Shoreline resident earns scholarship from WWU

Western Washington University student Colleen O’Toole King, daughter of Sheila and Clarence King of Shoreline, has accepted a $1,000 J. Ruth Kelsey Merit Scholarship for the 2014-2015 academic year. The scholarship is awarded to a student whose experience in the student practicum demonstrates potentially outstanding teaching skills.

King graduated from Shorewood High School in 2011 and is expected to graduate from Western in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Art Education. She hopes to become a high school art teacher after graduation.

Western Washington University is located in Bellingham, Washington.