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Most parents only get to watch their child walk across the stage at the end of their college careers, but Jim Clements , the president of Clemson University, got to personally oversee his daughter's graduation.

When Clements' daughter Grace graduated in May from the university's ClemsonLIFE program — a program that teaches independence and job skills to students with intellectual disabilities — her father was the one to hand her the diploma. Overcome with excitement, she jumped into a hug so strong it sent them both to the ground.

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When Grace Clements was about to receive her degree from her father, Clemson University President, Jim Clements, she got really excit

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