ROANOKE,
Va., Aug. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollins University is launching a new initiative
that will enable academically talented young women from across the
country to complete a four-year degree with the direct costs of
attendance (tuition, on-campus food and housing, and fees) fully
covered.
Beginning today, first-time, first-year domestic undergraduate
students who apply to attend Hollins and are eligible for the Pell
Grant (generally those whose family household income is at or below
$65,000) will automatically receive
consideration for a Hollins Opportunity for Promise through
Education (HOPE) scholarship. HOPE Scholars, who will begin at
Hollins in fall 2025, will have the direct cost of on-campus food
and housing (traditionally noted as "room and board") and fees
covered in addition to tuition.
"We believe in the power of the Hollins academic and residential
experience and want to ensure that students can access this
experience regardless of income level. At Hollins, students learn
inside and outside of the classroom, and the generous and
comprehensive HOPE Scholars program makes a holistic experience
possible," states President Mary Dana
Hinton.
"To the future leaders, the budding scientists, the talented
artists, and the change-makers: We see you, and we know you're the
future," Hinton says. "Our HOPE Scholars program will allow
you to pursue your passions and achieve a college education with no
debt and no loans." She adds that HOPE is made possible through
funding from Hollins as well as
applicable federal and state grants.
Hollins established its
original HOPE Scholars program in 2021 to cover the cost of tuition
for qualified students who live within a 40-mile radius of
Roanoke, Virginia. Since that
time, Hinton explains, "HOPE students have thrived at Hollins. The program's tremendous success
encouraged us to think more broadly, expand nationally, and enhance
the scholarship benefits beyond just tuition, allowing our students
to have a remarkable residential experience as well."
Emphasizing that "affordability has been and will remain a
priority for Hollins," Vice President for Enrollment
Management Ashley Browning notes
that "our many other generous scholarships remain in place for
those who do not qualify for HOPE. Accepted students will continue
to receive a minimum of $24,000 in
scholarships, and accepted Virginia residents receive at least
$29,000 through a combination of
Hollins scholarships and the
Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG). In fact, the average
Hollins undergraduate student
today receives over $34,000 in
scholarship and grants, which is well over half the cost of
attendance."
Hinton believes that taking the HOPE program nationwide "will
elevate what Hollins can be when
we lift our eyes with love in our hearts. HOPE will meaningfully
alter the course of Hollins'
future as we strive to become the nation's leading liberal arts
college for women and a leader in higher education for social,
economic, and civic mobility."
Fundraising to meet the needs of the program's initial two years
is already well underway and ongoing, with a plan to fund the
program in perpetuity through additional gifts to the endowment.
Hinton adds, "Our ability to offer HOPE scholarships is only
possible because of the incredible generosity of our Hollins alumnae/i and friends. Our trustees
have given us their full confidence, and as more people learn more
about it, we invite them to show their enthusiastic support for and
investment in this amazing program because of the impact it will
have on future generations of students."
For more information, visit www.hollins.edu/hope.
Founded in 1842, Hollins University is dedicated to
academic excellence, creativity, belonging, and preparing students
for lives of purpose. Hollins
provides an outstanding and academically rigorous undergraduate
liberal arts education for women and entrepreneurial and innovative
graduate programs for all in a gender-inclusive environment.
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