DEADLINES
Nomination deadline: January 23, 2025
Student application deadline: February 10, 2025
*UW-Madison faculty and staff may nominate senior students. An online nomination form will be available in December, 2024. Alternately, faculty and staff can email awards@provost.wisc.edu with nominees’ names and email addresses. Students may not nominate themselves or other students.
DESCRIPTION
These awards are among the oldest and most prestigious granted to senior undergraduates at UW-Madison. Originally called the Award for Initiative and Efficiency, it was established in 1928 by Theodore Herfurth, Jr. a prominent Madison business and civic leader. The awards continue to be supported by the family of Mr. Herfurth.
Two awards of $4,000 are given annually to senior students who have pursued an exemplary Wisconsin Experience, demonstrating intellectual and personal growth through relentless curiosity, intellectual confidence, empathy and humility, and purposeful action.
AWARD
Two awards of $4,000 are given annually.
ELIGIBILITY
- Nomination by UW-Madison faculty or staff
- Senior standing (will graduate May/August/December of calendar year)
- Must be in good academic and disciplinary standing to apply
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Academic achievement and recognition
- Leadership in extracurricular activities (includes research and the creative arts)
- Financial self-support (employment, scholarships, etc.)
- Effective communication skills
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, senior students must first be nominated by UW–Madison faculty or staff. Nominees complete an application on the Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH), which includes a resume and short essay. The Herfurth-Kubly Selection Committee invites 10 finalists to a dinner in early April. Attendance at the dinner is mandatory, and at this event finalists will give two short speeches, one prepared and one impromptu.