{"id":42146,"date":"2022-02-01T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=42146"},"modified":"2023-06-29T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:34:27","slug":"having-this-degree-will-put-me-in-those-positions-to-get-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/having-this-degree-will-put-me-in-those-positions-to-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHaving this degree will put me in those positions to get there\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-attachment-id=\"42148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/having-this-degree-will-put-me-in-those-positions-to-get-there\/jermillya-farris-22-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,852\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tenn&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jermillya Farris stands Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 outside of BlueCross BlueShield on Cameron Hill.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618309780&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Jermillya Farris-22&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jermillya Farris, a client management associate with Blue Cross Blue Shield, is pursuing her bachelor\u2019s degree thanks to the UTC BAS-AL program. Photo by Angela Foster.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jermillya Farris, a client management associate with Blue Cross Blue Shield, is pursuing her bachelor\u2019s degree thanks to the UTC BAS-AL program. Photo by Angela Foster.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jermillya Farris, a client management associate with Blue Cross Blue Shield, is pursuing her bachelor\u2019s degree thanks to the UTC BAS-AL program. Photo by Angela Foster.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42148 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Jermillya Farris, a client management associate with Blue Cross Blue Shield, is pursuing her bachelor\u2019s degree thanks to the UTC BAS-AL program. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Jermillya-Farris-22-34.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jermillya Farris, a client management associate with Blue Cross Blue Shield, is pursuing her bachelor\u2019s degree thanks to the UTC BAS-AL program. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some career paths take longer to figure out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have started and stopped college so many times just trying to find what it was that I wanted to do and where I wanted to go with my career,\u201d Jermillya Farris says. \u201cI have dabbled in so many things and so many degree programs\u2014business administration, interior design, childhood education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farris, who first took classes at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2002, is back on campus in a virtual sense. She is among the inaugural students in the University\u2019s Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Leadership (BAS-AL) program, a fully online degree program tailored to students with previous college experience and seeking to complete their undergraduate studies.<\/p>\n<p>When she learned about the new program, Farris says it spoke to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t have time to waste money. I wanted something that would get me that degree efficiently,\u201d says Farris, a client management associate with Blue Cross Blue Shield. \u201cHonestly, this program works so well for the working person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this program, you can\u2019t fail. Each class is seven weeks and it goes by so fast. They keep you on task and make sure you\u2019re staying on top of things, but it\u2019s spaced out to where you don\u2019t feel overloaded or bombarded. I\u2019m excited and I\u2019m doing pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farris says education has always been important in her family. Her grandmother was a high school teacher. Her aunt, who told her about the UTC program, works at Cleveland State Community College. Her mother is a nurse.<\/p>\n<p>Figuring out what she wanted to do in life didn\u2019t come quick or easy. Starts and stops came a lot.<\/p>\n<p>She says she finally found her niche after joining BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee in 2011. Along with giving her stability, it has her thinking of advancement opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue Cross is a great company to work for and there are so many directions that I can go in,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is a good place to be, but I also need some type of formal education to move up the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot having a degree is only going to take me so far, in my opinion. So having this degree will put me in those positions to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If she stays on schedule, taking a class every seven weeks, Farris is on pace to graduate in 2023. A year away, yes, but it\u2019s also as close as she\u2019s ever been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that I\u2019ve kind of found it, I guess you can say I\u2019m not stopping until I get my degree,\u201d she says. \u201cI can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it feels good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all these years, it will be nice to finally finish. It\u2019s definitely something that I have wanted for myself for a very long time. 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