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‘Don’t quit’: 90-year-old woman graduates college 70 years after first enrolling

DEKALB, Ill. (WGN) — A 90-year-old great-grandmother became a college graduate on Sunday.

Walking across the stage to receive her college degree from Northern Illinois University was a moment 70 years in the making for Joyce DeFauw.

She is one of the oldest Huskies to ever graduate from the university.

“There’s so much going on that I can hardly fathom everything and take it in,” DeFauw said. “It’s fantastic.”

She first enrolled in what was then Northern Illinois State Teachers College in 1951…

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