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When Auburn University students cross the stage at Auburn Arena during graduation, they normally do so with their support group of family and friends cheering them on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In May, Anna Wilson, who majored in industrial and systems engineering, crossed the stage to loud applause \u2014 with her mother by her side.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anna, who is quadriplegic, but she has never let her disability hold her back. She graced the cover<\/a> of the fall 2016 edition of Auburn Engineering magazine, where she told her story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anna was accidentally shot by one of her siblings 15 years ago. The bullet went through her skull, barely missing her eye, and lodged in the C2 and C3 vertebrae.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Since the accident, Carla Wilson has been by her daughter\u2019s side and was with Anna all through her Auburn experience. Along with assisting Anna in all her day-to-day needs and pushing her wheelchair around campus, Carla also functioned as Anna\u2019s note-taker in class.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Carla Wilson with her daughter Anna.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI am really glad the professors were supportive of me going in and taking her notes because I really enjoyed some of those classes,\u201d Carla said. \u201cI may not have understood it all, but I liked experiencing the different atmospheres and teaching styles.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Graduation held extra special meaning for the Wilson family as Anna is the first one in the family to graduate from a university.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anna is currently in graduate school at Auburn. After completing her master\u2019s degree, her goal is finding a job relating to health care in industrial and systems engineering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI want to go into health care and lean engineering is a newer field that has been used within health care over the past 10 years. It has solidified my interest in the field and the direction I would like to go in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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