Thomas & Sharon Metz Scholarship
The Sharon and Thomas Metz Scholarship is open to UW-Green Bay undergraduate students who are majoring or minoring in First Nations Studies and demonstrate financial need. This scholarship is more than just $2,000 financial support for you—it's a continuation of the Metz family's work with and commitment to Indigenous people and communities.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be majoring or minoring in First Nations Studies.
Award
The scholarship is for $2,000 and is renewable for up to two years.
Apply
If you are eligible and interested in applying for the Sharon and Thomas Metz Scholarship, complete the UW-Green Bay scholarship application.
Meet Sharon & Thomas Metz
Honoring their legacy of work for recognition and respect for Indigenous peoples.
Sharon and Thomas Metz dedicated their lives to advancing understanding, respect and equity for Indigenous peoples. Together, they founded HONOR, a national advocacy effort that mobilized widespread non‑Native support for treaty rights, cultural protections and authentic educational materials. Their legacy lives on through a new scholarship supporting First Nations Studies students with financial need, continuing their work to uplift future generations.
More About the Metzes
Family and friends of former State Representative and UW-Green Bay alumna Sharon Metz (’84, Communication and the Arts), created a scholarship to benefit undergraduates in the First Nations Studies majors/minor with demonstrated financial need.
During her 12 years of service as a legislator from Green Bay, Sharon Metz was instrumental in passing what became the Wisconsin Indian Education Act in 1979. She also laid important groundwork for passage of Act 31 in 1989 and is one of the overlooked heroes in that effort.
Sharon and Tom founded HONOR—Honor Our Neighbors Origins and Rights—in 1990. Their efforts through HONOR organized nationwide support for Native peoples during the height of the treaty rights controversy in Wisconsin. Sharon and Tom rallied strong non-Indian support to stand with the tribes on many issues, including treaty rights, team mascots, religious freedom, gaming and the protection of burial and sacred sites. Tom worked to make accurate, authentic books and instructional materials available to teachers, students and community members when such materials were not easily found.
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