Anna Hamilton has spent more than half her life pursuing higher education and the 75-year-old has the degrees to prove it.
"I have a B.A with a chemistry major from the University of Western Ontario. I have a bachelor nurses of science from Laurentian University and a bachelor of business administration from Lake Superior State University," she explained.
Hamilton also has two degrees from Algoma University; one in computers and the other in psych. She's currently working on her sixth, this one in biology.
This week marks the 41st time she's had a first week of university. As for her lab partner, Jordan Winter, it's her first week of post-secondary education. At 17, she's one of the youngest students at Algoma.
"It just shows something that I've been taught from my parents and I've always believed in, you never stop learning," said Winter.
"I'm avoiding housework," Hamilton joked.
It has been 12 years since Hamilton took her first course in biology and next year she plans to receive her sixth and final degree.
While she will no longer be a student, you'll still see her around the school.
"I'll probably to continue volunteering as long as Isabella lets me in her lab," she said.
After 41 years of university courses at four different schools, Hamilton has some advice for her classmates.
"It doesn't matter what institution you go to, you're gonna find tremendous profs. You're gonna find great courses and you're gonna find stinkers. I can think of no other word that is polite to use. And it doesn't matter the size of the institution," she said.
Hamilton has been able to continue her education for the past 15 years in large part because of the free education Algoma University offers for people over 60 years of age.
