Post-Fair Report
2016 Fall American Education Fair
The 48th American Education Fair was held on October 8th to 9th, 2016 in the Eslite Xin Yi Store, 6F Eslite Multifunctional Hall in Taipei. The semi-annual event was co-organized by American Education Center, Taipei (AIEF Taipei) and American International Education Foundation (AIEF), Pasadena, California for the purpose of promoting American education in Taiwan. It also serves as a platform for U.S. educational institutions to recruit Taiwan students to study in the United States.
The 48th American Education Fair was held on October 8th to 9th, 2016 in the Eslite Xin Yi Store, 6F Eslite Multifunctional Hall in Taipei. The semi-annual event was co-organized by American Education Center, Taipei (AIEF Taipei) and American International Education Foundation (AIEF), Pasadena, California for the purpose of promoting American education in Taiwan. It also serves as a platform for U.S. educational institutions to recruit Taiwan students to study in the United States.
Pre-Fair Orientation
A Pre-fair orientation for the fair delegates was held in the morning of October 8th. McDonald’s meals were provided at the event. Dr. Kuh gave a warm greeting to all the fair delegates and then to introduce AIEF. He emphasized that the AIEF dedicated its efforts to promote the American Education, only, for more than 20 years. When students look for information, they would come to our center in order to gather complete and useful information. We displayed American education information and provided advisory service for students. AIEF Taipei office has very close relationship with local schools who often invite us to assist their students who want to apply for the American schools. We also gave lectures on some topics at public libraries and schools, as well.
Pre-Fair Publicity
The 48th American Education Fair was held on October 8th to 9th, 2016 in the Eslite Xin Yi Store, 6F Eslite Multifunctional Hall in Taipei. The semi-annual event was co-organized by American Education Center, Taipei (AIEF Taipei) and American International Education Foundation (AIEF), Pasadena, California for the purpose of promoting American education in Taiwan. It also serves as a platform for U.S. educational institutions to recruit Taiwan students to study in the United States.
- Seminars at various local school campuses, public libraries and American Education Center,
- Text messages via Internet and mobile devices,
- Printed flyers and news releases,
- E-News and E-Announcements to the Center’s student subscribers,
- Online banners, advertisements, and announcements on Eslite, AIEF, USCampus, and various major local websites,
- Announcements on Facebook, LINE, WeChat, and other social network,
- Online banners and advertisements on websites, such as Eslite media channel, and
- Fair invitations and posters were distributed to local schools, including major language institutes, bilingual high schools, and universities.
Fair Venue & Attendance Statistics
On October 8th to 9th, which were Saturday and Sunday, respectively, the 2016 Fall American Education Fair was held in the Eslite Xin Yi Store, 6F Eslite Multifunctional Hall in Taipei. The location is close to the famous landmark Taipei 101 Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the world and a major tourist attraction. Even though the weather conditions on both fair days weren’t ideal, there were still many students and parents came to the fair. At the venue, every school booth was assigned a pre-trained interpreter, in yellow vest, to assist American school representatives to communicate with the Fair visitors. In addition, each booth was also provided with a student volunteer to be the school representative’s assistant.
At the end of the Fair, surplus school materials at each booth were collected by the student volunteers for display in the library of American Education Center in Taipei.
A total of 1,176 student data were collected from the event, including the pre-fair registration as well as the on-site registration during the fair.
Seminars at Fair
We were honored to have the speakers as follows:
Mr. Caleb Mak, the consular officer in the American Institute in Taiwan to present the topic “U.S. Education/VISA application” that gave a big picture of the United State education system, campus safety, different kinds of VISA, and VISA application process.
Amb. Y.F Chu, the former director of Department of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present the topic “The Protocol You Need to Know When You Study Aboard” that shared lots of major concepts about protocol
Mr. Chen, the Adviser of the Kang Chiao Bilingual School to present the topic “College Admissions Application” that shared the applying tips during the procedures
Dr. Kuh, the Executive Director of the AIEF Taipei to present the topic “Competitiveness” that illustrated some key issues regarding the competitiveness in career preparation, language study, and self-confidence.
“HOBY World Leadership Congress” by 2016 HOBY Taiwan delegation.
Several school representatives gave seminars at the Fair venue to students to introduce their school systems:
“Introduction to the California State University system, and CSU, Chico” by Yuzhuo (Snow) Sun;
“Introduction to the Oregon, Corvallis, the campus and program in the Oregon State University” by Jay Schnoor;
Introduction to the “English Language Institute at the University of Utah” by Korrin Ebira;
Introduction to the “San Mateo Colleges of Silicon Valley” by Greg Chen;
Introduction to the “Skagit Valley college” by An Chu
Student Database
As one of the feature services of American Education Fair in Taipei, student data are collected through a student tracking system in the fair and the service is Free to all participant schools. The student tracking system identifies and records prospect students who visited each school’s booth. At the end of the Fair, American Education Center in Taipei compiles the student records into a student database. Once the database verification is completed, student data will be sent to each participating school according to the visiting record at each booth.
Fair Guide
Complimentary copies of the 2016 Fall Fair Guide were distributed to all Fair visitors. The Fair Guide covers participant schools’ profiles with brief introductions, venue layout, seminar schedules, school introductions, and articles regarding studying in the U.S.A. Reference materials, such as books, catalogs, and UScampus Website were on display at the fair to help students search for information about study in the USA.
Exhibition of Fair Pictures
