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StudentsOver30.com - The Ultimate Resource Guide for Nontraditional Students » Student Stories http://www.studentsover30.com The Ultimate Resource Guide for Nontraditional Students Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:01:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 79-Year-old Coed Who Dropped Out in 1949 Finally Graduates http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/senior-citizen-dropped-out-graduates/ http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/senior-citizen-dropped-out-graduates/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:47:08 +0000 Staff http://www.studentsover30.com/?p=294 Shirley Burns dropped out of Iowa State to marry engineering student Vic Smith in 1949. They lived in married student housing until he graduated. Last year, they returned from Oregon to Iowa State (and to married student housing) so she could finish what she started.On Dec. 19, the 79-year-old Smith will receive her diploma–60 years [...]

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]]> http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/medical-doctor-gets-bachelors-degree-after-50-years/feed/ 0 A Homer by Another Name: A Tale of the First Day of School for a Nontraditional Student http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/a-homer-by-another-name-a-tale-of-the-first-day-of-school-for-a-nontraditional-student/ http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/a-homer-by-another-name-a-tale-of-the-first-day-of-school-for-a-nontraditional-student/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:03:15 +0000 Staff http://www.studentsover30.com/?p=223 Do you remember your first day of school? I remember mine. Most of the other children had freshly scrubbed faces and cheery dispositions. Some were outgoing and precocious, asking everyone their names–that was me. Others were shy and just wanted to sit quietly. Then, there were those kids who just wailed hoping that their parents [...]

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]]> http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/was-it-worth-getting-a-college-degree-at-30/feed/ 0 You Are Never To Old To Go Back To School http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/never-to-old-to-go-back-to-college/ http://www.studentsover30.com/columns/student-stories/never-to-old-to-go-back-to-college/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:22:09 +0000 Staff http://www.studentsover30.com/?p=141 by Kay Jones You may have been out of school for 10, 15, or more years and you feel that you will not do well because you have lost touch. What you should realize is that now is the perfect time to go back to school. Why, because you have a desire. In our teenage [...]

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