{"id":59328,"date":"2024-05-05T10:29:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T14:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=59328"},"modified":"2024-05-13T08:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:31:53","slug":"meet-madison-young-utc-graduate-is-one-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/meet-madison-young-utc-graduate-is-one-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Madison: Young UTC graduate is \u2018one to watch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_59334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"993\" data-attachment-id=\"59334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/meet-madison-young-utc-graduate-is-one-to-watch\/madison-cothern-24-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,993\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Madison Cothern, stands Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in the Shakespeare Garden.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1714486624&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;165&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Madison Cothern-24-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Madison Cothern-24-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Madison Cothern, stands Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in the Shakespeare Garden.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2-1024x847.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-59334 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2.jpg\" alt=\"20-year-old Madison Cothern graduated from UTC on Saturday, May 4, with a bachelor's degree in secondary education: history. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2-800x662.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2-580x480.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-302-2-610x505.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">20-year-old Madison Cothern graduated from UTC on Saturday, May 4, with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in secondary education: history. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At 20 years old, Madison Cothern was one of the younger graduates participating in University of Tennessee at Chattanooga commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 4.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her age, her list of accomplishments does not reflect a lack of experience\u2014as Cothern said she graduated with about 186 credit hours.<\/p>\n<p>A Chattanooga native, Cothern attended Collegiate High, completing dual-enrollment classes at Chattanooga State Community College. She received her associate degree in history and her high school diploma at 17 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Now, three years later, she has a bachelor\u2019s degree in secondary education: history.<\/p>\n<p>Cothern said she enjoyed challenging herself, but it wasn\u2019t always easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not naturally this gifted student,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to work for it and it was something that I had to be put in the right places for those things to be able to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dedication is one thing. Cothern faced a challenge that set her apart from most other students.<\/p>\n<p>At 3 years old, she lost conductive hearing in her left ear, requiring her to wear a bone-anchored hearing aid. In March of this year, she experienced hearing loss in her right ear and had to get a second hearing aid.<\/p>\n<p>Cothern described her hearing impairment as an asset to her story rather than a hindrance.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, she published a children\u2019s book titled \u201cBeautiful, Brown, and Bionic,\u201d which tells of her experiences as an African American deaf ballerina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important for children to be able to say, \u2018Hey, there\u2019s someone that looks like me that\u2019s doing the same things,\u2019\u201d Cothern said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she does recognize that her hearing impairment affected her college experience. Fortunately, captioners helped her by sitting next to her in class, using a stenographer to translate what was said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I didn\u2019t have captioning in my classes,\u201d she said, \u201cI was going home and teaching myself everything. That was a big part of the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her first year at UTC, Cothern was a Brock Scholar in the UTC Honors College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was exposed to a lot of opportunities,\u201d she said, \u201cand I was also able to pursue a lot of research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research usually involved her favorite topics in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of my research focuses on intellectual history,\u201d she said. \u201cI tend to focus on 1680 to 1900 existentialism. That\u2019s my favorite branch in the scientific enlightenment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her time at UTC, Cothern also got the chance to research the Holocaust and the Cold War through travel abroad excursions to Germany, Austria and Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very interesting learning experience,\u201d she said. \u201cLearning how these experiences are similar and differentiate from the United States is something I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a student teacher of U.S. American history at East Hamilton High School, Cothern used SpongeBob and other pop culture references to explain concepts like the Cuban Missile Crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students were like, \u2018I\u2019ve never seen history this way. I\u2019ve never thought about it like that,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cOftentimes it\u2019s not presented to them in that manner and it\u2019s by people that don\u2019t even look like them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"981\" data-attachment-id=\"59336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/meet-madison-young-utc-graduate-is-one-to-watch\/madison-cothern-24-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,981\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Madison Cothern, stands Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in the Shakespeare Garden.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1714486759&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Madison Cothern-24-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Madison Cothern-24-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Madison Cothern, stands Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in the Shakespeare Garden.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337-1024x837.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-59336 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337.jpg\" alt=\"Madison Cothern displays her Alpha Society medal.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337-800x654.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337-580x474.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/05\/Madison-Cothern-24-337-610x499.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madison Cothern displays her Alpha Society medal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cothern\u2019s hard work at UTC did not go unnoticed. Along with graduating as a Latin honors candidate, she was inducted into the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/alpha-society\">Alpha Scholastic Honor Society<\/a><\/strong>\u2014one of the University\u2019s oldest and most prestigious honor societies. She was also the recipient of a ThinkAchieve graduate award for the extracurricular work she did on campus, including her membership in the Freshman Senate and her work as a peer writing consultant in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/library\/services\/writing-and-communication-center\">UTC Writing and Communication Center<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after crossing the McKenzie Arena stage as the recipient of a bachelor\u2019s degree, Cothern was set to begin an online master\u2019s history program through the University of Memphis. She hopes to one day work in nonprofit education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time I got to UTC I was finally able to really explore my passion,\u201d Cothern said. \u201cI was able to hone in on that research interest and have the time to get materials together so I would be ready to apply to grad school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt very much allowed me to have that jumping ground to be able to start my career, but I was also able to intellectually push myself as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madison\u2019s mom, Chasney Zulueta, stands as one of her biggest fans and constant supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMadison is definitely a trailblazer,\u201d Zulueta said. \u201cShe\u2019s one to watch. She\u2019s definitely going to give back what was poured into her.\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\/health-education-and-professional-studies\/school-of-education\/student-resources\/undergraduate-programs\">UTC School of Education Undergraduate Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/alpha-society\">Alpha Scholastic Honor Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 20 years old, Madison Cothern was one of the younger graduates participating in University of Tennessee at Chattanooga commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 4. 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