Katharine Graham was brought to life by Meryl Streep in The Post, Steven Spielberg’s new movie about the Washington Post’s first woman publisher famous for choosing to print the Pentagon Papers. Did you know Katharine spoke to Hood’s 1968 class at Commencement and received an honorary degree three years before those events? Read her speech below.
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The Maryland Independent College & University Association (MICUA) congratulates Hood College on its 125 years of service and leadership as an outstanding institution of higher learning in the liberal arts tradition.
From the Summer/Fall issue of Hood Magazine. View the print edition.
This year marks the 125th anniversary of Hood College. The Woman’s College of Frederick was chartered in 1893 with the purpose of creating a college for the promotion and advancement of women and the cultivation and diffusion of literature, science and art.
Our progress in the past 125 years has been remarkable. What started as one building in Downtown Frederick with 83 students is now more than 30 academic, residential and administrative buildings on 50 acres, with a co-ed student body of more than 2,000. Through all of our changes, Hood continues to provide an education that empowers students to use their hearts, minds and hands.
In this issue of Hood Magazine, we visited with members of the Bowers and Gambrill families; the Delaplaine and Randall families; and the Apple, McCain and McAlpine families. Our conversations with these legacy families included remembrances of their time at Hood and of growing up nearby. These families offered a unique perspective in that they have known each of our 11 presidents, and have been able to watch the College grow and change over the decades.
From the Frederick News-Post.
Hood College alumna and U.S. Capitol Police Officer Crystal Griner was honored Saturday with a Hood Presidential Medal of Obligation, a new award that coincides with the college’s 125th Homecoming weekend.
Griner, who graduated from Hood in 2006, was one of the officers to respond to a June 14 shooting at a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. She was shot in the ankle as she and fellow officers engaged gunman James T. Hodgkinson, who opened fire on Republican lawmakers.
Clad in a blue blazer — and assisted by a pair of crutches — Griner walked onstage in Hood’s Hodson Auditorium to a standing ovation from the crowd.
Originally posted at blog.hood.edu.
Many don’t know that the College has an official flower–Hemerocallis Hood College, the Hood College daylily. Over the years the plants had disappeared from the campus landscape, but today they were proudly returned to their rightful home.
In planning for Hood’s 125th anniversary, conversations began about bringing back the daylily. With the assistance of daylily enthusiast and alumna Joanne McDonald Huff ’79, College representatives were connected with another local daylily aficionado, Marnie Roberts, who generously offered to donate some of her plants to Hood.
The kick-off celebration for the College’s 125th anniversary at Winchester Hall on September 12 was a spectacular success. There were approximately 75 in attendance including trustees, faculty, staff, students, alumni, representatives from federal, state and local government, Frederick community leaders and more. September 12, 2017 is now officially Hood College Day in Frederick County. What a great day indeed! Footage of the event is available here.
From the Frederick News-Post.
More than 87 years after Frederick County rented space from the school that is now Hood College, it’s Hood’s turn to rent space from the county.
The Woman’s College of Frederick, the original name of Hood College, opened its doors for its first class at Winchester Hall on Sept. 12, 1893. At a celebration of the college’s 125th year of operations, Hood President Andrea Chapdelaine announced the launch of the Martha Church Center for Civic Engagement to help connect students with government, business and nonprofit opportunities.
“Through the work of this center, we will better meet the educational and workforce needs of our community, expand internship and research opportunities for our students, and increase our civic and service participation,” Chapdelaine said. “All institutions of higher education must be a force of hope, opportunity, obligation and democracy. Hood has been this for 125 years, and we are excited to do even more in the next 125 years.”
From the Frederick News-Post.
A new set of freshmen filed into Hood College’s Hodson Outdoor Theater donning their red beanies and ready to start their college journey.
Hood held its convocation ceremony to kick off its 125th year as classes began Monday. The college welcomed 258 first-year students and 85 new transfer students in its opening ceremony with remarks from several Hood faculty and students.
“Convocation is the time for us to affirm our commitment to a vibrant and rich intellectual life,” Hood President Andrea Chapdelaine told the students. “To aspire to learn more and learn more deeply.”
