{"id":7312,"date":"2012-09-14T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:12:42","slug":"update-convocation-speakers-addressed-large-crowd-at-roland-hayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/09\/update-convocation-speakers-addressed-large-crowd-at-roland-hayes\/","title":{"rendered":"Update:  Convocation speakers addressed large crowd at Roland Hayes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chancellor Roger Brown told a large crowd gathered for UTC\u2019s Convocation 2012 he feels fortunate that more students and their families than ever continue to see the value in a UTC education.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7316\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9.59.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-attachment-id=\"7316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/09\/update-convocation-speakers-addressed-large-crowd-at-roland-hayes\/screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9-59-34-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9.59.34-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"641,427\" 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;0&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;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2012-09-17 at 9.59.34 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Warren St. John&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9.59.34-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7316\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9.59.34-AM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9.59.34-AM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-9.59.34-AM.png 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren St. John<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur students graduate with an average student loan debt of just over 13 thousand dollars, below the state and national averages and the lowest in the University of Tennessee system. In fact, UTC remains such a good educational investment, that U.S. News and World Report listed our campus among the Best University Values in the South in its most recent rankings\u2014they just came out yesterday [September 12], so this is hot off the presses,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s convocation address will be the last for Chancellor Brown at UTC.\u00a0 He will retire on September 30, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Interim Provost Mary Tanner also spoke at convocation.\u00a0 Dr. Sara Jorgensen, Assistant Professor, African and World History and chair of the First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) committee, introduced the guest speaker, author Warren St. John.<\/p>\n<p>St. John began with an apology to students who attended convocation.\u00a0 His book, <em>Outcasts United<\/em>, was selected as this year\u2019s FYRE book.\u00a0 St. John said if he had known when he was writing <em>Outcasts United<\/em> it would be put in the hands of recent high school graduates, he would have made it a lot shorter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7318\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-10.01.59-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"7318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/09\/update-convocation-speakers-addressed-large-crowd-at-roland-hayes\/screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-10-01-59-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-10.01.59-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"423,638\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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sought friends on the team who most resembled themselves, St. John befriended someone at Columbia who seemed more like him.\u00a0 He realized it was because everyone was \u201cscared out of their wits\u201d as they tried to make sense of their new surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe human impulse is to pull back and hide, to rush to the familiar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In Clarkston, it took a variety of personalities to create change, St. John explained.\u00a0 Someone had to \u201cstep out of their comfort zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also identified the Fugees coach, Luma Mufleh, as one person who \u201cmade it all happen\u2014a bulldozer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mufleh showed the Fugees her commitment to them and their families and her willingness to work with authority figures to effect change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want to be led!\u201d St. John said.<\/p>\n<p>[slickr-flickr search=&#8221;sets&#8221; 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