{"id":17090,"date":"2017-05-02T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=17090"},"modified":"2017-05-02T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:00:26","slug":"my-clemson-joey-wilson-17-duncan-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/my-clemson-joey-wilson-17-duncan-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"My Clemson: Joey Wilson \u201917 Duncan, South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My time at Clemson has been quite a ride. I watched the Tigers win their first football national championship in 35 years. I\u2019ve devoted my senior year to serving as undergraduate student body president. I met former Vice President Joe Biden while working in the fight against sexual assault. I\u2019ve traveled the world from the Balkans to China.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The thing that probably drives me the most is my desire to have an impact on the world and change Clemson for the better. Every morning when I wake up, I take some time and think about different things I could do to make someone\u2019s day a little bit better.
\nRelationships are so important.\u00a0I think in our generation one of the things that\u2019s lost right now is personal interaction. Some technology is great, but I think it\u2019s important to meet face-to-face with someone and have a real conversation. That\u2019s how you solve a lot of problems.
\nIn my travels, I\u2019ve learned that everyone is more similar than they are different. Everyone wants to be loved. Everyone wants to find happiness. Even if you don\u2019t speak the same language, just a smile and handshake goes a long way. It\u2019s not always about where you go. It\u2019s about who you meet and who you\u2019re sharing it with.
\nThe honors I\u2019ve received while at Clemson University have been humbling. It\u2019s been wonderful to have been named a Schwarzman Scholar and to have received the Astronaut Foundation scholarship.\u00a0I wouldn\u2019t be here without the support of my family, the Governor\u2019s School for Science and Mathematics, the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson, my research mentor Dr. Delphine Dean, all my professors and the Calhoun Honors College.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll miss Clemson after graduation. But I\u2019m excited about the next chapter in my life, and I will always be a Tiger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Joey is graduating this month with a degree in bioengineering and a minor in global politics and will be pursuing a master\u2019s in public policy at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, as a Schwarzman Scholar this fall. In 2018, he will move to England to pursue a Ph.D. in oncology as a Cambridge International Scholar at Cambridge University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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