Foundation Scholarships

Swan, Maurice & Alma English Teacher Education

To be eligible for the scholarship, the recipient must be enrolled in the Comprehensive or Standard Major: English- Teaching; demonstrate intent to be an English teacher; be student teaching or preparing to student teach in a public school; and have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. Recommendations from teachers and advisors and other information to help determine promise of success as a middle school or secondary public school teacher of English should be considered. Women students and students with financial need should receive priority.

Application forms are available in the Department of English Office. Applicants must provide the names of two UWEC English professors who can speak to their qualification for this scholarship.

Notification to the recipient and to the Dean of Education and Human Sciences will be made by the Department of English Scholarship Committee. The recipient will be formally honored during the annual English Festival Awards Ceremony. 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.

The recipient should send a thank-you letter to Carole Swan Halberg in the UW-Eau Claire Foundation Office, Schofield Hall 214. This scholarship was established in 2005 in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Swan, parents of the past President of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, Carole Swan Halberg. The Swan’s believed their daughter would be an English teacher and were surprised when she chose a different career path. The scholarship was established in order to attach their names to the teaching profession and to demonstrate their high regard for public education.