Receiving the Black Colleagues Association President’s Office Book Scholarship sparked a new confidence in Ashley Shannon ’18, broadcast journalism major, 2016 Homecoming queen, and 2017-2018 Student Body Vice President. “Outside of the classroom its given me the opportunity to really believe in myself, to take chances, and to travel the world and to do a lot of things I didn’t think I was capable of before,” she said.

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