{"id":42716,"date":"2022-05-09T11:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=42716"},"modified":"2022-05-12T07:40:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:40:43","slug":"city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42717\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"42717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/undergrad-commencement-1-22-34\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"788,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod walks across the stage during the first of four undergraduate graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 7, 2022 in McKenzie Arena at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Undergrad graduation, ceremony 1 of 4, Friday, May 6, 2022 in McKenzie Arena.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1651928306&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Undergrad Commencement-1-22&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Undergrad Commencement-1-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod walks across the stage during the first of four undergraduate graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 7, 2022 in McKenzie Arena at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Undergrad graduation, ceremony 1 of 4, Friday, May 6, 2022 in McKenzie Arena.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-630x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42717\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271.jpg 788w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-768x1248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-945x1536.jpg 945w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-1260x2048.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-580x942.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-610x991.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-123x200.jpg 123w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-32271-246x400.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chattanooga City Council member Demetrus Coonrod walks across stage in McKenzie Arena on May 7, 2022 after completing her bachelor&#8217;s degree in sociology.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Demetrus Coonrod enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2012. She was two course-credits shy of graduating in 2015 when life got in the way.<\/p>\n<p>Helping her daughter earn her college degree. Taking care of her grandchild. Serving on the Chattanooga City Council.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a journey, trying to juggle being a parent, a grandma raising my 6-year-old granddaughter, serving on the council. It took a lot of sleepless nights,&#8221; Coonrod said.<\/p>\n<p>Those potential end-of-the-road barriers were only potholes for Coonrod. On May 7, seven years after she stopped taking classes at UTC, she walked across the McKenzie Arena stage to celebrate a new bachelor&#8217;s degree in sociology with a minor in criminal justice.<\/p>\n<p>Known for her distinctive eyeglass frames, Coonrod started college in 2009 and earned an associate degree in sociology from Chattanooga State Community College in 2012. She transferred to UTC for the fall 2012 semester, left in 2015 and returned this January.<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge gained through earning her degree will help her work on the city council, said Coonrod, a first-generation college graduate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It helps me to understand people more and their behaviors and how we can impact them from the root cause or the issues that are happening within our city,\u201d said Coonrod, the council representative for District 9\u2014 which includes East Chattanooga, Eastdale, Glenwood, Missionary Ridge and Ridgedale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then you begin to understand exactly what their needs are and address it from that point, instead of me coming in and saying, &#8216;Hey, this is what&#8217;s needed&#8217; with not really understanding what&#8217;s going on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was not an easy path to her degree, Coonrod said, and she has advice for anyone who thinks their goals are out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would just tell them to stay focused, clear their mind every morning once they get up. Just clear their minds of those negative thoughts, always say affirming words to yourself and surround yourself with people who are going to support you and guide you and continue to champion for your very best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Slow and steady is OK, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ll eventually complete the goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor&#8217;s degree in sociology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":42718,"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":[61,50311,72949,661],"tags":[119413,8250,48081,8263],"class_list":{"0":"post-42716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","8":"category-criminal-justice","9":"category-social-cultural-and-justice-studies","10":"category-students","11":"tag-demetrus-coonrod","12":"tag-department-of-sociology","13":"tag-department-of-sociology-anthropology-and-geography","14":"tag-sociology","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor&#039;s degree in sociology.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor&#039;s degree in sociology.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-09T15:11:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-12T11:40:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741-1024x728.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\"},\"headline\":\"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-09T15:11:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-12T11:40:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":381,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"demetrus coonrod\",\"department of sociology\",\"Department of Sociology Anthropology and Geography\",\"Sociology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College of Arts and Sciences\",\"Criminal Justice\",\"Social, Cultural and Justice Studies\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/\",\"name\":\"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-09T15:11:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-12T11:40:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\"},\"description\":\"Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor's degree in sociology.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":910,\"caption\":\"Undergrad graduation, ceremony 1 of 4, Friday, May 6, 2022 in McKenzie Arena.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\",\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shawn Ryan\"},\"description\":\"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/hqv743\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor's degree in sociology.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor's degree in sociology.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2022-05-09T15:11:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-12T11:40:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":728,"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741-1024x728.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shawn Ryan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Ryan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/"},"author":{"name":"Shawn Ryan","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942"},"headline":"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree","datePublished":"2022-05-09T15:11:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-12T11:40:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/"},"wordCount":381,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","keywords":["demetrus coonrod","department of sociology","Department of Sociology Anthropology and Geography","Sociology"],"articleSection":["College of Arts and Sciences","Criminal Justice","Social, Cultural and Justice Studies","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/","name":"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-09T15:11:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-12T11:40:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942"},"description":"Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor's degree in sociology.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","width":1280,"height":910,"caption":"Undergrad graduation, ceremony 1 of 4, Friday, May 6, 2022 in McKenzie Arena."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/city-councilwoman-coonrod-earns-utc-degree\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942","name":"Shawn Ryan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shawn Ryan"},"description":"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Shawn Ryan","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Undergrad-Commencement-1-22-23741.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42716"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42723,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42716\/revisions\/42723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}