workshop three
 

I. Choice A: Nationalism and the Taiwanese Language

Speaker:
Mr. Franklin Chen
TECO/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, R.O.C.

Location:
Norris Center
Northwestern Room 202A

Franklin F. Y. Chen graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Fu-Jen Catholic University, and received his Master's degree in International Politics and Foreign Affairs from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Mr. Chen has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), R.O.C. (Taiwan), for many years. After serving in various diplomatic posts, including Senior Assistant of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Guam and Counselor of the Embassy of R.O.C. (Taiwan) in St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Chen is currently the Director of TECO Chicago.

 

II. Choice B: ITASA: Past, Present, Future

Speaker:
Members of the ITASA National Board

Location:
Norris Center
Northwestern Room 202B

 

In this workshop, the members of the ITASA National Board will talk about the history and organization of ITASA, and the many ways in which you can get involved!

 

 

III. Choice C: Taiwanese in America II

Speaker:
Dr. Ho-Chie Tsai
co-founder of ITASA
creator of taiwaneseamerican.org

Location:
Norris Center
Lake Room 203

Ho Chie Tsai, MD is currently a Board-certified urgent care pediatrician and hospitalist working around the San Francisco Bay area. He is on staff as an Attending Physician at the Children's Hospital and Research Center of Oakland, which primarily serves an ethnically diverse yet under-privileged patient population.

Today, he remains proactively involved in various Asian Pacific American community grassroots and leadership development organizations, especially within the Taiwanese American community. He is well known for his contributions to Taiwanese American youth summer camp programs across the country. Since 1996, he has also served as a Taiwanese American Foundation Board Member, and currently, he is a core organizer of the new North American Taiwanese Medical Association 2G, an allied healthcare professionals organization, and the founder / manager of TaiwaneseAmerican.org, a national web portal site dedicated to connecting and promoting the new generation of Taiwanese Americans.

Read more on his website HERE

 

Designed by Joey Hsu
2007 Northwestern University