The Renk Agribusiness Institute — housed in the UW College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) — was established in 1996 through a generously endowed gift from the Walter 1924 and Martha ’30 Renk and Richard ’62, MBA’64 and Sharon Renk families of the Renk Seed Company in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. For nearly 30 years, the… Read more »
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to be a leading choice for local, out-of-state, and international students alike. In September, the university welcomed nearly 9,900 new freshmen and transfer students, more than 1,200 of whom are attending the UW with scholarships and grants provided through UW–Madison. This fortunate cohort is receiving monetary support from impactful initiatives… Read more »
A transformational lead gift from Marv ’68, JD’71 and Jeff ’72 Levy — the largest single contribution in college history — will benefit future generations of Badgers while honoring the memory of their brother, Phil ’64, who passed away in 2021.
In 2023, the UW School of Pharmacy introduced a new program — the PharmD Early Assurance program — to expand access to pharmacy school and train more future pharmacists to help meet Wisconsin’s health care needs. The program offers conditional admission to high school seniors who want to become pharmacists and have been accepted to a four-year Universities of Wisconsin university.
In 2022, alumnus Paul Wolff ’63 and his wife, Rhea Schwartz, generously created an exciting fellowship — the first of its kind at UW–Madison — for the College of Letters & Science (L&S). The Wolff Fellowship grants $45,000 each year to a graduating senior from L&S.
Raymond C. Lauver — modestly raised in rural Pennsylvania in the 1930s — attended a one-room schoolhouse in a county without any public libraries. Had it not been for the generous support of scholarships, his dream of earning a degree at Susquehanna University would not have been possible.
The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB), one of the first five business schools in the nation, has been shaping leaders for the last 125 years. The school prepares students for the careers that lie ahead, and its world-class undergraduate program empowers students of all backgrounds to succeed — about 13 percent of undergraduate students are… Read more »
The oldest pharmacy school in the state, the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy is a globally recognized leader in education, research, and service. For more than 135 years, the school has offered an excellent and evolving curriculum, and prospective students flock to Madison for a chance to become a Badger. However, over the last… Read more »
