An 80-year-old woman has graduated from Ohio State University after illness and other responsibilities forced her to drop out 50 years ago.
Olivia Burnett walked for graduation at the Schottenstein Center Sunday, receiving her bachelor’s degree in child and youth studies from the College of Education and Human Ecology. She was just a few credits shy of graduating in 1973, but had to quit school after having extensive surgery and then having to take a job to provide for her family.