Foundation Scholarships

Sheffer, L. Rodney

academic year).

This scholarship, chosen by the biology faculty, will be awarded to a deserving biology student who is planning on becoming a biology teacher. The recipient will have demonstrated a passion for science, biology and for teaching and have shown leadership and involvement in the biology program.

Application materials can be found online at the Department of Biology Scholarship website at www.uwec.edu/biology/mainpage/Scholarships.htm.

March 15

Scholarship recipients will be selected by the Department of Biology Scholarship Committee, which has faculty representation from the major subdisciplines of biology. Applications will be evaluated both in terms of their academic merit and their compatibility with award eligibility.

April 30

The Chair of the Department of Biology will send an award letter to the recipient, with a copy sent to L. Rodney and Carol Sheffer. The Chair will complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid Office.

This scholarship was established in 2007 by L. Rodney Sheffer, a 1956 UW-Eau Claire graduate who had a distinguished career as a high school teacher who taught both biology and chemistry. After teaching for six years in Chippewa Falls, two years in Minneapolis, and from 1965-1991 in Bloomington, MN, he retired from teaching in 1991. He earned his Masters in Science Education in 1963 from the University of Utah. Mr. Sheffer received great strength and support from such UW-Eau Claire professors as Mark Fay, Floyd Krause, and John Gerberich. He established the scholarship to honor their influence and to encourage and motivate future generations of biology teachers.