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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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Alabama Power retiree Vivian Cunningham earns Samford University degree at 78

Alabama Power retiree Vivian Cunningham earns Samford University degree at 78
By Sean Flynt
May 13, 2021
Vivian Cunningham, a 78-year-old Alabama Power retiree, visits Samford University in advance of her recent graduation with a bachelor s degree in liberal studies. The last year of her Samford studies was virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Stephanie Douglas/Samford University)
Alabama Power retiree Vivian Cunningham graduated from Samford University recently at the age of 78. There was no easy path to her degree, and long breaks might have become permanent if not for family, friends and Samford faculty and staff who encouraged her when she wasn’t sure she could go on. ....

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'If I Could've Done Cartwheels Across the Stage': Great-Grandma Earns College Degree at Age 78 (Watch)

Army Col. Rob Barnes, along with Samford Office of Professional Studies director
Bryan Gill and associate director
Nicole B. Otero with keeping her on track.
“I felt like I wanted to quit at times, but they were behind me 100%,” she said. “They kept pushing me.”
Cunningham spent 29 years working as a custodian and then as the head of the mailroom for the Alabama Power Company before retiring in 1992. She then used the company’s tuition reimbursement program to earn an associate degree in paralegal studies from Virginia College, but wasn’t satisfied.
“AARP tells us to take some classes and do something instead of just sitting down and being retired, so I kept going,” she said. ....

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Great-grandmother earns a college degree at 78: 'I really love learning'

Great-grandmother earns a college degree at 78: I really love learning
TODAY
5/11/2021
Scott Stump
Vivian Cunningham s lifelong passion for learning led her to a moment she won t forget over the weekend when the 78-year-old great-grandmother was handed her college diploma from Samford University.
If I could have done cartwheels across the stage, I would have, Cunningham told TODAY.
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78-year-old great-grandmother receives degree (Stephanie Douglas / Samford University)
The retired Alabama Power Company worker, mother of two, grandmother of three and great-grandmother of three spent six years working toward her degree in liberal studies at the university in Birmingham, Alabama.
I say follow your dreams, don t let anyone tell you it can t be done, keep pushing and keep God in the plan, she said. ....

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