{"id":142066,"date":"2025-04-30T20:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142066"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:45:51","slug":"mcdonalds-employee-in-easton-pa-receives-college-degree-through-archways-to-opportunity-at-colorado-technical-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142066","title":{"rendered":"McDONALD\u2019S EMPLOYEE IN EASTON PA Receives College Degree through Archways to Opportunity at Colorado Technical University"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Receives College Degree through Archways to Opportunity at Colorado Technical University<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Easton, PA \u2013 Jasmine Riquelme, a General Manager at the 3rd Street McDonald\u2019s in Easton, has become the first recipient of a college diploma in the Lehigh Valley through McDonald\u2019s Archways to Opportunity program.<\/p>\n<p>A graduation celebration will be held on May 7, 2025, at 10:00 AM at 3rd Street McDonald\u2019s (201 S 3rd Street, Easton, PA 18042).<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2015, Archways to Opportunity has provided tuition assistance for McDonald\u2019s restaurant employees, helping over 90,000+ individuals nationwide pursue their education. Jamren Organization currently has about 25 employees enrolled in the program, which includes options like ESL classes, high school diplomas, and college degrees through Colorado Tech University.<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine, who joined Jamren Inc. in 2017, expressed gratitude for the opportunity, stating, \u201cI never thought a college degree was attainable for me.\u201d Her future plans include \u201cinspiring others to pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of Jasmine\u2019s achievement and hope her story motivates others within our McDonald\u2019s family,\u201d said James McIntyre, local owner\/operator.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Archways to Opportunity, visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archwaystoopportunity.com\">http:\/\/www.archwaystoopportunity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nErin Laubach<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receives College Degree through Archways to Opportunity at Colorado Technical University &nbsp; Easton, PA \u2013 Jasmine Riquelme, a General Manager at the 3rd Street McDonald\u2019s in Easton, has become the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142066\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McDONALD\u2019S EMPLOYEE IN EASTON PA Receives College Degree through Archways to Opportunity at Colorado Technical University<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5718,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easton","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/archway-to-op.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}