Financial Aid and Scholarship Giving
10 May 2024Scholarship Day of Donors Exceeds Goals
In its second year, the Scholarship Day of Donors receives gifts from more than 500 alumni, parents, families and students, contributing nearly $370,000.
Read More19 March 2024A Sense of Freedom and Belonging
Trustee Mehrnaz “Naz” Vahid-Ahdieh ’85, P’17 came to the U.S. to escape the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Her recent gift establishes a scholarship to support students who have also come to the U.S. as refugees or immigrants.
Read More18 January 2024“Life-Changing Impacts”: Gift Supports Opportunity and Experience
A new gift celebrates first-generation students and wide-ranging research opportunities, with support for an endowed scholarship and four endowed summer research funds.
Read More17 November 2023Longo Family Scholarship Honors Coaches
In honor of William Smith Soccer Head Coach Aliceann Wilber P’12, L.H.D. ’22 and Hobart Hockey Head Coach Mark Taylor, Joseph and Pam Sherman Longo P’15, P’21 have established the Longo Family Scholarship.
Read More29 September 2023Fundraising Tops $35 Million in 2022-23
New gifts and commitments to Hobart and William Smith totaled nearly $36 million during the 2022-23 fiscal year, the second best fundraising year in the Colleges’ history.
Read More13 September 2023Elliott Commits $5.5M for Scholarships and Annual Fund
The latest gift from Honorary Trustee Katherine D. Elliott ’66, L.H.D. ’08 provides historic support for need-based financial aid.
Read More20 June 2023Lyon Doubles Down on Scholarship Support
A new gift from Dr. David Lyon ’67 adds $325,000 toward endowed scholarship funding for pre-med students, bringing his total bequest to more than $1 million.
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