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WHY GIVE?

As we enter our 90th year of educating and training some of the best clinical social workers in the field, we recognize that for the majority their education would not have been possible without having received scholarship aid from the Smith College School for Social Work. What better way to say "Thank you" than by returning that favor with a gift to a scholarship fund to help one of today's students? The School for Social Work is a leader in clinical education. Your gift to the School helps maintain that position.

The average debt carried by today's Smith College School for Social Work graduate is over $43,000. This year, over 350 students will attend the program and over 74% will apply for aid. The Alumni Association would like to see each student's dream of a career in social work become a reality. With your help, this is possible. Below are the various scholarship opportunities you may designate your gift to support.

General Scholarship Funds
Open to any MSW student with demonstrated financial need:

  • Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
  • Brown Foundation Scholarship Endowment*
  • Harriot West Overbeck Scholarship Fund*
  • Ruth Pfeiffer Weisbard (MSS '48) Endowment*
  • SCSSW Class of 1954 Scholarship Fund

Scholarship in Support of Students of Color
Preference given to students of color with demonstrated financial need:

  • Hazel Augustine (MSS '49) / Katherine Gabel Fund
  • Class of '89 Endowment for Students of Color*
  • Claire Elkon Philip (MSW '65) Scholarship Endowment*
  • Christine B. Burke (MSS '58) Memorial Scholarship

Funds with Special Restrictions

  • Katherine Reebel (MSS '43) Faculty/Student Research Development Fund
    Stipend for first and second-year students to work closely with SSW Faculty on research projects.
  • Joan Untermyer Erdmann Scholarship Endowment*
    Restricted to women in financial need returning to school in mid-life.
  • Gay and Lesbian Revolving Student Loan Fund
    Interest-free emergency loans restricted to gay or lesbian students.
  • Eve Geissinger Memorial Endowment*
    Stipend for second-year students in financial need being placed in an agency whose mission is to overcome violence against women.
  • Otto Morningstar Memorial Scholarship Fund*
    Preference given to master's or doctoral students supporting the School's commitment to diversity.
  • Elise Julia Sieker Walker Scholarship Fund*
    Preference given to women entering the field after child rearing and/or women with primary interest in working with children.

Doctoral Program Support
For any PhD candidates with demonstrated financial need:

  • Jeane W. Anastas Award for Excellence in a Doctoral Research Proposal
  • Dale W. Dingledine Doctoral Scholars Endowment*
  • Doctoral Program Scholarship Fund*
  • Stephen R. Kelly Memorial Fund in Support of the Doctoral Program

*Endowments provide scholarship aid solely from a portion of the proceeds of the funds. All non-endowed funds provide for full use of the funds collected.

All undesignated gifts will be deposited into the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.