The Wisconsin Alumni Association awarded incoming UW-Madison freshmen with more than $600,000 in scholarships this year.
According to Kate Dixon, a representative for WAA, the scholarships are not for just in-state students, and incoming students from across the country applied.
She said WAA gave scholarships to 360 students from 19 different states, awarding the average recipient more than $1,300.
""The WAA scholarship program continually supports new generations of students attending the University of Wisconsin,"" Paula Bonner, WAA president, said in a release.
Dixon said the money for the scholarships comes from donations and fundraising events held by the various WAA chapters around the world.
According to a release, the scholarship program, called the Matching Dollar Scholarship Program, began in 1967 and has awarded a total of over $10 million.
WAA works in conjunction with the UW Foundation on the program, in which the scholarships awarded by WAA are matched dollar for dollar by the UW Foundation.
