{"id":17236,"date":"2016-12-06T08:44:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=17236"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:30:07","slug":"carolina-student-alumna-named-schwarzman-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=17236","title":{"rendered":"Carolina student, alumna named Schwarzman Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jialing (LingLing) Jiang, a fourth-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Chang Zhao, a 2015 graduate of the University, have been selected for the Schwarzman Scholars <\/a>program, an elite China-based scholarship modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship and founded by Blackstone Co-Founder and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman.<\/p>\n

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Chang Zhao, left, talks about her research to Michele Maynard, center, and Dale Hutchinson at the Celebration of Undergraduate Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This innovative master\u2019s degree program supports the study of public policy, economics and business, or international studies at China\u2019s prestigious Tsinghua University and bridges the academic and professional worlds to educate students about leadership and China\u2019s expanding role in the world.<\/p>\n

Jiang and Zhao were two of only 129 global recipients selected for the one-year award, which provides unparalleled learning opportunities with leaders from China and the world through\u00a0high-level interactions at lectures, an internship program, a mentorship network and intensive travel seminars. They are Carolina\u2019s 3rd<\/sup> and 4th <\/sup>Schwarzman Scholars, following last year\u2019s inaugural scholars Larry Han and Max Seunik.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing named a Schwarzman Scholar is an exceptional achievement and we are incredibly proud that Jialing and Chang will have an opportunity to pursue their international studies in China,\u201d said Chancellor Carol L. Folt. \u201cThey are both talented and accomplished young scholars who care deeply about the world and want to help make a difference. We look forward to learning about their future successes in intercultural relations and international development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jiang, 21, is from Mainland China. She plans to graduate this May with a degree in economics and philosophy and a minor in philosophy, politics and economics from the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

\"thumbnail_zhao\"While at Carolina, Jiang founded the UNC International Ambassadors program and the first Chinese Cultural Month on campus. Along with promoting multicultural awareness, she is also passionate about social entrepreneurship and has provided improvement coaching for 16 nonprofits in eight cities around the country. Jiang has researched Africa-China relations at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and hopes to be an agent for intercultural relations and international development by starting a social enterprise that focuses on alleviating rural poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very honored for the opportunity to spend next year with some of the brightest young people across the globe at Tsinghua University,\u201d said Jiang. \u201cI cannot wait to learn about China from a new perspective and meet top China scholars and business leaders through the Schwarzman program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhao, 25, is also from Mainland China. She graduated from Carolina with honors and distinction after majoring in anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is currently a Global Academic Fellow at New York University Shanghai, where she conducts research and teaches undergraduate students.<\/p>\n

At Carolina, Zhao was a member of the Order of the Grail-Valkyrie, and was also the first Chinese student to hold the joint senate critic position of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s literary and debate society. An aspiring anthropologist, Zhao has already carried out fieldwork on urban renewal projects and cultural heritage preservation and hopes to combine ethnographic research and policymaking to solve real-world problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing selected for the Schwarzman means that I am one step closer to my goal of serving as the conjunction between the academia and the \"thumbnail_jiang-1\"practical world,\u201d said Zhao. \u201cAfter researching both educational inequality and urban renewal projects in China from an anthropological perspective, I\u2019m interested to see how I can develop a better understanding of these issues through the study of public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newly named Schwarzman Scholars share a connection \u2013 the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. Jiang, also a member of the organization, was mentored and sponsored by Zhao.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so proud of our two new scholars, and pleased that UNC-Chapel Hill is so well represented in both the inaugural and second group of Schwarzman Scholars,\u201d said Inger Brodey, director of Carolina\u2019s Office of Distinguished Scholarships.<\/p>\n

The Schwarzman Scholars program is the first scholarship created to respond to the geopolitical landscape of the 21st<\/sup> century by giving students the opportunity to develop leadership skills and professional networks through a one-year master\u2019s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Immersed in the culture of Beijing, the Scholars are surrounded by an international community of thinkers, innovators and senior leaders in business, politics and society. In this environment of intellectual engagement, professional development and cultural exchange, they pursue their academic disciplines, travel, build their leadership capacities and develop a better understanding of China. Up to 200 individuals are chosen annually from around the world for this highly selective, fully funded program.<\/p>\n

By MC VanGraafeiland, Communications and Public Affairs
\nPublished December 2, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jialing (LingLing) Jiang, a fourth-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Chang Zhao, a 2015 graduate of the University, have been selected for the Schwarzman Scholars program, an elite China-based scholarship modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship and founded by Blackstone Co-Founder and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman. 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