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From high school dropout to PhD: The unlikely journey of student commencement speaker Kirstan Gimse

This winter commencement's student speaker took a more unusual — but no less rewarding — path to graduation.

Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/from-high-school-dropout-to-phd-the-unlikely-journey-of-student-commencement-speaker-kirstan-gimse/

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