I'm Wayne Davis. I'm the Interim
Chancellor at the University of Tennessee,
and I'm a first-generation
student. It made all the difference in
the world to me because it allowed me to
move forward with some of my dreams,
which I really wanted to be a high
school teacher. And then I went to
college, and then I decided I wanted to
become maybe a teacher in the university,
or a faculty member at a university, so. But it was extremely important for my
development of my career. I view the
first-generation student opportunity as
being one where they have an opportunity
to become engaged with our faculty,
even at the undergraduate level. When students engage in a research activity, or an
internship, or a co-op program - that
allows them to then really realize what
that education is all about. How we put
together the nurturing for
first-generation students is something
that I really love as a chancellor.
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