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Owners, Aarons Fund Scholarships in Seligs’ Honor

Three Major League Baseball owners and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron’s foundation have created scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in honor of Commissioner and alumnus Allan H. “Bud” Selig and his wife, Suzanne.

J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc.: Constructing a Legacy on Campus

From those early years working on Bascom Hall in the 20th century through the opening of a remodeled and expanded School of Education building and breaking ground on a new School of Human Ecology building in fall 2010, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. has consistently come through for the University.

New President Looks Ahead

When he became president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation on October 16, Michael Knetter was doing what has become natural – pursuing an opportunity he saw as important.

Lessons in Leadership: Learn, Understand, Value

As a professor and chair of the Department of Comparative Biosciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, Gordon Mitchell sees the benefits of animal research firsthand- including benefits that save human lives.

An Inspiring Life

Chueh Ying Shih made a perilous journey to freedom and eventually earned a PhD. She valued higher education as the key to a better life, and she encouraged her children to earn their own professional degrees.