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CONCORD, New Hampshire 鈥� A 99-year-old Maine woman has graduated from college 75 years after a $5 fee kept her from getting her diploma on time.

Beal College in Bangor awarded Jessie White her degree during a special ceremony on Friday hosted by Alan Stehle, the college鈥檚 president.

White told ABC 黑料社 that the special ceremony was wonderful and a lot of fun.

White was supposed to graduate in 1939, but couldn鈥檛 afford the $5 transcript fee.

A friend who recently learned of her decades-old predicament called Stehle, who paid her balance and set up the ceremony.

White, a Maine native, received her degree in stenography and bookkeeping.

White suffered a disability from a polio infection, but she persisted until she landed a job and worked for years as a bookkeeper.

White said finally getting her degree made her feel 鈥済reat.鈥�

鈥淣ever give up learning. They say when you give up learning you grow old,鈥� she said, according to ABC 黑料社. 鈥淪o I don鈥檛 intend to give up learning.鈥�