{"id":55832,"date":"2023-12-08T15:02:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=55832"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:33:16","slug":"utc-students-win-top-roles-in-intercollegiate-state-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/utc-students-win-top-roles-in-intercollegiate-state-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC students win top roles in intercollegiate state legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1194\" data-attachment-id=\"55833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/utc-students-win-top-roles-in-intercollegiate-state-legislature\/photo-from-susanne-cooper\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1194\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1700212699&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo from Susanne Cooper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-1024x955.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-55833 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215.jpg\" alt=\"UTC criminal justice major Susanne Cooper was elected Speaker Pro Tem of the House during the recent Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-1024x955.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-800x746.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-580x541.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-610x569.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Photo-from-Susanne-Cooper-e1702065239215-1536x1432.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">UTC criminal justice major Susanne Cooper was elected Speaker Pro Tem of the House during the recent Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga won key positions at this year\u2019s Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tislonline.org\/\">annual four-day event<\/a><\/strong> replicates a session of the Tennessee General Assembly, allowing students to assume roles as state lawmakers, judges, lobbyists and journalists and operate in the actual offices and chambers of their real-world counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>During each mock General Assembly, delegates have the opportunity to run for constitutional office. Officers are elected to serve on the TISL Executive Council that governs the organization for the following year.<\/p>\n<p>UTC criminal justice major Susanne Cooper was elected Speaker Pro Tem of the House, and graduate student Hunter Fowler, pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree, was appointed a Supreme Court justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really satisfied and proud of the work we did this year,\u201d said <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/pair-of-mocs-honored-at-mock-government-conference\/\">Cooper<\/a><\/strong>, an aspiring attorney who\u2019s led the UTC delegation in Nashville two years in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Other UTC delegates also picked up honors at this year\u2019s forum. Sophomores Carmen Witt and Taylor Nelson, both political science majors, each took home a Carlisle Award, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to 10 outstanding student legislators each session.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Ashley Ogletree, a child and family studies major, and freshman Elias Griffin, a political science major, each received an Outstanding Lobbyist award.<\/p>\n<p>First convened in 1966, the nonpartisan TISL program gives students the chance to experience every aspect of state politics and government.<\/p>\n<p>Participating in TISL has been a transformative experience for Cooper, who joined the UTC TISL delegation during her freshman year. It is one of more than <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mocsyncorgs.utc.edu\/organizations\">100 UTC student organizations<\/a><\/strong> on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t speak in front of anyone to save my life. Public speaking was my worst nightmare,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper knew that finding success as a lawyer would require her to overcome her fear and hone a winning rhetorical style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat first day or two can be really intimidating but then you realize that everyone else is doing the same thing and everyone is making mistakes. Then it\u2019s not so bad,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re forced to get over it and then you\u2019re not as afraid to stand up and say the wrong thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt completely changed my whole perspective. It really brought me out of my shell. I wouldn\u2019t say it changed my personality but it changed my ability to go and do things.\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.tislonline.org\/\">Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mocsyncorgs.utc.edu\/organizations\">UTC Student Organizations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga won key positions at this year\u2019s Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature. 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