A Pandemic Love Story

Still wearing their caps and gowns, Kuan-Cheng Weng proposed to classmate Angie Wu on the Chapel steps after Duke’s 2020 Commencement ceremony on Sept. 21, 2021.

But the proposal is only part of the story. 

They met in 2019 during International Student Day at the Fuqua School of Business. Kuan-Cheng, from Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Angie, from Wuhan, China, were only next to each other because of the alphabetical seating. On different tracks in the Master of Quantitative Management program, they never shared a class, but became friends that day.  

When Kuan-Cheng told her, “I like you,” Angie, who is soft-spoken by nature, didn’t say anything, but her expression was reply enough.