This scholarship was established in 1985 to recognize superior academic merit in history and to contribute to the tuition of students entering their senior year at the University.  Selection of the Bierma Award winners is made by the Dean of Honors Programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies and Academic Advisor in History, on the basis of outstanding GPA and superior commitment to the study of history as evidenced by the students’ records in upper-division courses.