Department Scholarships

Akira and Sharlie Miura Memorial Scholarship for Japanese and TESOL Studies Fund

This award is made possible through donations in memory of Professor Akira Miura, who devoted his entire career to teaching, promoting and developing Japanese language education, and his wife Sharlie Miura, a dedicated teacher fostering English as a Second Language education. This award is announced during the fall semester either in the Japanese program (in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures) or TESOL Certificate (in the Department of English). Although this award is based mainly on the applicant’s academic performance, special consideration is given to applicants who are first-generation students, come from low-income families, or have experienced other family circumstances that have impacted their educational opportunities.

. Applicants must be declared in the Japanese program (major or certificate) or in the TESOL Certificate, have sophomore, junior, or senior standing, and with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and above. Application in WiSH.

• 2024 Ruixuan Tu

ALC Community Building Scholarship

The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures will award two deserving students at the sophomore or junior level an annual award each fall. The award will be given to students who represent the strengths of our community, and who embody our shared goals to create an environment that is welcoming to all students. We encourage applicants who are first-generation students, come from low-income families, or have experienced other family circumstances that have impacted their educational opportunities to apply.

Applicants must be declared in an ALC program (major or certificate), with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and above. Application in WiSH.

• 2024 Irene Cho (East Asian Studies Major), Ella Hoffmann (Japanese Major), Emma Link (Chinese Major)
• 2023 Gregory Everett Mun Sheer (East Asian and Japanese Major, Certificate in Chinese Professional Communication), Jessica Wolf (Chinese Major)
• 2022 Kevin Nii Ayitey Teye-Yalley (Chinese Major), Neon Blu Gallardo-Mambaje (Asian Languages & Cultures Major)

Cameron G. Keith Memorial Scholarship

This award is given annually to an undergraduate student studying Japanese. This award is announced during the fall semester, and is based on merit, therefore there is no application. The criteria are: Japanese major, junior or senior standing, cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above, currently taking Japanese, and plan to go into a Japanese related profession.

Cameron G. Keith was an East Asian Studies and Economics studies major at UW-Madison who studied abroad in Japan, and later in Nepal. In his memory, the Keith family established these funds in memory of his interest in the region. Recognition at End-of-Semester Gathering on December 13, 2024 at 4pm.

• 2024 Adrie Falkenberg
• 2023 Kayne Alexander Young-Chewning
• 2022 Eve Runquist
• 2021 Declan Dally and Eve Runquist
• 2020 Josie Anderson and Choua Thao
• 2019 Xinqi Cao and Jiahang He
• 2018 Zach Rattunde and Alexis Marie Shoushounova
• 2017 Yusen Men and Colton Switalski
• 2016 Yixuan Cheng and Daniel Nachreiner
• 2015 Kanna Izushi-Ciolkosz and Josh Nys
• 2014 Benjamin Garton and Madison Mears
• 2012 Matthew Reagan and Helen Schwartz

Chou Kuo-p’ing Book Award

Several awards will be given each year to undergraduate students who are studying and will continue to study Chinese during the following semester. This award is made possible through a donation by Professor Emerita Chou Kuo-p’ing, the founder of the Chinese program here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Chou, a dedicated teacher, devoted her entire career to teaching, promoting and developing Chinese studies in Wisconsin. Eligible students must be declared in the East Asian Studies major, Chinese major, or Chinese Professional Communication certificate in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures.

Professor Chou was very active during her teaching career, and often helped financially disadvantaged students, especially those who excelled in their academic careers despite economic difficulties. Although this award is based mainly on the applicant’s academic performance, special consideration is given to those students who come from low-income families or have experienced other family circumstances that have impacted their educational opportunities. Application in WiSH.

• 2024 Char Braxton and Emma Link
• 2023 Stephen Zhang
• 2022 Kevin Nii Ayitey Teye-Yalley
• 2021 Sam Baker and Angela Glowacki
• 2020 Loreli Zhang and Christy Zheng
• 2019 Genevive Jacobs, Thekla Ketcher, Erin Naumann, Kristine Nguyen
• 2017 Farhat Bhuiyan, Daniel Coleman, Tyler Ruzicka
• 2016 Farhat Bhuiyan and Markayle Schears

Ellen and William E. Fisher Scholarship

Ellen and William E. Fisher have provided funding for an annual scholarship to be awarded to an undergraduate student at the UW-Madison who is studying the Chinese language. Mr. Fisher stipulated that the award must be made in the Fall semester, so that the recipient can use it in the Spring semester. According to the terms of the gift agreement, the award is based on merit, therefore there is no application. The Chinese faculty will make a determination based on students progressing in the program.

• 2024 Aiden Loya
• 2023 Jack Rodgers
• 2022 Rhianna Prine
• 2021 Vivienne Wooldridge
• 2020 Olivia Adelman
• 2019 Kristine Nguyen
• 2018 Madeline Chaplin
• 2017 Tyler Ruzicka
• 2016 Allison Sharpless