University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (out-of-state)

10 scholarships of $1,000 are available. At least one award will give preference to a students underrepresented in the discipline of geography. This scholarship is awarded to academically talented and motivated incoming and transfer students who have a declared major in geography and students who declare a geography major at UWEC in their first year and show solid academic potential, curiosity in and engagement with the world around them. This scholarship is intended for those with outstanding potential to contribute meaningfully to the communities in which they are involved. Scholarship recipients are expected to complete three geography introductory core classes in their first year at UWEC (GEOG 104 Planet Earth: The Physical Environment, GEOG 111 Planet Earth: Human Geography, GEOG 135 Planet Earth: Our Digital Globe or GEOG 178 Planet Earth: Conservation of the Environment). This is a one-year scholarship but recipients who maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, successfully complete the four geography introductory core classes, continue to make satisfactory progress towards a degree in geography, and take at least one additional geography elective or required course in the first semester of their second full academic year as a geography major will receive a $1500 scholarship. Financial need is not a factor.