82-Year-Old Woman Graduates From University of Maryland
An 82-year-old Maryland woman has made her dreams a reality after she graduated from college earning a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Mae Beale has been working as a licensed practical nurse at health care and government agencies in Washington, DC. While working at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, she found her skills in event planning.
“My supervisors thought I had something special,” Beale told WJLA-TV. “When I was working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, I organized some large events and everybody was impressed with it, so I started coordinating their IT information conferences.”
In 1994 Beale decided to make a career out of event planning and launched her own event planning business called “In Grand Style.” Beale later went back to school to earn her associate degree in business management at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.
Then a few years ago, Beale, was in her late 70s at the time, decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree to help her grow her business.
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