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Jing Wang Memorial Student Prize

Honoring Student Excellence

The award is named in honor of the late Professor Jing Wang. The award is open to MIT undergraduates with a declared HASS Concentration or Minor in Chinese, and is recognized with a $500 prize. The entries are reviewed by a committee of Chinese lecturers.

Awards for AY22 are closed. See list of winners here.
Check back later for AY23 information.

2022 Award Information

How to Apply

Declared Concentrators or Minors in Chinese are invited to apply. Applications may be submitted beginning March 4.

Students may submit a digital recording (audio or video) or write a brief essay of 800-1000 characters in Chinese about their personal experience of challenges, feelings and progress in learning Chinese.

All entries must be submitted by April 4, to be considered for the award. Submission details:

One submission per student.
Entries must be in Chinese.
For paper submissions (from Chinese classes), please submit in PDF.
For audio or video submissions, please submit files in video or audio form (should not exceed 3 minutes)
Upload entry via this link: ENTRIES

Spring Fest

The winner will be honored at the annual Global Languages Spring Fest April 28.

Contacts

Please contact your Chinese instructor with any questions.
For technical questions, please contact borko@mit.edu.

Previous Award Recipients

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Jing Wang passed away in July 2021. She was the S. C. Fang Professor of Chinese Language and Culture in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing section. She was also the founder and director of New Media Action Lab and author of The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web (Harvard University Press, 2019). You can learn more about her achievements and contributions at MIT News.