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 Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, on the basis of outstanding GPA and superior commitment to the study of history as evidenced by the students’ records in upper-division courses. 

Recipients

• 2024: Will Doty, Margaret Holohan, Chrissy Kim, Justin Wytmar
• 2023: Eunjoo Kim, Aidan McMahon, James O'Connor, Zhilingyun Zhang
• 2022: Ryan Feldt, Tara Leininger, Alexis Martinez, Edward Ryan
• 2021: Blanca Alcantar, Aubrey Matlak, Allison Marie Smerz, Jason Smith
• 2020: Johnna Jones
• 2019: Jensen Rehn, Michael J. Ruby, Spenser Bailey, Michael A. Strom
• 2018: Michael Lars Phil, Nicholas David Goodell, Nathan Michael Simmons, Gabrielle Angela Marback-Pehler
• 2017: Joshua Altshuler, Sara Temple, Ljubica Basica, Thomas Dowling
• 2016: Rebeca Martinez, Huiyi Chen, William A. Ringhofer, Junyi Tang
• 2015: Allyson R. Cubr, Katherine E. Bora, Jasmine S. Kirby, Nicholas A. Cohen
• 2014: Ryan D. Fane, Emily A. Matlak, Alexander F. Berk, Julia M. O'Brien
• 2013: Erik D. Bingham, Sarah K. Correiter, Michael C. Burk, David A. Rahimi