Scholarships & Awards
Housatonic Community College Foundation Scholarship – awarded on the basis of financial need, academic achievement, and community/college service to students who have completed at least nine credits at Housatonic and are in good academic standing.
Barden Foundation Scholarship – awarded to two students continuing their education in science, including computer science.
Burt Chernow Scholarship – awarded to a graduating student who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need and who plans to major in art or art education at a four-year institution
Kim Thibodeau Chiaraluce Endowed Scholarship Fund – established to provide funds for a young woman attending the College on either a full- or part-time basis, who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need.
Connecticut Women’s Forum Endowed Scholarship Fund – established to provide funds for women students with financial need who are enrolled in Housatonic’s two-year degree program.
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Family Scholarship – established to assist incoming students
from area high schools who demonstrate academic achievement and financial
need.
Paul Doane Scholarship – established in memory of a Housatonic lab assistant and awarded to a student continuing his or her education in computer science, mathematics or engineering.
Jeanne DuBois Scholarship – awarded to a graduating student who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need and who plans to continue studies in art or art history.
Marguerite Sullivan Dunigan Endowed Scholarship Fund – awarded to a student who is a single mother and currently attends Housatonic.
The Flint Prize – awarded to a graduating student who has achieved the highest academic average while at Housatonic and has qualified for the Academic Dean’s Award.
The George Scholarship Fund – awarded to a student in the computer science associates degree program who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need.
Gertrude Flicker Gould Educational Foundation Scholarships – awarded to Housatonic students who are graduates of public schools in the Greater Bridgeport area and demonstrate financial need, scholastic achievement and community involvement
President Edward J. Liston Endowed Scholarship Fund – awarded to Housatonic students enrolled in one of the College’s two-year degree programs and who demonstrate academic achievement or financial need and involvement in extracurricular activities.
Robert Gerard Naples Scholarship – awarded to two graduating students in the math/science program who have demonstrated academic achievement and who plan to go on to complete their Bachelor’s Degree.
Elizabeth Pfriem Endowed Scholarship Fund – awarded to Housatonic Foundation scholars. A Housatonic Foundation scholar is a current HCC student in good academic standing who demonstrates financial need and has completed nine or more credits at the College with a GPA of 3.0 or above.
The William H. Pitt Foundation Scholarship - awarded to two students who are attending Housatonic Comunity College full time (12 or more credits per semester) and who will graduate within two years of receiving the first scholarship award.
Frank J. Scallon Foundation Scholarship – awarded to graduating student or students who are pursuing an education in the field of psychology or medicine at a four-year institution in the state of Connecticut.
David
Susskind Memorial Scholarship – awarded to a graduating student
in the behavioral sciences who plans to pursue a Bachelor’s degree
in political science, history or public administration.
Deacon Walter Upchurch Scholarship –awarded to an incoming student of African American descent who is a graduate of Bassick High School and is enrolling in Human Services, Allied Health Program or a related program.
Dale Ward Endowed Scholarship Fund – awarded to the highest-ranking graduating students planning to continue their education. This scholarship complements the HCC Senate Scholarship named in honor of Professor Emeritus Dale Ward.
Weller Collegiate Scholarship – awarded to an incoming student from Monroe, Newtown, Easton, Shelton or Trumbull who demonstrates financial need.