http://www.fox8.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-lifelong-learning,0,6526514.story

By Associated Press
11:58 AM EDT, May 11, 2010

HAYS, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman who at age 95 became the world's oldest person to graduate college is about to top that accomplishment three years later.

Ninety-eight-year-old Nola Ochs (Oaks) will receive a master's degree from Fort Hays State University in Kansas on Saturday.

Ochs, of Jetmore, set a short-lived record in 2007 when she graduated from Fort Hays with a bachelor's degree. A 96-year-old man in Taiwan broke the record last year.

The Hays Daily News reports that Ochs will reclaim top honors when she receives a master's in liberal studies with a history concentration on Saturday.

Ochs says she intends to apply for a graduate teaching assistantship in Fort Hays' history department for next spring.

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Information from: The Hays Daily News, http://www.hdnews.net

This should be inspiration for everybody that you can accomplish your dreams.

Well said!!

One question - what incentive does she have to pay back her student loans? :lol:

This is nice, I guess. Seems kind of silly though. She's 98!

I think they just meant the oldest woman to graduate college and get a master's.

I think they just meant the oldest woman to graduate college and get a master's.

I figured that after I re-read it. So I changed my statement. My attitude is still the same, though, lol.

Good for her! You never stop living, loving or learning. I think she rocks.

I wonder if she is going to go for her doctorate? I hope she does!!

Wow that's awesome good for her. :clap

My freshman year of college, I had a professor who was 85. She was the sweetest woman ever. She started her college career in her 50's and went on to get her doctorate. She loved telling a story about a woman who got her master's at 90, and joked that she wanted to travel a bit before going for her doctorate.

I wonder if she is going to go for her doctorate? I hope she does!!
That would be awesome. :cool: :D