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Growing from a small organization offering a handful of classes to local students to a multi-campus system serving more than 1,600 students each semester, Kenai Peninsula College marked its 60th anniversary with an open house event highlighting its rich history and local impact, drawing more than 400 students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members.

Launched as part of a brand refresh, the new tagline — "Your Journey," "Your Community" and "Your Impact" — captures distinct-yet-interconnected elements of what ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ offers and represents, addressing different audiences while reinforcing a cohesive narrative.

Media entrepreneur and business alumnus Brad Hillwig named ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Department of Journalism and Public Communications’ Atwood Chair of Journalism for the 2024-25 academic year

Earlier this summer, middle school students spent five days on the Anchorage campus delving into the science behind rust and decay as part of a corrosion chemistry camp led by mechanical engineering associate professor Raghu Srinivasan.

For Diane Hanson, Ph.D., professor emerita of anthropology, retirement is not the end of a career discovering Alaska’s prehistory, but rather the opening of a new chapter. Hanson is currently working on a proposal to return to Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands to investigate an archaeological site she visited decades earlier.