4 short years ago, my daughter sweet Melissa Hayden Potter enrolled in Clemson on a Palmetto Fellow scholarship. Even as a child, she was driven towards Excellence. She has not had the typical college career. At 22 years old, her curfew has been 6:30 pm because Hayden is a Live In RM for 3 Clemson Life students. Hayden has sacrificed her time to take an active roll helping others day to day. Hayden was accepted into Vanderbuilt for her Masters in Special Education. She has declined and will be employed as a Resource teacher at Easley High. I recommended she get her Masters now but she declined. She told me she needed to get in a classroom now to help change others now!
At 2:00 she will walk across the stage and get her Diploma. She will graduate Top 3% of all Clemson students. Suma cume Laude. 3.96 GPA! My heart is happy.