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FRESHMEN AT SOUTHERN
UNIVERSITY WRAPPED UP IN THE
LAST TEN MINUTES. WE MET ONE
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTWHO LOST HER FATHER AT
A YOUNG AGE. NBC LOCAL33'S
KENNIDI WALKER HAS THE YOUNG
LADY'S STORY OF LOSS,
INSPIRATION, AND NEW
BEGINNINGS.
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FOR THIS 18 YEAR OLD NOT
GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE ISN'T
AN OPTION I think he'd be
really proudSHAWNTAE BAILEY
WAS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS MOVING INTO THEIR
DORMS AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
AND IS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY
TO ATTEND A UNIVERSITY it's
making me kind of nervous
because I've never been on my
own before, but I'm kind of
excited. WORKING HARD
THROUGHOUT HER CHILDHOOD SHE
SAYS SHES BEEN WAITING ON THE
MOMENT TO GO TO COLLEGE AND
MAKE HER FAMILY PROUD I was
close to the top of my class.
I ended up with a 3.8 GPA. My
brother went to college but he
dropped out so I want to be
the one to finish.LOSING HER
DAD AT THE AGE OF SIX SHE SAYS
SHE'S DOING THIS FOR HIM If I
feel like giving up I'll think
about him and what he'd sayHER
COUSIN OLIVIA GEORGE HELPED
HER MOVE IN AND SAYS SHE
WISHES BAILEY'S DAD COULD SEE
THE YOUNG WOMAN SHES TURNED
OUT TO BE ácryingá He took
care of them until his last
breath so I know hes very
proud of herGEORGE SAYS SHE
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KNOWS HE'S LOOKING DOWN ON HER
FROM HEAVEN I know he's
getting his second-line on.
hes doing a buck-jump...
cousin. THOUGH HER DADS NO
LONGER HERE BAILEY SAYS SHE IS
GRATEFUL THAT HER OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO HELP HER
MOVE IN AND THAT NO MATTER HOW
HARD IT GETS SHE WILL NOT QUIT
I'm just not going to give
up because I know he wouldn't
want me to give upKENNEDI
WALKER NBC LOCAL 33
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BAILEY IS MAJORING IN
PSYCHOLOGY AND HAS DREAMS OF
BECOMING A CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST
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LETS GET A CHECK OF THE
