10/27/10

In the News: 86-year-old studies for first college degree

After a long career in the insurance industry, Jerry Cole, 86, is working on his first college degree. He is studying organizational leadership and supervision at Purdue's College of Technology at Lafayette.

Cole said he wanted to attend college because it seemed like the appropriate time. "Why not take the time out and go to Purdue since I didn't take the time to do it when I should've," he told the Lafayette Journal and Courier.
 
Read the Journal and Courier story.

See and read the WLFI story.