{"id":18054,"date":"2021-09-24T10:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=18054"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:20:32","slug":"new-transylvania-scholarship-honors-53-graduate-strengthens-sense-of-value-in-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2021\/09\/new-transylvania-scholarship-honors-53-graduate-strengthens-sense-of-value-in-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"New Transylvania award honors &#8217;53 graduate, strengthens sense of value in recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-810x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18057\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?attachment_id=18057\" class=\"wp-image-18057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-810x810.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-730x730.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-466x466.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-348x348.jpg 348w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_Harris-Scholarship-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Richard Harris &#8217;53<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-540x810.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18055\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?attachment_id=18055\" class=\"wp-image-18055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-540x810.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-233x350.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-487x730.jpeg 487w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-alumnus_William-Harris-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">William Harris &#8217;86<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>William Harris \u201986 has a family history with Transylvania University dating back to the World War I era. That\u2019s when his grandfather had to give up his Transy education because of financial challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Transylvania name lived on within the family, with second-generation Pioneer Ira Richard Harris &#8217;53 completing his education as a political science and history major.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy father, in some ways, probably thought his Transy years were among the best of his life,\u201d says Harris, a third-generation Pioneer and professor of mathematics at Georgetown College. Part of that experience included the opportunity to spend part of his junior year in Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lifetime later, after his father had passed away, Harris explains how he and his mother hoped to honor that part of his life that held so much meaning for him, while also doing something to help others. They created a political science and hisotry award program honoring Ira Richard Harris &#8217;53.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, two students are the first to receive the recognition: Karisma Keeton \u201922, a political science and French double major from Mount Sterling, Kentucky; and history major Bailey Wood \u201922, from Benton, Kentucky.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeton, also a Shearer Scholar, is a member of the choir, the Writing Center staff, an admissions ambassador and president of her sorority, Chi Omega.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-652x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18060\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?attachment_id=18060\" class=\"wp-image-18060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-652x810.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-282x350.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-587x730.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-1236x1536.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-1648x2048.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Bailey-Wood-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Bailey Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Karisma-Keeton-1-810x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18064\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-student_Karisma-Keeton-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/transylvania-student_karisma-keeton-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-18064\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Karisma Keeton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo have a Transy alumnus supporting me as I leave Transy and enter law school is amazing,\u201d says Keeton. \u201cIt signifies just how much of a community Transylvania University has. Pioneers are always looking out for each other, and finding ways to support and uplift one another. This is certainly the case with Professor Harris, and I could not be more grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the lasting impact of the award, Keeton adds, \u201cThis motivates me to maintain my passion for learning, even after walking across Old Morrison\u2019s steps next May. The Harris family\u2019s generosity has made me feel valued, validated and supported by Transylvania University.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wood, a first engagements scholar and a leader in her sorority, Tri-Delta, also speaks of the validation the award has given her. As she continues the challenging work of researching the difficult and largely unspoken racial history in her home county, she says she can\u2019t thank the Harris family enough for encouraging an aspiring historian.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a financially pressed college student, this award has meant the world to me and the development of my senior thesis,\u201d Wood says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With little previous historical research available and general reluctance by community members to discuss issues of racism, the road for Wood has been fraught. The award however, is providing essential reinforcement for Wood to meet the personal as well as practical challenges. It\u2019s helping to fund access to archives and the many four-hour trips to conduct field research and oral history interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReceiving this was just the support I needed in my time of doubt with developing my senior thesis and research,\u201d she adds. \u201cThere have been times I&#8217;ve considered ending my research and choosing a less controversial and polarizing topic that my hometown friends and family would be more on board with. However,\u201d Wood explains, \u201cI realize that talking about hard things is what moves us forward as a society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to helping to sustain the assistance for political science and history students, Harris also gives regularly to support the math program at Transylvania. Partly, he says, to honor his former professor and mentor David Shannon, and because \u201cI want the math program at Transy to flourish.\u201d And he wants to give back. \u201cThat may sound clich\u00e9,\u201d he says. \u201cBut again, just as Transy was a big part of my father\u2019s life, I want to honor and recognize the program that led me to my career path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one of the early recipients of a full-tuition scholarship to Transylvania in 1982, now known as the William T. Young scholarship, Harris was able to pursue his education without financial worries. He\u2019s also conscious of the broader implications and community-wide benefits of these scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were people in my cohort who wouldn\u2019t have been at Transy without that award,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt certainly made for a much richer college experience because of the people I was able to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Ira Richard Harris &#8217;53 award in political science and history has been awarded to Transylvania seniors Karisma Keeton and Bailey Wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8915,1489,12132,4288,4322,1873","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[132,419],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-18054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-admissions","tag-history","tag-political-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Transylvania award honors &#039;53 graduate, strengthens sense of value in recipients - Transylvania University - 1780<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ira Richard Harris &#039;53 Scholarship in political science and history has been awarded to Karisma Keeton \u201922, a political science and French double major from Mt. 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