Peggy Dunn’s mother, who lives in Arizona, recently told her daughter she was sorry she wouldn’t be able to make it back Saturday to see Peggy graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Illinois Springfield.
Her daughter reminded her that it’s not like she hasn’t seen it before.
When Peggy Dunn, 62, got her master’s in history Saturday — joining 693 other graduates, out of the 1,198 who were eligible to participate — it was her third such degree, to go along with two bachelor’s degrees and a doctorate. It’s her second UIS degree.
She says she keeps going to school “because of the challenge of learning new things. I love that challenge.”
Dunn's story was featured in a May 16, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
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