title:
Running through Time: Former Student Athlete Panel audio
creator:
Tennessee Technological University. Office of Student Affairs. Office of Multicultural Affairs
creator:
Campbell, Charria
creator:
Irby, Morris
creator:
Fabrizio-Grzesik, Amanda
creator:
Omiyale, Frank
creator:
Jones, Frank
creator:
Young, Vernita
creator:
Tennessee Technological University. Division of University Advancement. University Development
subject:
Forums (Discussion and debate)
subject:
Videoconferencing
subject:
COVID-19 (Disease)
subject:
Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles (Football team)
subject:
Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles (Men’s basketball team)
subject:
Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles (Baseball team)
subject:
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae
subject:
African American youth
subject:
African American college students
subject:
African American young adults
subject:
College students
subject:
Young adults
subject:
Adults
subject:
African American adults
subject:
College teachers
subject:
Universities and colleges -- Employees
subject:
College athletes
subject:
African American college athletes
subject:
Baseball
subject:
Baseball players
subject:
African American baseball players
subject:
Basketball
subject:
African American basketball players
subject:
Basketball players
subject:
Football players
subject:
African American football players
subject:
Football
subject:
Athletic trainers
subject:
Women athletic trainers
subject:
Sports medicine
subject:
Graduate students
subject:
Women graduate students
subject:
African American graduate students
subject:
First-generation college students
description:
Audio recording of a Zoom video conference discussion among three Black Tennessee Tech student athlete alumni and one athletic training graduate assistant about their experiences at Tennessee Tech and advice for current students and athletic employees. Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes, 3 seconds. File size: 72.3 MB. The discussion began with an introduction of the four participants: Morris Irby (Class of 1971 and 1977), Frank Omiyale (Class of 2014), Frank Jones (Class of 1977), and Vernita Young (Class of 2004). Topics include the challenges of being a minority at Tech, the transition to college or graduate school at Tech, the impact of attending Tech on their lives and what a college education meant to them, importance of networking in college and the college town, what support they had while at Tech, how to meet people and get involved beyond athletics in college, pride in graduating especially for those who were first generation college students, pride in other accomplishments at Tech, staff and teachers who influenced them, and favorite memories of Tech and the Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center.
date:
2020-10-19
type:
Sound
format:
mp3
identifier:
MC_20201020_002
language:
eng
temporal:
2020s
spatial:
Cookeville (Tenn.)
rights:
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