Asya Shaw ’17 receives 2016 Beulah Price Scholarship

April 13, 2016

Asya Shaw ’17, a dance performance major from Baltimore, Maryland, is the recipient of the Beulah M. Price Memorial Scholarship, the largest scholarship awarded by the dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC).

“This award meant so much because I work so hard and for all these people [Department of Dance staff] to believe in me, see me and my talent, potential and commitment, it just means so much,” said Shaw.

“She has been my student since high school” said Assistant Professor Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell of the Department of Dance. “I taught her at the Baltimore School for the Arts, and it’s exciting to see her continue her education here at Towson. Her father and I were high school classmates at the School for the Arts, and he wanted Asya to attend Towson because I was here.” 

Shaw and fellow nominees Daniel Bowley, Molly Cohen, Samuel Gutierrez, Tiffany Merson and Talayi Tuhrun were presented with certificates by a very proud Dean Susan Picinich. Afterwards, the happy students and their professors enjoyed cake and celebrated their accomplishments.

The Beulah M. Price Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student who has declared a major in one of the departments or programs located in the College of Fine Arts and Communication and who has completed at least five courses of work within that major at Towson University. The Price Scholar exhibits exceptional academic accomplishment and promise as demonstrated through consistently high faculty evaluations in the grading process and through the completion of substantive analytical, reflective, or research-based projects.

Beulah M. Price, TU class of 1925, was a dedicated elementary school teacher in the Baltimore City and Baltimore County school systems for over 40 years. Price had aspirations of leaving her entire estate to Towson University in support of scholarship programs, so she left TU a sizeable bequest in her will that established a scholarship award in three colleges: College of Liberal Arts, COFAC, and College of Education.