Handover Ceremony between Incoming and Outgoing ICLP Directors

The NTU International Chinese Language Program (ICLP) held a handover ceremony between its outgoing and incoming Directors at 10:00 on the morning of July 30 at Conference Room 447 in Language Building on the main campus. Former Director Chin-Jung Chiu (邱錦榮) left her position on July 31. Beginning on August 1, former Deputy Director Wei-Hung Kao (高維泓) succeeded to become the new ICLP Director, and Associate Prof. Hsiang-I Lin (林湘漪) of the NTU Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures took the position of Deputy Director.

The ceremony was presided over by Prof. Mu-Hsuan Huang (黃慕萱), Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and attended by representatives from the Office of International Affairs, Graduate Program in Translation and Interpretation, Graduate Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Language Center, Foreign Language and Teaching Resource Center, and Language Training and Testing Center. The representatives shared experiences on language learning and acquisition, hoping to encourage more cooperation in the future and maintain NTU’s international repute for Chinese language learning.

After this brief exchange, the representatives enjoyed a slideshow of ICLP and reflected on the various contributions of Director Chiu over the last three years in a warm and genial atmosphere. Afterwards, the ceremony began with an address by Dean Huang, followed by remarks from the outgoing and incoming ICLP Directors, with words of farewell and encouragement to teachers and administrative staff. Dean Huang presented flowers and a commemorative plaque during the ceremony to Director Chiu for her contributions to ICLP during her term of office.