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June 16, 2023

Service Therapy Dog Is Given “Dogtorate” by University of Maryland Baltimore

Graduation is a big day for anybody, but it's especially exciting for a 5-year-old Rottweiler named Loki. The clever pup has been training as a service therapy dog while her owner, Dr. Caroline Benzel, was working through medical school. This Tuesday, she was awarded an honorary “Dogtorate” of Medicine by the University of Maryland Baltimore as recognition for her contributions to patients at the hospital.

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June 1, 2023

72-Year-Old Graduates College and His 99-Year-Old Mom Proudly Attends the Ceremony

Learning is a lifelong journey. While some people go to college early, others have a different scholastic route. For Sam Kaplan, he spent 50 years out of the classroom before eventually finding his way back at the age of 68. After enrolling in Georgia Gwinnett College, he worked toward achieving a degree in Cinema and Media Arts. The now-72-year-old proudly crossed the stage on May 11 and was cheered on by his 99-year-old mother.

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May 24, 2023

93-Year-Old Grandmother Finishes Visiting All 63 U.S. National Parks With Her Grandson

From the deserts of Southern California to the lush forests of Alaska, the U.S. possesses an incredible diversity of nature. For most of her life, Joy Ryan never saw the landscape beyond her home state of Ohio. Then, when she was in her mid-eighties, her grandson Brad Ryan decided to take her on a journey to all of the U.S. National Parks—a mission that ultimately took eight years to complete.

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