2023-2024 Academic Year Scholarships

Please join us in congratulating the Letters & Science recipients of donor-funded scholarships and awards during the 2023-24 school year! This wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of alumni donors and friends of the College of Letters & Science who kindly support our students.

In 2023-24 thus far, we have awarded approximately $500,000 of philanthropic funding.

If you are interested in supporting students with tuition scholarships, research awards or any other type of gift, please connect with Leslie Horn in Development.


UNITAWARDDONORRECIPIENT
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES
Lorenzo Henderson ScholarshipNevaeh Berry
W. Michael Ross ScholarshipLa' Wanda Bass
ART HISTORY
Kohler Foundation Internship AwardAnonymous*
Nadine Walter Memorial ScholarshipAnonymous*
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Clifford H. Mortimer ScholarshipLauran Liggan
Temitope Oluwayomi Temenu
Victoria Sellhausen
James D. Anthony Memorial ScholarshipThe late Margaret AnthonyChloe Skinner
Gabriella Voit
Olivia Feagles
James J. Magnino M.D. ScholarshipThe Estate of Dr. James J. Magnino, M.D.Florin Saitis
Louise Neitge Mather ScholarshipSara Seidita
Peter J Salamun ScholarshipKatrina Degenhardt
Lauran Liggan
Raymond E. Hatcher Memorial ScholarshipEmmanuel Divinagracia
Robert Costello Botany ScholarshipKirandeep Kaur
Leah Kuester
Suha Malik
Ruth I. Walker Memorial Scholarship or AwardAlyssa Kline
Drew Little
Fatemeh Cheraghi
Fiona Isaku
James Woods
Joseph Cannizzaro
Kane Stratman
Madison Rittinger
Shanice Crystal Piango
Sydney Stigler
Ton Nu Bao Vy Huyen
Vidhya Basak
Shaw Doctoral FellowshipAnonymous*
Gabriella Voit
CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry General Scholarship or AwardA F M Towheedur Rahman
Bradley Dimock
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Scholarship or AwardAnonymous*
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Durward C. Layde Memorial ScholarshipCaleb Pacheco
Gloria Moczynski Student Teacher AwardLeah Johnson
Sosnovsky Award for Excellence in Graduate ResearchDaniel Webb
Timothy George Vrakas Memorial ScholarshipEmma Frain
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Berquist Study Abroad ScholarshipBrandon Classey
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Victor Vega Educational ScholarshipAnonymous*
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Study Abroad ScholarshipAnonymous*
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Joshua Giese
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CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Donald R. Shea Scholarship in Latin American StudiesAnne Ravanelli
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Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. LatinX ScholarshipJazmine Scott
COMMUNICATION
Amelia Lucas Trust Fund AwardDerrick Langston
Communication Graduate Research AwardAnonymous*
Frank E. X. Dance ScholarshipAnonymous*
John Paul Jones ScholarshipAnonymous*
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Melvin H. Miller AwardAnonymous*
Randy & Joanna Parlee ScholarshipAnonymous*
Renee A. Meyers ScholarshipAnonymous*
Ruth McGaffey ScholarshipAnonymous*
ECONOMICS
Department of Economics AwardAnonymous*
Holahan Prize for Outstanding TeachingAnonymous*
Benjamin Adams
ENGLISH
Creative Writing Faculty Legacy Award for PoetryJessica Drake-Thomas
Department of English AwardCody Burt
Fridarose Hamad
Keinana Shah
Michael Smith
Tristan Scranton
Dr. Alice Gillam ScholarshipRachel La Due
Dr. Donna Decker Scholarship for English DepartmentElizabeth Rhinehart
Elizabeth Babbitt Memorial ScholarshipZoey Bannenberg
Frederick J. Hoffman AwardMatthew Cooper
James A. Sappenfield FellowshipAnthony Guerrero
Danielle Harms
Madison Williams
Ryan Winn
Tinsley Helton Dissertation FellowshipAndrew Urban
Virginia Burke AwardMelanie Alfaro
GEOGRAPHY
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Mary Jo Read Fellowship for Graduate StudentsAlex Segneri
Alexandra Hamilton
Christopher Archuleta
Dino Maraldo
Dulmini Nadeesha Jayawardana
Lulu Liu
Mathew Chidera Ugwuanyi
Matthias Dietmar Schilli
Miracle Oluwasegun Mark
Saeedeh Morassafar
Yiming Zhang
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Mary Jo Read Undergraduate ScholarshipMichelle Schaeffer
GEOSCIENCES
Nelson Cherkauer Lasca Legacy ScholarshipJohn Folena
Neuschafer Spring Symposium AwardTara Johnson
GERMAN
Mariele Schirmer Scholarship in GermanJean Medenblik
Schwertfeger ScholarshipAnonymous*
Gavin Sayrs
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Schwertfeger Student AwardElizabeth Kuhlmann
Gavin Sayrs
Jordan Hill
Lydia Wojcieszak
Marie Wycklendt
Sommer Finn
HISTORY
A.T. Brown Award for History Graduate StudentsVitalis Nwashindu
A.T. Brown Award for History UndergraduatesDavid Jensen
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Ahmad Family ScholarshipNathan Brown
David & Diane Buck Dissertation FellowshipDavid and Diane BuckFrank Kalisik
Ellen Healy AwardElizabeth Spaide
Frederick I. Olson ScholarshipTyler Jones
History Department Scholarship in Memory of David Kraus '73Kate Jakubowski
J. David Hoeveler Merit ScholarshipJack Rusch
Professor Bud Weare ScholarshipEmma Willis
Samantha Morgan
Spencer Wakefield
Theodore Saloutos Award for PhD Dissertation Research in American HistoryBrianna Quade
JOURNALISM, ADVERTISING AND MEDIA STUDIES
Dave Edwards ScholarshipStephanie Perez
Dr. Donna Decker Scholarship for JAMSCarmella D'Acquisto
Francie & Albert Silverman/MPC Endowment Ltd. ScholarshipOlivia Davis
Keith Spore Journal Communications ScholarshipStephanie Perez
Louise J. Kordus Memorial ScholarshipThe Estate of Louise J. KordusAlexis Lonzo
Ava Ladky
Joshua Skarda
Michael Petrick Journalism ScholarshipOlivia Davis
Rafi And Zohreh ScholarshipJuan Escutia-Arreola
Samantha Calderon
JEWISH STUDIES
Alan D. Corre Judaic Studies ScholarshipAriel Kinney
Sivan Aharon
Jewish Studies ScholarshipAriel Kinney
Chris Nuzum
Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz Jewish Studies ScholarshipJanelle Shalelashvili
LINGUISTICS
Eckman ScholarshipAnonymous*
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Alice Siu-Fun Leung AwardAllison Frey
Jillian Cervantes
Juan Carlos Pantoja Magana
Kerington Sauser
Kiran Earnshaw
Patricia Dorothea Gunawan
Zhane Miller
Department of Mathematical Sciences AwardAzia Barner
Megan Vance
Mathematics Achievement ScholarshipBrooklyn Fraser
Morris & Miriam Marden Undergraduate Award in MathematicsCameron Lee
Zhane Miller
PUBLIC & NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION
John Palmer Smith ScholarshipMaria Ortiz
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Nonprofit Management General ScholarshipAnonymous*
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PHILOSOPHY
Brin Award in PhilosophyAlexander Giffen
Benjamin Eneman
Benjamin Kanaan
James Moster
Jay Erkilla
Jordan Olinski
Mckenzie Maccaux
Yichun Sun
William J. Seidler ScholarshipAnonymous*
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PHYSICS
David Lichtman Undergraduate ScholarshipBenjamin Lorenz
James M. Martin Memorial ScholarshipJack Grummer
Planetarium Service AwardAutumn Carroll
Natalie Starks
Sophia Teubert
Tim Collins Memorial ScholarshipAlasdair Boney
William L. Walters Memorial ScholarshipNoah Paszczak
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Michael C. LeMay Political Science ScholarshipDelaney DeLeske
Wilder Crane Memorial ScholarshipEnes Ayasli
Russell Bonfiglio ScholarshipFriends & Family of the late Russell BonfiglioJulien Blecking
PSYCHOLOGY
Cialdini FellowshipBenjamin Katz
Gabriella Navarro
Jing Xu
Julia Tager
Minjee Kook
Yourim Kim
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology Department Awards for UndergraduatesIdalia Rosas
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE
Meta Steinfort ScholarshipYazmin Cruz
URBAN STUDIES
Henry W. Maier AwardFatemeh Salehi Mava
Jack Rongstad
Katherine Kocisky
Maria Rose Francis
Maryam Karbasi Dehkharghani
Nadia Adusei
Russell Star-Lack
Sana Avar
Sinai Mendoza-Zarate
Xiaohan Gu
Yuchen Zhao
Urban Studies AwardXiaohan Gu
Yuchen Zhao
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
Casey O'Brien Outstanding Activist AwardAbagail Houck
Florence L. Healy ScholarshipBlessing Akpevweoghene Uwisike
Cora Griesemer
Kaitlyn Hein
Molly Berg
Molly Lieber
Women's & Gender Studies Paper and Project AwardKendra Barkas
Mira Carpenter
Molly Lieber
Nada Moubarak
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*Name withheld at student’s request

Holahan donors: Anonymous, Asha and Janardhanan Alse, Amid Ardakani, Benjamin Artz, Sahar Bahmani, Najiba Benabess, John D. Bitzan, Taggert Jonathan Brooks, Nicholas and Lenore Burckel, Kristen Carioti, Yvonne Y. Chen, Safoora Collins, Tristan Coughlin, Ali Dadpay, Christopher Fletcher, Daniel Fuhrmann, Juan Gelves, Jarred Glaser, John Heywood and Gretchen Miller, Uchechukwu Jarrett, Kamilla Kasymova, Tianfang Li, Sahar Milani, Rebecca Neumann, Sujata Saha, Dennis Carr, Saleh Sahabehtabrizy, Abdihafit Shaeye, Donald Williams, Jia Xu, Alexey Yukhov, Angela Zabler

Planetarium donors: Anonymous (5), Alice Ambrowiak, Amorphic Beer LLC, Jennifer Bauer Roche, Sydney Roche, Suzanne Caulfield, Anthony and Vicki Cecalupo, Dianne and Terence Creighton, Jean Creighton, Patricia DeFrain, Julie Gale, Robert Gershan, Richard Gillard, Brent Gohde, Greg Gonia, Victor Grossi, Barbara Hayes, HomeLight, Leslie Horn, Michael Karolewicz, Kathleen Klein, Steven Klein, Colleen Latham, Heidi Matera, Mathias McCormick, Kelli Miller, Bev Molitor, Ana Myers, David Ogden, Priya Bhatia and Pratik Patel, Andrew Petroll, Susan Podgorski, Patrick Reilly, Paul Shinkle, Scott Silet, Kelly Steinhoff, Stan Stojkovic, Eric Strom, Jacqueline Sutilla, Kathleen Troup, Catherine Turk, Liz Vandervest, John Ward, Baisha Whitten, Sandra Wicker, Timothy Williamson, Meredith Wittmann, Sharon Wolf

Dept. of Geosciences donors: Nina Basu, Brian and Nola Brennan, Patricia Burke, Douglas Cherkauer, Kevin Doyle, Milton and Sharon Gere, Lindsey and Chris Henry, John Kachelmeyer, Marion Malinowski, William Meddaugh, Dave Oxley, Allan Stawicki, Tatar Family Foundation, Peter Vollmer

Perlman donors: Anonymous, Rahi Abouk, Miao Chi, Gabriel Courey, John Heywood and Gretchen Miller, Benjamin Kammen, Martin Meder, Laurie Miller, Ali Moghtaderi, Mona Sameni, John Schwendel, Eduard Storm, Shrathinth Venkatesh, Donald Williams

Access to Excellence donors: William and Susan Hotz, Donald Radtke, Kelly and Matthias Rupp, Joan Stalcup, Mary Zaborski

New Directions donors: Anonymous (5), Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Dena Abramowitz, Vincent J. Adesso, Susan Albert, Gerald and Linda Albertson, Michael Alioto, Jody Allen, Willie L. Allen, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Jo A. Baldwin, Laurie Barth Walczak, Glenn Bartsch, Julianne Bauer, Rachel Baum, Andrea Begotka, Nancy Behling, Jared Bierbach, Amalia Biester, Francesca Bisi, Geraud Blanks, Patricia Bock, Hilary Bohm, Andrew R. Bond, Jeremy Borouchoff, Ann Borowski, Sheila Bowler, Christopher Brace, Norman Breest, David Brethauer, William Briesemeister, William Bristow, Paul Bruss, Lorraine Buehler, Kenneth Burhop, Gregory and Lana Carman, Ross Cecil, Sharon Chaimson, Elisabeth Chay, Michael Chough, Jane Clare, Samuel Clark, James Clay, Michael Coon, Kathryn Craffey, John Crossman, Kenneth Culver, Francis Curin, Kathryn Czerniakowski, Cheryle Darmek, Leslie Davis, Isral Debruin, Sally Derrwaldt, James Dieball, Marc Dittloff, Roy Domenico, Michael Dotzauer, Thomas Dunst, Lee and Raymond Dzelzkalns, Jennifer Edmondson, Tammy Eichberger, Charlene Elderkin, Chad Emmer, James and Karen Engel, Ned Farley, Angela Ferrill-Browne, Charles Fleming, Bradley Foley, Daniel V. Folkman, Jeffrey Foster, Neva Fulton, Russell Fung, Janice Gasser, Frederick Geimer, Marisol Genett, Nathan Gilman, Gregory Gnadt, Robert Graham, Kelly Graminske, Ruth Gremminger, Denis Guequierre, David Gustafson, Kathryn Hahlbeck, Beth A. Haines, Kimberly Hanan, John Hanin, Carla Hannemann, Mark T. Harris, Mariam Hartley, Ermira Hayes, David Herrewig, Sally Heuer, Evelyn Higginbotham, Eric Hill, Donald Hinske, Judith Hogan, Leslie Horn, Vi Hubbell, Paul D. Humke, Blake Hutchinson, Jeffrey Huth, Reinhold J. Hutz, Barbara Hyder, James Ihlenfeld, Hans Isakson, Heather Jahnke, Annette Jakubiak, Connie Jo, Eelisa Jones, Margaret Jorgensen, Sharon Justus, Brian Kangas, Timothy Karcher, Rosemary Karnowski, Jeffrey D. Karron, Mona Khadem Sameni, Richard Kirchen, Patricia Kissinger, Paula Klima, Barbara Klockow, Carol Klockow, Ann Knabe, James Kochan, Margaret Komp, Nancy Korn, Donna Kranig-Brown, Thomas Kreuser, Joanne Kriege, Mary Krippendorf, Aaron Krizek, Julianna Ksicinski, Karl Kubo, Jean Kuderski, Daniel Kult, Nurgul Kusak, Nancy Landis, Mary Lenz, Robert Leonardelli, George Lewis, Dawn Lieb, Constance Ligman, John Lindquist, Aaron Lipski, Juan Lopez, James Lovering, Alan Magayne-Roshak, Christina Makal McCaffery, Neil McFadden, Mark McGrath, Teresa McIntyre, Robert McMahon, Christine and David Mechenich, Richard H. Megna, Ruth Meilander, William Meusy, Dale Meyer, Peter Miller, Paul Moderacki, Nicholas Molek, William Monagle, John Monnier, Tom Moore, Edith A. Moravcsik, Carolyn Muckelberg, Cheryl Mudek, Elsa Murrie, Linda Naidl, David Nelsen, James Nelsen, Joseph Nelson, Walter Nencka, Mary Nettesheim, Carlyn Nischeir, Mary Nolan, Thomas Nyenhuis, Kevin O’Connor, Sandra Paap, Leonard and Gloria Parker, Philip Parrish, Daniel Patrinos, Pieter Penkoff, Ellen Perkett, Brian T. Perkovich, Ines Petterson, Gerald Phillips, Cindy Piercy, Kari and William Pink, Warren Pischke, Alan Pollack, Elizabeth Pook, Sara Pope, Glenn Popelka, Jack Porter, Leda and Peter Potente, Gregory N. Price, Martha Prince, Walter Rabakwalter, David G. Radcliffe, Mandy Ramlow, Alexander Rassogianis, Joel Rast, Roberta Rathbun, Kathleen Reese, Mary Reik, Kristin Resch, Gerald Resler, Anton Rifelj, Darlene Roberts, Marlene Rochwerger, Myron Rochwerger, Kurt Rogahn, Sharon Rohn, Kathleen Romfoe, Cleophis Rucker, Rochelle Rupnick, Kelly and Matthias Rupp, Roland Rutkowski, Anjan Kumar Saha, Karen Sasahara, Larry Sattler, Mark Schaefer, Suzanne Schalig, Joel Spencer Schmitter, Seth Schneider, Traci Schnell, Rosemary Schreoter, Peter Schwander, Cindy Skack, Daniel Smart, Michael Sobczak, Tiffiny Sotski, Catherine Spahr, Todd Specher, Patricia G. Spira, Sheeri Steinberg, Dean Strom, Karen Strom, Eileen Strong Thonack, David Tacke, Marlin L. Tanck, Michael L. Thaller, Carol Thiel, Gilman Thompson, Myron Thomsen, Michael Tollefson, Adrienne Unger, Katie VanBommel, Jennifer Vandenplas, Edgar Vargas, Jeanne Verthein, Joseph and Maribel Voith, Carol Wacker, Gwyn Wallander, Gilbert Walter, John Walz, Richard Wasielewski, Kenneth L. Watters, Mitchell Weber, Gary Wegner, Harry Weiner, Meghan Welch, Beverly Wernick, Paul Weske, John Williams, Sojourner Williams, Thomas Williams, Elise Wilson, Victoria Wisthus, Brian Witt, Niani Yarbrough-Quirk, Angela Zabler, Mary Zaborski, Marco Zacarias, Joy Zastrow-Mulcahy


We would additionally like to thank those donors who have generously chosen to include Letters & Science scholarships in their estate plans.
Anonymous (13)
Brenda Avadian, M.A. ’80, ’82
Dr. Brian Bear ’81 and Dr. Laurel Bear ’81
Barbara Bernhardt-Roth ’73, ’75 and Roy Paul Roth ’73
Patricia A. Bower
George A. Boyer
John and Mary Emory
Eleanor Greenfield ’75 and Dr. Sidney Greenfield
Arlene J. Hansen ’62, ’71
William A. Horstman ’67, ’75
Carrie Hoye ’86 and Jeffrey Hoye
Gale E. Klappa ’72 and Judi Klappa
Ronald S. Luskin and M. Therese Ruzicka ’96
Michael C. Le May ’66, ’67
D.A. Leonard ’69
Greg Meyer
Paul Schoedel ’78
Michael W. Shore ’78
Dr. Gilbert G. Walter