if you are looking for friends,” she urged.