Stories indexed under: UW Foundation

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• 2012 graduates: Morgridges will match your gifts May 16, 2012 With the help of a generous matching gift challenge from John and Tashia Morgridge, last year’s commencement campaign achieved 10 percent participation from the Class of 2011.
• Student organizations kick off social media challenge to benefit scholarships Dec. 6, 2011 Inspired by the The Bucky Challenge, the University of Wisconsin Student Foundation and the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board are raising money for the Great People Scholarship through social media.
• Poster sales help keep doors to learning open Nov. 30, 2011 The entryways to some of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's most iconic buildings - the bannered Bascom Hall, the archway to Camp Randall and the imposing wood-and-iron doors to the Red Gym - are among the photos featured on a poster benefiting need-based scholarships.
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant helps sustain DARE to completion Nov. 1, 2011 Whenever she appears on a popular statewide Wisconsin Public Radio offering, Joan Houston Hall can sense the hunger people have for regional sayings and their meanings.
• Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made $1 million gift to School of Nursing near spring game Oct. 12, 2011 The secret is out. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made its second $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing in advance of the Badgers' spring football game.
• Donors honor professor emeritus with creation of Carstensen Chair Sept. 20, 2011 Mahendra Patel, founder and CEO of Navinta LLC, and wife Jayshree Patel have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jens T. Carstensen Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy.
• The Bucky Challenge: Connect with UW-Madison, help students Sept. 15, 2011 Here’s a challenge that’s easy to undertake: connect with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Alumni Association, or both, on Twitter and Facebook and help students.
• Poster helps keep doors to learning open Jan. 12, 2011
• Poster helps keep doors to learning open Dec. 17, 2010 Camp Randall's shaded archway, a bannered Bascom Hall and the ivy-clung portico of the Carillon are three of the photographs gracing a new poster on sale at the University of Wisconsin-Madison starting today (Dec. 17), with all proceeds benefiting need-based scholarships.
• Wisconsin School of Business Homecoming Gala recognizes outstanding alumni, outgoing dean Oct. 9, 2010
• U.S. Bank scores with UW-Madison Great People Scholarship support Sept. 9, 2010 U.S. Bank, a sponsor of Wisconsin Badger football radio broadcasts, will make a gift of $2,500 to the U.S. Bank Great People Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for each Badger touchdown scored this season at Camp Randall Stadium.
• UW Foundation board of directors elects chair July 13, 2010 The University of Wisconsin Foundation board of directors elected Frances S. "Fran" Taylor of Madison to a two-year term as chair during its annual meeting on June 25 at UW-Madison's Memorial Union.
• Scholarship honors memory of UW-Madison student Neha Suri May 5, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison community is honoring the memory of Neha Suri, a beloved 22-year-old senior journalism and political science major who passed away in February at UW Hospital and Clinics from meningococcal disease.
• UW Foundation leader wins advancement award March 10, 2010 Andrew A. “Sandy” Wilcox, president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, is one of two widely respected professionals who have made valuable contributions to the educational foundation field who are this year's recipients of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation awards.
• UW Foundation names chief investment officer Oct. 13, 2009 Tom Olson has been selected as the new chief investment officer for the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
• Christensen gift funds UW-Madison economics chair March 12, 2009 Laurits (Lau) Christensen, chair of the economic and engineering consulting firm Christensen Associates of Madison, has established a named faculty chair in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics.
• UW Credit Union joins UW-Madison scholarship effort Oct. 1, 2008 The University of Wisconsin Credit Union has stepped forward to support the "Great people. Great place." initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Great people. Great place. Fundraising initiative built around campus’s top priorities June 19, 2008 Three synergistic components define a world-class university: the most promising undergraduates, top graduate and professional students, and stellar faculty. Take away any of the three and what remains is just another university.
• A father’s legacy will help future students June 19, 2008 After her father died two years ago, Ellen Zweibel received an inheritance. She wasn't quite sure what she would do with it, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor knew she would like to help others.
• Faculty Fellows initiative offers a new route to retention June 19, 2008 Many deans and program leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may feel like their array of bright young faculty members serves as a recruiting pool for other institutions.