{"591387":{"#nid":"591387","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graduate Spotlight: Cameron Schriner","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt took Cameron Schriner longer than some to earn a degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech. But the 27-year-old learned a lot about himself along the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe began his Georgia Tech education at the Savannah campus and was there for about three and half years. When that location stopped offering undergraduate classes, he transferred to Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchriner was behind in credits and realized he\u0026rsquo;d need more than four years to graduate. Around that same time, his younger brother started college, and Schriner knew it would be a heavy financial burden on the family to have two kids in school at the same time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe worked extra jobs to pay for some of the expense on his own. He ultimately took a year off to build up a financial safety net.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the year off I actually really, really missed Tech,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;d already put so much time into school and I was really passionate about engineering. I had to come back. I had to finish.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EComing back wasn\u0026rsquo;t easy. It was hard watching friends graduate and start their careers, while he was often the oldest student in class.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I kind of soldiered through it, which makes me really proud of myself for not just dropping out when it got hard,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Schriner \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KMyUAhsm8tU\u0026amp;t=18s\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"After taking a year off from Georgia Tech, Cameron Schriner graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2017-05-04 20:14:55","changed_gmt":"2017-05-09 15:23:04","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591562":{"id":"591562","type":"image","title":"Cameron Schriner ","body":null,"created":"1494343164","gmt_created":"2017-05-09 15:19:24","changed":"1494343164","gmt_changed":"2017-05-09 15:19:24","alt":"Cameron Schriner overcame personal challenges to earn his degree from Georgia Tech. ","file":{"fid":"225457","name":"Screen Shot 2017-05-09 at 10.18.27 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-09%20at%2010.18.27%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-09%20at%2010.18.27%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":927759,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-09%20at%2010.18.27%20AM.png?itok=Y6I8C5z5"}}},"media_ids":["591562"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}