As a part of her sabbatical project, Shenandoah Conservatory Associate Dean for Academic Success and Professor of Dance Ting-Yu Chen ’19, Ed.D., visited and presented opportunities for in-person international collaboration and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) at the National Taiwan Normal University, University of Taipei and Chinese Culture University. Her message was received with great enthusiasm and she was delighted to learn that many Taiwanese universities are adapting and integrating the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in their academic programs. Sustainability development and social responsibility, the common mission in the Taiwanese higher education system, resonate with Shenandoah University’s core values. Chen is energized by the possibility of facilitating cross-cultural teaching and learning spaces for SU faculty and students as well as continuing to contribute to the Barzinji Institute for Global Virtual Learning’s COIL mission.
