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When Carolyn Price\u2019s mother told her, \u201cThere isn\u2019t anything you can\u2019t do<\/a>,\u201d she couldn\u2019t have imagined the far-reaching those words would have on her daughter\u2019s life — including becoming the oldest known doctoral recipient in Baylor history, at age 83.<\/p>\n Long before Baylor entered the picture, Price was following in her mother’s footsteps as an educator, community leader, and mother. She spent decades as a teacher in upstate New York, a businesswoman, and a lecturer at SUNY Cortland. And when the SUNY system instituted a new policy that all lecturers must have a doctoral degree, Price decided to go for it.<\/p>\n Living in a rural area before the prevalence of online opportunities, Price had long been unable to dedicate the time needed to pursue such a degree far from home. That changed with the advent of programs like those offered through Baylor Graduate and Professional Education<\/a>. Price, who actually attended a leadership management seminar offered by Baylor\u2019s Hankamer School of Business in 1979, learned of BU’s online doctor of education program<\/a> and quickly knew it was for her<\/p>\n Not surprisingly, she was the oldest student in her cohort, but her age wasn’t the only challenge she would face along the way. Early in her studies, she suffered broken bones after being knocked down by a dog — a difficult physical challenge for an octogenarian. But then an even bigger tragedy came her way.<\/p>\n