Each semester we receive dozens of scholarship applications from nontraditional students in need, who face countless challenges as they work towards their degree. The need is great, but we only have funds to award scholarships to a fraction of students. This is where we need your help.
As we celebrate our 55th anniversary, alumni, friends, faculty, and staff are pulling together as a community to support our students. All funds we raise during UMassGives 2026 (except those designated for other specific scholarships) will bolster the new UWW Completion Fund, established in December to help students who have left college due to financial pressures and unanticipated circumstances return to UMass Amherst to complete their bachelor’s degrees. With your help, students will complete their degrees, celebrate with their families at graduation, and use those degrees to make the world a better place.
A 55-Year Tradition of Giving Back
Our communal spirit of compassion and generosity has supported UWW students for 55 years. Now it’s time to pay it forward and help the next generation of UWW students access higher education, break barriers, and achieve their goals.
We need your help to make this strong foundation of support for nontraditional students a reality. So give what you can and know that a gift of any amount—no matter how big or how small—will make a difference.
If you give during UWW’s Power Hour from noon - 1p.m. on April 29, your gift will have the greatest impact, helping us win bonus funding:
- Up to $2,000 based on our ranking in the Power Hour!
- A generous match from Stephen Sleigh '86 for the first $500 donated!
- If we reach 100 unique gifts during UMassGives, Alice Szigethy '24 will make a $25,000 gift
We cannot thank you enough for your support. Your gift will make a real difference in the lives of financially vulnerable nontraditional students.
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Student Alumni Association | 128 |
| 2 | $1,000 | UMass Women into Leadership | 112 |
| 3 | $500 | Dept. of Food Science | 90 |
| 4 | $500 | Golf Club | 53 |
| 5 | $500 | iCons | 40 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Women's Club Ice Hockey | 180 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Women's Rugby | 95 |
| 3 | $500 | Department of Polymer Science and Engineering. | 71 |
| 4 | $500 | UWW Completion Fund | 57 |
| 5 | $500 | PRSSA | 51 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Men's Rugby | 175 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Field Hockey | 102 |
| 3 | $500 | Women's Lacrosse | 96 |
| 4 | $500 | New2 U | 78 |
| 5 | $500 | Baseball | 54 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Women's Ultimate Frisbee | 153 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Club Water Polo | 131 |
| 3 | $500 | S#arp Attitude | 117 |
| 4 | $500 | Doo Wop Shop | 98 |
| 5 | $500 | Choral Dilemma | 70 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Stonewall Center | 196 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Club Swim | 127 |
| 3 | $500 | Minutemen Racing | 97 |
| 4 | $500 | Comparative Literature Program | 56 |
| 5 | $500 | Film Studies Program | 50 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Minuteman Marching | 193 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Women's Rowing | 106 |
| 3 | $500 | Center for Women and Community | 78 |
| 4 | $500 | WMUA | 63 |
| 5 | $500 | Board of Student Businesses | 61 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Men's Club Rowing | 268 |
| 2 | $1,000 | The Massachusetts Daily Collegian | 189 |
| 3 | $500 | CLACLS | 62 |
| 4 | $500 | Men's Club Volleyball | 48 |
| 5 | $500 | Fencing Club | 39 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Duly Noted | 259 |
| 2 | $1,000 | UMass EMS | 118 |
| 3 | $500 | Vietnamese Student Association | 109 |
| 4 | $500 | Mock Trial Team | 96 |
| 5 | $500 | InterVarsity Christian Fellowship | 90 |
