Compass 2 Campus program at WWU helps fifth-graders see college future

Hundreds of students cheered them on, and smiles lit up the faces of three fifth-graders as they received college diplomas from Western Washington University.

Though the diplomas were fake, the excitement was real for Joselyn Orozco, Collin Averill and Jazmin Bermudez.

“I was so excited, I nearly jumped up and down,” Jazmin said.