BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University student Meagan Lynn Curran, daughter of Anthony and Daneen Curran of Des Moines, received a $2,000 Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Curran graduated from Mount Rainer High School in 2010 and she is expected to graduate from Western in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She currently has a 3.2 cumulative GPA.

Her goal is to eventually get her master’s degree in Administration and International Education.