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About Our Program

The Hudson & Holland Scholars Program is currently housed under the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. Undergraduate Education’s mission is to ensure every undergraduate student can access meaningful learning opportunities that prepare them for tomorrow.

Hudson & Holland Scholars Program’s mission, vision and core values support UE’s mission while reflecting the program’s efforts to serve the best and brightest students on the Indiana University Bloomington campus.

The mission of HHSP is to enhance inclusive excellence at Indiana University through the recruitment, support, and holistic development of high-achieving students from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to: limited income students, first-generation college students, and rural students and other underrepresented student populations.

HHSP seeks to achieve this mission by supporting scholars’ social, emotional, and mental well-being. Through a variety of support services backed by student development theory and best practices in higher education, HHSP ultimately seeks to address the holistic needs of scholars throughout their tenure at IUB.

On average, Hudson & Holland Scholars have higher GPAs, retention rates and 4-year graduation rates than their non-HHSP peers and are often some of the most scholastically successful students at IUB.

Hudson & Holland is currently the largest merit-based scholarship program at Indiana University Bloomington. Hudson & Holland Scholars’ presence and contributions deeply enrich the campus learning environment.

Our vision is to facilitate an environment and atmosphere where our Scholars SUCCEED unapologetically and thrive to graduation.

Our motto, Hudson & Holland SUCCEEDs is reflected in the following values:

• Scholarship: Our scholars pursue elevated academic success through engaging in active learning in and outside the classroom, maintaining a 3.0 GPA, and applying their unique skills and talents to their academic pursuits.
• Uplift: Our scholars are uplifted through active, present, supportive, hospitable, and enthusiastic Hudson & Holland staff. Our scholars uplift each other by affirming their humanity and giving their peers grace, understanding, care, and accountability as they walk the road to graduation together.
• Community: Our scholars actively serve and participate in and make a positive impact on their Hudson & Holland campus and Bloomington communities.
• Creativity: Our scholars are encouraged to display and celebrate creativity, uniqueness, and artistic expression through participating in and supporting events, programs, initiatives, and best practices that cultivate artistry, innovation, imagination, and originality.
• Empowerment: Our scholars are empowered to become their best selves through our holistic support services, programs, and initiatives that seek to enhance their Indiana University experience.
• Engagement: Our Scholars commit to engagement by thoughtfully engaging with their peers, IU faculty and staff, and the broader global community. Scholars will commit to engaging everyone they meet with fairness and civility, recognizing that valuing people and the human experience elevates the individual as well as the whole. Scholars will diligently demonstrate an attitude that recognizes the positive values and contributions from members of the campus community.
• Development: Our scholars engage in programs, initiatives, and best practices within our office and across campus that support their development as well-rounded humans, productive students, and positive leaders.