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This scholarship is going to allow me to finish my degree in a more timely manner

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than only being able to take a certain amount of credits at a time

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really, because I can't afford it. This scholarship really is allowing me 

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to be able to complete my dream of becoming an elementary school teacher

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these scholarships have allowed me to continue my education without

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them it would have been very difficult financially for me to continue studying 

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here at Western and so being able to continue being at this college 

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that I love so much and achieving the goals and the dreams that 

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I have set out for myself is something really special. 

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This scholarship has made an impact on me, because I've been able to complete my education this year otherwise

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I may not have been able to complete my major in criminal justice

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my lifelong goal or childhood goal 

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has been going into investigation and thats what I hope to do once I graduate

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I knew I wanted to go to Western beginning my senior year didn't really know how

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I was going to pay for it. Was banking on a couple scholarships I was able to 

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get enough scholarship money that I could come here my freshman year and figure it out

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from there. So this scholarship was kind of a tipping point for me. 

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I'm grateful for my scholarship money because I'm able to spend my time volunteering 

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and mentoring youth instead of needing to work full time while attending school.

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It gives me the chance to actually get to go to college which I am 

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so thankful for. I've always wanted to be an elementary school teacher and 

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you know that obviously doesn't pay that great. 

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It's awesome to have scholarships like this that help pay through school so I don't get overburden by loans

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It allows me to go to a school like Western 

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Oregon. Which is just an amazing place to be

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and it allows me to go college and get a degree and do something with my life

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Music

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I'm from a poor farmer where we don't have enough 

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money, so we thought that I wouldn't continue with my education.

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Without this scholarship I wouldn't be able to achieve my career

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goal working in wildlife management and doing field

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work for conservation biology. 

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Without the scholarships that I have received from Western especially this one I wouldn't of 

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been able to be here. I wouldn't have been able to come up with the money to be able to come 

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and get a formal education 

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Music

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Thank you! Thank you so much this

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is making my dreams for education and a good job and 

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being a professional in my field possible

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Out of all the people that they could of picked, they picked me and that's pretty cool

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I want to show them that I'm worthy of the scholarship that they gave me.

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It's just such a blessing

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and I hope that one day I can give back to my community the way that they have given to theirs. 

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Really words cannot describe how grateful I am for that 

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scholarship and I hope that at some point in my life I 

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will be able to give back to college students just like myself as these donors have done.

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I want to say thank you for giving me this scholarship

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and I appreciate everything that they have done

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I look forward to showing you more of my artwork in the future. 

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I really would just like to say a heartfelt thank you. 

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