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Reaching for Scholarship Gold

Reaching for Scholarship Gold

For students, life-changing thoughts of attending college go hand in hand with sobering thoughts of how to fund a higher education degree. Most four-year graduates obtain their diploma in one hand and a whopping $30,000+ bill in the other hand. Thankfully, there are ways to bring that price tag down considerably, as Casey Karlsen, a recent graduate from Washington State University-Vancouver discovered. Scholarships are grants or payments made to support a student’s education, awarded based on academic or other achievements. These grants made by a variety of organizations, can shave thousands off the cost of a college education and allow students a more realistic amount to pay back after graduation.

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Vivian Mattila Walikainen is blessed with a husband of 25 years, six children and three grandchildren who keep her learning, growing, and slightly off-balance. She lives in Battle Ground and recently earned a bachelor's degree in human development from Warner Pacific College.

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