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Hood College
Motto Corde et Mente et Manu (With Heart and Mind and Hand)
Established 1893 as the Women's College of Frederick
Type Private
President Dr. Ronald Volpe
Faculty 230
Undergraduates 1,274
Postgraduates 974
Location Frederick, MD, USA
Campus Suburban, 50 acres
Athletics 19 varsity teams
Nickname Blazers
Website www.hood.edu
Hood College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Frederick, Maryland. The college serves approximately 974 graduate students and another 1,274 undergraduate students [1].

History

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Hood College campus.
The college was founded in 1893 as the Woman's College of Frederick by the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church of the United States. In 1897, the college received a 28-acre tract of land for its campus from Margaret Scholl Hood [2]. On January 18, 1913, Margaret Hood's will was filed for probate. In the will, she bequest $30,000 to the Woman's College of Frederick provided that the college changed its name to "Hood College" within 12 months [3]. Part of this bequest was used to fund the 1914 construction of Alumnae Hall. Today, Alumnae remains the oldest building on the college's campus and serves as the central location for the college's administration <ref name="History" />

Hood was originally a women-only college and did not admit men until 1971 as commuter students. Men began to be admitted on a residential basis in 2003, making the college co-educational and increasing the numbers of prospective students<ref name="History" />.

Academics

Hood College offers 27 undergraduate majors and 13 master's degree programs.

Bachelor of Arts

  • Art & Archaeology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Communication Arts
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • Elementary/Special Education
  • English
  • Environmental Science and Policy
  • French
  • French-German
  • German
  • History
  • Latin American Studies
  • Law and Society
  • Management
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Spanish

Bachelor of Science

  • Computer Science

Master's Degree Programs

  • Biomedical Science
  • Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  • Computer and Information Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Educational Leadership
  • Environmental Biology
  • Fine Arts in Ceramic Arts
  • Human Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Management of Information Technology
  • Reading Specialization
  • Thanatology
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View of Hood College's Brodbeck Hall.

Athletics

Hood College athletics began in 1898 with the first basketball team. In the early 1900s, field hockey, tennis, archery, and swimming were among the sports added to the athletics program. The college was the second college in the United States to have a field hockey team. Competitions then were intramural and teams were comprised based on graduating class or dorms. Gambrill Gymnasium was constructed in 1946 and continues to serve as the main athletic facility for the campus. In 1984, Hood College became a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and joined the Division III Chesapeake Women's Athletic Conference. When the CWAC disbanded, Hood joined the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference in 1990 [4].

Hood presently offers intercollegiate varsity teams in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross-country, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball. The college also offers club level programs for cheerleading and equestrian [5].

Currently, the women's athletic teams continue to compete in the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference. The men's teams began competition in the Capital Athletic Conference for the 2006-2007 academic year along with women's cross-country and track and field. All other women's sports will remain in the AWCC for the 2006-2007 year. All Hood College sports will move to the CAC in 2007-2008 <ref name="Athletics" />.

The nickname for Hood athletics is the Blazers. This dates back to the 1920s when the campus elected a rising senior as the "White Sweater" girl as someone who possessed the most sportsmanship and school spirit. In 1928, the sweater was changed to a blazer <ref name="History of sports" />. Today, the nickname is represented by a thoroughbred horse with a "blaze" mark on its forehead.

References

1. ^ Breitenbach, Sarah. "Hood College reports record-high enrollment for second year in row", Frederick News-Post, 2006-09-22. 
2. ^ A History of Hood College. Hood College. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
3. ^ "$100,000 PUBLIC BEQUESTS.; Will of Mrs. Margaret E. Hood Is Filed for Probate", The Washington Post, 1913-01-19, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2006-12-22. 
4. ^ Walker, Alison; Bridgette Harwood (Winter 2004-2005). "History of Hood Athletics" (PDF). Hood Magazine 80 (1). Retrieved on 2006-12-22. 
5. ^ Hood College Athletics. Hood College. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.

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