COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 66-year-old woman named Aliza Burton is making waves. She’s set to graduate from the University of South Carolina with honors: magna cum laude on Monday.
“I’m nervous, and I don’t know why. It’s just the culmination of a lot of years of hard work and putting myself out there, and now it’s done,” Burton said.
Burton said that when she started college 48 years ago, she didn’t do well and faced financial constraints, self-doubt and societal pressures. But she promised herself she would finish school and earn her degree…