{"id":14960,"date":"2022-11-17T09:42:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=14960"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:24:29","slug":"ting-wei-li","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/profile\/ting-wei-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Ting Wei Li"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_2528780497579103026font8\"><span>Ting Wei Li is the IOC&#8217;s Communications Manager and Administrator. In this role, he facilitates the IOC&#8217;s branding, messaging, and design strategies, manages events, and supervises student staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>Prior to joining the IOC, Ting was a graduate of Boston University\u2019s College of Arts &amp; Sciences,\u00a0<em>magna cum laude<\/em>, majoring in Political Science and History.<span>\u00a0Born in China, raised in Boston, and an alumnus of the Boston Public School system, he loves the unique and rich history of the city he has continually called home. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for <a href=\"http:\/\/chinatownmainstreet.org\">Chinatown Main Street<\/a>, a Boston nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting and promoting Boston Chinatown\u2019s commercial and residential interests. Previously, he was a lead staffer at Chinatown Main Street, overhauling the organization\u2019s website, managing student interns, and expanding outreach\u2014on social media and on the ground\u2014to residents and visitors alike. He was also a communications intern under MA State Senator and Judiciary Co-Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatoreldridge.com\/interns\">Jamie Eldridge<\/a>. While an undergraduate student at BU, he served two terms as Director of Communications in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.busgov.org\/\">Student Government<\/a>, Editor-in-Chief of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buplr.org\/\">Pre-Law Review<\/a>, and Digital Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irreview.org\/\">International Relations Review<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_2528780497579103026font8\"><span>Ting likes reading the latest news headlines, scientific periodicals, and manga in his free time. He also enjoys photography, working out, playing video games, enjoying the company of his ragdoll cat Mimi, and traveling around Boston and beyond. He can speak Taishanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and a bit of Japanese; additionally, he studied Latin for six years. He was selected to be the Communications Coordinator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/about\/board\/\">Urban Planning Association<\/a> for the 2025-2026 year.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19783,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/14960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19783"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/14960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24383,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/14960\/revisions\/24383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}