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Results for the Competition for the 2006 Hu Scholarships/Awards
2006 Shi Ming Hu Memorial Freshman Scholarship
2006 Shi Ming Hu / Eli Seifman Chinese Studies Scholarship
2006 Shi Ming Hu Memorial Leadership Award
The selection committee this year consisted of the following members:
Rhonda Cooper, Director of University Art Gallery; China Studies Affiliated Faculty
Eriko Sato, Lecturer, AAAS Dept.; member of AAFSA (Asian American Faculty Staff Association)
Agnes He, Assistant Professor, AAAS Dept., Director of China Studies (Chair of the Committee)
The committee met on Thursday, March 23, 2006.
Shi Ming Hu Memorial Freshman Scholarship
The Hu Freshman Scholarship is for an academically high-achieving, financially needy freshman, preferably Asian. The committee unanimously voted for Guangqiang Ao as the recipient for this year’s Hu Freshman Scholarship. In addition to an impressive SAT score and an impressive high school average, Guangqiang brought with him 7 AP credits in Math and Physics and earned a total of 15 credits during Fall 2005 doing course work in Calculus II, Classical Physics II and Lab, Introduction to Psychology, Introductory to Writing Workshop, and Introduction to Stony Brook. For this semester (Spring 2006), Guangqiang is carrying 17 credits, in areas ranging from Calculus III to Images of Women in Literature.
Shi Ming Hu / Eli Seifman Chinese Studies Scholarship
This year we received eight applications for the Hu/Seifman Chinese Studies Scholarship. Members of the selection committee first independently ranked the applicants, then collectively determined two finalists who received the highest total rankings. The committee subsequently discussed as a group the strengths and weaknesses of each of the two finalists. A consensus was reached among the committee members as the discussion unfolded.
The recipient of the Chinese Studies Scholarship is Amy Ai Sui Lee. A junior majoring in Health Science, Amy has taken a broad range of China-related course work including Chinese language, China: Language and Society, Women and Gender in Chinese History, Environmental History of China, 20th Century China, and Family Marriage and Kinship in China. The committee was much impressed by the dedication as well as the excellent performance Amy has exhibited in her studies. The committee was equally impressed by how Amy found a sense of relevance, pride and identity through Chinese studies. Her scholarly accomplishments result not merely from her intellectual talents and efforts but more importantly from her heart-felt desire and determination to face the challenges associated with living in a multicultural society. Amy came to the U.S. when she was six months old. Throughout her life, she has experienced different stages of ethnic identification from lack of awareness to ethnic ambivalence /evasion to ethnic identity incorporation. In her own words, it is the various China-related classes taken at Stony Brook University that have “given me a cultural as well as historical perspective to whom and what I am.”
Shi Ming Hu Memorial Leadership Award
We received two applications for the Hu Leadership Award. The recipient is Kaity A. Huang, a senior majoring in Pharmacology. Since 2004, Kaity has been President for the Asian American Journal which reaches the Stony Brook University student population of 22,000. Kaity joined the Asian American Journal at a time when there was a lack of leadership, vision and funding. Kaity researched and advocated endlessly with the student government and sought funding to publish the journal. She also gathered other board members to get a club running and operating. She is not afraid to get her feet wet in getting the journal and the club working. As a result of her hard work, funding was granted and the journal has been addressing issues such as racial and cultural diversity that are of relevance and importance to the entire Stony Brook student population, regardless of background. The Committee was much impressed with Kaity’s leadership qualities as evidenced in her perseverance, fiscal management, administrative skills and team work, as well as her contributions to making Asian and Asian American awareness an integral part of Stony Brook University campus.