Kristen Hopper is graduating in May with her associate's degree and looking forward to transferring to a 4-year school to study psychology. She shares the story of how she came to ChattState, started in the welding program, and was working -- and earning a great income -- in that field before a debilitating car wreck cut short her ability to do that job. Her story is an inspiring tale of tenacity and dogged pursuit of education.

If you're curious about our honors program, find out more here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/global-scholars and see their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/globalscholarschattstate/

Find out more about studying Welding Technology at TCAT here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/welding-technology

The Wilder-Naifeh grant is detailed here: https://catalog.chattanoogastate.edu/content.php?catoid=24&navoid=4498

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Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gvMZ7lhzUunLcNc-LWRCRkIyoHfckXxg/view?usp=sharing