The Westerly College Club
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The Westerly College Club first offered a Latin prize of fifty dollars following which, in 1944, a permanent scholarship was established.
Today the scholarships are funded from two sources: The Westerly College Club and the Lois Hamilton Fontaine Scholarship Fund of The Westerly College Club, Inc. The latter, an endowed fund managed by The Rhode Island Foundation, is dedicated to Mrs. Fontaine, a former Latin teacher and outstanding leader of the College Club.
Selection Criteria
In choosing finalists from the applicant pool, our Scholarship Committee considers these criteria, which are not in any particular order: financial need, academic achievement and scholastic potential, commitment to career goals, and personal qualities.
Universities Attended by Previous Winners
Over the years we have awarded scholarships to a great many deserving students attending, among other institutions, Bentley University (Waltham MA), Boston University, Champlain College (Burlington VT), Cornell, Eastern CT State University, Fairfield University (CT), Gordon College (Wenham MA), Johns Hopkins, Keene State College (NH), Northeastern, Providence College, Quinnipiac University, Roger Williams University, Sacred Heart University (Fairfield CT), Southern CT State University, St. Michael's College (Colchester VT), UCONN, University of New England, University of New Hampshire, University of Pittsburg, URI, and Yale.
Application
The Westerly College Club is accepts scholarship applications March 1 through May 31 for the following school year.
Scholarships are granted for the sophomore, junior, or senior year of an initial Bachelor's degree. Applicants must have completed at least one full year of college.
Applicants must be residents of Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, or Westerly, Rhode Island, or the Connecticut border towns of Stonington or North Stonington. They also must be applying for funds to finance an initial Bachelor's degree at a four-year accredited institution. Scholarships are not eligible for Associate or Graduate degrees.
Please note: This scholarship is NOT available to anyone who is related to an Officer of the Westerly College Club or a member of the Scholarship Committee.
Recipients
Seventeen very deserving local students have been awarded a combined $51,000 in scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year. Awards ranged from $1000 to $7000. The awards are given annually in honor of the late Lois Hamilton Fontaine, a revered Westerly High School Latin teacher and Westerly College Club member.
In 2023 the Westerly College Club awarded a total of $44,500 in scholarships to 17 local students.
Scholarship recipients who attended the January 2024
"Meet the Scholars Luncheon"