The Elizabeth Nestingen Cape Memorial Fund provides scholarships for the purchase of textbooks and other needed academic support for students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Barbara Nestingen, Vice President, MOWF, established the Fund in memory of her late sister, a University of Wisconsin graduate. Recipients are selected by Joe Maddalena, CFRE Director - Foundation Relations.

Reanna Wicker

Reanna Wicker is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology.  She is a member of the Honors College, Pre-Dental and Biology Clubs.  She also volunteers at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the American Red Cross. After her spring 2020 graduation, she plans to become a dentist and is considering an orthodontics specialty.
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Joe Maddalena and Reanna Wicker
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Aaron Buban

Ashley Doust and Aaron Buban

Ashley Doust and Aaron Buban are the 2016 recipients of the Cape Memorial Fund Scholarships. 
​Thank you for providing this generous opportunity to students who are working very hard through rough financial times. It is people like you that reinforce the fact that hard work will eventually pay off.
 
I have never received a scholarship like this before and I just wanted you to know that it will not be wasted. I like to take each semester as a challenge and I am very eager to get started on this next one! ~ Aaron Buban
​I am so grateful for the scholarship, one of the most wonderful surprises to receive.  I feel incredibly overjoyed and appreciative that my hard work at UWM was noticed and I could not be more thankful.  As the Valedictorian in high school in Ashland, WI, this is my first scholarship.  

My financial support has been dependent on part time work at a movie theater and loans;  this has helped out an incredible amount. Thank you MOWF. ~Ashley Doust

Aleksey Yermakov and Kelly Behling

Aleksey and Kelly are the 2015 recipients of the Cape Memorial Fund Scholarships. Aleksey came to the US from Belarus in the 1990s. He is majoring in Engineering.

Kelly is a vocal performance major, and plans to pursue a Masters in Opera at the University of Northern Iowa, after she graduates from UW-Milwaukee. She hopes to study abroad in Italy..