It was the first time that the ROC flag had ever been on display at an official function of one of America's Ivy League schools since the ROC withdrew from the United Nations in 1971. This deeply significant achievement came as the result of active campaigning by all the students from Taiwan at Yale University.
這是自我國退出聯合國之後，中華民國國旗第一次公開地出現在美國「長春藤盟校」的正式活動中，也是留學耶魯的全體中華民國留學生共同積極爭取的成果，意義非凡。