WAA Big Apple Badgers Chapter

The WAA: Big Apple Badgers established the Wisconsin Eastern Alumni Scholarship Fund (WEASF) more than 50 years ago. Its goal is to expand the Wisconsin Experience to talented yet underrepresented students from New York City. These students support the enrichment of perspectives, opinions, and cultural differences that define exceptional, world-class universities like UW-Madison. Today, WEASF makes it possible for academically exceptional minority students from New York City public schools to pursue their dreams at UW-Madison. WEASF students are accepted to UW-Madison on their own academic merit and represent some of the brightest young people graduating from New York City public high schools. Often first-generation college attendees, WEASF students demonstrate significant financial need. The WEASF scholarship fills outstanding gaps in traditional financial aid packages. Funds are renewable each year provided the student maintains a C average. In the 2017-2018 academic year, WEASF supported 13 exceptional Badgers.