Ninety-year-old woman is oldest person to graduate from Illinois university

Joyce DeFauw gets bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University over seven decades after she first stepped on campus

Joyce DeFauw of Illinois has given a whole new meaning to the term super senior, used for students who take longer than the usual four years to get their undergraduate degrees.

On Sunday, the 90-year-old received a bachelor's of general studies from Northern Illinois University more than seven decades after she first stepped on campus, becoming what officials believe to be the eldest person to ever graduate from the school.