Barbara Leavitt slipped into a time warp Saturday morning as she took the 83rd graduating class from Allen County Community College back almost 40 years to when she was a student there.
Her share of rent, $25 a month; gasoline, 40 cents a gallon; and a full scholarship to ACCC, $37.50 a semester — “That would not even cover one credit hour today,” she said.
Leavitt graduated from ACCC in 1973 and made a career at the community college until her retirement in 2010 after 37 years. For much of that career she helped students secure student loans.
“She…
