The Mr. Henry Dieu Memorial Scholarship is one of the named donor funds in the University of the West’s Golden Benefactor Awards.
It gives two US$500 awards each fall and spring semester to continuing students at the Rosemead, California campus, and one of the two is reserved for a Buddhist monastic in Religious Studies. The Financial Aid Committee selects recipients on financial need, academic performance and character.
Benefits & funding
- Two US$500 awards per semester, used in the semester awarded.
- Cannot be combined with the IBEF, President’s or Lotus scholarships, unless the committee grants a petition for exceptional need.
- Recipients write a semester report on their academic progress, sent to the donor.
Eligibility
- Current UWest undergraduate or graduate student in a degree-seeking program, with at least one semester already completed there.
- Full-time: at least 12 units (undergraduate) or 9 units (graduate).
- Not in your final semester.
- Minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
- Demonstrated financial need.
- One of the two awards must go to a Buddhist monastic enrolled in Religious Studies; the other is open to any eligible student.
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“Applicants must have been previously enrolled for one semester in a degree-seeking program before they can become eligible to apply. … Open to UWest undergraduate and graduate full-time students, except students who are in their final semester.” Eligibility
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Master Enrolled · PhD Enrolled
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Application process
- 1Register for the next semester before the deadline; the application is not processed otherwise.
- 2Complete, sign and date the Golden Benefactor Awards application form.
- 3Write a Statement of Objectives (typed, double-spaced, up to 500 words).
- 4Deliver both to the Office of Financial Aid by the first Monday after the previous semester ends: in person or by mail (the PDF rules out fax and email, though another line also lists email).
Program timeline
14 Dec 2026
Spring 2027 application deadline (first Monday after Fall 2026 ends on 13 Dec)
11 Jan 2027
Spring 2027 semester begins
16 May 2027
Spring 2027 semester ends
17 May 2027 (expected)
Fall 2027 application deadline