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DEKALB, Ill. -- Few people finish their college education in a retirement facility. But that's what it took for 90-year-old Joyce Defauw to complete her bachelor's degree in General Studies from Northern Illinois University, a milestone nearly seven decades in the making.
Joyce DeFauw gets bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University over seven decades after she first stepped on campus
A 90-year-old great-grandmother will remarkably graduate from college Sunday, 71 years after starting her studies.
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Joyce Defauw came from humble beginnings, growing up on a farm with her parents and three siblings. But education remained important in her life, and she became the first person in her family to go college.
A 90-year-old woman will finally walk across the stage and receive her diploma, 71 years after she first enrolled in college.