{"id":16051,"date":"2016-09-02T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=16051"},"modified":"2016-09-02T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:30:47","slug":"my-clemson-jeanine-brown-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/my-clemson-jeanine-brown-15\/","title":{"rendered":"My Clemson: Jeannie Brown \u201915"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n\"Jeannie<\/a>
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\nMy Clemson experience was many years in the making.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I was nine, I went to live with my grandmother. My great aunt took me to Clemson games, where I learned Clemson history and traditions. Each year my Christmas present was going with my aunt to see Clemson play in their bowl game. I dreamed of playing in Tiger Band and becoming a nurse. When I wasn\u2019t accepted to Clemson my senior year in high school, I was very disappointed, but determined never to give up on that dream.
\nI started taking classes at Greenville Technical College, but marriage and two children interrupted my education. In 2002, I returned to school and graduated as a respiratory therapist.\u00a0Working full time, I attended Tri-County Technical College, graduating in 2012 as a registered nurse. It was a busy time \u2014 our son played basketball and participated in high school band, and our daughter cheered and danced on a competition team, but we never missed a beat.
\nI held on to my dream of becoming a Clemson graduate. At the age of 40, I applied to Clemson\u2019s RN\/B.S. nursing program and was accepted to begin in the spring of 2015. It was an outstanding program and very manageable for a working nurse. But I had one more dream to fulfill \u2026 to play in Tiger Band. I worked it out with my boss to adjust my work schedule so that I could attend band camp and practice throughout the fall. My Clemson dream was coming to pass.
\nI couldn\u2019t wait to put on my uniform and play \u201cTiger Rag\u201d for 80,000 fans in Death Valley, but I never expected to have such an outstanding football season \u2014 I went to Syracuse, the ACC Championship, Miami for the Orange Bowl and all the way to Arizona for the National Championship.\u00a0Who would have dreamed all this?
\nOn December 17, 2015, I graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in nursing, and my diploma hangs in a central location in my home as a reminder that with hard work, you can accomplish your dreams.<\/p>\n

No matter where life takes me, my blood will always run orange. I\u2019m Jeannie Brown, and this is MY Clemson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nPhotos courtesy Imagine Studios.<\/a>
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