For students majoring in biology, preferably incoming freshmen in the top 15th percentile of their graduation class. Continuing students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average for the year immediately preceding the award.
About the Donor: Dr. Stanley and Mrs. Eleanor Oexemann
Through a successful academic career, Dr. Stanley Oexemann established the Emma Oexemann Scholarship in memory of his mother, Emma. Dr. Stanley passed away in 2007, and his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Oexemann, passed in 2021.
Dr. Stanley Oexemann earned his bachelor’s degree at McKendree College (now McKendree University) in Illinois. He taught at Sassafras Grove School, then went on to the University of Illinois to earn a doctorate in the sciences. He taught biology for six years at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. However, his best teaching position was at UW-Superior.
At UW-Superior, Dr. Stanley was a professor of biology, served as the biology department’s head, was director of summer school, and served as Dean of the School of Letters and Sciences. He worked closely with Dr. Jim Dan Hill, Dean Edwin Schnillr, and Professor Bolender. Dr. Oexemann published texbooks such as Flowers Their Culture and Uses (1944), Botany for the Laboratory (1955), and General Plant Science (1961). He also had multiple articles published in journals, including “Relation of the Effects of Growth-Promoting Substances to Photosynthetic Activity, The Mass Law of Growth and Seed Germination” (1940), “Relation of the Effects of Seed Weight to Roots and Tops of Two Varieties of Soybeans” (1941), and “Relation of Seed Weight to Vegetative Growth, Differentiation, and Yield in Plants” (1942).
Dr. Oexemann also had numerous newspaper and magazine articles published on gardening, landscaping, the stock market, and stock trading. He was a consultant on plant nutrition, plant diseases, landscape materials, wild food and medicinal plants, and the stock market. His major hobbies were gardening, fishing, playing the organ, and playing the stock markets.
Current students: Near the beginning of each calendar year, you will receive notification to your UW-Superior email account when it is time to apply for Foundation scholarships and how to do so. Applications usually open at the beginning of February and close at the beginning of March. Scholarships are awarded for the following academic year, beginning with the fall semester. Some scholarships, usually related to study abroad/away, always accept applications. See the Foundation scholarship process information page for details on how to apply.
Incoming freshmen and transfer students: Admitted students can complete the new student scholarship application to be considered for Foundation scholarships. Recipients will be notified by mail and email. See the Admissions Office’s scholarship page for details on how to apply.