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37 FACULTY MEMBERS TO BE HONORED BY TKU OUTSTANDING TUTOR AWARDS

The university announced last week a list of tutors who have won this year’s Outstanding Tutor Awards. The list includes Yang Yu-mei, an associate professor at the History Department, and 36 other teachers from various colleges and departments. The President, Chang Horng-jinh will present them with pure gold medals on April 13 at the Meeting for Student Affairs and Counseling Staff.

VISITORS FROM THE US HELP PROMOTE ‘TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT’ IN HIGHER EDUCATION

TKU invited the Chancellor and Assistant Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Dr. Charles W. Sorensen and Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe respectively to Tamkang for a seminar on TQM (Total Quality Management) on March 22 (Monday) and another seminar on “How to Uplift the Overall Quality of Higher Education” on March 24 (Wednesday). Both of them were the winners of US 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and will give speeches sharing their experiences in this regard with Tamkang faculty and staff on March 22 and 24. Both occasions will be presided over by the President, Chang Horng-jinh.

TKU STUDENTS RECEIVE A NOD FOR THEIR STABILITY AND STAMINA

In a survey named “college graduated students preferred by 1000 enterprises in Taiwan, 2004” published in the issue of March 16 of Cheers Magazine, TKU graduates are considered the third best in the category of “stability and stamina against stress”. The other university that ranks third in the same category is the National University of Taiwan (NUT). However, when the result of this category is added to the overall evaluation that includes seven categories, TKU ranks No. 10, which is two places lower than that of last year, overtaking by National Sun Yet-san and National Central Universities for the first time since the survey started.

THREE FORUMS ON TAIWAN DISCUSS ITS ELECTION AND FUTURE

As the presidential election in Taiwan is finally over, there will be three forums on its impact on Taiwan’s future held at Tamkang. Firstly, the Graduate Institute of International Studies is hosting two discussion panels today and tomorrow at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall to analyze the post-election political and economical situations as well as cross-strait relationship. The institute has invited both national and international scholars and experts to participate in the discussion and TKU’s faculty and students are also welcome to share their views on such an important national matter.

ISO INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION BEGINS TOMORROW

The first ISO internal environmental inspection for 2004 starts on March 23 and will last until Wednesday, next week. Areas of inspection include all TKU administrative units and the results of the inspection will serve as a reference for future monitoring and improvement. The organizer of this inspection, Hung Ching-jen, who is also the Dean of General Affairs wishes to use this occasion to better prepare Tamkang for the forthcoming ISO 14001 Inspection in October, thus calls for unconditional cooperation from all units involved.

STUDENTS AWAIT THE RESULTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST

The results of the Foreign Language Proficiency Test that was held on March 13, and are eagerly anticipated by all students involved. The results of the test, as decided last year, should be entered as ‘Very good’, ‘Good’ and ‘Pass’ on student academic transcripts instead of in percentage, as commonly practiced in Taiwan. This new way of evaluation has received positive response by most faculty members in the College of Foreign Languages (CFL), the organizer of the test, despite some concerns from the students.

8177 PEOPLE ENROLLED FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION OF TKU GRADUATE INSTITUTES

The enrollment for the entrance examination of TKU’s graduate institutes has ended. There are 8177 people registered competing for 690 places in 43 graduate institutes. The projected chance of entering is 8.65 percent. The exam is held on March 26 and 27, this Friday and Saturday on Tamsui campus; in addition, the examination for the in-service Master Programs is on Saturday, too.

OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR ‘HOME CUISINE’

Whoever wants to enjoy exotic foods, and experience different cultures at the same time should not miss the 2004 Overseas Chinese Culture Week held this week at the Exhibition Hall of the Business and Management Building. This event is organized by the Overseas Chinese Student Guidance Section and the Overseas Students Club, who intend to take all the visitors on a journey to an exotic culinary and cultural landscape.

BEST GRASS-ROOTS MOTION PICTURES BROUGHT TO CAMPUS

The College of Liberal Arts hosted an event named the New Taiwan Cinema and Television World last week with a series of activities that included showing of movies, television dramas to documentaries. Apart from these moving images, there were forums for discussion, exhibitions and a time corridor that illustrated a detailed history of Taiwan cinematic development at the Exhibition Hall of the Business and Management Building. Above all, the organizer provided some high quality and profile films to TKU faculty and students who had the privilege of feasting on such a multifaceted and rich visual experience.

MORE TROPHIES FOR FUTURE LIBRARIANS, BANKERS AND ZORROS

March has been a month of sports trophies for the Department of Information and Library Science (ILS) and the Department of Banking and Finance (BF). The former hosted a University ILS Ball Games Cup whereas the latter participated in a University BF Ball Games Cup on March 13 and 14 respectively, winning four gold medals, and two silvers in total.