Jordan Vasquez-Evans \u201922 is headed for great things. She earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in business management and entrepreneurship in June and, at the age of 20, is on a path to earn a Master of Business Administration degree from EWU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was watching an Eagle basketball game when she received notice from the Financial Aid Office that she\u2019d been chosen to receive a Golden Eagle Scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was very surprised and grateful because I\u2019ve been paying for college all by myself. When I got the news, I felt even more motivated and excited to do my program and continue schooling,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vasquez-Evans, a first-generation student who is on her own to pay for all of her educational and living expenses, works about 30 hours a week between her jobs at the Eagle Store and nannying for a family in Spokane. In addition, she has a business creating balloon garlands and arches in her hometown of Kennewick, Washington, and here on campus for fraternities and sororities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vasquez-Evans, who hopes to someday open a property management company in the Tri-Cities, has a message for the retirees: \u201cThank you guys so much for recognizing me, and providing that breakfast where I got to go meet everyone, and for making me feel special \u2013 and for just taking so much stress off of my schooling here,\u201d she says, \u201cIt\u2019s just all appreciated, so thank you so, so much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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