Foundation Scholarships

Blugold Beginnings - Domer Foundation

Two Awards at $5,000

Available

Recipient must have successfully participated in the Blugold Beginnings pre-college access program and be recommended by one of the program directors/advisors/faculty. Recipient must be accepted to UW-Eau Claire and be enrolled as a student in good standing with the university and have financial need. The donor’s preference is that highest priority shall be given to Blugold Beginnings students with disabilities and/or students from ethnic minority groups. If there are no students in the Blugold Beginnings program who meet these preferred criteria, the program should select the most deserving student who demonstrates the greatest potential for success at UW-Eau Claire. Blugold Beginnings program directors/advisors/faculty actively recruit students with disabilities and/or from underrepresented groups to participate in the program while in high school. They also would like to see the scholarship rotated among different groups of students so there is a broad representation from among the recipients. The Blugold Beginnings program directors/advisors/faculty may require recipient also to complete tutoring/mentoring activities during the year in which the award is made. The program directors/advisors/faculty will be responsible for monitoring the tutoring/mentoring activity and determining is the recipient has fulfilled his/her obligation. This scholarship is intended to be awarded annually to an incoming freshman and is not renewable.

Contact the Dean of Students Office for more information.

Contact the Dean of Students Office for more information.

Contact the Dean of Students Office for more information.

The Dean of Students Office will select the recipient.

The Dean of Students Office will notify the recipient and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to Financial Aid.

“Arnie” Domer was a true self-made man. Through years of dedication and effort, he surmounted humble beginnings and many obstacles eventually working his way to a position of exceptional success and esteem in the Eau Claire community. He and his wife Lois were the founders of Arnie’s Ski and Garden Center. He was a hard-driving businessman with a very soft hear, especially for animals and for young people. Arnie believed in loyalty, honesty and hard work, and his life was a living example of all three. Once they achieved their hard-earned success, Arnie and his wife Lois were committed to the goal of reaching back to help young people reach their aspirations. This scholarship honors and celebrates the life of Arnie Domer through its support of a young person who demonstrates the attributes he so deeply valued. Arnie died in 2004 and Lois died in 2008. Recipient should write a letter of thanks to the Arnold and Lois Domer Foundation in care of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, S-214.