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Great-grandmother graduates from college at 78: Follow your dreams

A great-grandmother is making headlines for graduating from an Alabama university at the age of 78. Vivian Cunningham received her bachelor’s degree in liberal studies at Samford University’s commencement ceremony over the weekend. She told Today, “If I could have done cartwheels across the stage, I would have.” Vivian Cunningham / Twitter via Stephanie Douglas Samford University The former seamstress reportedly spent six years working toward her degree. She moved to Birmingham from Atlanta as a single mother of two in the late 1960s, where she spent 29 years working a custodial job at the Alabama Power Company. She ultimately worked her way up to managing the mailroom. Cunningham also took advantage of the company’s tuition reimbursement program. After she retired in 1992, she continued taking classes and earning course credits from several colleges in the Birmingham area.

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Army Col. Rob Barnes, along with Samford Office of Professional Studies director Bryan Gill and associate director Nicole B. Otero with keeping her on track. “I felt like I wanted to quit at times, but they were behind me 100%,” she said. “They kept pushing me.” Cunningham spent 29 years working as a custodian and then as the head of the mailroom for the Alabama Power Company before retiring in 1992. She then used the company’s tuition reimbursement program to earn an associate degree in paralegal studies from Virginia College, but wasn’t satisfied. “AARP tells us to take some classes and do something instead of just sitting down and being retired, so I kept going,” she said.

Great-grandmother earns a college degree at 78: I really love learning

Great-grandmother earns a college degree at 78: I really love learning TODAY 5/11/2021 Scott Stump Vivian Cunningham s lifelong passion for learning led her to a moment she won t forget over the weekend when the 78-year-old great-grandmother was handed her college diploma from Samford University. If I could have done cartwheels across the stage, I would have, Cunningham told TODAY. © Stephanie Douglas 78-year-old great-grandmother receives degree (Stephanie Douglas / Samford University) The retired Alabama Power Company worker, mother of two, grandmother of three and great-grandmother of three spent six years working toward her degree in liberal studies at the university in Birmingham, Alabama. I say follow your dreams, don t let anyone tell you it can t be done, keep pushing and keep God in the plan, she said.

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