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

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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