WAF Dream Spaces: Diversity + Architecture Scholarship
To provide UWM architecture student scholarship support with the goal of increasing the presence of individuals from under-represented population groups in the architect profession in Wisconsin. Additional information may be found on the Dream Spaces: Diversity + Architecture Scholarship webpage.
Eligibility Requirements – Students must:
- Be a resident of Wisconsin for tuition purposes.
- Be admitted to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and declared a new bachelor’s or master’s degree architecture student.
Note: Financial need may be considered, but is not required.
This scholarship is renewable based on maintaining full-time status and academic performance. (A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher is required every semester.)
Financial and academic support is offered for up to:
- Eight semesters for an incoming freshman.
- Six semesters for an incoming transfer student into the BSAS degree program.
- Four (or six) semesters for an incoming graduate student (depending upon enrollment in the 2 or 3-year program).
The scholarship recipient will be assigned a dedicated mentor and be provided additional tutoring and mentoring to support successful academic outcomes. In addition, the scholar will have a professional mentor through the Wisconsin Architects Foundation (WAF).
- Award
- 100% of Tuition (renewable)
- Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Areas
- Architecture Department, Graduate Student Scholarships, New Freshman Scholarships, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Transfer Student Scholarships
- Deadline
- 01/31/2023
- Supplemental Questions
- Please provide the name and email address of an individual who can provide a letter of recommendation on your behalf. This could be a teacher/professor, principal, coach, pastor, employer, etc.
- Please provide 3-5 samples of your creative work (e.g., art projects, drawings, writing samples, architecture coursework). These need not be architecture specific.
- How do you see your future role in the field of architecture?
- Discuss why you think diversity is important in the field of architecture.