A new Scholarship at Northwest Missouri State honors the name of an alumnus who died while hiking last year.

The scholarship that was announced this week honors the name of Jeremy Barlow. Barlow was a music and finance student at Northwest who graduated in 2003.

He died while hiking with friends in Arizona last September. The scholarship set up by his widow will award a full-time student enrolled in applied piano or other music courses.

Barlow’s legacy will provide a way for students to develop, enjoy and share their passions for music and for life, just as he did, said Dr. Ernest Kramer, Northwest professor of music.

“The Jeremy Barlow scholarship is a great financial resource for qualified students since it is a scholarship awarded purely for excellence in applied keyboard, especially harpsichord,” said Kramer, who teaches piano and harpsichord courses as well as music history and composition. “Unlike other keyboard scholarships, it has the important benefit of not being a service-related contract that requires outside work by the recipient.”