Scholarships

Thanks to the generosity of donors, we are privileged to offer three undergraduate scholarships.

The Lambda Chi Alpha Loy H. Witherspoon Scholarship is named for the founding chair of the department, first hired by Bonnie Cone in 1964. You can learn more about Dr. Witherspoon here. This scholarship provides $3,000 each academic year, sometimes split among multiple recipients and sometimes awarded in full to multiple recipients.

The Underwood Scholarship is named for Joan Underwood, the widow of Richard A. Underwood. Richard A. Underwood was hired in 1975 to teach religion and modern culture and to serve as department chair. He retired in 1992. His widow, Joan Underwood, funds the scholarship. This scholarship provides around $1000 per academic year, with multiple recipients in some years.

The Trudy Chappell Conrad Memorial Scholarship is named for a UNC Charlotte alum who worked in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School system as a media specialist. She loved the courses she took in Religious Studies during her time with us and established a fund to share that joy with other UNC Charlotte students. The scholarship provides around $1000 per academic year.

Recipients for all three awards are chosen by the faculty annually. Recipients have demonstrated by their academic performance a serious commitment to the field of religious studies. More information can be found in the NinerScholars Portal.

Congratulations to OUR scholarship recipients!

Lambda Chi Alpha’s Loy H. Witherspoon Scholarship in Religious Studies Recipients

2024 Olivia Stockwell

2023 Shannon Dailey and Evan Ocamb

2022 Rian Nascimento-Denney , Matt Ramsay, and Katy Schulz

2021 Kathryn Goretzka

2020 Annie Burchill and Jordan Byers

2019 Matthew Argonauta

2018 David Flaherty

2017 Elizabeth Joyce Alls and Ananiah Israel Clark

2016 Jakob Zalman Breunig

2015 Gabrielle Haley

2014 Haley Alexis Robinson

2013 Anna Fleig

2012 Ralph Carey Sims

2011 Joe Albertson

2008 Molly Morgan

2007 Johnathan Owens

2006 Josiah S. Stroud

2005 Nicholas R. Smith

2004 Kevin Davis

2003 Carmen M. Hayse

2002 Heather L. Greene

2001 Megan Parmer

2000 Elaine Hedrick

1999 Lee Hutchison

1998 Gloria M. Campbell

1997 Don T. Upton

1996 J. L. Hutcherson

1995 Andrea K. Higgins

1994 Patsy C. Macon

1993 Ralph Kirkpatrick

1992 Samantha Criswell

1991 Suzanne Personette

1990 Steven L. Jolly

1989 LouAnn Lamb

1988 Roy J. Queen

1987 Suzanne M. Burdick

1986 Stephen A. Hagwood

1985 Russell F. McGhee

1984 Darlene M. Tweed

1983 Gerard A. Carter

1982 Susan M. Byron

1981 Frederick C. Buck

1980 John W. Futterer

Richard A. Underwood Scholarship in Religious Studies Recipients

2023 Molly Christensen and Holly Shuford

2022 Evan Ocamb

2021 McKenna Cunningham

2020 McKenna Cunningham and Juliana Peres

2018 Annie Burchill and Ryan Cataldo

2018 Anna Lewis

2017 Jakob Z. Breunig

2016 Haley N. Twist

2015 Rhondra H. Bacon and Sabeeka K. Ali

2014 Melanie L. Carty and Haley N. Twist

2013 Joshua Reynolds

2012 Katherine A. Fitzgerald

2011 Steven L. Burleson

2010 Jason E. Graham

2008 Sarah Komer

2007 David Quigley

2006 Rebecca Morton

2005 Robert Marsh

2004 Rebecca Zeller

2003 Adrianne W. Ezzell

2002 Steven Klintworth

2001 Emmanuel C. Haggins

2000 Leslie Dilloway

1999 Stephen D. Brisson

1998 Pamela G. Lowder

1997 Robin C. Hines

1996 Paula Wise

1995 Rebecca McGuire

Trudy Chappell Conrad Memorial Scholarship Inaugural Recipient

2024 Allie Hull