Marsal School Brings Educators Together at the 2024 Pan-Asia Alumni Reunion

The annual reunion took place in Taipei, Taiwan

This article is part of a series, Making Connections Far and Away, Bringing Lessons Home

In May, representatives from the Marsal Family School of Education attended U-M's Pan-Asia Alumni Reunion in Taipei, Taiwan. The university-wide reunion brought together over 500 alumni with an interesting range of backgrounds and career accomplishments, all united by the Block M and an unwavering commitment to shape a positive future for people around the world.

Taipai — Dean Elizabeth Birr Moje with Valeria Bertacco, Vice Provost, Engaged Learning, Office of the Provost, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering; Benson Yeh (PhD ’05), Deputy Minister of Education for Taiwan; Christine Muchanic, Senior Director, Research Relations, College of Engineering at the U-M Pan-Asia Alumni Reunion in Taipei, Taiwan.

Dean Elizabeth Birr Moje hosted a dinner for U-M alumni and friends engaged in the field of education, and was thrilled to connect with many Marsal School alumni. In the words of one dinner attendee, "I'm so proud of the educational spirit at my alma mater and so privileged to be a part of this community."

Moje met with U-M alumnus and current Deputy Minister of Education for Taiwan, Ping-Cheng (Benson) Yeh (PhD '05). Yeh is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Taiwan University and an innovator in the educational gaming space.

Other alumni shared their fascinating work in higher education mathematics instruction, teacher evaluation, experiential learning trips for students, and digital education spaces (for which the alumna uses her U-M certificate in Learning Experience Design). The Marsal School's influence—and that of its alumni—is positively impacting people across the globe.

The dean also had the opportunity to meet one of the incoming students in the Marsal School's first cohort of undergraduates in the Learning, Equity, and Problem Solving for the Public Good (LEAPS) bachelor's degree program. Three months before the program even started, Moje and the student, Kyra Han, got to share their excitement about the new program's unique curriculum centering human learning as an area of expertise that is currently under-leveraged across industry and society.

U-M's next Pan-Asia Reunion will be hosted in Hong Kong on May 16 and 17, 2025.