All Opportunities

Thank you for applying for scholarships through the UWL Alumni & Friends Foundation. We appreciate your interest and the time you invested in the application process. We want to let you know that scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year have been awarded.

If you were selected to receive a scholarship, you should have already received an email notification from the UWL Alumni & Friends Foundation email address: foundation@uwlax.edu.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED

Welcome to the UWL Alumni & Friends Foundation Scholarship website! The scholarships listed below are offered through the UWL Alumni & Friends Foundation. Click “Show Filters” to display filter options such as college or major. Use the “Search” box to find scholarships by keyword or name. Click the scholarship name to learn more about the opportunity.

Sign in and complete your General Application. You may also be prompted to complete a Conditional Application based on your area of study. Once you complete these applications, you will be recommended open scholarship opportunities that you may be qualified to apply for based on your student record. Some scholarships are awarded solely based on the General or Conditional Application. These awards list “No Action Needed” in the action column. You will automatically be considered for these awards if you’ve submitted the required General or Conditional Application, and you meet the award requirements. Qualifying for any scholarship does not guarantee you will receive the scholarship.

Scholarship Application Dates
The majority of scholarship application dates are as follows for the 2026-2027 academic year, unless otherwise noted:
Application Start Date: 10/1/2025
Application Deadline: 1/15/2026

Please note: The scholarship amount awarded may vary from the advertised amount. Payout of all awards is subject to availability of funds and will be paid out for the 2026-2027 academic year, unless otherwise noted.

Due to NCAA Div. III regulations, athletics cannot be considered in the awarding of scholarships. Commenting on athletic involvement on scholarship applications or references from coaches is prohibited.

Due to FERPA regulations, reviewers have limited access to your information. To also help keep reviews more anonymous and in line with FERPA regulations, we ask that you please refrain from stating your name in your essay questions.

If you have any questions related to the scholarship process, please email FoundationScholarship@uwlax.edu

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Varies Tamzin Aldrich Esposito Memorial Scholarship
Required Qualifications: Recipient must be a junior and enrolled full...
Varies Taylor Family Scholarship in Health Education/Physical Education and Elementary Education (SOE or SAH)
student to be enrolled full time in even-numbered years, recipient...
Varies Teamsters Brewery Workers/Local 695 Scholarship (GENERAL)
freshman or continuing student to be enrolled full time student of...
Varies Terry & Mary Murphy Fund for the College of Business Administration
Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse with a major in...
Varies The Archaeology Scholarship
Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse with a major in...
Varies The Charlotte M. Markos Scholarship Endowment Fund in the College of Business Administration at UW-La Crosse
1. Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse and admitted...
Varies The Darlene Joan Zielinski Parker Scholarship for Social Justice Fund
Required Qualifications Pursuing a Social Justice minor Preferred...
Varies The Jo Arney Student Success Scholarship
Required Qualifications: New incoming student to UWL (first-year or...
$600.00 The Lazzari Family Clinical Laboratory Science Scholarship
1. Admitted into Clinical Laboratory Science program 2. Admitted into a...
Varies The Linda Host Memorial and David Bange Scholarship Fund for Mathematics & Statistics (Incoming Freshmen)
Must be an incoming freshman who has been accepted for admission to...
$1,000.00 The Lowe Family International Studies Scholarship in honor of Dr. Stephen Brokaw
● Recipient must be enrolled full time at UWL and admitted into the...
$1,000.00 The Nodz and Peewee Gruber Memorial Scholarship
1. Awarded to a sophomore, junior, or senior planning to pursue a...
Varies The Roger and Mary Harring Scholarship
Required Qualifications: Must be enrolled full time at UW-La...
$2,500 per semester The Ronald Stratton Scholarship Program Fund
1. Recipient must be enrolled full-time at UW-La Crosse with a major in...
$2,000 The Shirley & Gerald Ruoff Student Teaching Scholarship
1. Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse with a major in...
Varies Theatre Arts Music Theatre Scholarship
Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-L with a major in Theatre...
Varies Theodora Richter Communication Studies Scholarship (SAC)
junior or senior to be enrolled full time with a major in...
Varies Theodore W. and Alice O. Rozelle Endowment Scholarship Fund in Mathematics & Statistics (CSH))
1. incoming freshman who has been accepted for admission to UW-L no...
Varies Thomas & Barbara Macgillivray Scholarship Fund for International Education
Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse and enrolled in a...
$500.00 Thomas & Lois Wirkus Scholarship for Communication Studies (SAC)
• Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse • Recipient must...
Varies Thomas Allen Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund
Required Qualifications: Recipient must be enrolled full-time at...
Varies Thomas Baird McIlraith Scholarship in English (CLS)
sophomore, junior or senior to be enrolled full time with a major...
Varies Thomas Harris Scholarship in Psychology
Required Qualifications: Recipient must be a junior to be enrolled...
Varies Thomas J. Hill Memorial Scholarship (SOE)
recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse with, preferably,...
$1,000 Thomas Scarseth English/English Education Scholarship
Required Qualifications: • Pursuing an English major, English minor, or...
Varies Thorman Family "Pay It Forward" Scholarship for Physical Therapy
the ideal candidate for this scholarship is a second-year physical...
Varies Tom and Mary-Alice Breiter Endowed Scholarship in Mathematics Education (SOE or CSH)
● Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse ● Recipient...
$1,500.00 Tom Johnson Finance Scholarship
1. The recipient must be a junior or a senior 2. The recipient must be...
$1,000.00 Tom Macgillivray Student Affairs Administration Scholarship (Graduate, SAA)
Recipient must be graduate or doctoral student enrolled in the Student...
$0.00 Tommy G. Thompson Leadership Scholarship
To be eligible for this award, a student must: • Be enrolled as a...
$1,000.00 Tony and Rick Palmer Memorial Scholarship
Required Qualifications: Recipient must be a graduate student to be...
Varies Twyla & Robert McFee Scholarship in Elementary Education
sophomore, junior or senior to be enrolled full time majoring in...
$1,000.00 Tyler Lynch Scholarship Fund
Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse with a preference...
$1,000.00 UW Credit Union Scholarship (General)
● Recipient must be enrolled full time at UW-La Crosse ● Recipient...
Varies UW-L Faculty and Staff Scholarship (General)
must have completed at least 30 credits at UW-L to be enrolled full...
$500.00 UW-L Physical Therapy (pre-PT) Club Scholarship
must be a UWL student who has been accepted into the professional UWL...
varies UWL Accounting Department Scholarships
$1,000 UWL Alumni Association First Year Student Legacy Scholarship
first year student to be enrolled full-time must be a relative of a...
$1,000.00 UWL Foundation Veterans Fund Scholarship
1) Recipient must be a Veteran or a current member of the Armed Forces...
$650.00 UWL Microbiology Scholarship
Required Qualifications: Recipient must be enrolled full time at UWL...
Varies UWL Microbiology/Public Health Scholarship
junior or senior to be enrolled full time with a major in...
$500.00 UWL Physical Therapy Alumni & Friends Scholarships
graduate student to be enrolled full time with a major in physical...
Varies UWL Pride Center Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC) Scholarship
The recipient must meet the following criteria: 1. Full or Part-time...
Varies UWL Pride Center Scholarship for a New/Transfer Student
Established by the Pride Center and Rainbow Unity students in 2010 to...
Varies UWL Pride Center Scholarship for a Returning Student
returning/continuing student enrolled full-time or part-time good...
Varies UWL Scholarships, Inc. Scholarships (GENERAL)
undergraduate student to be enrolled full time at least a 3.75...
$500.00 UWL TRIO Student Activist Scholarship
The purpose of this scholarship is to support a student activist in a...
Varies Viggo B. & Madeline C. Rasmusen Leadership Award in Physical Activities
undergraduate to be enrolled full time good academic...
Varies Virginia Kaster Ennis Scholarship
(1) Recipient must be a student who has moved into the Onalaska School...
$1,000.00 Vitaliano Figueroa Scholarship in Student Affairs Administration
Must be enrolled full-time at UWL and enrolled as a second-year...