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WEBSITE FOR WISDOM IS READY FOR LOG ON

In order to promote lifelong learning and social education, the Ministry of Education (MOE) requested TKU to prepare and design a website of ‘encyclopedia on social education’ for the public last year. After a year’s work, the website (http://wise.edu.tw) is finally ready and will be launched tomorrow (May 4). The ceremony will be presided over by the Minister of Education, Huang Rong-chun at 2 p.m. on the fifth floor of the MOE Auditorium in Taipei.

NEW ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE TO BE INSTALLED

The anti-virus team at the Information Processing Center has successfully installed the latest anti-virus server to scan, update codes and prevent the spread of viruses on all the personal computers on campus. The Center has completed its trial run internally and is ready to service approximately 7,000 computers at TKU to safeguard them from the attack of viruses.

MARITIME MUSEUM LENDS TWO MODEL BOATS FOR SHIHSANHANG EXHIBITION

In conjunction with Shihsanhang Museum’s Exhibit on ‘The Song of Life on Tamsui River’, TKU’s Maritime Museum (MM) will ‘sail’ model boats, The King Ho Li and Sampan from Tamsui River to Shihsanhang at Ba Li. Ms Chiu Rui-ling, the Chief of MM said with a smile, “The two sides (of the Tamsui River) has started sailing!” The Exhibit starts today and ends on October 31.

RADIO BAT BROADCAST STATION IS BORN

For culture enrichment at the Resource Center for the Blind (RCB), and for uniting the disabled students in colleges all over Taiwan, the Executive Secretary Hong Hsi-ming of RCB has created a Radio Bat Internet-Broadcast Station (RBIBS) and has made its debut.

CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR “FROM SURVIVAL TO THRIVAL”

Next year will mark a milestone in the history of TKU and mark the beginning of the “Fourth Wave.” TKU will publish a special edition “From Survival to Thrival.” Articles can be submitted starting today and ending next June.

MORE SPACE GIVEN TO STUDENT CLUBS ACTIVITIES

At a meeting attended by the chairpersons of all student clubs, TKU’s President, Chang Horng-jinh, who also presided over the meeting, responded positively to nearly every request raised by the participants.

THOUSANDS OF JOBS ARE ON OFFER AT THE JOB EXPO

The TKU Job Expo, 2004 was held between 10 am and 4 pm on May 4 at the Student Activity Center and on the Poster Street. There was a military parade at noon at the University Commons attracting huge crowds. Crowds apart, there were a total of 102 enterprises, which had stands at the Expo, offering over 10,000 job openings. The well-known one among these enterprises include China Airline, ASUSTek Computer, Eastern Television Multimedia Group, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.), Vogue Model International Co., AboutBeauty Taiwan Inc., and Hess Language School.

STUDENT UNION AND STUDENT CONGRESS ELECTIONS REQUIRE MORE PARTICIPATION

The registration for running the office of Student Union chairperson and vice chairperson ended on April 23. There had been only one team who came forward to collect the registration form by then: Li Ru-cheng, a sophomore of the Department of Transportation Management and Lin Yi-jeng, a sophomore of the French Department as running mates. Both of them have two years’ experiences in dealing with student affairs. Their campaign speeches were delivered at 11 am, May 3 in which they promised to ensure the full function of the Student Union and establishment of proper channels communicating with the university authorities.

TAMKANG STUDENT RESIDENTIAL HALL AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP

EPIC SWIM IS COMPLETED IN NANWAN