Endowment Funds
Academic Excellence Scholarship Endowment
Discipline: General | Student: New and Continuing
Description: This fund was established as a part of the 1996-97 University Employee Drive and has been an option for employee giving each year since. The majority of the funds have been gifted by employees of the University. Recipients of this scholarship are new or continuing students who meet certain academic criteria.
Athletic Endowment (non-membership fund)
Discipline: Athletics | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Created to support general operations in Athletics.
Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Graduate Assistantship
Discipline: Graduate Programs | Student: Graduate
Description: This fund, honoring the late sister-in-law of Dr. David and Mary Ann Cofrin, provides financial support for graduate assistantships at UW-Green Bay.
David Christensen Memorial Award
Discipline: Counseling and Health Center | Student: New and Continuing
Description: Created in 1985 to honor former Counseling and Student Development Center Director David Christensen, this award provides financial assistance to students in need of counseling, medical care, equipment, and other areas.
Learning in Retirement Program Endowment
Discipline: LIR | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Established in 2008, contributions to this fund help support the UW-Green Bay Learning in Retirement program.
Natural and Applied Science Endowment
Discipline: Natural and Applied Sciences | Student: New and Continuing
Description: Established by faculty from the NAS area to provide resources to be used as scholarships or other awards as determined by the NAS department.
George and Eleanor Burridge Fund for the Performing Arts
Discipline: Performing Arts | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Created in 2008 through a planned gift from George and Eleanor Burridge, this scholarship provides financial assistance for the performing arts.
Joseph and Mac LaForce Business Scholarship
Discipline: Business | Student: Continuing (Brown County)
Description: Eleanor (Mac) LaForce created the Joseph and Mac LaForce Business Scholarship in memory of her husband who passed away in 2007. Joseph LaForce was the founder of LaForce Inc., the Green Bay-based distributer of doors, frames, and related hardware. What started as a small local hardware supplier, has grown to include six offices throughout the Midwest with approximately 400 employees. Recipients of the scholarship will be selected by the UWGB Business Department Scholarship Committee. Awardees must be full-time students majoring in business administration or a related field, be Brown County residents, have reached junior status and be in good academic standing.
Marjorie M. Weidner Staff Development Fund
Discipline: Classified Staff - General | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Established in 1998 by former UW-Green Bay employee and friend Marjorie Weidner, this award provides financial assistance for professional development to academic and clerical staff at UW-Green Bay.
Point Sauble Wetland Endowment
Discipline: Point Sauble | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Established in 1999, this fund supports projects and studies dealing with the operation and preservation of the Point Sauble Wetland area.
Students in Free Enterprise Endowment Fund
Discipline: SIFE | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Established in 2006, this endowment fund provides financial support to UW-Green Bay's award-winning Students in Free Enterprise program.
Toft Point Stewardship Fund
Discipline: Toft Point | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Contributions to this fund help support the Toft Point natural area.
University Education Endowment
Discipline: N/A | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Created as part of the 1996-97 Employee Drive , this endowment fund provides supplemental funds to meet general University operating expenses, as determined in the campus planning and budgeting process.
University Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Discipline: General | Student: First-Year Students
Description: The University Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of deceased University employees and friends, and is comprised of various memorial scholarships. The University Memorial Scholarship includes funds established in memory of Arthur Atkisson, Nancy Datan, Dennis Girard, Abe Shepard, Al Swinerton and Hans Van Beek. Recipients of this scholarship are new freshmen who have demonstrated high academic achievement.
University Union Endowment Fund
Discipline: University Union | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Established in 2006, this fund provides resources to be used for scholarships or other areas of need for the University Union.
UW-Green Bay Advancement Endowment
Discipline: University Advancement | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Contributions are used to support the activities of the University Advancement division.
UW-Green Bay Lecture Series
Discipline: General | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Gifts to this fund are used to support various lecture series program at UW-Green Bay.
Weidner Center Endowment (non-membership fund)
Discipline: Weidner Center | Student: Not Applicable
Description: Established to support general operating expenses for the Edward Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.