Western Washington University student Roben Lauren Herrick received a $1,000 WWU Associated Students Childcare Voucher Award for the 2012-2013 academic year.

The WWU Associated Students Childcare Voucher Award is awarded to student-parents who have attended Western for the entire 2011-2012 academic year and have been enrolled for a minimum of nine undergraduate credits or six graduate credits per quarter. Students must also be in good academic standing.

Herrick, mother of three children, is a graduate of Lopez Island High School. She is a junior majoring in Law Diversity and Social Justice in Western’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies.