The heartwarming story of how 100-year-old Harriet Richardson Ames ’31 received her B.Ed. the day before she died was picked up by the Associated Press and quickly spread around the world. The article appeared in major US newspapers, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and hundreds of other outlets nationally and in Canada.

It received extensive national radio and TV coverage, and was cited by CBS News, Minnesota Public Radio, Forbes Magazine online, The Huffington Post, and many other niche blogs.

It also ran in The Guardian (Manchester, UK), the Belfast Telegraph, the New Zealand Herald, and even in India.

If you missed the video of her, watch it here.

A way lot more people know about Keene State today than they did two days ago!