Photo: Southern New Hampshire University
Annette Roberge certainly felt like a celebrity as she crossed the stage to get her diploma at 90 years old. "I'm still on cloud nine," Roberge said. "I can't even put it into words. It was exhilarating, it was awesome, it was beyond anything I could've possibly imagined." This degree has been decades in the making for the mother of five, grandmother of 12, and great-grandmother of 15. She began taking classes at New Hampshire College, now SNHU, in 1972 one year after her husband of 20 years was killed in Vietnam. She completed several night and weekend courses before it took a backseat to her five kids and two jobs. She retired at age 75, but she was a woman who loved learning, and she knew something was missing from her life. "If I started something I just have to finish it," Roberge said. But it wasn't until recently that Roberge's daughter began poking around and learned her mom had earned enough credits for an associate's degree in business administration. Roberge finally walked across the stage on Saturday to the roaring cheers from her fellow graduates and a standing ovation.
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