'We had three children, and then he passed away. I was a widow of five years,' Joyce said.
90-year-old grandma and college student Joyce Defauw is set to graduate from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb IL after dropping out in the 1950sIn just a few days, Joyce Defauw will finally wear her cap and gown and officially cross the stage at Northern Illinois University. It's a journey that began in 1951.
Joyce grew up in a small farming community outside the Quad Cities, going to grade school in a one-room school house. A few years after dropping out of college to get married, Joyce's life took another turn.Joyce eventually remarried and had six more children. That college diploma seemed further away.Now a grandmother of 17, Joyce said while she didn't think much about returning to college, it was always a wish.
So, with the help of her adult children, Joyce, who was no longer driving, began taking classes using a computer, she said, for the first time. In four years of taking classes, Joyce was on campus only once, when Northern Illinois University honored students doing well after the first semester. Now, she will return in-person to finish the journey that began nearly 70 years ago, with a message for others, like her younger self.
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