More than five decades after she enrolled in her first college course, Rita Garson is about to achieve her lifelong goal of becoming a college graduate.
University of Colorado Boulder student Rita Garson is set to graduate at age 76 on May 11, five decades after she started college
“There’s this idea that the only goal of higher education is graduation, and to me, that’s just a milestone,” said Dawn Fettig, associate director of academic advising for the College of Arts and Sciences. “This has been a lifetime goal of hers and she reached for that goal and didn’t give up,” Warren said. “Even though it has been hard at times to get the classes done and to meet the requirements that needed to be met, she never gave up. I’m extremely proud of her for sticking with it.”
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