Life Sciences Communication students and scholarship donors Maurice and Grace White at the 2012 Scholarship and Awards Reception.
Why give to CALS?
Private gifts are increasingly important to UW-Madison students, faculty and researchers. Gifts enable CALS to maintain our position of excellence, providing deserving CALS students with scholarships; and helping the college attract and retain world-class faculty and supporting innovative programs that would otherwise go unfunded.
Please join the growing number of alumni and friends who have decided to make a financial commitment to the current and future success of CALS!
Support our priorities by selecting the fund of your choice:
This fund supports the overall mission of CALS by providing Dean VandenBosch with flexible resources that can be leveraged to take advantage of valuable opportunities and help the college reach its strategic goals—from supporting students to retaining faculty to funding key initiatives.
Livestock and Poultry Products Lab and Center for Dairy Research/Dairy Plant
Industry professionals rely on CALS experts for everything from continuing education in livestock production to the latest information on food safety. Our current campus dairy research and production facilities date back to the 1950s, and our meat and muscle lab to the 1930s. While we have done a spectacular job with renovations and workarounds, the time has come when we simply need new facilities in order to maintain leadership in the field. Your support helps us maintain Wisconsin's edge and educate the industry’s future leaders.
The Great People Scholarship helps open the door for qualified, talented students who want to come to the UW but might not otherwise be able to afford it. Gifts to CALS’ Great People Scholarship fund are matched 50 cents to the dollar by the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
For help in making a gift, or to discuss further giving opportunities, please contact:
Sara Anderson at the University of Wisconsin Foundation (sara.anderson@supportuw.org or 608/263-9537).
Student beneficiaries of private support
Jennifer Holle BS'12
Jennifer Holle received a scholarship reserved for undergraduates from rural communities. Holle belongs to the nearly 40 percent of CALS students who demonstrate significant financial need. Such support is helping Holle reach her goal: to become a veterinarian serving Wisconsin dairy farms like the one she was raised on.
Michael Crossley BS'12
As an undergraduate, Michael Crossley published a peer-reviewed paper with a professor, created a sustainable pest control method for a local farmer and won a national prize from the Entomological Society of America. Half of CALS undergraduates conduct research with faculty—a rate higher than anywhere else on campus.
Ellen Tangel BS'11
Performing service work in Africa with CALS changed life for Ellen Tangel. “It reshaped my career goals, which now include doing nutritional work in developing countries,” she says. Many corporate leaders see international experience as a professional requirement. “It’s an indicator of someone having geographic mobility and a global perspective—attributes the future leaders of our industry will need,” says a Dow AgroSciences executive.
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