Foundation Scholarships

Taminiau-Warloski Scholarship

The Taminiau-Warloski Scholarship is to be awarded to a student at UW-Eau Claire, sophomore standing or above, majoring in History, Art, or the Jazz studies area. The Scholarship was established to recognize, encourage and reward students who have demonstrated a broad cultural perspective beyond their chosen major. Students who have combined such an outlook with a record of community service and strong ethical standards are favored for the award. In selecting the recipient, emphasis is to be placed on the qualities of character and commitment to the humanities and societies rather than on GPA or other criteria.

The Chair/Director of each department/program should make sure the scholarship opportunity is announced to their majors by mid-February. Application forms should be made available in the department/program office or sent via email from the department/program office. Department/program offices may also make the application available on their website.

Application form must be returned to the department/program office of the student’s major by the third Friday in March.

The Chair/Director of each department/program will select up to two finalists (based on the eligibility criteria above) from all of the applications received in their department/program. The A&S Dean’s Office will be notified of the finalists from each department/program by April 1st (a copy of the finalists’ application forms should be forwarded to the Dean’s Office). A packet of departmental/program finalists’ applications (up to two from each department/program) should be sent to each of the Chairs/Directors for final ranking. The College of Arts & Sciences Scholarship Committee (which will be composed of the Chairs/Directors of the departments/programs involved, and chaired by the Dean of Arts & Sciences or the Dean’s designee) will meet in early April to select the overall finalist for the award.

Early April. The announcement of the recipient should coincide with UWEC’s Honors Week. The recipient should be recognized at the Honors Week event of the department/program of their major.

The Dean will notify the recipient by letter and complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid Office.

It is recommended that the recipient write a thank-you letter to Mrs. Johanna Warloski in care of the UW-EC Foundation office. Dr. Ronald Warloski taught in the History Department from 1964-1998, and was Chair of the Department from 1991-97. Not satisfied with using the classroom merely to impact knowledge, he continually explored ways to prod his students to think critically and to assume responsibility for the moral implications of their judgments. He was especially known for his popular class on Nazi Germany. Ronald’s wife, Johanna, is the daughter of Jan and Maria Taminiau, for whom the scholarship was originally established. Jan and Maria lived in the Netherlands, where Jan was a well-known businessman. Jan Taminiau had a life- long interest in History, read across a broad area of interests and visited many historical and archeological sites while traveling. Maria Taminiau studied art as a young woman and continued an interest in art and music her entire life. Both Jan and Maria had a strong value system in which religion was important. They both encouraged community involvement and civic responsibilities. When they visited UW-EC, they most appreciated its emphasis on the Liberal Arts, particularly the Humanities.