Arts Scholarship Winner
At the first Music in the Park Concert, the North Augusta Cultural Arts Council (NACAC) awarded the inaugural Arts Scholarship to Kristen Dollar. The $1,000 scholarship was funded by the NACAC and PowerServe (www.powerserve.net).
Kristen is a senior who plans to major in English and Religion at Furman University. Her application included two very well written submissions plus her own personal essay, giving the following excerpt as insight to Kristine’s talent:
“Writing enables us to understand one another; writing is our collective link. As an emerging writer, I seek to strengthen that link by unleashing the words confined within me, hoping to someday influence someone else as other writers have affected me.”
All Area II school district seniors who attended public school, private school, or home school were eligible. Applicants also must intend to enroll in an accredited college, university, or other institution of formal education in fall 2008 to pursue continued training in the respective art discipline. The six panelists, all NACAC board members, thoroughly reviewed all nine applicants before selecting Kristen.
Congratulation Kristen! We hopes this scholarship will strengthen your resolve to explore your writing skills.
In a world that values sports and under funds the arts, PowerServe has supported the North Augusta Cultural Arts Council (NACAC) since 2006. In 2007, Jeff Partl joined the Board of Directors and PowerServe donated a web site design, tri-fold brochure and financially contributed to the Special Arts Project in the area schools.