{"id":21160,"date":"2018-04-12T02:48:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T06:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=21160"},"modified":"2018-04-12T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T18:48:10","slug":"student-national-race-ethnicity-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/student-national-race-ethnicity-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Student heads to New Orleans as Scholar at national race and ethnicity conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"861\" data-attachment-id=\"21161\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/student-national-race-ethnicity-scholar\/tropical-island-ecology-geology-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,861\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students work in Dawn Ford&#039;s Tropical Island Ecology and Geology class Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 in Grote Hall.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1518457890&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Students work in Dawn Ford&amp;#8217;s Tropical Island Ecology and Geology class Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 in Grote Hall.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-1024x735.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21161\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-580x416.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-610x438.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-223-557x400.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edwards and fellow students work in Dawn Ford&#8217;s Tropical Island Ecology and Geology class Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 in Grote Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a rough freshman year at UTC, Simone Edwards says she was ready to transfer. But getting out of her bubble changed that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ended up having to really search and go look for things, but that led me to being in the different organizations that I\u2019m in today. People say this a lot, but if you just stay in your room, you\u2019re not going to find out about anything,\u201d says Edwards, a political science major.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always something going on. I know that people are introverted. I\u2019m actually very introverted, but you have to get out. Get out there and find you niche. Find where you fit in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting out there has led to New Orleans in May, when she\u2019ll take part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncore.ou.edu\/en\/about\/\">National Conference on Race &amp; Ethnicity in American Higher Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21162\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-attachment-id=\"21162\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/student-national-race-ethnicity-scholar\/tropical-island-ecology-geology-18-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,790\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students work in Dawn Ford&#039;s Tropical Island Ecology and Geology class Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 in Grote Hall.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1518458494&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Students work in Dawn Ford&amp;#8217;s Tropical Island Ecology and Geology class Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 in Grote Hall.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-1024x674.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-21162 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-580x382.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-610x402.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Simone-Edwards-Tropical-Island-Ecology-Geology-18-265.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edwards, left, and fellow students work in Dawn Ford&#8217;s Tropical Island Ecology and Geology class Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 in Grote Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Selected as a scholar, Edwards will meet with administrators and student leaders from universities across the country to talk about racial and ethnic relations on college campuses and discuss new ways of providing opportunities for traditionally underrepresented populations in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards has an impressive list of achievements under her belt. She\u2019s vice president for UTC\u2019s Black Student Alliance and chair for the Student Government Association\u2019s Social Issues and Diversity Committee. She plays piano. She dances. She\u2019s a Brock Scholar in the Honors College.<\/p>\n<p>Through her participation with all of these organizations, she\u2019s planned events like Mindrunner, an obstacle course of sorts where participants are tasked with making certain situations more accessible for individuals with disabilities and to raise awareness for accessibility on campus. She\u2019s joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intervarsityutc?lang=en\">InterVarsity UTC<\/a><u>, <\/u>a group that eats lunch with students at Orchard Knob High School, then brings those same students to campus for a glimpse of college life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [students from Orchard Knob] really love it. They act like they don\u2019t, though,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards recently started a website full of resources for high school students as they prepare for college. It has a list of local available scholarships, a timeline for applying to college and insights on maneuvering through college as a newcomer, for example, explanations of what grants or a bursar\u2019s office are<\/p>\n<p>She says her website, <a href=\"http:\/\/itsadifferentworld.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s a Different World<\/a>, was created out of her own experience of applying for college and feeling like she was missing a lot of vital information that her peers already seemed to know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was applying for college, all of my friends knew what was going on. It felt like I was the only one who didn\u2019t,\u201d Edwards says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected as a scholar, Edwards will meet with administrators and student leaders from universities across the country to talk about racial and ethnic relations on college campuses and discuss new ways of providing opportunities for traditionally underrepresented populations in higher education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/student-national-race-ethnicity-scholar\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":21161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,12746,61,70230,12745,12778,661],"tags":[70380,70434,48028,70432,904,12663],"class_list":{"0":"post-21160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-brock-scholars-honors-college","9":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","10":"category-engagement-and-access","11":"category-honors-college-2","12":"category-political-science","13":"category-students","14":"tag-black-student-alliance","15":"tag-intervarsity","16":"tag-ncore","17":"tag-simone-edwards","18":"tag-sga","19":"tag-student-success-2","20":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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