Fund: Jim and Paula Diederich Endowed Scholarship in the Arts & Humanities Fund Department: Undergrad Student Financial Aid D02089 Purpose: Undergraduate Student Support Fund Purpose: This Endowed Fund shall be used to provide support to undergraduate students majoring in the Arts or Humanities. The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) will administer the Endowed Fund. BACKGROUND The arts and humanities have enriched the lives and travels of Jim and Paula Diederich. Even though UC Riverside was a small liberal arts college at the time, it provided a rich cultural venue for them and the community. Jim is a native of Riverside, CA, and has been a member of the University of California community since entering UC Riverside as an undergraduate at age 17. He graduated as a Watkins Award recipient, with honors, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1970 at UC Riverside, served as a professor at UC Davis until his retirement in 2004, and continues as a working advisor in the UC Davis Mathematics Project. Despite having been a math major, Jim credits his classes in art history and the humanities as some of the most important courses he took. He has expressed that they can greatly enhance your powers of observation, which can serve you throughout your life, even in your most mundane daily pursuits. Jim and Paula are extremely grateful to the University of California for providing so many opportunities and benefits and wish to support the mission of UC Riverside and the College of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences through this gift. General Purpose This Endowed Fund shall be used to provide support to undergraduate students majoring in the Arts or Humanities. The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) will administer the Endowed Fund. Criteria and Selection Process Under the direction of the Associate Dean of Student Academic Affairs in CHASS, or his/her designee, this Endowed Fund shall be used to support undergraduate students majoring in the Arts or Humanities. The Associate Dean of Student Academic Affairs in CHASS, or his/her designee, may appoint a committee to review and select recipients from the pool of eligible candidates. It is the Donors’ intent that the Endowed Fund be used in support of the following undergraduate student funding priorities: scholarships, awards, and other educational assistance (such as travel awards, research, lab fees, books, music lessons, etc.) Recipients must have a GPA of 3.0 or possess other special talents, qualities, or goals. In years when there is no candidate who meets the criteria, awards will be held until the following year.