“My parents influenced me through their everyday actions. They would always say, ‘Whenever you can help, you have to help,’ and that stuck with me.”
Seek academic challenges
Clemson nursing major Hoang Nam Huynh, a native of Da Nang, Vietnam, was in high school when he moved halfway across the world to pursue a better education and more opportunity in America. He wanted to be the first in his family to enter the medical field so that he could focus on helping people as much as he could.
Lead by serving
He started out by volunteering. First, he worked with Little Steps in Greenville as an advocate for teenage parents who were still going to school and providing for their young families. He volunteered with Palmetto Health in Columbia, South Carolina, hosting events to benefit parents and children in need.
Learn from the nation’s top educators
When it came time to look at colleges, Nam looked nationwide, but he quickly learned that one of the country’s best nursing schools was right down the road at Clemson University. With nursing degree programs ranging from bachelor’s to doctorate-level all accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and NCLEX (nursing board examination) pass rates well above the national average, he realized his next move might not be as far away as his last one, but it would go the distance in his pursuit of a brighter future.
“The Clemson University School of Nursing is a nationally recognized program focused on equipping students to make a tangible difference in health care. As we prepare nurses for professional practice and advance nursing scholarship, we are shaping the future of nursing and health care.”
— Kathleen Valentine, Ph.D., Chief Academic
Nursing Officer and Director, School of Nursing
