Penley earns Kaplan University diploma

Published 11:27 pm Thursday, February 24, 2011

Shirley Penley of Niles has been awarded an associate of science degree in interdisciplinary studies from Kaplan University.

Penley’s accomplishment was celebrated during a live graduation ceremony on Feb. 5 in Miami.

Bill Richardson, former two-term governor of New Mexico, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. energy secretary and multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominee, served as the commencement speaker.