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CANDY R. WEI

Student Thanks

This page collects notes from Stamps students expressing their gratitude for funding awarded through the Candy R. Wei Prize for International Studies in Art & Design and the Candy Wei International Travel Award.

  • Abigail Clemens
  • Laura Desimine
  • Albert Foo
  • Rachel Germaine
  • Miles Honey
  • Beth Reeck
  • Nathanael Rieger
  • Tatum Thornton

Candy Rong-Rong Wei, born on August 5, 1980, began making art at an early age, with creative interests that spanned drawing and painting, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, graphic design, poetry, and short story writing. Diagnosed with schizophrenia at fifteen, Candy’s work is inseparable from her struggle with mental illness. After a relapse in her sophomore year of college, Candy committed suicide on January 16, 2001.

In Candy’s memory, her mother, Jing Wang, established two funds to support student international travel at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design: the Candy R. Wei International Travel Award, a scholarship that support international travel for art students; and the Candy R. Wei Prize for International Studies in Art and Design, an award that recognizes the exemplary work influenced by students’ international experiences. “It was Candy’s dream to travel abroad to study art, so these funds are a natural way to remember her and to help students fufill their dreams of international study,” said Professor Wang.

Make a gift to the Candy R. Wei International Travel Endowment Fund online.

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