By participating in Western Nevada College’s Jump Start program, Maria Whitaker graduated from WNC in spring 2020 at the same time she was graduating from Churchill County High School.

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WNC News and Notes: BYU political science major looks back on her Jump Start experience

That Maria Whitaker is able to take upper-division courses as a first-year university student shows that education has been a high priority in her life.

• By By Western Nevada College
• December 22, 2021