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REPRESENTATIVES OF 24 PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES TOOK EMULATING TOUR VISIT AT TKU

TKU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR 1-BILLION-IN-5-YEARS DONATION PROJECT

World TKU Alumni Association and ROC TKU Alumni Association have a new fund-raising project, which invite every TKU alumnus to donate 1,000 NT to fund academic development and subsidize teacher’s and student’s researches. With totally 200,000 alumni, the TKU alumni associations intent to gather 1 billion NT within 5 years. The fund will be used to hire internationally noted scholars and support the researches of both teachers and students. Chen Min-nan, Director of the Office of Alumni Service and Resources Development, together with two alumni association presidents, Tuan Hsian-shu and Chen Ching-nan, call for the hospitality of all TKU alumni to make TKU stand out internationally.

EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN EXPERIENCE FULL LIFE

OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS EXHIBIT DIVERSE CULTURAL ARTIFACTS:

Overseas Chinese Student Guidance Section, Office of Student Affairs, and the Overseas Chinese Student Union will hold the “2006 World Overseas Chinese Cultural Exhibition” from March 1st to 3rd in the exhibition hall of Business Management Building.

TRAINING THE SECOND SPECIALTY AND DEVELOPING REAL-LIFE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Center of Resources for the Blind opens a coffee shop to the east side of Business Management Building from March 1. It is served by visually disadvantaged students, who take this chance to develop a second specialty and gain working experience. In this initial stage, it opens for TKU staffs only, but it will open for all people in school in the future once more members get recruited.

SCHOOL CLUBS RECRUITMENT

A new semester just begins, and the paths on campus are getting so busy because students have started to post flyers and do tabling and advertising to recruit new club members. Gay Society members set up table with bright signs and posters, and contact phone numbers were posted on noticeable place to grab people’s attention. For society members, setting up a table this time for recruiting new members is less important than showing positive image for the existence of a minority group.

DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TO GIVE AN ON-LINE ENGLISH COMPOSITION COURSE

Division of Continuing Education of TKU (DCE) will give an on-line English Composition Course for 18 weeks, starting from March 13, which will instruct participant to write English composition and modify his or her weak points and blind spot through “My Access” system. People who want to join the class can go to DCE’s website and sign up from now on.

GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES WILL HOLD THE ACADEMIC

In memory of Prof. Niu Hsien-chung, Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies (GIIASS) will hold an academic conference, “Constructing Taiwan’s Strategic Position in 21st Century” on March 4 at Chung-cheng Hall, Taipei Campus....

MR. HAO LUNG-PIN GAVE A SPEECH TO INSTILL THE SPIRIT OF RED CROSS

College of International Studies invited Hao Lung-pin, ex-Secretary of the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China, to deliver a speech “The Spirit of Red Cross” at TKU on Feb. 22.

CHEN WEI-YEN’S BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH:

Recently, Professor Chen Wei-yen (Dept. of Physics), specializing in the theory of superconductor, achieves an unprecedented breakthrough in the field of physics in the past forty years with two research theories: “the topographical measures under contingent positional energy” and “the sequential and non-sequential measures and apex effects of second type of superconductor.” Chen said, “My dedication to this research field is the source of my greatest joy.”