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