Published Jul 26, 2024

Students seeking scholarships for Kachemak Bay Campus’s fall and spring semesters have until mid-August to apply.

The campus offers scholarship applications in a packet format for both fall and spring semesters. The packet application for the fall semester needs to be submitted to the campus by Aug. 12 at 5 p.m.

The packet application includes materials for multiple scholarship opportunities with various eligibility criteria. Students who submit all required documents will be considered for each scholarship they are eligible for. Required documents include a general application form, a personal essay and a financial needs assessment form.

The personal essay will include responses to three questions. There are specific guidelines indicated on the application form and some simple essay writing tips.

Scholarships available for the fall semester include: a limited number of Kachemak Bay Campus tuition waivers and a scholarship, the South Peninsula Hospital Foundation scholarship, the Mary Epperson student support and scholarship endowment and the Kachemak Bay Rotary Club Scholarship.

“We get a lot of students who think ‘scholarships aren’t for me’ and don’t bother to apply, but the message we like to try to get to the students is that if you take the effort to apply, we can probably get you some aid.”



Published Jul 25, 2024 by Kris Capps

The unique Composing in the Wilderness program enters its 12th year in 2024.

It is not a class. It is not a workshop. It is a one-of-a-kind field course, a shared wilderness experience for adventurous composers from around the world. These talented composers spend time in the backcountry of Denali National Park, under the wing of expert guides, naturalists and scientists.

They soak up the specialness of the park and then translate their experience into original music. All that happens in the span of one week.

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival’s New Music Ensemble CORVUS then rehearses and performs those pieces.

This year, the Composing in the Wilderness concert will happen twice — the first concert is at 4 p.m. Saturday at Davis Concert Hall at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The second concert is at the Denali Visitor Center auditorium at 1 p.m. Sunday.