Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Awards for Leadership, Service and Scholarship
Application deadline: February/March
Purpose: The Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Awards for Leadership, Service and Scholarship recognize students who have made outstanding leadership and service contributions to the University and/or the surrounding communities while maintaining a record of academic excellence.
Award: Each year 26 awards of $1000 are given. Recipients are honored at a luncheon at the end of the spring semester, attended by family, friends, and our benefactor, Harvey “Bud” Meyerhoff from Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Meyerhoff, a successful businessman and philanthropist, is a 1948 graduate of UW–Madison.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria: Students must be juniors or seniors currently enrolled at UW–Madison. Recipients are selected by 22 academic and student affairs organizations, including the schools/colleges and student governance. The awarding organizations are listed below. Each organization has its own application and selection process.
Awarding Organizations:
- Associated Students of Madison
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences(2)
- College of Engineering (2)
- College of Letters & Science (2)
- Interfraternity Council
- International Student Services
- McBurney Disability Resource Center
- Medical School Health Professions Programs
- Morgridge Center
- National Pan-Hellenic Council
- Offices of the Dean of Students
- Panhellenic Association
- Recreational Sports
- School of Business (2)
- School of Education
- School of Human Ecology
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy
- Student Organization Office
- University Housing
- Wisconsin Union
- Multicultural Student Center
Contact person: Julie Stubbs, 265-2428, awards@provost.wisc.edu