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74-year-old grandmother graduates from college alongside granddaughter

74-year-old grandmother graduates from college alongside granddaughter By Kelly Hayes article Pat Ormond and granddaughter Melody Ormond both graduated Nov. 20 from from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Pat earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology. Melody earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology. (Photo credit: Provided / UTC Expand CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A grandmother graduated alongside her granddaughter from a university in Tennessee, supporting each other along the way and creating a memory the two of them will certainly cherish forever. Pat Ormond, who turned 75 this month, graduated on Nov. 20 with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Her 22-year-old granddaughter, Melody Ormond, received a bachelor’s degree in psychology, the university said.

Pat and Melody Ormond, Grandmother and Granddaughter, Graduate University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Together

Last month, 42 years after she took her first college class, Pat Ormond received a bachelor s degree in anthropology from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). And the 74-year-old did so alongside her 22-year-old granddaughter, Melody. I always knew that I was going to graduate from college, Melody told CNN. I just never knew that my nana was also going to be there. Pat, who is just shy of turning 75, took her first college class at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta in 1978. After one semester, she dropped out to move to Chattanooga. While she took occasional classes at UTC in the decades that followed, she never did manage to get a degree.

Grandma, 75, Graduates College Alongside Granddaughter, 22: We Can Do Anything

Grandma Who Quit College 42 Years Ago to Raise Family Graduates Alongside Granddaughter A grandmother who sacrificed her college education to work and raise her kids has graduated with a bachelor’s degree beside her 22-year-old granddaughter. Melody Ormond convinced her grandmother Pat, 75, to enroll at the University of Tennessee–Chattanooga (UTC) with her to give her life a new focus. Pat rose to the challenge, inspiring everyone that it’s never too late to achieve your dreams. Melody Ormond and her grandmother, Pat, at the graduation ceremony. (Courtesy of Melody Ormond) “Nana has seen and experienced a lot of things,” Melody said, according to a UTC news release, “and I would like to be able to say that when I’m older.”

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