The Distinguished Artist's Award is a scholarship that is awarded to a prospective Hope College dance major who shows tremendous potential as a dancer and performer. The DAA is renewed yearly according to the following policies:

• After the student completes his/her freshman year (and every year thereafter), a demonstrated GPA of 2.6 is required for renewal of the award.
• A student must also have a record of continued participation in the arts. The department chairperson of the department which gave the award (or to which the student's award has been formally transferred) decides whether the student has fulfilled this participation requirement. That decision is based on the following departmental guideline:
• Students must either major or minor in dance.