BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University student Shaheerah Maria Davis, daughter of Malcom Davis of Des Moines, has accepted the $2,000 Fairhaven College Opportunity Scholarship Fund for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The Fairhaven College Opportunity Scholarships are awarded to students in Western’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies with criteria defined by a selection committee and the dean of Fairhaven.

Davis graduates this June from Big Picture School in Burien. She will begin her major in pre-dentistry in the fall as she pursues her goal of becoming a dental hygienist. Her activities include volunteering at the Puget Sound Skills Center, Pacific Science Center, Big Picture High School GIRLS Group Founder, and she is a Blood Drive chairwoman for PSSC.