Dr. Richard Wang, esteemed board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and merited music educator, along with Marjorie Kiewitt who has kindly endowed the Jazz Institute's scholarship efforts have been named for a new educational scholarship. The Kiewitt-Wang Mentorship Award is given to three high school students at the junior or senior level who show excellence in musicianship as jazz instrumentalists.

Candidates are recommended by their band directors and then must audition. Three high school instrumentalists are awarded 20 free music lessons with a Chicago jazz professional of their choice. The lessons are funded by the award.

The 2008 Kiewitt-Wang awardees are Kurt Swann, Steven Solomon and William Miller.