Tiger Stories

This episode is the fourth in our special summer series on Tiger Stories, focusing on how Chattanooga State has adjusted to the events of the last three months. How has COVID-19 impacted us? How is our College thinking about this moment in history? You'll find out in these special episodes featuring students interviewing members of our campus community about these uncertain times.

In this episode, two students talk to each other -- Amanda Witt and Edward Smith, both radio communications majors -- about how the transition to online classes impacted both of them. This is a fun episode looking at how two students are coping with the ongoing pandemic and the changes on campus.

ChattState is committed to keeping our community safe and healthy. Find out about our ongoing response to COVID-19 and get important information about resources at our web page: www.chattanoogastate.edu/coronavirus-…us-community

If you'd like to be a part of Tiger Stories, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QtNc4_33i-PL3SGJyYVJ-EMiyuoJwkaf/view?usp=sharing

This episode is the third in our special summer series on Tiger Stories, focusing on how Chattanooga State has adjusted to the events of the last three months. How has COVID-19 impacted us? How is our College thinking about this moment in history? You'll find out in these special episodes featuring students interviewing members of our campus community about these uncertain times.

In this episode, student Edward Smith talks to the Director of Financial Aid Reed Allison, who has a real passion for helping students understand their finances. Reed shares some of the ways the financial aid office has shifted since March 2020, adapting to a virtual environment for communicating with students. He also shares what he knows about how Chattanooga State implemented the CARES Act funding, with the many adjustments from the Department of Education's guidance and the need to collaborate with the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) to ensure funds were distributed correctly.

The financial aid office hopes you'll check out the financial aid guide they've put together: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/sites/default/files/financial_aid_handbook.pdf

You can get more information about federal financial aid here: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/studentfaqs515.pdf

For information about how the CARES Act funds impact your finances, this link may help: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-higher-education-emergency-relief-fund-and-emergency-financial-aid-grants-under-the-cares-act

ChattState is committed to keeping our community safe and healthy. Find out about our ongoing response to COVID-19 and get important information about resources at our web page: www.chattanoogastate.edu/coronavirus-…us-community

If you'd like to be a part of Tiger Stories, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xYkNezXPqbzRYrjVghNCDU_EoKcqBgr3/view?usp=sharing

This episode is the second in our special summer series on Tiger Stories, focusing on how Chattanooga State has adjusted to the events of the last three months. How has COVID-19 impacted us? How is our College thinking about this moment in history? You'll find out in these special episodes featuring students interviewing members of our campus community about these uncertain times.

In this episode, student Zennia Kiah NeSmith talks to our new Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Quincy Jenkins. They find out that they're both "academic athletes" who love to read and learn. They also talk about the important work of listening to and understanding one another in this time of #BlackLivesMatter protests and other political events. We also find out that coming to Chattanooga State as a student has inspired Zennia to continue her education past an associate's degree.

ChattState is committed to keeping our community safe and healthy. Find out about our ongoing response to COVID-19 and get important information about resources at our web page: www.chattanoogastate.edu/coronavirus-…us-community

If you'd like to be a part of Tiger Stories, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b3TTA4UzcQ4TJdcztJmVlEynA_qjA9i_/view?usp=sharing

This episode launches a special summer series on Tiger Stories, to talk about how Chattanooga State has adjusted to the events of the last three months. How has COVID-19 impacted us? How is our College thinking about this moment in history? You'll find out in these special episodes featuring students interviewing members of our campus community about these uncertain times.

In this episode, student Macy Tidmore talks with Executive Director of Plant Operations Guy Davis about the way campus operations are shifting in a COVID-19-informed world. What cleaning and security protocols are in place? What will it look like when people return to campus soon? And, we find out how the geese are doing, too.

ChattState is committed to keeping our community safe and healthy. Find out about our ongoing response to COVID-19 and get important information about resources at our web page: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/coronavirus-information-campus-community

If you'd like to be a part of Tiger Stories, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p_ybghETx00TFbEn3YvufIWT8KrJ9eiJ/view?usp=sharing

Gary Satin has just graduated with his associate's degree (in May 2020), and he's preparing now to transfer to a 4-year school to pursue medicine as a career. As a participant of ChattState's honors program, Global Scholars, Gary taken advantage of a number of on-campus opportunities. He was recently selected as a Jack Kent Cooke scholar, a prestigious award that will fund his undergraduate and graduate studies in full, as well as providing him with a supportive network of program alumni to advise and mentor him. In this episode, Gary talks about coming back to college after a few years out of school, his family's decision to move to Tennessee and the supportive environment he found at Chatt State.

Gary is a student using the Tennessee Reconnect program's funding; if you'd like to learn more about that, check out this web site: https://tnreconnect.gov/

If you're curious about our honors program, find out more here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/global-scholars

If you'd like to share YOUR Tiger Story, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hRw5C7Z1bp4wUw7g_nSDgGyzJ_AABePL/view?usp=sharing

Jacob Hedrick is a mass communications major at Chattanooga State who hopes to work in production for National Geographic or MGM DreamWorks someday. He's an adult student (26 years old) and using the Tennessee Reconnect program to help pay for his classes. He also plays soccer on campus and finds that time spent in the library after his classes ends each day helps him stay focused and decompress.

Jacob is a student using the Tennessee Reconnect program's funding; if you'd like to learn more about that, check out this web site: https://tnreconnect.gov/

If you're curious about the mass communication program, find out more here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/mass-communication-as-ttp

And be sure to keep up with Today @ChattState on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pO3q1uocosgHTXVfV1ZoA

If you'd like to share YOUR Tiger Story, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mekx3jL4Z-yf7F3XzUD4CXIwI3Jug5Nh/view?usp=sharing

Bailey Shetter is a student in the Collegiate High program, a partnership between Hamilton County and Chattanooga State. She's been taking classes on our campus since her freshman year of high school, and she will be graduating a year early and attending college a year earlier than planned. In fall 2020, she will begin her studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she hopes to major in genetics and minor in Spanish. Bailey says she may want to go to medical school, but even if she doesn't, she's interested in working in medical research; her sister has been chronically ill for a couple of years, and Bailey is motivated to be one of the doctors her sister needs.

If you're curious about our honors program, find out more here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/global-scholars

If you'd like to share YOUR Tiger Story, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LL1lUyYvjUIFkwff3FmhHOZTZPcMRXxy/view?usp=sharing

Edward Smith is first-year mass communications student at Chattanooga State. He dreams of working in satellite radio, and he's learning the skills he needs to succeed in that career field through his classes and his work at the ChattState radio station, the WAWL ("the Wall"). In this episode, he talks about coming back to college after spending time working in warehouses -- and realizing he wanted to do something more interesting and fulfilling with his life. He also shares the experience of working at the on-campus Print Shop and getting assistance from the Tiger Cupboard his first couple of weeks on campus.

Make sure you bookmark and listen to the WAWL, streaming online 24/7 here: https://wawl.org/

Edward is an active member of the private Chattanooga State Students Facebook group! If you're a member of the ChattState community, we encourage you to join (be sure to enter your campus email address to be confirmed): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChattStateStudents/

If you're curious about the mass communications field of study, find out more here:

* Associate of Science: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/mass-communication-as-ttp

* Associate of Arts: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/mass-communication-aa

* Associate of Applied Science - Digital Media Design: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/digital-media-design-production-aas

* AAS - Journalism: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/journalism-concentration

The Tiger Cupboard provides food to members of our community. To find out more or to submit a request, visit: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/tiger-cupboard

If you'd like to share YOUR Tiger Story, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hJY5En4DFh_ANvFxWC3cVn_nu3GQfbFH/view?usp=sharing

Jaccie Jones is an International Affairs major and in her final year at Chattanooga State; she will graduate in December. As a participant of ChattState's Building Outstanding Service Scholars (BOSS) program, Jaccie has been able to develop better communication and leadership skills and participate in a number of service opportunities. Her group also took a fantastic trip to Washington, DC, with the ChattState Veterans Club in spring 2018. In this episode, Jaccie shares her story of coming to college after dropping out of high school and struggling to complete her GED. She also shares an important and timely message for faculty and staff who are working with students around the covid-19 crisis unfolding in March/April 2020.

Jaccie is studying International Affairs; to learn more about that degree, visit https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/international-affairs.

The BOSS program is available to all students! Find out more here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/boss

The Student Support Center is Jaccie's home-away-from-home on the ChattState campus. See all the fabulous resources available there here: http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/ssc

The Psychology Club is one of the most active and supportive student organizations on campus, too! Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/798661767176341/

Get information about Chattanooga State's response to covid-19 here: https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/coronavirus-information-campus-community

If you'd like to share YOUR Tiger Story, reach out! We're at [email protected].

Access a transcript of this episode here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RenNyk2PCHHCiCF3WQ_Qvh1ubRru0Hg2/view?usp=sharing

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

If you'd like to share YOUR Tiger Story, reach out! We're at [email protected].

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