{"id":1291,"date":"2023-03-01T15:14:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T23:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees-new\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2023-07-24T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:26:28","slug":"published-childrens-author-receives-a-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/published-childrens-author-receives-a-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Published Children&#8217;s Author Receives a Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nan Whybark isn\u2019t your typical returning student.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After raising five children and retiring from a 25-year career as a para-educator, Whybark moved to Davenport, Washington with plans to return to college and earn a degree in studio art from EWU.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an older student. I\u2019ll be 70 in December,\u201d says Whybark, who was thrilled to be chosen as one of two students to receive a Golden Eagle Scholarship this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whybark arrived at EWU with an associate\u2019s degree she earned from Everett Community College some 15 years ago while working full time and taking night classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going back to school \u201cwas kind of a culture shock for me,\u201d Whybark says, \u201cbut I\u2019ve made lots of friends and I\u2019m really enjoying the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1293\" width=\"251\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-1089x1536.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-1452x2048.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2023\/07\/Nan-Whybark-scholarship-recipient-book-she-wrote-and-illustrated-scaled.jpg 1815w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lifelong artist and author of children\u2019s books, Whybark wove her talents into the fabric of elementary and middle schools in western Washington, working as an educator to enrich curriculum and provide opportunities for students to tap into their creative energies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has also authored a series of five children\u2019s books titled \u201cEarth to Irth\u201d that are written for ages 8-12, but have a much wider audience. Artwork on the cover, and on the inner chapter introductions, was illustrated by Whybark herself. A sixth book will soon be in the works to wrap-up the series. And, the education from EWU, supported by the scholarship from the EWURA, will further hone her illustrative talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat the retirees of this school would consider me \u2013 I just thought that was a great honor,\u201d Whybark says. \u201cIt\u2019s really helping to fund my education for the year while also giving me a lot of encouragement. I just feel special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nan Whybark isn\u2019t your typical returning student.&nbsp; After raising five children and retiring from a 25-year career as a para-educator, Whybark moved to Davenport, Washington with plans to return to college and earn a degree in studio art from EWU.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m an older student. I\u2019ll be 70 in December,\u201d says Whybark, who was thrilled to &#8230; <a title=\"Published Children&#8217;s Author Receives a Scholarship\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/published-childrens-author-receives-a-scholarship\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Published Children&#8217;s Author Receives a Scholarship\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28752,"featured_media":1312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scholarship-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/1294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/retirees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}