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For Elia Zonio \u201923, Transylvania professors have been an essential part of her undergraduate experience. Like many first-year students, she expected college to be an easy transition and was surprised when the adjustment was tougher than expected. The professors she had during her first term played an enormous role in keeping her engaged while she found her place in the Transy community. \u201cThey are the biggest reason why I didn\u2019t leave, and I\u2019m so glad I stayed,\u201d she reflected. \u201cIt has turned into the best college experience I could have asked for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zonio originally planned to major in theater and minor in sociology, following in the footsteps of her father, who holds a Ph.D. in sociology. But her plans changed after her first year of college, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced theaters to close and moved social justice issues, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, to the forefront of the national discourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zonio, who had already been taking first-year education classes focusing on injustice, found herself drawn to learning more about the roots of inequality. \u201cI did lots of reading during the eight months I was home for COVID,\u201d she said, \u201cand I decided I wanted to change my major.\u201d After consulting with her adviser, professor Carole Barnsley, the two began the process of building the committee that developed Zonio\u2019s self-designed major in social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The social change major is \u201ca mix of education, religion, history and women\u2019s and gender studies courses looking at inequalities,\u201d Zonio said. \u201cI’ve really been able to take so many different professors, and, therefore, have so many different points of view and fields of study informing how I am learning about social inequality. My classes are geared towards what I am interested in, and I know my professors are passionate about those things too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past three years, her academic interests have expanded outside of the classroom. Since 2021, Zonio has participated in a Transy and race working group where campus and community members partner together to explore and discuss racial issues on and off campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has also had the opportunity to work as professor Leslie Ribovich\u2019s research assistant. \u201cI\u2019m offering editing comments to one of my professors,\u201d she laughed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zonio sees Transy\u2019s small class sizes and tight-knit academic community as advantageous. \u201cThe \u2018Transy Bubble\u2019 is really awesome,\u201d she said. \u201cYou find your people and get connected to professors and alums. The students and professors have a lot of collaboration. It\u2019s really cool to see how proud people are to be at Transy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Zonio\u2019s favorite campus memories took place in a different kind of bubble, during the 2020-21 school year amid the COVID pandemic. On a winter night, Zonio and her friends \u201cwent and had a snowball fight in front of Old Morrison for two hours and then walked around downtown Lexington in the snow,\u201d she remembered, noting that the night was extra special because, at the time, \u201cit was one of the rare opportunities to do something and have fun because everything was shut down.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As her time at Transy comes to an end, Zonio is applying to graduate and divinity programs \u2014 Duke Divinity School is currently her top contender \u2014 and hopes to eventually do diversity, equity and inclusion work at churches and other Christian institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zonio is grateful for the role donors have played in making a Transy education affordable for her and her family. \u201cFrom freshman year onward, almost all of my tuition has been covered by scholarships,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t think Transy would be the same without donor support. It would be a completely different student body population, and I think that\u2019s so important to what Transy is. If it weren\u2019t for those scholarships, I wouldn’t have been able to come here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As 2022 concludes, your donation to Transylvania University can help students like Zonio have life-changing educational experiences. There are many ways to donate<\/a>, including gifts of appreciated securities and IRA contributions, as well as direct donations via check or credit card. As part of this year\u2019s \u201cRaise the Bar for Transy\u201d challenge, new donors or those who increase their gift from the previous year will have their donation tripled. Those who opt to renew last year\u2019s gift will have their contribution doubled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To count in the 2022 tax year, gifts must be postmarked or submitted online by 5 p.m. on Dec. 31. If you have any questions about how to give, potential tax benefits of giving or how to donate stock gifts, contact giving@transy.edu<\/a> or call 800-487-2679. Transylvania thanks all of those who have given generously of their time and money to support student success. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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