{"id":10259,"date":"2013-12-17T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T14:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=10259"},"modified":"2015-04-27T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:56:23","slug":"m-b-a-graduate-benefitted-from-trio-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/12\/m-b-a-graduate-benefitted-from-trio-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"M.B.A. graduate benefitted from TRIO programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Angel Ulmer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a middle school student, Saasha Jones enjoyed the GEAR-UP program and later Upward Bound as a Brainerd High School student.\u00a0 Although both of these federally funded TRIO programs were designed to encourage young students from disadvantaged backgrounds to prepare for college, Jones wasn\u2019t sure higher education was for her.\u00a0 Then she realized she had a higher GPA than some of the UTC student mentors she met through Upward Bound.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10260\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"10260\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/12\/m-b-a-graduate-benefitted-from-trio-programs\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;jaimie Davis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1385044446&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Saasha Jones&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10260\" alt=\"Saasha Jones\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/12\/stophel-award-2013-jones-saasha-266x400.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saasha Jones<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Upward Bound mentors gave Jones a first-hand look at the college experience and they explained financial aid opportunities.\u00a0 The program also provided a summer enrichment component.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a high school student in the summer time there were other places I could be and other things I could be doing, but there were people in that program who cared about me and could help me get to college and succeed in college. The exposure was awesome, living in the dorm, finding my way around campus to classes and managing my own independence.\u00a0 I could not have learned that anywhere but Upward Bound,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Jones explained.\u00a0 \u201cThe biggest benefit of Upward Bound was having people around me who expected more from me and constantly pushed me to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her undergraduate orientation she credits Booker Scruggs, the former director of Upward Bound, for personally walking Jones to the Student Support Services office.\u00a0 There, she met staff and peer mentors who foster a positive academic climate supportive of the success of students.<\/p>\n<p>With the assistance of this helpful group, Jones said she learned better study skills.\u00a0 She became a peer mentor herself and a work study student; she studied abroad with the program and she is currently a graduate assistant and administrative assistant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She graduated in May 2012 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration.<\/p>\n<p>As she received her M.B.A. in December 2013, Jones was thankful for the support she received from many TRIO programs.\u00a0 She says her family was also extremely encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ultimate goal is to own an after-school program which consists of tutoring, mentoring, and offers ACT and SAT prep\u2014a very safe environment for kids,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a middle school student, Saasha Jones enjoyed the GEAR-UP program and later Upward Bound as a Brainerd High School student.  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