Scholarships and Awards

Endowed and annual scholarships are awarded according to the criteria of each scholarship.

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 the 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

The Chug 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 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 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 Stella Elizabeth Ziegler Foley ’28 and Marylouise Hermann Foley '64 Scholarship Fund

The Jennifer Frantz ’97 Scholarship Fund

The Frederick Female Seminary 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 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 Foundation Scholarship

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 Richard Hudnut Scholarship

The Josephine Thompson Hunger ’40 Scholarship

The Huttle Scholarship

The Janice R. Hylen ’78 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 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 Bert S. and Mary H. Lewis Memorial Scholarship

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 John D. Meyer Scholarship

The Middendorf Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Nursing

The Nettie Morton Miller Scholarship*

The Lorie Harris Morrell ’84 Scholarship

The Morrow Scholarship Endowment

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 Benjamine Cawley Parrott Endowment for the Sciences*

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

* Not currently available for award

Annual Undergraduate Scholarships

The H.K. Alwine Scholarship

The Barnes & Noble Textbook Scholarship

The Dr. Regena C. Beck ’17 Scholarship                                          

The Board of Associates Leadership Fund

The Chair of the Board Scholarship for Academic Excellence

The Alden E. and Harriet K. Fisher Scholarship

The Ardine and Phyllis Gorden Applied Music Scholarship

The Hood College Ring Scholarship

The Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc. Annual Scholarship

The Hilda C. Landers Scholarship

The Loats Foundation Scholarships

The Stephen T. Mahaffey ’15 and Naomi Parker Ballard ’49 Scholarship*

The McCardell Family Scholarship Fund

The William Edward and Mary Cockram Morse ’64 Scholarship

The Presidential Leadership Scholarships

The Vincent and Alice Riordan Scholarship

The Nora Roberts Foundation Scholarship in Nursing

The Fred Schenkel Scholarship Fund

The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Scholarship for Nursing

The F. Lawrence and Shirley J. Silbernagel Scholarship

The Hood College Waltersdorf Henson Scholarship

The Ruth Whitaker Holmes ’55 and Portia Whitaker Shumaker ’55 Science Scholarship

The Raymond R. and Margaret M. Zimmerman ’22 Music Scholarship

* Not currently available for award