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HEALTH
Not into bingo, 84-year-old Texas Hospital

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woman gets college degree Imsan- San Nicolas
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up less than one percent ... she just kept plugging wanted to graduate and Prof. Taxi 588 0035
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according to the National front-row seats in a class. turer. She married, spent TRAVEL INFO
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Carmel Dyer, executive di- ment — enlivened discus- in 2012. She also worked on CRUISES
rector of the UTHealth Con- sions. her associate degree for
sortium on Aging at The Carol Cirulli Lanham, a se- two decades before earn-
University of Texas Health nior lecturer in sociology, ing it in 1995.q
Science Center at Houston.
Fein took part in a state pro-
gram that allows people December 17
ages 65 and older to take carnival Sunshine
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Texas. About 2,000 people AID FOUNDATIONS
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the Texas Higher Education
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Fein said she wanted the Tel. 736 2952
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