I had an endowed professorship at UC-Berkeley that supported my research, so I know how important these funds are. Richard Meese (’76 MA L&S, ’78 PhD L&S) |
|  | | Introduced in 2005, the Bascom Hill Society Scholarship provides full tuition, room and board for a deserving UW-Madison undergraduate. The award is presented to a junior or senior who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance and leadership through volunteer and other extracurricular activities. The recipient receives the award at the Society’s annual fall event and is honored as a Bascom Hill Society Scholar. |
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| 2007 Recipient | |  The 2007 recipient is Libby Falck from Neenah, Wisconsin. She plans to graduate in 2009 with a dual degree in communication arts and political science. After completing a short documentary for a film class last spring, she made a totally random and unplanned change in her career path. She abandoned her dream of working in pediatric oncology in favor of film studies. She's now studying media production at UW-Madison and is in the final stages of making a documentary to help young, newly diagnosed cancer patients navigate through emotional, unfamiliar territory. At the end of August, Libby began a new adventure. Having never been out of the country, she traveled to Prague to study at the film school Famu.
Undaunted by the unknown, Libby has rarely acted as a typical volunteer. As a two-time cancer survivor who practically grew up in a hospital between the ages of 5 and 14, she has a unique view of the world. She founded Teens Tackling Cancer, Inc. to build a community for young survivors. Throughout high school she spent an hour every day making calls and learning, slowly, what it means to be president of a small nonprofit. Four years later the process continues. These lessons have ranged from simple logistics, finances and legalities, to organizing people and coping with the deaths of friends. |
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