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Director of
Education Division, Andrea Yang, Houston Police Academy, Commander Kristine
Anthony, Founder of MCT Engineering,
Inc., Warren Kuo (Left 7, 6, and 1 in the front) with all
the Taiwanese students.
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In an effort to strengthen the connection
between the Ministry of Education in Taiwan and the Taiwanese Student
Associations (TSA) in Texas, the Education Division of Taipei Economic and
Cultural Office (TECO) in Houston conducted a joint conference for the
Taiwanese student association presidents on September 27, 2019 at the Hess Club,
Houston, Texas.
20 presidents and board members of the TSA
from 10 universities and colleges in Texas attended the conference this year. At
the beginning of the conference, a warm welcome and brief introduction about
the services of Education Division were given to the TSA presidents by Director
Andrea Yang of Education Division. She also appealed to students to pay attention on the phone call scam, and never reveal
personal information neither transfer money to unknown people.
This conference focused on providing important
information about living and studying in the U.S. Commander Christine Anthony-Miller of Houston
Police Department was invited to talk about safety issues. The attendees were
educated how to react to the crime and protect themselves.
A career
experience
lecture was provided by the founder of MCT Engineering, Inc., Warren Kuo. Mr.
Kuo shared with students his experience about starting up his own business in the U.S. In the third session, the
licensed attorney, Daniel Chen gave a talk on immigration and Visa issues
related to international students.
After the conference, in order to honor all
the Taiwanese educators in Great Houston area for their contributions and achievements,
Director General Peter Chen of TECO in Houston hosted a Teachers’ Day Celebration
Dinner. The Taiwanese faculties from well-known universities, colleges and K-12
schools are all invited to join this event. The representatives of the
Taiwanese Student Associations were also invited to celebrate this special day
and pay tribute to all teachers.
All the participants have found this conference
is inspired, informative, and benefited greatly. And a solid connection among
Taiwanese Student Associations has been maintained and strengthened as well.