Nola Ochs (née Hill) (November 22, 1911 – December 9, 2016)[1] was an American woman, from Jetmore, Kansas, who in 2007, at age 95, graduated from college and was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world to become a college graduate, until Shigemi Hirata in 2016.
[6][3][4][5] In 2006, Nola moved 100 miles from the family farm to an FHSU university apartment in Hays to finish her degree.
[6][3] During her first year at FHSU, Ochs told news reporters that after she graduated, she wanted to be a storyteller on a cruise ship.
[7][6][3] She earned a general studies degree with an emphasis in history, graduating alongside her granddaughter, Alexandra Ochs, who was 21 years old at the time.
After taking time to help with the family wheat harvest, Ochs started pursuing her master's degree in liberal studies from Fort Hays State University in August 2007.