Thursday, March 12, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
The NABE Foundation, the charitable arm of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), and Americans for the Arts have awarded Xiangyu “Lucy” Wang the seventh annual NABE Foundation/Americans for the Arts Scholarship Award. Wang will receive the $5,000 scholarship to further the integration of the arts into the study and application of economics in her undergraduate career and professional development. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Ethics, Politics, and Economics at Yale University.
Last summer, Wang interned at Artchange Inc., where she used photography as a tool to discuss local and sustainable food choices, hunger, subsistence, as well as the challenges of eating well on an island (Sitka, Alaska). Wang’s particular interests lie in the power of art to transform communities on a small scale. For her senior thesis, she plans to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of using art as a tool for community building and economic development.
The NABE Foundation Americans for the Arts Scholarship Award was established in 2008 to encourage the integration of the arts into the economic education process. The scholarship recipients are selected following a competitive review process which begins with a pre-screening of applicants by Americans for the Arts, followed by a review of finalists by a sub-committee, and ratification of recipients by the NABE Foundation Board.
The full press release, including comments from Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, and Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial and a NABE Foundation Board member, is here.
To find out more about Wang’s perspective on the intersection of economics and the arts, read her blog post on ARTSBlog.
