78-year-old graduate fulfills lifelong dream of earning college degree

She is a grandmother, great-grandmother and now a college graduate.

Vivian Cunningham is a grandmother, great-grandmother and now a college graduate. The 78-year-old graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 8. "I was amazed. I really felt great." said Cunningham. "The only thing I can say is I was just elated. It feels good to be, you know, have gone through that educational process." Cunningham, who was a single mom of two in the 1960s, worked as a custodian and then in the mailroom at the Alabama Power Company. The company offered to reimburse her college tuition.