After 15 years as the executive director of the Fund For Wisconsin Scholars (FFWS), Mary Gulbrandsen is announcing her retirement. The FFWS is a private, not for profit charitable foundation founded and funded in 2007 by John and Tashia Morgridge. Since its inception, the FFWS has provided over $110 million of grants and stipends to […]
Category: Organizational Updates
An unwavering commitment to Wisconsin public school students’ access to and graduation from oneof the University of Wisconsin Universities or Colleges. John and Tashia Morgridge, the founding members of the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars (FFWS), and theFund’s board of directors are excited and pleased to announce Kelly Ruppel, the former chief financialofficer of the Madison […]
Dear FFWS scholars and supporting friends, As we embark on selecting FFWS’s sixteenth cohort, we pause to celebrate the 25,000 Wisconsin scholars supported by the generosity of John and Tashia Morgridge through grants and stipends. We celebrate fifteen years of learning – both for the students and for ourselves. As the second-ever executive director of […]
The FFWS contracted with the University of Wisconsin Survey Center to conduct a survey of current FFWS recipients to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their academic plans. After spring break, all UW Campuses closed to in-person classes and moved to online education for the rest of the semester. The survey was sent […]
We have learned a lot this past ten years, and continue to realize that we have a lot more to learn about helping young people stay in college and complete a college degree. We have heard from students who tell us that this grant has meant that they do not have to take out as […]