Foundation Scholarships

Classified Staff

Each year, any Classified, Project or LTE staff member at UW-Eau Claire, whether active or retired, will be eligible to nominate one student if he/she meets the following criteria: The student must attend UW-Eau Claire full time; returning students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above; a student may be nominated once per year.

Active or retired staff can find the online nomination eFrom here: http://www.uwec.edu/Classifiedstaff/CS- Funding.htm. Application forms are available online at www.uwec.edu/hr/Forms/Classified%20Staff%20Scholarship%20No mination.pdf. Questions can be directed to the Classified Staff Funding Committee at classifiedfunding@uwec.edu.

Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on the first Monday in April

Scholarship recipients will be randomly selected from the pool of applicants by the Classified Staff Funding Committee.

Selection will be made by the Friday of the Application deadline week.

The Chair of the Classified Staff Funding Committee will notify the recipient during the week following the selection deadline. The recipient will have ten days to return the acceptance form sent to the student with the notification letter. After that form is received, the Classified Staff Funding Committee will complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid office. The scholarship will be paid to the recipient’s account in the Business Office during the following academic year.

The amount of the scholarships and number of awards will vary, depending upon the amount in the endowed scholarship fund. Scholarship recipients should send a thank-you letter addressed to the Classified Staff Funding Committee to the UW-Eau Claire – Foundation in Schofield 214. If there is a recognition reception, the recipient will be requested to attend and accept a scholarship certificate.