Hood College

On January 24, 2005 LOU STEM BOUNDS-HOOVER; beloved wife of the late Vernon M. Bounds, Sr. and the late James H. Hoover; mother of the late Vernon M. Bounds, Jr. and the late Wilson R. Bounds, Sr.; step-mother of Rebecca Conklin, Melinda Cash and James Hoover. Also survived by 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services from the ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Road, (at Franklin Blvd), Thursday 10 A.M. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. If desired contributions may be made to Hood College Annual Fund, Hood College 401 Rosemont Ave., Fredrick, MD 21701.

Four independent Maryland colleges and universities have received grants totaling $2.4 million from the Hodson Trust.Johns Hopkins University, Hood College in Frederick and Washington College in Chestertown were awarded $725,000 each, and St. John's College in Annapolis was given $231,391. The grants were accepted last week at a luncheon at Baltimore's World Trade Center.

Helene Elizabeth Schmauch Schaeffer, She requested that memorials be sent to Hood College, 401 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, Maryland 21701-8575. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 15, 2010 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Okatie. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, SC is assisting the family with their arrangements. (www.saulsfh.com)

When Luke Fisher of Westminster graduated from high school five years ago, he had doubts that he could excel at a four-year school. He turned down an offer to attend Towson University and opted instead for Carroll Community College. Fisher would become editor of the campus newspaper and a peer mentor for first-year college students. He is set to graduate this spring with an associate's degree, and plans now to pursue his bachelor's degree. He's found a couple of area schools - including the University of Maryland and Hood College - that appear particularly eager to have him. "Their transfer advisers went above and beyond trying to get me to visit their campuses," said Fisher.

Hood College in Frederick has been given a financial boost worthy of note, even though the school can't tap the resource for 20 years. Regardless of restrictions, obtaining a development-ripe farm worth $6.3 million today is a significant gift for any institution.The arrangement will rank easily as one of largest private donations to a college nationally this year (it would have been the eighth largest overall and largest for a women's college in 1990, according to the latest full-year figures)

Dr. Betty Edwards, author of the best-seller, "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brian," is to speak at Hood College in Frederick on Nov. 12.The 7:30 p.m. lecture is to be held in Rosenstock Auditorium and be followed by a reception in the Tatem Arts Center. The event is open to the public.Edwards' theory, explained in her book, is that that all people can draw well just as they can read well.

The Johns Hopkins University and three independent Maryland colleges picked up checks yesterday totaling $8.4 million from the Hodson Trust, a charity established by the family of Clarence Hodson, founder of the Beneficial Corp. financial services firm. Hopkins, Washington College in Chestertown and Hood College in Frederick each received about $2.4 million, while St. John's College in Annapolis was awarded about $1.1 million. The money is used for scholarships, student internships, faculty chairs, endowments, research and large construction projects.

Teresa D. Snyder, director of resident services at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, was licensed recently by the Maryland Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administration.She completed academic requirements of the University of North Carolina's independent studies program for long-term care administration and participated in the administrator-in-training program at Lutheran Village.Mrs. Snyder has a bachelor of arts degree in behavioral and social sciences from the University of Maryland and pursued graduate study in gerontology at Hood College.

Valecia Winston , of Laurel, received a Master of Arts from the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Benjamin Cameron , a sophomore from Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Washington College in Chestertown. Alex Paxton , of Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Hood College in Frederick. Two Laurel students were named to the dean's list for the spring semester at McDaniel College in Westminster. Danika Allen was awarded highest honors and Gregory Nolen received honors.

Officials at McDaniel College in Westminster said Friday, Oct. 28, that the college has been named on a list of "Best Value" colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance - the only Maryland liberal arts college to make the list. The rankings are available online at Kiplinger's website, and will be published in the magazine's December issue, which is actually circulated beginning Nov. 8. McDaniel came in at No. 92 among liberal arts college's nationwide. While the Westminster school was the only liberal arts college from Maryland on the list, three other universities from the state earned the "value" ranking: Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (No. 25)