Scholarships

Each year, scholarships are awarded to students at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago and Champaign. Since 1959, WALF has been able to give scholarships to over 300 students in pursuit of their architectural education!

If you are an IIT or University of Illinois student that is majoring in architecture and interested in applying, we would love to hear from you! Reach us by email at walfchicago@gmail.com for more details.

Scholarship Winners of the Past Decade

This Year’s Winners: Katelynn Coleman of Judson University, Alyssa Herbst of Illinois Institute of Technology, Emily Vargas of University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana

2020 – Abdallah Al-Qudsi, Samantha Hendrickson, Summer Hofford, Imani Jackson, Amandep Panuch

2019 – Justin Ankus, Ricardo D. Chaidez, Luneoufall Vital Gallego, Eshani Patel, Natalie Isabel Zepada

2018 – Caroline Bair, Jamie Evelyn Goldsborough, Teresa Meyer, Megan Pavelko, Dorothy Steinbach

2017 – Leah Ferrara, Britteny Kitchen, Lauren McPhillips, William Morris, Samantha Sheppard

2016 – John Essig, Andrew Jennings, Michael Osterloo, Jeremy Scott, Courtney Shatzer, Kelsi Stephens

2015 – Adrain Defaz, Vanlim Ma, Joanne E. Muniz Negron, Anthony Prom, Ashley Lynn Rogow

2014 – Matthew Busscher, Keefer Dunn, Brittany Mead, Matthew Miller, Samra Pecanin, Kelly Valin

2013 – Michael Kendall, Jessica Libby, Aaron Mikottis, Robert Noll, Christina Reiling, Aurelija Venckunaite

2012 – Timothy Footle, Bradley Fowler, Kimberly Hibben, Brianna L. Kraft, Rebecca Shields, Karolina Snarskyte

2011 – KyleBigert, Jenna Marie Goebig, Eric Grebliunas, Jennifer Meakins, Megan Annissa Robertson, Michael Wolff

2010 – Simon Cygielski, Michael Henry Hines, Kayla R. Kaufman, Jennifer McKenzie, Christopher Savenelli, Paul Daniel Scharnett, Leena Suleiman, Jordan Wankel