​​​​​​Mathilde Jane Gutow overcame significant challenges to complete her education, serve her country, raise a family and become an active member of her community.

The Mathilde Jane Gutow Endowed Scholarship, funded by her daughter and son-in-law, Marsha and Thomas Hopkins, honors her memory and offers Cleveland State University students who have aged out of the foster care system the opportunity to follow her example and live meaningful and satisfying lives.

The Mathilde Jane Gutow Endowed Scholarship supports the higher education aspirations of former foster care students like Jane by helping them overcome the significant challenges they face as newly independent adults striving to earn their degree.

Mathilde Jane Gutow Endowed Scholarship Application 2020-2021