Scholarships and Awards

Endowed and annual scholarships are awarded according to the criteria of each scholarship. These funds may replace previously awarded Hood institutional aid.

Endowed Undergraduate Scholarships

The Office of Financial Aid evaluates students on an annual basis for these scholarships. Students are evaluated based upon academic interest and academic progress. In order to be considered for an endowed scholarship, students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The Allegheny Power Scholarship
The Carol Lumb Allen ’59 and Caroline Finkenbinder Lumb ’30 Scholarship
The Martha Shortiss Allen ’59 Scholarship Fund
The W.A. Lantz and Bertha McCall, Class of 1906, Alumnae Scholarship 
The Anderson Family Social Work Scholarship
The Marycatherine Anthony ’74 Scholarship
The Sheila Seigal Asher ’53 Scholarship
The Alice McCusker Barnard ’23 Scholarship
The Mary Hendershot Bastian ’50 Scholarship
The Mariana Main Beachley ’36 Scholarship
The Sue and Ross Benitez Scholarship
The Mary Louise Hester Bennett ’30 and Elizabeth Bennett Wiegand ’60 Scholarship Fund
The Nettie C. Bentley ’28 Music Scholarship
The Muriel Binder ’33 and Mildred K. Binder ’40 Scholarship
The Christine Moyer Bloom ’22 Scholarship
The Board of Associates 50th Anniversary Endowed Fund for Student Scholarships
The Betty Bruce Borgerding ’35 Scholarship Fund
The Frances Good Crilly Bowers ’27 Music Scholarship Fund
The Olive L. Bowlin ’19 Endowed Scholarship
The William H. Browning, Jr. Community Scholarship
Laura Eaton Butler ’47 Scholarship
The Chug Scholarship
The Andrea Chapdelaine Endowed Scholarship*
The Martha E. Church H’95 Scholarship Fund for International Students
The Walter and Eleanor Church Endowed Scholarship
The Rhea Robinson Claggett ’36 and Mariamne Claggett Vickery ’80 Scholarship
The Class of 1932 Scholarship
The Class of 1948 Endowed Scholarship
The Class of 1957 Endowed Scholarship
The Class of 1962 Endowed Scholarship
The Class of 1967 Memorial Scholarship
The Class of 1968 Diversity Scholarship
The Class of 1969 Scholarship
The Class of 1976 Endowed Scholarship
The Class of 1977 Scholarship
The Class of 1978 Scholarship
The Class of 1979 Scholarship
The Class of 1980 Scholarship
The Class of 1982 Scholarship
The Class of 1984 Endowed Scholarship
The Class of 1985 Scholarship
The M. Virginia Coblentz ’33 Scholarship
The Ann Holler Cone ’38 and Frances L. Fuller ’39 Scholarship
The Edison H. and Daphne B. Cramer Scholarship
The Father Alphonse Crispo Scholarship
The Virginia M. Crist Scholarship
The Katharine E. Cutshall ’24 Scholarship
The Laura and Theodore Deforest Scholarship Fund
The Delaplaine Foundation Inc. Scholarship Fund
The Judge Edward S. Delaplaine Scholarship
The Robert E. and Ruth M. Delaplaine Scholarship
The William T. and Janie Quynn Delaplaine Scholarship
The Dona Ditty Memorial Scholarship
The Ann Marie Roulette Downey ’77 Early Childhood Education Scholarship*
The Carolyn Embree Drake '66 Scholarship*
The J. William and Sarah Thomas Drenning ’49 Scholarship*
The Nancy Hill Drew ’58 Scholarship*
The Dyer Work Award
The Elfin-Kawecki Scholarship Fund
The F. Virginia Ellis ’39 Scholarship Fund
The Helen Kirk Deputy Ellis ’27 and Mary Ellen Deputy Fowler ’33 Foreign Language Scholarship Fund
The Esselen Family Scholarship Fund
The Evangelical and Reformed Church Scholarships
The Sally Conrad Fauntleroy Scholarship (In Expression)
The Karen Louise Fisher ’77 Scholarship
The Jennifer Frantz ’97 Scholarship Fund
The Frederick Female Seminary Scholarship
The Lois W. Geib Scholarship*
The Margaret R. Geiser Memorial Scholarship Fund
The General Endowed Scholarship
The Giles Scholarship
The M. Fredrica Godshalk, M.D. ’65 Scholarship Fund*
The Griesemer Scholarship
The Gloria M. Grossnickle Scholarship Fund
The Ann Coulter Hancock ’40 Scholarship Fund
The Julia Etchison Hanna ’19 Scholarship
The Anne Keet Hanson ’34 Scholarship
The Virginia Shaver Harshman ’41 Scholarship Fund
The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship
The Lizzie S. Heckle Scholarship
The Carole King Heine '84 and Stephen K. Heine Scholarship*
The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Scholarship in recognition of President Ronald J. Volpe
The Carol Schulthess Hires ’68 Scholarship
The M. Beth Costello Hobby '67 Scholarship
The Hodson Scholarship Foundation Endowment Fund
The Hodson Trust Academic Excellence Scholarship
The Hodson-Gilliam Scholarship
The Nettie McCardell Hoffmeier Scholarship
The H.G. and Lula K. Hoke 1906 Scholarship
The Arlene Utz Hollinger ’37 Scholarship
The Carolyn Tillou Holran ’60 Scholarship
The Hood College Fathers’ Club Scholarship
The J. Harold Hooper Scholarship
The Sharon I. Hooper ’58 Scholarship
The Nancy Hoskins Houston ’51 Scholarship
The Judith M. Howe and Jane B. Olsen Scholarship*
The Richard Hudnut Scholarship
The Josephine Thompson Hunger ’40 Scholarship
The Huttle Scholarship
The Janice R. Hylen ’78 Memorial Scholarship
The Mary Rife James ’70 English Scholarship*
The Mary Rife James ’70 Nursing Scholarship*
The Lynne Reagan Johnson ’65 Memorial Scholarship
The Dorothy Richardson Jones ’31 Scholarship Fund
The Dean Mary Frear Keeler Scholarship
The Miriam W. Kelly ’34 Scholarship
The Joan Kempthorne ’54 Scholarship
The Carrie M. Kerschner Memorial Scholarship
The Marion Young and Roland "Bill" Klisch Scholarship*
The Drs. Klisch and Simonsen Scholarship
The Kurbyweit Scholarship
The Christine Lundt Lambertus ’69 Scholarship*
The John N. Land Scholarship Fund
The Elizabeth Ruth Langert ’38 Scholarship
The Louis A. Langie Jr. and Sally Weaver Langie ’51 Scholarship
The Latrobe-Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Scholarship
The Charles A. and Helen Titzel Lauffer Scholarship
The Lillian Zeigler Lavetan ’18 Scholarships
The Adele Edmunds Levering ’14 Scholarship
The Frederick Weir Levering Scholarship
The Margaret Loudon Lewis Scholarship
The Lewis & Snyder Scholarship Fund
The Charles J. Little Scholarship
The Arthur H. Long, Sr. and Lois Long Harley ’45 Family Scholarship
The Lonza Bioscience Scholarship
The Janet B. Loudon Scholarship Fund
The Mary and Daniel Loughran Scholarship
The Lowe-Bitler Scholarship
The Evelyn Barrick Mahoney ’34 Scholarship
The William Markow Music Scholarship Fund at Hood College
The Esther Taylor Marshall ’35 Scholarship Fund
The Timothy S. May Scholarship
The Susan McAlpine ’47 and Margaret McAlpine ’46 Scholarship
The William A. McCarty, Jr. and Elinor F. Herndon McCarty ’60 Scholarship
The McCullagh McCutcheon Scholarship Fund
The McCurdy Scholarship
The Paul F. Mehl Memorial Scholarship
The Merrick/Vosti Scholarship
The John D. Meyer Scholarship
The Joyce Michaud Endowed Scholarship
The Middendorf Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Nursing
The Nettie Morton Miller Scholarship
The Lorie Harris Morrell ’84 Scholarship
The Margaret J. and John C. Motter Scholarship
The Mullison Scholarship Fund
The Kathleen A. and Charles F. Murphy Scholarship
The Margaret S. Neely Hood Scholarship
The Wayne C. Neely Hood Scholarship
The Eleanor MacMillan Nelson ’32 Scholarship
The Elisabeth Farber Neubauer ’45 Scholarship
The New York Times Scholarship
The Charles and Kathryn Nicodemus Scholarship Fund
The Kathryn Zimmerman Nicodemus H’05 Music Scholarship
The Stephanie Lundy Normann ’56 Scholarship
The Ines M. Oertel ’96 and Carsten Oertel Scholarship*
The J. Edward and Jessie Spielman Omwake Scholarship
The George W. and Edith Osmun ’18 Scholarship
The J. Elyse Pade ’54 Scholarship
The Elizabeth Walton Paiste ’32 and Ethel Hobson Auf Der Heyde ’32 Scholarship Fund
The Audrey Field Parrott Endowment for the Language Arts
The Nancy Freeman Patterson ’53 Scholarship Fund
The Elizabeth Peters - Barbara Michaels Scholarship Fund
The Shirley D. Peterson Scholarship Fund
The Beryl Pfizer ’49 Scholarship Fund for Theatre Minors
The Margaret Jones Pollack ’49 Scholarship
The Sylvia F. Porter H’58 Scholarship
The Octavia M. Power ’30 Endowed Scholarship
The Dorothy E. Pugh ’58 Scholarship
The James B. Ranck Memorial Scholarship
The Philip S. Renaud II M.S. '83 Scholarship*
The Nora Roberts Foundation Scholarship
The Andy Rooney Scholarship in Writing
The Harry A. Rosenfeld Scholarship
The Charlotte Snyder Rupner ’18 Scholarship
The Margaret Russell ’42 Scholarship
The Gretchen Howe Russo ’63 Scholarship*
The Tom Samet H'00 Memorial Scholarship
The Patricia Feiser Sanner ’38 Science Scholarship Fund
The Myrtle Annis Scott Scholarship
The Kimberly Ann Servedio ’99 Memorial Scholarship
The Elizabeth Ann Seton Education Scholarship
The Helen Burton Shelton ’40 Scholarship
The Kozo and Martha Hearn Shimano ’86 Scholarship Fund
The Lori A. G. Shipley ’97 Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Alfred P. and Patricia A. Shockley Scholarship
The Alice Smith ’33 Scholarship
The Jewel K. Smith '96 Scholarship*
The M.E. Smith Scholarship
The Ruth Yost Snyder ’36 and Lehman J. Snyder Scholarship
The Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Solosko Scholarship
The John G. and Beulah Munshower Sommer ’44 Computer Scholarship
The Lorene Myers Southworth ’48 Scholarship
The William H. Sprigg Applied Music Scholarship
The Henry I. Stahr Scholarship
The Glenna May and John Hedges Staley Scholarship
The Eleanor C. Stanley and Kenneth N. Stanley Scholarship Fund
The Frances Steckel Music Scholarship
The Virginia Geddert Stone ’40 Scholarship
The Louise Kling Tefft ’37 Scholarship Fund
The Helen Kelly Terwilliger ’27 and Edith M. Kelly Terwilliger Scholarship
The Clyde E. and Julia E. Thomas ’14 Scholarship
The G. Frank Thomas Foundation Scholarship
The Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Mullen Scholarship
The Dr. William H. Thomas and Bradley Barrick Thomas ’41 Scholarship
The Honorable John H. and Donna Tisdale Scholarship for Nursing
The Mary Frances Gaver Trunk ’64 and Charles F. Trunk III Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Andrew G. Truxal Scholarship in Sociology Fund
The Van Wert Scholarship Fund
The Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vanderford Scholarship
The L. Marie VanHise ’49 Scholarship
The Shirley Gaver Viviano '57 Endowed Scholarship*
The Pearl Walker ’32 Scholarship in Mathematics
The Oliver C. and Carrie E. Warehime and the Alexander D. and Dorothy Warehime Lewis ’17 Scholarship
The Louise A. Weagly ’30 Scholarship Fund
The Wehler Family Scholarship
The Sarah Patton Weinberger ’32 Scholarship
The Philip and Janis Miller Wertheimer ’29 Scholarship Fund
The Dr. Olivia G. White Scholarship Fund
The Charlotte Sizoo Whitenight '68 Scholarship*
The Olive Wagner Wilt ’26 Memorial Scholarship
The Women’s Guild Scholarship
The Nora E. Yost ’17 Scholarship
The Marlene B. Grossnickle Young ’76, H’14, P’09 Scholarship
The W. Meredith and Helen Brown Young ’35 Scholarship
The Dr. Carol Ann Zehnacker M.S. '84 Scholarship
* Not currently available for award


Annual Undergraduate Scholarships

The H.K. Alwine Scholarship

The Asian American Center of Frederick Scholarship

The Barnes & Noble Textbook Scholarship
The Dr. Regena C. Beck ’17 Scholarship                                           
The Board of Associates Leadership Fund
The Boyd Foundation Scholarship
The Chair of the Board Scholarships

The CoLAB Digital Tech Credential Scholarship

The Martha DeNeen Cotten Scholarship
The Alden E. and Harriet K. Fisher Scholarship
The Stuart A. Freudberg Scholarship

The Jamey E. George Memorial Scholarship

The Ardine and Phyllis Gorden Applied Music Scholarship
The Hood College Ring Scholarship

The Karin Ninesling Infuso '70 Scholarship Fund

The Marguerite Jaar Applied Music Fund
The Hilda C. Landers Scholarship
The Loats Foundation Scholarships
The Stephen T. Mahaffey ’15 and Naomi Parker Ballard ’49 Scholarship*

The Maryland Society for Disabled Children and Adults Scholarship
The McCardell Family Scholarship Fund
The William Edward and Mary Cockram Morse ’64 Scholarship
The Col. Jim and Sarah Olson Sustainability Scholarship

The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Scholarship for Nursing
The Dr. Nancy E. Taylor ’62 Scholarship
The Hood College Waltersdorf Henson Scholarship
The Raymond R. and Margaret M. Zimmerman ’22 Music Scholarship
* Not currently available for award