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Event & Reunion Pictures
ALUMNI FACULTY AND STAFF MEET AND GREET
In September 2021, the Alumni Office held a meet and greet for all our Tigers who have come back to work at TAS. Above, Stacey Ward ’76 (right) proudly sports a shirt designed by Jessica Huang ’11 (left). Below, Weston
Cooper ’08, Michelle Kao ’03,
Karen Wang ’04, and Lily Chen ’14 pose together. The Class of 2011 held two in-person reunions, one in Taiwan in January 2021 and one in New York City in August 2021. Congratulations on celebrating 10 years since your graduation from TAS!
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH ANDREW CHAU ’08
Andrew Chau ’08 starred in the Taiwanese historical drama SEQALU: Formosa 1867 and shared his experiences in our September Fireside Chat event with student interviewer Gustavo V. ’22.
FALL VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR
Alumni from all over the world tuned in to our Fall Virtual Happy Hour in October 2021 to talk about their work in industries like tech, healthcare, and education and share advice with younger alumni in college.
ALUMNI PROSPECTIVE PARENTS SEMINAR
In November 2021, Director of Admissions Michael O’Neill provided an overview of the TAS admissions process to interested alumni.
ONLINE TIGER SHOP POP-UP
In November and December 2021, the Alumni Office ran an Online Tiger Shop Pop-Up and a portion of every order went to support the Hope N. F. Phillips Scholarship Fund. This year’s pop-up shop debuted our Tiger Baby Onesies and TAS Alumni t-shirts. Kanako Suwa ’13 (left) and Matt Davies ’92 (right) are both sporting our new TAS Alumni t-shirt.
TIGER BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION
Class Agent Sherry Hsia ’92 (upper right hand corner) led a discussion in November 2021 inspired by “When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection” by Gabor Maté, M.D. Attendees talked about the mind-body connection and the relationship between stress and chronic illness.
TAS VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISIT WITH SHAWNA YANG RYAN, AUTHOR OF “GREEN ISLAND”
In November 2021, TAS parents and alumni attended a Virtual Author Visit, Upper School and TAS Cultural Connection (TASCC), with TaiwaneseAmerican writer and author Shawna Yang Ryan. Ryan authored “Green Island” (2016), a family story about the 228 Incident and White Terror era. She shared the process of researching and writing the book in her talk, titled “Exploring Taiwan’s History as a Taiwanese American”.
The 2021 TAS iGEM Team shared about this year’s project “UniversO” with alumni during a virtual Meet and Greet in November 2021. Their project on converting different blood types to Type O received a gold medal award as well as four other prizes in this year’s competition.
ALUMNI HELP ORPHANAGE CLUB WITH HUNGER DAY DONATION DRIVE AND CHRISTMAS ANGELS TAS IGEM MEET AND GREET
In November 2021, alumni came out in force to support the TAS Orphanage Club (OC) in their Hunger Day Donation for the Taitung Food Bank and Christmas Angels gift drive for the Pearl S. Buck Foundation.
FRESHMAN OUTREACH PACKAGE
In the fall, the Alumni Office sent a care package to the Class of 2021 containing a speciallydesigned postcard with a message from current seniors, Taiwan-themed masks, and TAS stickers. Students wrote encouraging messages for these college freshmen to remind them that they would be forever Tigers.
WITHDRAWN STUDENTS OUTREACH
Any student who has attended TAS, even if just for one semester, is a TAS alum and part of our alumni community! In December 2021, the Alumni Office sent out a shipment of care packages to over 150 former students who left TAS last year to wish them a smooth start at their new schools and to let them know that we are thinking about them from afar.
In December 2021, the TAS community was invited to a special screening of the film, “American Girl”, which was produced by alumnus Clifford Miu ’11, stars current TAS student, Caitlin F. ’24, and was directed by Fiona Roan. Clifford, Caitlin, and Fiona participated in a special Q&A session after the event, which was jointly sponsored by the Alumni Office and the TAS Cultural Connection (TASCC).
WINTER MENTORING HAPPY HOUR
More than 20 alumni from the Classes of 1975 to 2021 attended the virtual Winter Mentoring Happy Hour in January 2022 and participated in one-on-one or one-on-two breakout sessions with other alumni.
TAS held its first in-person author visit of the 2021-2022 school year with Abigail Hing Wen, author of “Loveboat, Taipei” in January 2022. Wen spoke to parents and alumni and also upper school students.
CLASSES OF 2019, 2020, AND 2021 DONATE TO THANK TAS SUPPORT STAFF
Our youngest alumni recently made donations from their class funds exclusively to be used for projects and initiatives that would directly benefit TAS support staff. Donations were used to renovate the Staff Lounge and purchase, install new ventilation fans in the staff locker rooms, and provide each staff member a Lunar New Year gift of a box of Krispy Kreme donuts and a fresh cup of Jamba Juice.
EXECUTIVE COACHING WORKSHOPS
Executive Coach Jennifer Melyan ’02 created and hosted three professional development webinars just for TAS alumni in spring 2022. Jenn is an experienced Executive Coach with EPIC (Executive Performance Institute for Coaching). This series of three workshops helped alumni understand how to optimize one’s performance, address procrastination and improve time management, and overcome selfdoubt and imposter syndrome. Thank you to Jenn for offering webinars tailored to serve the specific needs of the TAS alumni community!
CROSS-CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. DAN LONG
In March 2022, Dr. Dan Long, upper school Dean of Students, hosted two cross-cultural conversation events with alumni to discuss cross-cultural upbringing. Through these events, alumni gained a better understanding of how a cross-cultural upbringing can influence one’s view of the world and provide advantages and challenges. Alumni also appreciated the opportunity to share and connect with each other over similar experiences.
Did you miss these events? Check out our video recordings at www.tas.edu.tw/alumni/alumni-resources! Email alumni@tas.edu.tw if you need a log-in.
