Your FUTURE
IS WORTH IT

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Your future starts here

The Inauguration of Deborah D. Ricker, Ph.D.

Please join us wishing President Ricker well on this special occasion on Saturday, October 18, 2025, 11 a.m.

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Worth the Breakthroughs

Academic programs designed to prepare you for in-demand careers.

Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs

Science Lab

Worth the Connections

Gain professional experience with hundreds of internships, research and study abroad opportunities.

Say Yes to Hood Find Your Home

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Worth the Work

A Hood education can take you anywhere.

EPCC Event: Student Presenting to a Board of Pitch Competition Judges.

Featured Stories

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Lights, Camera, Hood!

Student-run media is flourishing at the Delaplaine Foundation, Inc. Multimedia Center.

ALonna Soward

ALonna Soward-Puryear ’19, M.S.’24, Maryland Teacher of the Year

ALonna Soward-Puryear ’19, M.S.’24, has been named as the 2026 Maryland Teacher of the Year.

Casey Chamberlin '25

Casey Chamberlin ’25 Wins Prestigious Portz Award

Honors student Casey Chamberlin ’25 is recognized for her departmental honors project on school-related anxiety.

President Debbie Ricker, Ph.D., outside of Hood College's front entrance

12 Questions With Hood’s 12th President

Debbie Ricker, Ph.D., the 12th president of Hood College, sits down to answer 12 questions.

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