Other Prizes, Awards, Funds, Chairs and Professorships

The following lists include other established named prizes, awards, funds, and chairs/professorships that are not offered by the Office of Financial Aid but are administered by the College in support of students, faculty, and campus facilities.

Undergraduate Prizes and Awards

The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs Leadership Award
The Leah B. Allen Award
The Alumni Award for Social Work Excellence
The American Institute of Chemists Foundation Award
The Elizabeth Yourtee Anderson ’82 History Prize
The ArachnidWorks Integrated Marketing Communication Award
The Art and Archaeology Department Alumnae Award
The Art and Archaeology Department Faculty Award
The Association for Women in Mathematics Book Prize
The Award in Nonprofit and Civic Engagement Studies
The Beta Beta Beta Award
The Biology Faculty Award
The Blue and Grey Editorial Award
The James R. Boston Prize
The Elizabeth B. Bower Prize
The Robert W. Boyle Outstanding Achievement in Statistics Award in Psychology
The Dr. Martha M. Briney ’35, H’78 Honor Scholarship
The Bromer Peace Award
The Grace N. Brown ’25 Prize in Mathematics
The Patricia Bucheimer Piano Prize
The Dana Cable Community Service Award in Psychology
The Larry T. Campbell Memorial Prize
The Julia Holzapfel Carhart ’30 Prizes in Mathematics
The Catherine Filene Shouse Center for Career Development and Experiential Education Distinguished Intern Award
The Chemistry Achievement Award
The Class of 1988 Volunteer Behind the Scenes Award
The Janice E. Cole Scholarship
The Janice E. Cole Writing Prize
The Computer Science Chair's Prize
The Computer Science Faculty Prize
The Computer Science Undergraduate Achievement Award
The Frances C. Cutujian Prize
The Joseph E. Dahms Community Service Award
The Emily Myers Davis ’43 Prize
The Delaplaine School of Business Book Prize
The Delaplaine School of Business Leadership Prize
The Department of Chemistry and Physics Faculty Award
The Eric Devan Outstanding Accounting Student Award
The Johanna Chait Essex ’53 Prize in Early Childhood Education
The Exceptional Achievement Award in Psychology
The Margaret P. Ford Honor Scholarship
The Norm Gary Award
The Elaine Adrienne Gates Memorial Prize in Studio Art
The German Embassy Prize
The Bernard Gerrard Prize for “Mature” Students
The Raymond L. and Louise K. Gillard Prize
The Godman Prize in French
The Ardine and Phyllis Gorden Music Scholar Prize
The Ardine and Phyllis Gorden Musical Talent Prize
The Suzanne Gottert ’68 Prize in Art
The Dr. Ruth Esther Griffith Biology Award
The “Grit” Award in Psychology

The Christopher J. Guidry '18 Excellence in Finance Prize
The Edenia Guillermo Award

The Martha Chandler Gurzick Clinical Excellence Prize
The Kathryn E. Hale '04, M.S. '13 History Teaching Prize
The Shirley Conner Hardinge ’44 Prize

The Margaret Anne Jones Hayes '62 Award in Mathematics
The Maureen Kelly Hess ’81 Prize
The Hood College Choir Award
The Hood College Prize in Ethics
The Hood College Retailing Club Prize
The C. May Hudson Prize
The Francis G. Hugo Prize in Psychology
The Hypatia Mathematics/Science Education Prize
The Dr. Robert Kaufmann German Prize
The Linda J. Kennedy Outstanding Nursing Student Award

The Mary Ann Kerins Humanitarian Award

The James N. Khoury '15 Memorial Prize in English
The George G. Kleinspehn Honor Scholarship
The Margaret Louise Kleist Prize
The Dr. Leonard Latkovski Memorial Prize in History
The Dr. Henry P. and M. Page Laughlin Student Award
The E. Louise Leonard Prize
The Virginia E. Lewis Best Paper Award
The Virginia E. Lewis Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Political Science
The Logic Prize
The Marion MacPhail Prize
The Marie A. Markow Excellence in Music Prize
The Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society Prize
The Jane D. McCarrell Prize
The Helen McCullagh McCutcheon ’14 Prize
The Dr. Christine McHenry ’73 Corde et Mente et Manu Award

The Jeanne Marie Jacobsen Medalis '89 Memorial Award
The Charlotte A. Moran ’57 Prize
The Wayne C. Neely Prize
The Kathryn Zimmerman Nicodemus H’05 Music Award
The Jack and Janet Spaulding Nunn ’61 Award for Best Elementary Arabic Student
The Jack and Janet Spaulding Nunn ’61 Award for Best Intermediate Arabic Student
The Jack and Janet Spaulding Nunn ’61 French Prize
The Vesta Hoffman Osler ’30 Chemistry Award
The Outstanding Research Contribution Award in Psychology
The Park-Dorff Award
The Florence A. Pastore Memorial Prize
The George C. Pearson Prize
The Pi Mu Epsilon Book Prize
The Hildegarde Pilgram ’31 Prize
The Political Engagement Award
The James B. Ranck Book Prize in American History
The Mary Ellen Randolph Prize
The Anna Louise Remsen ’33 Prize in Art
The Mary Margaret Rose Award
The Rouse Graduate Scholarship

The Wanda Ruffin Treasured Wisdom Award in Psychology
The Linda Scott Outstanding Mentorship Award in Psychology
The SGA Student Leader of the Year Award
The Esther E. Shaw Award
The Sidney Silverman Award
The Linda Mae Snapp Memorial Award in Nursing

The Social Work Program Award for Social Work Excellence
The Margaret Condron Sterner ’39 Scholarship
The Tischer Honors Prize

The Charles E. Tressler Outstanding Student Award
The Hans Wagner Memorial Achievement Award

The Aldan T. Weinberg ’75 Communication Arts Prize
The Alyce T. Weinberg Honor Scholarship
The White Blazer Award
The Elizabeth Leiby Wood ’38 Prize
The Linda Wyatt ’68 and Marleen Spriggs ’69 Award in African American Studies

Other Prizes and Awards

The Adviser of the Year Award
The Martha E. Church H’95 Prize for Leadership and Service
The Excellence in Teaching Award
The Hood College Graduate School Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award
The Hood College Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award
The Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Distinguished Administrative Achievement Award
The Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Faculty Professional Achievement Award
The Rose Award
The Lynda R. Sowbel Social Work Field Instructor of the Year Award
The Charles E. Tressler Distinguished Teacher Award

Lecture and Performance Funds

The Homer W. Carhart H’07 and Noel K. Lester Guest Pianist Fund
The Ceramic Arts Visiting Artist Fund
The John C. and Janet Hobbs Cotton ’59 Cybersecurity Lecture Series
The James M. Etchison Summer Chamber Music Trust
The Ardine and Phyllis Gorden Concert Fund
The William J. and Wilma M. Haines Lecture Fund in Biomedical Ethics at Hood College
The Hanson Lecture Series
The Jean Royer Kohr ’62 Memorial Lectureship
The La Fleur Management Lecture Series
The Miss Grace Lippy Endowed Science Lecture Fund
The Charlotte Moran ’57 Foreign Language Visiting Scholar and Lecturer Fund
The Pade Lectureship and Performance Fund
The Randall Family Endowed Chamber Music Concert Series Fund
The Nora Roberts Foundation Writer-in-Residence Program
The Silverman Young Artists Concert Fund
 

Research and Support Funds

The Barrett Advertising Child Development Center Scholarship Fund

The Alvin Bober Chemistry Fund*

The Dr. Ann L. Boyd Endowed Graduate School BMS Fund*

The Cynthia Shafer Campbell ’69 Endowed Book Fund for Hood Advantage Students*

The Andrea E. Chapdelaine Professional Development Fund

The Chemistry Travel Fund

The Chisholm-Landauer Experiential Learning Endowed Fund*

The Martha E. Church H’95 Center for Leadership and Service Endowed Fund

The Class of 1983 Child Development Lab Fund

The Class of 1986 Endowed Fund

The Class of 1991 Film Series

The Beth Darroch Coggins ’81 and Kristina Coggins Heck '11 Memorial Travel Fund

The Computer Science Enhancement Fund

The George B. Delaplaine Jr. School of Business

The Anne Derbes Art Outreach Fund*

The Nancy Salzman Ebert ’57 Education Technical Learning Laboratory

The First Generation Student Center

The Stella Elizabeth Ziegler Foley '28 and Marylouise Herrmann Foley '64 International Travel Fund

The Ardine and Phyllis Gorden Capital Projects Fund

The Virginia Munson Hammell ’67 Historic Preservation and Campus Maintenance Fund

The Virginia Munson Hammell ’67 Trading Room Fund

The Shirley Conner Hardinge ’44 Center for Global Studies

The Hoffberger Endowed Honors Program

The Edith Howard Hogan ’59 Fund for Nutrition

The Dr. Ruth W. Holmes School of Behavioral and Health Sciences

The Huntsinger Art History Travel Fund

The E. Louise Leonard Language Lab Fund

The McCardell Professional Development Grants Endowed Fund

The Miller Greenhouse Endowment

The Nancy Miller Moorhouse ’55 Memorial Fund for the Care & Upkeep of the College Grounds

The Grace Lampe Morrison ’25 Endowment

The Margaret R. Motter '13 Fund for Future Teachers

The National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge

The Sally Bauman Palic '81 Endowed Emergency Student Fund*

The Betsy Radey Pancelli ’49 Memorial Research Fund

The Beryl Pfizer ’49 Endowed Theatre Production and Programming Fund

The Onica Prall Child Development Lab School 75th Anniversary Fund

The Mary Hansbrough Sneckenberger ’64 International Travel Award

The John M. Stadlbauer Chemistry Department Instrument Fund

The Summer Research Institute Grants

The Cherian Thomas MBA '12, H '17 Fund for Entrepreneurial Excellence*

The Tidball Center Endowment Fund

The Tischer Endowed Funds*

The Ronald J. Volpe Scholars

The Jacqueline Ann Wakeling ’52 High-Impact Learning Endowed Fund

The Susan Whaley ’74 Study and Travel Abroad Fund

The Jeanne LeRoy Williams ’69 Endowed Fund for Art History*

The Williams Observatory Fund

The Dr. Mary L. Wood '67 Faculty Development Endowed Fund

The Michael S. P’09 & Marlene Grossnickle Young ’76, H’14, P’09 Data Driven Frederick Center

The Helen G. and Alfred G. Zimmerman Hood College Campus Ground Beautification Fund

The Phebe Zimmerman Endowment Fund

*Not currently available for use

Chairs and Professorships

The Aramark/Maryland Endowed Chair in Sustainability Studies

The Delaplaine/Maryland Endowed Chair in Project Management

The Executive Director of the Biomedical Research and Training Center*

The Endowed Dean of the Delaplaine School of Business

The Endowed Dean of the School of Behavioral and Health Sciences

The Giles Chair in Early Childhood Education

The Hodson Trust Professorship in Nursing

The Hodson/Maryland Endowed Chair in Advanced Bioproducts Research and Education

The KBE Head Tennis Coach Fund

The Mildred Brown Lefferts Endowed Chair Fund

The Virginia E. Lewis Chair in Political Science

The Sophia M. Libman National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Professorship

The McHenry Dean of the Chapel

The Eleanor S. Pearson Professor Fund

The Hildegarde Pilgram Chair in History

The Andrew G. Truxal Chair of Economics and Sociology

The Whitaker Chair in Chemistry

*Not currently available for use