{"id":52469,"date":"2023-08-08T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=52469"},"modified":"2023-08-17T23:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T03:06:29","slug":"mi-campus-es-su-campus-utc-to-host-first-spanish-speaking-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/mi-campus-es-su-campus-utc-to-host-first-spanish-speaking-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Mi campus es su campus: UTC to host first Spanish speaking tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_52479\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data-attachment-id=\"52479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/mi-campus-es-su-campus-utc-to-host-first-spanish-speaking-tour\/moc-academy-presentations-23-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,852\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Moc Academy students make presentations Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in the Tennessee Room.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690366759&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Moc Academy Presentations-23-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Moc Academy Presentations-23-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Moc Academy students make presentations Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in the Tennessee Room.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-52479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Tomas, a sophomore majoring in management with a minor in Spanish, is one of the UTC students leading Spanish-language tours. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Andy-Tomas-23-1425-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Tomas, a sophomore majoring in management with a minor in Spanish, is one of the UTC students leading Spanish-language tours. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">How to register for the tour:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\"><strong>utc.edu\/visit<\/strong><\/a> and scroll down the page until seeing Spanish Speaking Tour \u2026 click \u201cRegister Now\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the pop-up box, click \u201cRegister\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Fill out the registration form \u2026 click \u201cComplete\u201d to finish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Starting college and navigating the bureaucracy of getting an education can be challenging. Not to mention a year of dealing with admissions applications, financial aid and housing, and that is before a student even sets foot on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Resources like student-led tours and campus orientation sessions help incoming freshmen get their footing.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, not all students get the same benefit from these resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a Hispanic student comes for a campus tour, they\u2019re going to bring their family. And especially with first-generation students, their parents may not be able to understand the majority of what\u2019s said in an English tour,\u201d said Dr. Niky Tejero, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>Tejero and Brandalyn Shropshire, associate director of engagement in the UTC Office of Undergraduate Admissions, are partnering to break down the language barrier. The two have collaborated to create the first Spanish-language campus tours.<\/p>\n<p>The first tour will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, and it\u2019s more than just a walk around the grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticipants will get a full tour of campus and students will get to fill out the application for free,\u201d said Shropshire.<\/p>\n<p>After the initial tour, Shropshire said her office is looking to offer Spanish-speaking tours \u201cat least every two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we\u2019ll do tours more often as demand increases or if there\u2019s a special request from a school or group,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Tejero said there is a growing need for Spanish resources with the increase of Spanish-speaking people in Chattanooga and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the U.S. Census reports, the population growth of the Hispanic and Latinx community in Hamilton County has outpaced the national average,\u201d Tejero said. \u201cBetween 2010 and 2020, there has been an 81% increase in Hamilton County while the national average has increased by 23%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To reach out to this growing population, UTC has partnered with La Paz Chattanooga, a local organization serving the Spanish-speaking community of Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a nonprofit that advocates for the Latino community in Chattanooga,\u201d said Wendy Reynoso, an associate case manager at La Paz and a 2022 graduate of UTC. She explained that La Paz is a liaison for other charitable organizations in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of [nonprofit organizations] don\u2019t have Spanish-speaking staff, so we act as a bridge to get services to our Latino community,\u201d said Reynoso.<\/p>\n<p>La Paz will use its voice to help promote the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur role is to bring awareness to the event and have as many students and families sign up for the event as possible,\u201d Reynoso said. \u201cI love that it\u2019s a family event because, as a culture, we are super family-oriented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reynoso is intimately familiar with the challenges the children of Spanish-speaking parents face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from Guatemala, but I moved to Chattanooga when I was a 1-year-old,\u201d she said. After graduating from Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy, she attended UTC. \u201cI was a Brock scholar and I graduated in May 2022 with a degree in mechanical engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At her new student orientation in 2018, Reynoso said it would have been helpful for someone to have spoken Spanish to keep her parents up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>She remembered conversing with a fellow alum about the difficulties of navigating higher education with immigrant parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about how our parents\u2019 involvement wasn\u2019t always the best, but it wasn\u2019t because our parents didn\u2019t want to be involved; they just didn\u2019t know how,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52484\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"991\" data-attachment-id=\"52484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/mi-campus-es-su-campus-utc-to-host-first-spanish-speaking-tour\/wendy-reynoso-23-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,991\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Recent graduate Wendy Reynoso stands Thursday, July 27, 2023 at at La Paz, where she works. Reynoso helped plan Spanish-language tours that will begin in August.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690454986&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Wendy Reynoso-23-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wendy Reynoso-23-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Recent graduate Wendy Reynoso stands Thursday, July 27, 2023 at at La Paz, where she works. Reynoso helped plan Spanish-language tours that will begin in August.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-1024x793.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-52484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy Reynoso, a 2022 graduate of UTC, is now an associate case manager at La Paz Chattanooga. La Paz will use its voice to help promote Spanish-language tours of the UTC campus.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-580x449.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-610x472.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-1536x1190.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/Wendy-Reynoso-23-1242-2048x1586.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy Reynoso, a 2022 graduate of UTC, is now an associate case manager at La Paz Chattanooga. La Paz will use its voice to help promote Spanish-language tours of the UTC campus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the Aug. 25 tour day, buses will pick up students and their families at 4 p.m. from La Paz\u2014located at 809 S. Willow St.\u2014and a trio of local high schools: The Howard School, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy and East Ridge High School.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish-language tours will be led by UTC students who can relate on some level to the attendees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdmissions is partnering with the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures department to offer two internships for Spanish majors, prioritizing Hispanic students, because there\u2019s more than a language barrier,\u201d said Tejero.<\/p>\n<p>Student tour guides like Andy Tomas will be able to earn college credit while getting paid for their time.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas, a sophomore majoring in management with a minor in Spanish, has spent the last eight years in Chattanooga. Before that, he had to move back and forth between the U.S. and Guatemala practically every other year.<\/p>\n<p>He is, by all accounts, a first-generation student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad had two or three years of elementary education and my mom only had one year of elementary education,\u201d Tomas said. \u201cI\u2019m a first-generation elementary, middle school, high school and college student.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unique struggles come with being a first-generation student, and by becoming a Spanish-speaking tour guide, Tomas is helping to ease those struggles for future UTC students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked [my parents] for help when I had to do the FAFSA and my application, but they don\u2019t really know anything about college,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s basically just me, but I don\u2019t want that for other Hispanic students.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Learn More<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in its history, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will offer Spanish-language campus tours starting this month. The inaugural guided tour, led by UTC students, will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25. Buses will pick up prospective high school students and their families at 4 p.m. from La Paz Chattanooga\u2014located at 809 S. 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