The Great People Scholarship makes a difference for promising students.
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Colorado Rockies Honor MLB’s Selig with $100,000 Scholarship Gift to UW-Madison
A $100,000 gift from the Colorado Rockies’ baseball organization in honor of Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig will support student scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Red Shirts for Best and Brightest
For many promising students, a UW-Madison education would be out of reach if not for the financial aid provided by generous donors.
Seeds of Greatness
Coming from a family of limited financial means, Ashya Kaderabek-Vela feels fortunate to attend UW–Madison. Her path through the UW has been greatly eased by a grant from the Great People Scholarship fund, which offers need-based grants to fill gaps between various other sources of financial aid.
Melanie Zaferos- Pursuing a Dream to Teach
Melanie Zaferos from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, follows her mother, father and sister to the UW-Madison. She’s pursuing her lifelong dream to become an elementary school teacher and hopes to one day also teach abroad. The Ab and Nancy Nichols Great People Scholarship and Alta T. & Daniel B. Straley Scholarship allow her to continue her higher education.