The Arthur E. Landers, Jr. and Hilda C. Landers Charitable Trust created a new scholarship beginning with the 2018-19 academic year: the Landers Scholars Program provides fully funded (tuition, fees, room and board) four-year scholarships – including first-year mentoring and community service opportunities – to low-income, first generation and/or under-represented students with a priority to support students from the Baltimore City and Baltimore County area. To help sustain this scholarship in perpetuity, the College has raised $609,785 in four years from our alumni, friends, and staff to receive a $1,000,000 investment from the Landers Trust.
Thank You to Our $1,000+ Donors!
Cindy Broyles '79
Kendra Gibson '84
Talib A. Horne '93
Bertrand T. Adanve ’10
Anonymous
Morgan D. ’09 and Richard S. Barr ’07
Sally Cameron
Carolyn S. Curry
Meredith Davis ’92
Brittany Toscano ‘08 and Albert Gore
LaVerna Hahn Charitable Trust
Thomasina Hiers-Johnson ’97 and Robert M. Johnson ’93
Maryland Strategic Consulting
Jesse J. Price ’92
Karen C. Raley ’94
Jan Mandel-Weitzel and Harry J. Weitzel
Donna L. West ’76
Matthew E. Newcomer ’05 and Jayson T. Williams ’03
Carolyn F. and John G. Williamson
Martha M. Yeager ’41
Sally Cameron
“I am a better student educator professional and citizen because of my time at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. As a first generation, low-income college student, I didn’t truly understand the value of education. The commitment and investment faculty and staff deposited in my life inspired my life course and now it is my obligation to do the same for students who represent my diversity of demographic.” Meredith Davis ‘92
"I chose to give to the Landers Challenge as a way to contribute to the St. Mary’s College community as a whole. When more talented students are able to attend St. Mary’s, not only can these students earn the benefit of a St. Mary’s education, but these students in turn enrich the entire living and learning community that defines the St. Mary’s College experience." Brittany Toscano Gore '08
Meet the Landers Scholars!
2023-24 Cohort
Camilia Galeano
Ian Baughman
Pillar Dyson
Artarus Brown
2022-23 Cohort
Boluwatife Bada (Rosedale, MD)
Arianna Warren (Baltimore, MD)
Wendy Contreras (Frederick, MD)
Pamela Angel-Aguilar (Millersville, MD)
2021-22 Cohort
Yodahe Mekonnen (Rockville, MD)
Ben Johnson (Baltimore, MD)
Nadia Velasco (Rockville, MD)
Owen Landinger (Catonsville, MD)
2020-21 Cohort
Kimani Daley (Silver Spring, MD)
Julie Guerrero (Dundalk, MD)
Nia Knott (Baltimore, MD)
Gabriela Miranda (Gaithersburg, MD)
2019-20 Cohort
Sailor Bottomley (Rock Hall, MD)
Makayla Bridges (Davidsonville, MD)
Rebecca Guy (Leonardtown, MD)
Beyona Richardson (Baltimore, MD)
2018-19 Cohort
Baudratte Djiogo (Baltimore, MD)
Marisa Guy (Baltimore, MD)
Barry Jenkins (Randallstown, MD)
Victoria Richhart (Severna Park, MD)
Landers Scholars are expected to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, complete at least 12 service hours a year, and to respect and embrace the St. Mary’s Way to receive continued scholarship support. For students with questions about the Landers Scholars Program, visit Office of Student Financial Assistance or contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance at osfa@smcm.edu or (240) 895-3000.
Hilda Combs graduated from the St. Mary's Female Seminary in 1923. Afterward, she went to Baltimore where she taught English, typing and stenography and married businessman Arthur E. Landers, Jr. Together, in 1968 – with an initial gift of $1,000 – they established the Arthur E. Landers, Jr. and Hilda Combs Landers Endowed Scholarship Fund. They left their legacy through the creation of the Arthur E. Landers, Jr. and Hilda C. Landers Charitable Trust which continues to support St. Mary’s College and its students and faculty through the growing scholarship fund and the Hilda C. Landers ’23 Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts established in 1999. In recognition of the Landers’ tremendous generosity, the Hilda C. Landers Library was dedicated in 2017.
The Landers' lifetime and legacy giving totaled over $7.7 million in June 2020.
In the academic years spanning 2000-01 and 2019-20, almost 1,000 students received financial support from the Landers Scholarship and the Baltimore City Scholarship which the Landers Trust helped fund in 2005.
For more information on supporting the Landers Scholars program, please contact the Advancement Office.