Foundation Scholarships

Global Awareness-Williams/Rhoades

The annual income from this fund will be used to provide scholarships to UW-Eau Claire students accepted into the international study abroad program or who are participating in a university-approved student immersion project. The highest priority for selection is students who have documented financial need. Once the study abroad or student immersion experience is completed, recipients are expected to submit a reflection paper commenting on the impact of the opportunity that will be shared with the donors. It is the donors’ preference that priority be given to majors in the College of Education and Human Sciences if the applicants meet all of the above criteria.

The application is available online through the Center for International Education website: http://www.uwec.edu/cie/studyabroad/.

August 15 for spring programs if no award was made for fall April 15 for fall/academic year programs

Mid-September for spring programs Mid-May for fall/academic year programs

The UW-Eau Claire Study Abroad Grant Committee reviews applications and recommends the recipient to the Director of the Center for International Education.

Notification will be sent by CIE to the recipient by email. The CIE Director will complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid Office.

This fund was established in 2002 by Drs. Katherine and Bruce Rhoades in memory of their mothers who had such profound impacts on both their lives. This scholarship honors Theresa Eleanor Williams, Katherine’s mother who died in 2001, and Bruce’s mother, Helen Marie Rhoades, who died in 2002. This scholarship recognizes the love of learning and belief in the power of education that Theresa and Helen perpetuated in their children, all of whom achieved the highest degree in their fields – 1 M.D. and two Ph.D.s. Theresa, who worked in the office of the Superintendent of Schools in Lincoln, NE, attended classes at the University of Nebraska as a non-traditional student, to prepare successfully for certification as a professional secretary. Helen graduated from Marian College’s Teacher Education Program in Fond du Lac, WI, and subsequently taught in a one-room rural schoolhouse. Dr. Katherine Rhoades was the associate dean of education for UW-Eau Claire at the time she established the fund. She later became Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences. She retired from UW-Eau Claire as Dean Emerita in 2007 but then returned to the university to serve as the Director of Women’s Studies from 2008-2010. Dr. Bruce Rhoades retired as a psychiatrist after working many years for the Marshfield Clinic. He continues to volunteer for several non-profit organizations. The recipient should write a letter of thanks to Drs. Bruce and Katherine Rhoades and forward to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation Office, S-214.