{"id":16504,"date":"2017-01-03T10:35:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T15:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=16504"},"modified":"2017-01-03T10:35:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T15:35:43","slug":"my-clemson-brian-burger-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/my-clemson-brian-burger-03\/","title":{"rendered":"My Clemson: Brian Burger \u201903"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16505 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/MY-CLEMSON-Brian-Burger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/MY-CLEMSON-Brian-Burger.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/MY-CLEMSON-Brian-Burger-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/MY-CLEMSON-Brian-Burger-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/MY-CLEMSON-Brian-Burger-705x471.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter high school, I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself. I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an infantryman and served with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment in Camp Lejeune, N.C.<br \/>\nAfter four years, three continents and 13 countries, I wanted to give back on a larger scale, and I knew I needed a formal education. One thing I didn\u2019t cultivate in high school or by crawling through swamps, though, was my academic skills.<br \/>\nWhen I applied to Clemson, it was a total Hail Mary based on my dismal high school GPA and SAT scores. The only thing I had going for me was four years of service in the Marines. To someone in admissions, that stood for something, and Clemson let me in. That sent a message to me that serving this country meant something to people at Clemson. And if they were going to take a gamble on me, I surely could not disappoint them.<br \/>\nWith unwavering support from my future wife, Amy, I worked relentlessly and graduated <em>cum laude<\/em> in mechanical engineering and was in three different honor societies. A degree from Clemson has opened so many doors for me. I really do bleed orange because of the chance they gave me.<br \/>\nMy second act at Clemson is to help more of our veterans come back to the workforce and bring the intangibles and leadership they honed while serving. Amy and I want to help them further their education at Clemson. We know firsthand how wonderful everyone here was when I was a struggling veteran getting re-immersed in 1999. The Veteran Resource Center is a clear display of the commitment Clemson has to veterans, and we couldn\u2019t be more proud to support it.<br \/>\nI am Brian Burger, and this is <strong>My<\/strong> Clemson.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Brian Burger is co-owner of Fathom 4,<\/em><em> a veteran-owned small business in Charleston that provides engineering services. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After high school, I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself. I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an infantryman and served with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment in Camp Lejeune, N.C. 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