Foundation Scholarships

Morris, Elizabeth G. English, Graduate

To be eligible for the scholarship, the recipient must: be enrolled as a graduate student in English and be a former recipient of the Elizabeth G. Morris undergraduate award.

Application forms are available in the Department of English Office.

Notification to the recipient and to the Dean of Education will be made by the Department of English Scholarship Committee at an appropriate recognition event or by letter. The English Department should complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid Office. The recipient will also be invited to the College of Education and Human Sciences Scholarship Awards event in the spring.

Elizabeth Morris loved the English language—its word, grammar, and structure every bit as much as its power to paint pictures, tell stories, communicate ideas. A devoted teacher and scholar herself, she believed that one of the most important challenges the university faced was not just to train teachers but to educate them in the disciplines they would be taking out into the schools of Wisconsin. In particular she wanted to know that those who taught the language she loved shared both her passion and her expertise, and to that end she directed her efforts for twenty-four years in the UW-Eau Claire Department of English.