$2M Donation To Howard Community College Sets Record, Creates Scholarships

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Howard Community College has received its largest private donation in college history with a gift of $2 million from The Kahlert Foundation to provide students with financial support and wrap-around services to reach their educational goals.

The funding will go toward tuition assistance for a future Early College program and for student parents in the college’s Career Links program, scholarships for students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and support for the on-campus food pantry and the college engineering program.

In honor of the donation, the college will name its future mathematics and athletics building as The Kahlert Foundation Complex. Currently under construction, the complex will replace inflexible instructional space for the mathematics program and an athletics center that is operating beyond its structural life. The Kahlert Foundation Complex will open for classes in spring 2025.

“The foundation is pleased to support the new Early College access program, STEM scholarships and many other vital programs that will benefit students,” said Greg Kahlert, president of the board of directors of The Kahlert Foundation. “My daughter attended HCC. She is now working toward a master of business administration at the University of Utah and credits her outstanding educational experience at HCC as a springboard for her success. We are proud to provide this support so the college can do this for so many other members of the community.”