{"id":3382,"date":"2017-04-24T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/honors\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2017-04-24T09:26:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:26:20","slug":"meet-our-scholars-miranda-isaaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/honors\/2017\/04\/24\/meet-our-scholars-miranda-isaaca\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Scholars – Miranda Isaaca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Valerie Lick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cI kind of knew that I wa\"\"s coming to UT from day one,\u201dsays Miranda Isaaca, a second-generation Vol.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Miranda, who is scheduled to graduate in 2018, is a Public Administration major with a minor in Italian. She\u2019s very passionate about politics, which can be seen from her involvement with SGA. As a member of the Government Affairs Committee, she\u2019s getting some experience with the field. \u201cWe call a lot <\/em>of legislators!\u201d she laughs. Miranda isn\u2019t just involved on UT\u2019s campus; she\u2019s a volunteer leader at Bearden High School.<\/p>\n

Italian and Public Administration don\u2019t have a whole lot in common. But, Miranda notes, Italy\u2019s politics are very complicated and interesting. She\u2019s certainly got enough first-hand experience \u2013 last summer, she spent six weeks studying abroad in Italy. She also spent time in Switzerland on the same trip, staying with her aunt and uncle. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely one of the best things I\u2019ve done in college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another favorite experience of Miranda\u2019s is just getting involved on campus, and meeting people who share her interests. \u201cOne of the best things was\u2026 meeting people, like in SGA, who just genuinely care about the people they represent,\u201d she says. SGA won\u2019t be her only first-hand experience with politics. She\u2019s applying for several summer internships with local and not-so-local elected officials. As a member of both the CHP and the Baker\u2019s Scholars program, Miranda is starting her thesis \u2013 an examination of youth unemployment in Italy, and how it\u2019s been affected by policy. She\u2019s proud to be taking on such a complicated project. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting but also terrifying!\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n

Miranda\u2019s glad to have been with the Chancellor’s Honors Program because of its effect on her academics. Striving for a holistic education, she found that it enabled her to take some classes that the everyday student couldn\u2019t. \u201cIt\u2019s more than what happens in the classroom, and [honors] has given me that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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