Hilton Scholarship

Dwight D. Eisenhower/Conrad N. Hilton Scholarship

The Center for Global Education and the Eisenhower Institute are pleased to announce that three $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to Gettysburg College students who plan to study globally during the Fall 2025 semester.

The primary purpose of the Dwight D. Eisenhower/Conrad N. Hilton Scholarship is to help U.S. students study globally, thereby encouraging and assisting students who bring a strong international orientation to their studies; exhibit, through extracurricular activities, an interest and awareness of the role they can perform in bettering the world; and show through their career aspirations and corresponding curriculum choices, an appreciation of the role that international travel, global trade, and cross-cultural exchange can play in fostering international understanding and world peace.

The scholarship is for Gettysburg College students who are applying for global study during the Fall 2025 semester. Preferred applicants will have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and can be from any academic discipline. Applicants are awarded on merit.

Recipients are required to submit, upon completion of their program, a blog post for the EI website, a presentation to students/faculty, or another project that can be used to promote the impact of global experiences. Your reflection or project should respond to one of these prompts:

1. How your experience relates to Gettysburg’s “enduring skills”
2. Compare and contrast something between host country and US (policies, values, urban planning, etc.)
3. Connect something you learned abroad with a class or classes you took at Gettysburg

Completed applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 2025.

Applications should include:

• applicant’s academic transcript;
• resume reflecting work experience and activities;
• an essay, not more than 1,000 words, that reflects on how your chosen global study experience will support your academic and professional goals, and how the program relates to the purpose of this scholarship.

If you have additional questions, please contact CGE at: cge@gettysburg.edu or call (717) 337-6866.

NOTE: Applicants who are receiving financial aid of other kinds from Gettysburg College or elsewhere should be aware that the awarding of an Eisenhower/Hilton scholarship may impact the overall financial aid package they currently receive. If you have additional questions about the scholarship, please contact the Center for Global Education at cge@gettysburg.edu or (717) 337-6866.