The Mr. Bor Lun Yu (余博倫) Memorial Scholarship is one of the Golden Benefactor Awards, the donor-funded scholarships of the University of the West (UWest) in Rosemead, California. It honours Mr. Yu, who left China in the early 1900s to study in Germany.
UWest’s Financial Aid Committee picks recipients each fall and spring from continuing full-time graduate students. Terms come from the 2022–23 awards booklet, which the scholarships page still links.
Benefits & funding
- Two awards of US$500 each fall and each spring semester.
- Only one Golden Benefactor Award per student per semester; it cannot be combined with the IBEF, President’s or Lotus scholarships (students in exceptional need may petition).
- Recipients write a semester report on their academic progress.
Eligibility
- Continuing UWest students who have already completed one full-time semester in a degree-seeking program.
- Full-time graduate students (at least 9 units), including those in their final semester.
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Academic performance, character and financial need are assessed.
- No nationality or residence rule is stated.
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“The Golden Benefactor Awards are available only to University of the West continuing students who have been previously full-time enrolled for one semester in a degree-seeking program” Eligibility
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Application process
- 1Register for the next semester by the deadline; the application is not processed until you do.
- 2Complete the signed, dated Golden Benefactor Awards application form, including its financial need analysis.
- 3Add a typed, double-spaced statement of up to 500 words on your educational and career goals.
- 4Deliver it to the Financial Aid Office by the first Monday after the previous semester ends.
Program timeline
14 Dec 2026
Spring 2027 deadline (Monday after fall semester ends)
11 Jan – 16 May 2027
Spring 2027 semester
17 May 2027
Fall 2027 deadline (Monday after spring semester ends)