In 1930 She Took Her First College Course During the Great Depression, in 2007, She Finally Received Her Bachelor's Degree: How Nola Ochs Became One of 'World's Oldest Graduate'?

In 1930 she took her first college course during the Great Depression, in 2007, she finally received her Bachelor's degree: How Nola Ochs became one of 'world's oldest graduate'?

Nola Ochs, celebrating her 95th birthday, made headlines as the oldest college graduate in the world after earning her bachelor's degree from Fort Hays State University. Her academic pursuits began in 1930, but she put her education on hold to raise a family. At 98, she didn't stop there and accomplished the incredible feat of earning her master's degree, symbolizing a powerful testament to lifelong commitment to education.

A 95-year-old who had taken her first college class in 1930 moved a hundred miles to a campus to complete a degree, and collected her certificate in the same ceremony as her granddaughter. She took a master's at 98 and kept enrolling in classes until she was 100.

She started college during the Great Depression and finished her degree 77 years later, walking across the stage with her granddaughter to claim what persistence—and a century of living—had finally made possible.