student perspective
M y B u l ld o g E x p e r i e n ce :
R'Najee Matthews Student Class: Graduate nal Leadership Major: Educatio n in student with a concentratio education affairs and higher t Point, MS Hometown: Wes te degree, I had te for my undergradua Sta i pp ssi ssi Mi to r’s student, that When I first came here. Now, as a maste ity un mm co a d fin elor’s in psychology no idea that I would Af ter earning my bach r. ge on str wn gro ly ed myself with, so I community has on community I surround the ve lea n’t uld co I t in 2020, I knew tha ational leadership. t my master’s in educ decided to stay and ge rural area, it , Black woman from a me co -in low n, tio ar, I era Being a first-gen . Before my junior ye s stacked against me ay alw re we a ds as od rked seemed that the dent loan money. I wo was running out of stu d what my ere nd wo tly lost a scholarship and et, but I constan me ds en ke ma ed to try assistance and receiv student worker to applied for additional I en wh s for at’ n Th so . be rea s my primary next steps would kept me going and wa ort pp su at Th U. MS a scholarship at graduating. Graduate Scholarship I. Nicholson Endowed e nic Ja . Dr the ing ich is helping me build Now, I am receiv ul for the support, wh tef gra so am I s. die t for my one-year-old to continue my stu through my career, bu nts de stu ure fut for t a legacy—not jus more. son I push myself to do daughter. She is the rea f ity. I’ve bettered mysel self and my commun my d fin to rship ce ola pla sch a MSU. And the MSU gave me rsonally by coming to pe d an lly lity. na rea a sio s fes am future and dre academically, pro me to make my own ed ow all s ha ing eiv support I am rec
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