UW-Eau Claire: Blugold grows from high school dropout to college graduate

Jeremiah Coey admittedly was a challenging student who dropped out of high school after being told by teachers and family that college was not a viable option for him. “Everyone knew I was smart and told me I had all this potential, but all I was doing was wasting it,” Coey recalls. “I actually loved the learning part of school; I hated the structural and authority part of school. They said I wasn...