lThere are two basic types of financial aid – gift aid and self-help aid. Scholarships and grants are forms of gift aid as these are sources of aid that typically do not need to be repaid, provided the enrollment period is completed. Self-help aid refers to sources of aid that the student needs to either earn or pay back. Loans and Federal Work Study are forms of self-help aid.
For more information visit UWM’s Department of Financial Aid.
University-Wide Aid
Federal & Wisconsin Grants
Loans
New Freshmen University-Wide Scholarships
Undergraduate Research
Graduate Student Funding
UWM Private Scholarships
Work Study
Midwest Residence Savings
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts participates in the Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP), which awards reduced tuition rates to residents of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
Illinois residents save even more with an automatic $1,000 Milwaukee Advantage Award.
Minnesota residents are eligible for the Minnesota Reciprocity program and are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
Peck School of the Arts Aid
Rath Foundation Merit Scholarship
Rath Family Foundation
Criteria: Student must have maintained an overall academic average of at least 3.8 while in high school or in University of Wisconsin Colleges. Maintained a GPA of at least 3.25 during freshman and sophomore years at UWM (or other UW system college). Candidate must submit a completed application, as required by the scholarship coordinator in the UWM Department of Financial Aid. Two-year award to a student of junior standing. Recommended by department chair and awarded by the Dean.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $7,000 | 1 | no |
The Randy R. Reddemann Emerging Artists Scholarships
Randy R. Reddemann
Criteria: Open to all PSOA Undergraduate students in visual or performing arts to support emerging artists. Typically awarded to a senior. Recommended by department chair and awarded by the Dean.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,500–$3,000 | 1–2 | no |
Slovenian Arts Program Scholarship
Frank & Mary Ermenc, Friends of UWM Slovenian Arts Program
Criteria: Full-time PSOA undergraduate or graduate student of Slovenian descent. Student must be a sophomore with at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and at least a 3.25 grade point average in their PSOA major coursework.
Apply: Slovenian Arts Program Scholarship | Deadline: MAR 26
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $2,000 | 1 | no |
The Department of Art & Design distributes more than $55,000 in scholarships and fellowships to incoming and continuing students at the undergraduate and graduate level each year.
Questions: art-scholarship@uwm.edu
Incoming Undergraduate students are awarded scholarships through the portfolio review process.
Current First Year Undergraduate students are awarded scholarships based on instructor nomination for demonstrating leadership and excelling while enrolled in First Year Program courses. Students are also encouraged to nominate themselves.
Continuing Undergraduate students entering their junior and senior years may participate in two annual competitions: the Sophomore Competition and the Junior Competition.
Graduate students are eligible for Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowships, Chancellor’s Graduate Student Awards, Layton Fellowships, and Layton Research and Travel Awards. To learn more and apply, see Types of Funding for more information.
Art Education undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students are eligible to apply for support through our ArtsECO Scholars program.
Art & Design Graduate Awards
Bradley Family Foundation
Criteria: Art & Design graduate students; Please visit uwm.edu/graduateschool/types-of-funding for eligibility for assistantships, fellowships, and awards.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $8,000 | 1 | up to 3 years |
Cosier-Osborne Scholarship
Kim Cosier, Josie Osborne, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Students enrolled in Art Education
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 1–2 | yes |
Design & Visual Communication Scholarship
Darian & Mary Ellen Griffin
Criteria: An undergraduate or graduate student majoring in Design & Visual Communications in good academic standing and showcasing artistic merit.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 3–6 | yes |
First Year Program Scholarship
Multiple Donors
Criteria: Art & Design majors currently enrolled in First Year Program coursework
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 10–12 | no |
Lee Ann Garrison Sketchbook/Journal Award
Lee Ann Garrison, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate students recognized for sketchbook/journal practices at the annual sophomore scholarship award competition
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $200–$250 | 2 | No |
George Goundie Memorial Scholarship
Goundie Family, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Students majoring in Sculpture
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $400–$600 | 2–3 | yes |
Frederick R. Layton Graduate Fellowship
Frederick R. Layton
Criteria: Graduate Students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $600–$2,000 | 15–20 | no |
Frederick R. Layton Scholarship
Frederick R. Layton
Criteria: Undergraduate students as incoming freshmen
Apply: Priority consideration for applications received by December 15
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$2,000 | 20–25 | yes |
Clarice George Logan Award
George Logan and Thomas Logan
Criteria: Undergraduate students with Sophomore or Junior standing in Art & Design coursework with high academic standing seeking art enrichment travel; preference to female students who have recently completed their Junior year and present a written statement on how a travel award will enrich their education; awarded biennially in odd numbered years for summer travel
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Spring (100%) | $2,000–$2,500 | 1 | no |
Loose Bead Society of Greater Milwaukee Scholarship
Loose Bead Society of Greater Milwaukee
Criteria: Undergraduate Jewelry & Metalsmithing Student
Apply: Contact Jewlery & Metalsmithing Area Head for more information
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | yes |
Harold A. Milbrath Memorial Jewelry & Metalsmithing Prize
Harold A. Milbrath family, Joan Sander, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Jewelry & Metalsmithing Students exhibiting at the annual Jewelry & Metalsmith show
Apply: Submit work to the Jewlry & Metalsmithing juried exhibiton held each Spring; contact Jewlery & Metalsmithing Area Head for more information
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $200, $300, $500 | 3 | yes |
Raja Family Scholarship Fund
Dr. Sharath Raja and Nirmal Raja ’10 MA/’12 MFA
Criteria: Undergraduate Art & Design students demonstrating artistic achievement or potential for excellence; 1 scholarship per year for student in the Community Arts BA Program; financial need may be considered; preference for member of racial or ethnic minority group
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $2,500+ | 4 | yes |
Laurence Rathsack Art Scholarship
Rathsack Family, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Painting & Drawing Students, demonstrated financial need, minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA in their major, Junior or Senior status, exhibit work at the annual Junior Scholarship Exhibition
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $6,000–$12,000 | 1–2 | no |
Shannon Rorabeck Memorial Scholarship
Don and Kay Rorabeck, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Students who exhibit a high caliber of work in the field of visual arts
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,500–$2,000 | 1 | no |
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Dorothy G. and Ruth M. Smith Scholarship
Dorothy G. and Ruth M. Smith
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$2,500 | 5–6 | yes |
Steigleider Charitable Trust Graduate Fellowship
Steigleider Charitable Trust
Criteria: Graduate Student in digital fabrication & design, technologies, or related field; includes tuition assistantships, travel, or other support
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $25,000 | 1 | 2–3 years |
UW Trust/Esther Ulbricht
Estate of Esther Ulbricht
Criteria: Undergraduate Art & Design students
Apply: Awarded based on discretion from Department Chair
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,500 | 6–8 | no |
Undergraduate Scholarship
Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Students with outstanding merit, demonstrated financial need; preference to non-traditional female students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 1–2 | no |
Mary E. Van Deven Memorial Scholarship
Mary E. Van Deven
Criteria: Undergraduate Students who meet the following: high academic achievement, demonstrated financial need, full-time student, Junior standing in Art & Design coursework, minimum 3.0GPA
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$2,500 | 4–6 | yes (as a senior) eligible by participating in future scholarship competition |
UW Trust/Esther Claire Waldheim Scholarship
Estate of Esther Claire Waldheim
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Art & Design students; awarded biennially in even numbered years
Apply: Awarded based on discretion from Department Chair
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | no |
Ware Scholarship
P. Andrew Ware and Nancy D. Ware
Criteria: Undergraduate Art & Design students who demonstrates artistic achievement and potential for excellence
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,00–$4,000 | 1–4 | yes |
The Department of Dance distributes around $40,000 in scholarships and awards to undergraduate and graduate students each year. Undergraduate scholarships range from $400-1,500 per year (amount split over fall/spring semesters), and departmental graduate scholarships range from $500-4,000. In most cases, students may be awarded multiple awards.
Questions: dance-scholarship@uwm.edu
Incoming Undergraduate students are awarded scholarships based on faculty nomination following the student’s entrance audition. Award may be for one year only, or for up to four years, as long as the student maintains Dance GPA of 3.5 or above & full-time enrollment status in a Dance BA or BFA major, and adheres to departmental curricular requirements.
Continuing Undergraduate students who have completed at least one semester in a Dance program are eligible to compete for the Undergraduate Student Scholarship. Demonstrated excellence in the student’s Dance program will serve as the main criteria.
Graduate students are eligible to receive summer session Departmental and Chancellor Awards, which are awarded based on faculty nomination following review of the student’s entrance application materials. The Chancellor Award can only be awarded twice. UWM’s Graduate School also awards several assistantships, fellowships, and travel awards every year.
Due to the program structure, the UW-Milwaukee Dance Department does not offer any Teaching or Project Assistantships to MFA students.
Ed Burgess Legacy Scholarship
Dance Department Faculty & Staff, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate students (priority to Juniors/Seniors) awarded based on discretion by Dance Faculty.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 1 | yes |
Undergraduate Dance Scholarship
Supported in part by event outreach and ticket revenue
Criteria: Completion of 1 semester as Dance BA or BFA student, Dance GPA minimum of 3.5, demonstrated excellence
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $300–$2,000 | 5-12 | yes |
Questions: film-admission@uwm.edu
Incoming Undergraduate students are awarded scholarships through the Robert A. Nelson Scholarship application.
Continuing Undergraduate students are awarded scholarships for exceptional media submissions during the Foundation Review. In addition, specific applications are linked below.
Graduate students are eligible to receive one of our 4-5 Teaching Assistantships awarded annually at over $8,000, which include full tuition remission, annual stipend, and affordable state health coverage through the University. Chancellor’s awards valued over $6,500 each, Distinguished Graduate Fellowships, Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowships, and other aid available through the Graduate School. If you feel you qualify, please notify the Director of the Graduate Program in Film (Steve Wetzel: swetzel@uwm.edu) prior to December 1.
Scholarship recipients must enroll as full time students and maintain good standing in the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Award
Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Film students awarded based on discretion by Film Faculty.
Apply: Artistic Merit & Travel Support | Deadline: FEB 1
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 2 | no |
D.A. Leonard Film Scholarship
D.A. Leonard
Criteria: This award supports Senior Project development. Students enrolled in Film 509 or 510 will be eligible to apply in Spring 2018. Fall 2017 awards issued via faculty nomination.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Spring | $500–$1,000 | 1–2 | no |
Lubar Scholars in Film
Lubar Family Foundation
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Film students awarded based on discretion by Film Faculty.
Apply:
- Undergraduate Excellence in Artistic Merit | Deadline: JAN 1
- Graduate Excellence in Artistic Merit | Deadline: FEB 1
- Travel Award | Deadline: rolling
- Senior Project Development Award | Deadline: APR 2
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$2,000 | 10–15 | yes |
Robert A. Nelson Film Scholarship
UWM Film Faculty & Alumni, Lubar Family Foundation
Criteria: Undergraduate Students & Graduate Students awarded based on availability of funds and discretion by Film Faculty.
Apply: Incoming New Freshman Award | Deadline: December 15
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 5–8 | no |
The Department of Music distributes around $140,000 in scholarships and awards to undergraduate and graduate students each year.
Incoming Undergraduate students are awarded scholarships based on faculty nomination following the student’s entrance application and audition. Award may be for one year only, or for up to four years.
Continuing Undergraduate students who are enrolled in at least 12 credits in any Music program are eligible to apply for scholarship support. Demonstrated progress in the student’s Music program will serve as the main criteria, and maintenance of a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Graduate students who are enrolled in at least 6 credits in any Music program are eligible for scholarship support. Graduate Project or Teaching Assistantships (usually 33%), Chancellor’s Graduate Student Awards, and Non-Resident Tuition Remissions are also available. All graduate awards are based on faculty nomination following the student’s application, entrance audition and/or first year in program. Project and Teaching Assistantships appointed at 33% or higher receive full tuition waivers plus a stipend and benefits.
Graduate students can also apply for the following types of funding: UWM Graduate School’s Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship, Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship, and/or Graduate Student Travel Awards.
Joe Aaron Scholarship
Joseph Aaron, Marlene Lauwasser and family, Multiple Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Music Performance or Music Education majors (preference to undergrads) demonstrating financial need
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | yes |
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Adelaide F. Banaszynski Memorial Scholarship
Adelaide F. Banaszynski
Criteria: Undergraduate Music students in good academic standing demonstrating financial need; resident of Wisconsin with preference for Milwaukee, Waukkesha, Washington, or Ozaukee counties; award must be used for tuition, room and board, books, fees, or educational equipment
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,500–$3,000 | 2–3 | yes |
Alfred Cahn Music Scholarship
Estate of Alfred Cahn
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate students; members of UWM Symphony Orchestra on professional career path including classical music
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,500–$5,000 | 1–2 | yes |
Classical Guitar Scholarship
James and Wendy Agah, Gregory Chrisafis, Multiple Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate students majoring in classical guitar with high artistic merit
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $5,000–$10,000 | 1–3 | yes |
Professsor Thomas L. Dvorak Music Scholarship
Thomas L. Dvorak, Multiple Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate students whose primary instrument is Woodwind, Brass, or Percussion with high scholastic ability and artistic potential
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | yes |
Franklyn & Barbara Esenberg Clarinet Scholarship
Franklyn and Barbara Esenberg
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate students with high artistic merit whose primary instrument is clarinet
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$6,000 | 1+ | yes |
Excelencia en la Música Scholarship
Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Music students demonstrating strong artistic merit and financial need; racial or ethnic minorities with preference to Hispanic/Latino students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $2,000–$3,000 | 1 | yes |
Friends of Music Scholarship
Multiple Donors
Criteria: Full-time undergraduate music major
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 3 | yes |
Dr. Henry and Julia Freund Scholarship
Estate of Julia Freund
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Music student demonstrating strong artistic ability and financial need
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–Full Tuition (in-state) | 2–3 | yes, by audition |
Herschel Burke Gilbert Family Scholarship
Herschel and Gertrude Gilbert Family
Criteria: Undergraduate students studying, composition, viola, or violin
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 2 | yes |
General Music Scholarship
Music Alumni
Criteria: Music Major demonstrating strong artistic ability
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $100–$800 | TBD | yes |
Gerald Grose Music Scholarship
Estate of James J. Magnino
Criteria: Music major, or intended major demonstrating strong artistic merit
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | yes |
Jan Jones Hartford Scholarship
Jan Jones, Dr. Lincoln Hartford, and other donors
Criteria: Undergraduate students majoring or intending to major in Music Education with preference to vocal music
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 1–2 | yes |
Jane E. Heinemann Scholarship
Estate of Jane E. Heinemann, Multiple Donors
Criteria: Female entering junior or senior year as an Elementary Music Education major with a concentration in general music; must possesses good musical skills, including sight reading in both voice and piano, whose vocal quality is suitable for teaching children
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,200–$1,400 | 1 | yes |
Jeanne Henderson Memorial Harp Scholarship
Tracy Henderson, Henderson Family, and MacDowell Club of Milwaukee
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate student studying Harp as a primary or secondary instrument demonstrating artistic merit
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 1 | yes |
InFaith Community FDN Rodney Johnson Scholarship
Estate of Rodney Johnson, InFaith Community
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Music students with high scholastic ability and artistic potential; recipients must reflect the diversity of the school’s enrollment
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $2,000–$2,500 | 6+ | yes |
Anita Hankwitz Kastner Music Scholarship
Anita Hankwitz Kastner
Criteria: Music major; Wisconsin resident; sophomore or higher standing; demonstrated outstanding music performance; high scholastic record as evidenced in academic performance prior to application
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,500 | 6–10 | yes |
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Nancy McClellan Music Scholarship
Andrew McClellan
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate students studying piano for a career in music; demonstrated financial need, artistic merit, and commitment to the community; resident of Wisconsin with preference for Milwaukee, Waukkesha, Washington, or Ozaukee counties; award must be used for tuition, room and board, books, fees, or educational equipment
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,500–$2,000 | 1 | yes |
UW Trust/Gilbert H. Meisel Music Scholarship
Estate of Gilbert H. Meisel
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate music students
Apply: Awarded based on discretion from Department Chair
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$1,500 | 2–3 | yes |
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Milwaukee Music Scholarship
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Criteria: Undergraduate Music students in good academic standing demonstrating financial need; resident of Wisconsin with preference for Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, or Ozaukee counties; award must be used for tuition, room and board, books, fees, or educational equipment
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | yes |
Moebius Award for Excellence-Moebius Merit Award
Moebius Family
Criteria: Music Major demonstrating strong artistic ability
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $2,000 | 1 | yes |
UW Trust/Music Scholarship
Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate music students
Apply: Awarded based on discretion from Department Chair
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 2–4 | yes |
J. Thomas and Hazel Oakes Scholarship
J. Thomas and Hazel Oakes
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate Music students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$2,500 | 1 | no |
Piano Scholarship
Multiple donors in honor of Frank Glazer
Criteria: Music students enrolled in courses leading to a degree in Piano Performance
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$2,000 | 2 | yes |
Bernardine Sherman Music Education Scholarship
Estate of Bernardine G. Sherman
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate students majoring in Music Education with potential for success as a music educator
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$1,000 | 2–5 | yes |
Gertrude Stillman
Gertrude Stillman Family and Friends
Criteria: Enrolled in a Music Degree Program
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 2 | yes |
Gregoria Karides Suchy Music Scholarship
Gregoria Karides, Raymond Suchy and family, Multiple Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate senior or Graduate student majoring in Music Composition & Technology; minimum 3.0 GPA; award must be applied to tuition
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $200–$500 | 1 | yes |
UW Trust/Esther Claire Waldheim Scholarship
Estate of Esther Claire Waldheim
Criteria: Undergraduate or Graduate music students; awarded biennially in odd numbered years
Apply: Awarded based on discretion from Department Chair
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500 | 1 | no |
Woodmansee Music Scholarship
Estate of Webster and Winifred Woodmansee
Criteria: Undergraduate music students demonstrating artistic merit and financial need
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$2,000 | 2–5 | yes |
Undergraduate students who are enrolled in at least 12 credits in any Theatre program are eligible to apply for scholarship support. Demonstrated progress in the student’s Theatre program will serve as the main criteria. The Theatre Department will send out calls for application on a semesterly basis.
Questions: theatre-info@uwm.edu
Werner and Jermaine Buchel Foundation Scholarship
Estate of Werner and Jermaine Buchel
Criteria: Undergraduate Theatre Students demonstrating prior effort and training in theatre arts
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $250–$1,500 | 2–3 | no |
General Theatre Scholarship
Multiple Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Theatre Students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $750–$1,000 | 2 | no |
Corliss Phillabaum Theatre Prize
Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Theatre Students; minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA in Theatre; demonstrate high achievements and contributions to the Theatre Department
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | up to $1,000 | 8–12 | yes |
Theatre Scholarship In Honor of Cynthia Poulson
Friends and family of Cynthia Poulson, Theatre Faculty & Staff
Criteria: Undergraduate Theatre Students demonstrating academic achievement, strong performance skills, and financial need
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000 | 1 | yes |
Rehberg Costume Production/Design Scholarship
Randy Rehberg and Family, Anonymous Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Junior/Senior Theatre Students posessing outstanding artistic and academic merit; active participant in theatre activities
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $1,000–$1,500 | 2–3 | yes |
Schoenleber Foundation Scholarship
Schoenleber Foundation
Criteria: Undergraduate Theatre Students demonstrating high artistic merit
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $250–$1,250 | 5–6 | yes |
Technical Theatre Scholarship
Multiple Donors
Criteria: Undergraduate Theatre Students
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | TBA | 1 | yes |
Theatre Production Scholarship
Anonymous Donor
Criteria: A student intending to major in, or majoring in Theatre Production.
| Disbursement | Amount | Recipients | Renewable |
| Fall (50%), Spring (50%) | $500–$2,000 | 1–4 | yes |