81-year-old to graduate Rockland Community College after 4 decades
An octogenarian is set to graduate college this weekend in Rockland County. Trudy Murdock, of New Hempstead, is set to graduate from Rockland Community College this weekend with a liberal arts degree.
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May 19, 2016, 2:47 AM
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An octogenarian is set to graduate college this weekend in Rockland County.
Trudy Murdock, of New Hempstead, is set to graduate from Rockland Community College this weekend with a liberal arts degree. The 81-year-old started the journey over 40 years ago.
She put her education "on hold" to raise a family. Four years ago, she decided to jump back into her studies, much to the surprise of the other students.
"I was 77 when I came back to classes, and they just were very surprised - 'gee my grandmother doesn't even use a cellphone,'" she says.
While her classmates helped her with things like computers, she helped teach them about her firsthand experiences, which the students would only have learned from history books.
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