The following scholarships were established during the 2025-2026 year.

The Grace and Determination Scholarship
Grace Gorman ’25 used the pandemic as a chance to rethink her career, enrolling in Holyoke Community College’s Veterinary Assistant Certificate program and knowing by week three that she’d found her calling. Despite becoming pregnant after her first semester, she finished with honors thanks to professors who adjusted her schedule and even welcomed her newborn daughter to the lab. Inspired by her resilience and grateful for the college’s support, her parents, Tina and Gary, established the Grace and Determination Scholarship in April 2026 for veterinary and animal science students, with a preference for non-traditional students. At the 2026 Scholarship Reception, they met the first recipient, Nicole Couture, who, like Grace, took time off to have a child and said the scholarship’s name captured how she’s pushed through her own struggles.

The Vijaya Sampath Memorial Scholarship

After his mother passed away, Narayan Sampath began to think about ways to honor her memory. Her name, Vijaya, is Sanskrit for “victory,” a nod to India’s independence from British rule the year before she was born. Although she grew up in an independent India, she never had a formal education beyond high school. When a colleague suggested creating a scholarship in her name, Sampath brought the idea to his father, who enthusiastically approved. They liked the idea of creating access to an education Vijaya never had the opportunity to pursue. As vice president of administration and finance at HCC, Sampath is well aware of the barriers many students face. Oftentimes, these students are single parents who balance a job with their classes. To address this need and preserve his mother’s memory, Sampath established the Vijaya Sampath Memorial Scholarship, with a preference for a nontraditionally aged student parent.

Other HCC Scholarships

Adeline M. and Jacob L. Barowsky Scholarship

Al Perusse Scholarship

Alan Taupier ’55 Alumni Achievement Scholarship

Alfred C. Loomer Scholarship

Alphabet Soup Childcare Center Scholarship

Alumni Association Scholarship

Amy Loved Animals Memorial Scholarship

Anabel B. Murphy Scholarship

Angela and Joseph Wright Scholarship

Ann ’81 and Jim ’80 Shevlin Scholarship Fund

Anna Fitzgerald and Ruthann Bagshaw Fulton Scholarship

Anne-Marie Darcy Memorial Scholarship

Arthur W. Knapp Scholarship

Barbara I. Murray/Kathryn C. Root Radiologic Technology Scholarship

Baystate Health Careers Scholarship

Be the Light Scholarship

Berkshire Bank Scholarship

Bess Kaplinsky Scholarship

Bill and Eleanor Messner Scholarship

Bill Wieliczka Jr. Arts and Theater Scholarship

Billie Foster and Bertha Weinberg Memorial Scholarship

Bobby Wright Scholarship

Bonnie B. and Edward H. ’71 Germain Veterinary Technician Scholarship

Bruce V. Quagliato Memorial Scholarship

Captain Paul H. Racine Memorial Scholarship

Carol Hardy Business Scholarship

Carolyn Fontaine Scholarship

Charles Oglivie Scholarship

Chicopee Savings Bank Scholarship

City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department Scholarship

Claire Gingras Doherty Award in Nursing

Cloud 9 Scholarship

Connors Scholars Award

Cynthia A. Sutter ’90 Scholarship

Danna Niedzwiecki ’08 Lockwood Scholarship

David and Bette Bartley Scholarship

David Killeen Memorial Scholarship

David LePage Scholarship

Deborah Ferriter Memorial Scholarship in Veterinary Technology

Delaney House Scholarship

Donald Taber Art Scholarship

Doris M. Kemble Scholarship in Nursing

Doris Rathbun Knight Scholarship

Dr. Anthony J. Pellegrino Scholarship

Dr. Janet G. Polvino Scholarship

Dr. Miriam Taylor Sajkovic Memorial Scholarship

Dr. Richard Leon Provost Psychology Scholarship

Edward and Verdenal Johnson Memorial Scholarship

Edward F. and Catherine C. Moriarty Memorial Scholarship

Edward H. ’71 and Bonnie B. Germain Scholarship

Edward J. and Ruth Daly Family Scholarship

Edwin Perez Scholarship

Elaine Marieb New Directions/New Careers Scholarship

Eleanor V. Burns Scholarship

Elena and Frank Cataldo Scholarship

Elia Dreyfuss Scholarship

Elizabeth Ella Provost Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Ellen Lynch Scholarship

Erma J. (Provost) Shepard Scholarship

Evening Student Scholarship

First Niagara Scholarship

Fontaine Family Fund Scholarship

Frances H. Gosselin Scholarship in Nursing

Franklin Morris O’Connell Scholarship

Frost Memorial Scholarship

Fund a Future Scholarship                                                                               

Gary Brochu ’62 Transfer Scholarship

George E. Boudreau Scholarship

George E. Frost Scholarship

Gloria G. Lomax Scholarship

Green Key Honor Society Scholarship

Hampden Paper Company Inc. Scholarship

Hasbro Scholarship

Hazen Paper Company Scholarship

HCC Scholarship

Helen M. and James E. Izatt Scholarship

Henry S. ’71 and Carol Andrus Scholarship

Holyoke Water Commissioners Scholarship

Israel and Matilda Goldberg Scholarship

James D. Moriarty Music Fund

James F. Connors Scholarship

James J. Long ’63 Scholarship

James Joseph O’Connell Scholarship

Jan Alicia Nettler Scholarship

Jean Armitage Memorial Scholarship

Jennings V. Rud, Jr. & Tech Sergeant Patrick “Gunny” Rud  Memorial Scholarship

Jessica Gill Memorial Scholarship

John “Jack” Doyle Memorial Scholarship

John and Anne McHugh Scholarship

John DiNapoli Memorial Scholarship

John E. Berger (JEB) Photography Scholarship

John E. Taupier Scholarship

John Sullivan Scholarship

Jolayne Hinkel Memorial Scholarship

Joseph V. Gosselin Scholarship

Joyce Agnoli Scholarship for Transfer Students

Judith Kramer Goldberg Scholarship

Kathryn F. “Kitty” Broman Scholarship

Kenneth J. Murphy Sr. Scholarship

Laurie Jean Hunter Memorial Scholarship

Leo Arthur and Marietta Gifford Provost Education Memorial Scholarship

Leona R. (Provost) Richards Taylor and Dorothy Provost Memorial Scholarship

Linda Howes Scholarship

Lisa Ann Baker ’93 Nursing Scholarship

LouEllen Dabbs Scholarship

Louis F. and Virginia W. Oldershaw Scholarship

Lucille Gill and Thomas Gill, III Scholarship

Mark Giannini ’19 Good Character Scholarship

Mark Mozgala Scholarship

Martha E. Keochareon Nursing Scholarship

Mary M. Naro ’78 Scholarship

Maureen D’Amico Memorial Scholarship

Maurice A. Donahue Scholarship

Maurice and Peggy Ferriter Scholarship

Michael J. Kittredge, III Scholarship

Mickey and Jennie Jedziniak Memorial Scholarship

Milton and Raymond Provost Memorial Scholarship

Mischa D. Barowsky Scholarship

Moira Maguire Scholarship

MSgt. James J. Tierney Memorial Scholarship Fund

Nathan Kaplinsky Scholarship

Neil and Mary Sheehan Scholarship

New Directions Scholarships

Pamela K. Reed Memorial Scholarship

Panitch Family Scholarship

Panitch Family Transfer Scholarship

Patricia L. Bonnett ’82 Scholarship

Patrick J. and Margaret V. Sheehan Memorial Scholarship

Paul Buckwalter Scholarship

Peg and Gary Wendlandt Health Scholarship

Peg and Gary Wendlandt Scholarship

PeoplesBank Scholarship

Peter M. Railsback Memorial Scholarship for Music

Phillip S. Campbell Scholarship

PIMA Scholarship

PODEMOS Scholarship

Police Chief Thomas P. McNamara Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Providence Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship in Nursing

Raymond J. and Helen T. Deshaies Scholarship

Richard Kumor Scholarship

Richard Leon Provost Art Scholarship

Richard R. and Janice D. Nickerson Scholarship

Richardson Scholarship

Robert and Constance Gilbert Scholarship

Roger and Caroline Putnam Scholarship

Rosemarie Cataldo Fitzpatrick Scholarship in Nursing

Rosetta Jacque Aldrich Scholarship

Rozalia and Gladys Szczur Scholarship in Nursing

Ruth McIntyre Scholars Award

Ruth McIntyre Transfer Scholarship

Sgt. Brian M. Burns and Cindy A. Sabourin Scholarship

Sheila Donohue ’81 Scholarship

Shirley and John Fallon Scholarship

Sobon Family Fund Scholarship

Social Justice Award

Spencer C. Bridgman Scholarship

Sr. Bernice Lebel Scholarship

SSG Clint J. Storey “Pay a Good Deed Forward” Scholarship

Stephen Pollock Scholarship

Sue Ellen Panitch Scholarship

Suzanne Teitelbaum Courchesne Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Ted and Barbara Hebert Teddy Bear Pools Scholarship for Working Students

The Grace and Determination Scholarship

The StandOutTruck.com Celeste Berger Annual Scholarship

The Vijaya Sampath Memorial Scholarship

Timothy Michael Thompson ’00 Memorial Scholarship

Unity Humanitarian Scholarship

Van Werkhooven Family Annual Scholarship

Victor E. and Mariellen Quillard Scholarship

Victor E. Thomas Scholarship

Westfield Bank Scholarship

William Dwight Scholarship

Yadavendra Sharma Memorial Scholarship

Yvette E. Laporte Scholarship

We thank members of the Frost Society for their vision in naming the HCC Foundation in their estate plans through a will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy, or life-income gift. Their thoughtfulness will enable future HCC students to succeed and allow the college to Educate. Inspire. Connect. for generations to come.

†Deceased