Media across U.S., India highlight 88-year-old earning bachelor’s degree
NBC News, People Magazine, FOX, the New York Post, India Today, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and other news outlets nationwide highlighted Joan Alexander, who earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from UMaine more than six decades after she started working toward a degree. At the age of 88, she is likely the oldest undergraduate degree recipient in UMaine’s 160-year history.