Bill and Dolores Woods Education Scholarship Endowment

When Bill Woods took his first position teaching Biology and Life Sciences at NWC in 1961, it was for him a step along the way to an envisioned career somewhere else. Thirty years later, he had served as Dean of Administrative Services, as NWC’s first Foundation Director and as the college’s Compliance Officer. NWC was not just a place he worked; it was a place he and his family had come to know as a way of living.

During the years he and Dolores were raising their four daughters, Jane, Sue, Ann and Megan, the college provided space and opportunities for personal and community growth. They spent countless hours in classrooms for 4-H meetings or fly-tying classes, the faculty lounge for Mother’s Day teas and style reviews, in the auditorium for theatrical and musical performances and in the cafeteria and dorms on summer or work-study crews. Dolores took Algebra I to polish her teaching skills and become a long-time substitute in Powell Middle School. Eventually, all four girls would start or re-start their formal education at NWC and continue to support the college as volunteers and faithful employees.

The Woods family initiated a scholarship in 1992 memorializing Bill after he passed away from a battle with cancer. Delores’ name was added to the scholarship after her death in 2024.