Donor Honors Wife by Encouraging Excellence

Jere’s connections to UWM are numerous. His late wife, Professor Emerita Ruth McGaffey, taught communication for more than 20 years, and he has served on the UWM Foundation Board of Directors and the College of Nursing Advisory Board. In 2021, he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his professional accomplishments and his involvement with UWM. In addition to the McGaffey Lecture Series in History, Jere established the Ruth McGaffey Scholarship and the McGaffey Nursing Excellence Scholarship to encourage high-achieving students and, ultimately, advance society.

See what Jere has to say about scholarship support at give.uwm.edu/Jere

• Spanish Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship

• Spring Symposia Creative Research Award

• Stahl Center Award

• Study Abroad Scholarship

• Tennessen Fellowship

• Theodore Saloutos Award for PhD Dissertation Research in American History

• Thomas J. Bontly Fiction Award

• Tim Collins Memorial Scholarship

• Timothy George Vrakas Memorial Scholarship

• Tinsley Helton Dissertation Fellowship

• Tower View Investment Management Scholarship

• Translation & Interpreting Studies Scholarship

• United Way Graduate Scholarship

• Upwardly Mobile Math Scholarship

• Urban Studies Award

• UWM Foundation Target MD Scholarship

• Victor F. Podlaski Scholarship

• Virginia Burke Award

• W. Michael Ross Scholarship

• Weather Innovators Scholarship

• WI Geological Society Scholarship

• Wilder Crane Memorial Scholarship

• William Halloran Scholarship

• William J. Seidler Scholarship

• William L. Holahan Prize

• William L. Walters Memorial Scholarship

• Wlaydslaw Cieszynski English Fellowship

• Women’s & Gender Studies Award

• Women’s & Gender Studies Graduate Fellowship

• Women’s & Gender Studies Scholarship

Brynn Buchholz | Sophomore | English

My favorite part of my classes so far has been the final projects, including: an anthology, a short story, and even a podcast episode! I am thrilled with how creative I am allowed to be, and it makes my education feel so much richer. I am here because of the graciousness of people like you. I thank you immensely for your continued generosity and will continue to put it to good use in my studies.

Rutu Kumbhani | Senior | Biological Sciences and Neuroscience

I would like to wholeheartedly thank you for awarding me this scholarship! I am originally from India and graduated from Grafton High School in the Milwaukee suburbs. I consider my cross-cultural background to be one of my biggest assets. Acquiring this scholarship has boosted my self-esteem and aided my financial situation. Your scholarship is an investment in my future and will bring me one step closer to achieving my career goal of becoming a dentist.