Story by: Audra Mahoney
Emil and Patricia Wang, along with their daughter Katie Wang (Cinema Studies class of 2012), generously established the Wang Family Fund to support undergraduates in the Cinema Studies Program. The fund, created to build an alumni support network and to help develop professional opportunities, has significantly increased job and internship opportunities for Cinema Studies students.
“The Wang Family Fund has expanded employer relationships and increased internship opportunities about 600% in the past three years,” says Shauna Riedel-Bash, Cinema Studies Student Services Assistant Director.
The Wang donation has helped students make connections, learn professional skills, and gain invaluable experience working in the industry as interns. Many of these internships have then led to the students’ first jobs after graduation. Recent Cinema Studies alumni have been hired as Production Assistants on the sets of Portlandia (Comedy Central), Grimm (NBC), and Leverage (TNT); as Assistant Editors at the entertainment marketing agency Trailer Park, Inc.; and as an Associate Producer at Sawhorse Productions.
Cinema Studies sends a special thank-you to the Wang family for investing in the futures of Cinema Studies students.