{"id":9511,"date":"2013-08-15T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T20:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2015-04-27T09:56:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:56:42","slug":"graduate-student-achieves-at-national-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/graduate-student-achieves-at-national-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate student achieves at national pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Educational workshops, anxiety-ridden interviews, and some fun were mixed into the week leading up to the Ms. Wheelchair America 2014 Pageant, where UTC graduate student and Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2013 Bliss Welch was named 1<sup>st<\/sup> Runner Up.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data-attachment-id=\"9512\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/graduate-student-achieves-at-national-pageant\/da6-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,852\" 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=\"Da6-03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bliss with her husband, Jeremy.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03-1024x681.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-9512 \" alt=\"Bliss with her husband, Jeremy.\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Da6-03-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bliss with her husband, Jeremy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Welch was pursing the Master\u2019s in Accountancy degree when she entered and won the Tennessee pageant with the encouragement of family and friends. She\u2019s got something to say about shifting the focus from what people with disabilities cannot do to what they can do.\u00a0 Welch wants to raise awareness of \u201cthe abilities of those with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a disability is not a reason to stop living your life and dreaming big. Most of the time the only person stopping you from making your dreams a reality is you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/DisabilityResourceCenter\/\">UTC Disability Resource Center<\/a> has been a source of support for Welch.\u00a0 She has remarked that everyone who works in the office is positive and very helpful to her in many aspects of her academic career.<\/p>\n<p>Center Director Michelle Rigler and her staff work tirelessly to promote inclusion at UTC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur campus culture has improved tremendously over the past five years in regards to people with disabilities. More buildings are fully accessible, more faculty have a strong understanding of disability access issues, more staff think about the impact of disabilities when planning programming,\u201d Rigler explained.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Day6-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data-attachment-id=\"9514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/graduate-student-achieves-at-national-pageant\/day6-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Day6-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,852\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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visited Westview Elementary, Wolftever Creek Elementary and Snow Hill Elementary classrooms to talk with children about the importance of accepting individual differences.\u00a0\u00a0 In her blog, Welch said she answered several excellent questions from young students at Wolftever Creek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first question was if I would be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. \u00a0 I told them that because of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jain-foundation.org\/\">Jain Foundation<\/a> I had high hopes I would NOT need a wheelchair for the rest of my life. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jain-foundation.org\/\">The Jain Foundation<\/a> is doing an amazing thing in the science\/research world by bringing scientists and researchers together to share data with the hopes of finding a cure\/treatment sooner. \u00a0The second question was asked by a young lady. \u00a0She wanted to know what would be the first thing I would do if there was a treatment and I was cured. \u00a0WOW!! \u00a0Talk about being put on the spot. \u00a0I have often dreamed of being cured but never what my &#8216;first&#8217; action would be. \u00a0I really had to stop and think. \u00a0My answer, of course, involved my daughter Annabelle. \u00a0If I was cured, the first thing I would want to do is to scoop Annabelle up and run outside\u2014to chase her around the yard and roll around in the grass with her. \u00a0She loves to be outside. \u00a0I can see it just as plain as day in my mind, can you?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational workshops, anxiety-ridden interviews, and some fun were mixed into the week leading up to the Ms. Wheelchair America 2014 Pageant, where UTC graduate student and Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2013 Bliss Welch was named 1st Runner Up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/graduate-student-achieves-at-national-pageant\/\">Continue Reading 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