Kenai Peninsula College (KPC) is pleased to announce the upcoming UA Scholars Celebration on Thursday, November 9th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the Walter E. Ward Building on the Kenai River Campus in Soldotna. KPC will honor and recognize the exceptional achievements of the Kenai Peninsula’s top-performing high school students.
According to Ruby Glaser, the Communications Specialist at Kenai Peninsula College, this event is very special, as it awards a substantial scholarship for students who are determined to pursue their college career in the near future.
“The US Scholars Program recognizes students who have achieved the top 10% of their class by the end of their junior year, and they receive a $12,000 scholarship to be used at any University of Alaska campus. And so we are doing a local celebration here at Union Peninsula College to celebrate our top students on the Peninsula.”
As Glaser said, this scholarship is for any Alaska school. if the student would like to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks, or University of Alaska Southeast, this scholarship would go directly towards their education.
And as for the event, it’s a way for attendees to have the opportunity to connect with University of Alaska representatives to learn about the all of the educational opportunities that are offered in Alaska.
“Yeah, we are just really excited. We were able to host an event last year as well and it was a lot of fun having the students attend alongside their families. It’s it’s just a great chance for us to recognize the students and all of their hard work and sort of teach them a little bit about the University of Alaska system and what might be available to them as. They’re sort of thinking forward to what is going to be their plan after they graduate this spring,” said Glaser.