20th Anniversary Celebration and 2025 Graduation Ceremony, Graduate Program in Taiwan Studies

The Graduate Program in Taiwan Studies held its 20th Anniversary Celebration and 2025 Graduation Ceremony, reflecting on two decades of achievements in in-service teacher education while bringing together alumni, faculty, students, and their families. The event opened with a documentary showcasing the program’s milestones, followed by a hands-on rush-weaving activity led by artisans from the Taiwan Rush Weaving Association, inviting participants to create small deer keychains and experience the richness of local craft traditions.

Director Liu Shu-Chin delivered welcoming remarks, affirming alumni accomplishments in teaching, publishing, research, and social engagement, and emphasizing the program’s role as a platform for lifelong learning among educators. Several faculty members across disciplines also joined in offering their congratulations. A highlight of the ceremony was the presentation of the First Outstanding Alumni Award to Mr. Chung Chih-Cheng, recognizing his exemplary contributions in both teaching and research.

Subsequent alumni activities and personal sharing fostered lively interaction between alumni and current students. The ceremony concluded with a hooding ritual for graduating and soon-to-graduate students, symbolizing the transmission of knowledge across generations. As the group photo brought the event to a close, the celebration stood not only as a retrospective of the past twenty years, but also as a collective step toward the program’s next chapter.