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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.

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.

Letters & Science Honors: 50 Years of Raising the Bar

The Honors Program in the College of Letters & Science was created in April 1960 and it was launched in the fall semester of 1960. Fifty years later, the program is thriving, and its students are leaders on campus and in the community.