Alumni

Each fall, Family Weekend brings the parents, grandparents, and siblings of current students to campus for several days packed with opportunities to share in school life—and there are great opportunities for alumni to participate, too! Alumni can join in the fun through supporting CRMS’s primary fundraising event - OysterBASH. OysterBASH, includes a silent auction; and Coffee House, a musical talent show featuring students and faculty. Our online silent auction items feature unique, hand-made blown glass, blacksmithing, jewelry, photography, ceramics created by our talented faculty, students, and alumni.

Become a Family Weekend/OysterBASH Sponsor

In 1965, students initiated the Scholarship Work Day event to help make a CRMS education available to others, regardless of their economic status. Since then, crews of students and faculty spend this day working in the greater Carbondale community doing household jobs, such as yard work, painting, cleaning, and landscaping, to help raise money to support the CRMS Scholarship Fund.

CRMS currently provides over $3 million annually in financial assistance to its students, many of whom are local-area students who choose the unique educational experience that CRMS provides. This year, 40% of all students at CRMS receive some level of financial aid. In addition to the money raised by the student work crews, the primary source of funding for Scholarship Work Day comes from local sponsors, and family and alumni supporters.

Become a Scholarship Work Day Sponsor