Foundation Scholarships

Lieske, William and Marion Memorial

This scholarship is open to sophomore, junior or senior level students majoring in mathematics or the physical sciences – biology, chemistry, materials science, physical geography, geology and physics and astronomy. There is a preference for recipients from Wisconsin and/or Minnesota to receive the award. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher, with preference given to the candidate with the greatest GPA. Recipient must have financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office at UW-Eau Claire. Scholarship may be renewable, but student will need to reapply.

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 awarding department/program must be sure to invite the donor to their annual scholarship banquet.

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

This scholarship was established through a generous gift of property from Bill and Marion Lieske. Marion said the decision to give the gift of their house was made in the hopes of helping future generations. Bill died in 1995 and Marion proceeded to work diligently in establishing the criteria for creating and disbursing this scholarship. Marion said, “Bill and I often thought of what the financial help of a scholarship might mean to someone struggling to arrange a scholastic program for themselves.” She went on to say, “Our help might enable students to get the education needed to help them find solutions to some of the many problems that now face our world.” A life-long lover of education, Marion died at age 96, in 2008.