Promise Endowment
UW-Whitewater is committed to serving students with potential, providing financial incentives for the highest achievers, and challenging talented students to greater heights. We also want our students to be active in their field of study outside of the classroom and gain an appreciation for other countries and cultures.
Endowed scholarships not only allow the University to attract and retain quality students, they also provide our students with the resources to focus on their education.
Anonymous donors to the UW-Whitewater recently created the "Promise Endowment," a fund that gives and annual award to students who need financial assistance, with a preference to first-generation college students.
From lecture series, to Career and Leadership Development to Warhawk Athletics, the student experience at UW-Whitewater is further enhanced by various curricular and co-curricular programs. Creating endowments for such programs gives them additional sources of income to provide such out-of-the-classroom type experiences that supplement student learning.
Jasmine Crafton
Opens Path to the Future
Jasmine Crafton has made a promise to herself.
After earning her bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, she'll enter one of the 12 medical schools on her list, become a dermatologist and help people in poor communities.
Her promise is part of her 10-year plan. No one doubts her determination.
"You've got to be prepared. Medical school is my plan. I have a backup plan, but I really want to get into medical school," Crafton said. She knows precisely what grades and test scores she needs.
Crafton's pledge to herself is bolstered by the Promise Endowment at UW-Whitewater, a fund that gives an annual award to a College of Letters and Sciences student from an urban area who needs financial help.
Brittany Jackson
First in her family to graduate
Crafton is following a path already walked by Brittany Jackson, the first Promise Endowment recipient. Jackson graduated in May with a degree in psychology and sociology and will begin graduate school this fall at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
She plans to get a master's degree, and eventually a doctorate, and be a clinical psychologist. "So I'll be Dr. Jackson, probably in the next seven years," she said. Her friends ask her for advice because she's a good listener.
"I'd like to open my own practice in an underrepresented community and offer low-cost to free mental health services to individuals of color," Jackson said. Then again, academia needs people of color as professors so "it all depends," she said. "I'm a person who likes to move around."
