NO. 664 2006-12-11

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FROM SURVIVAL TO THRIVAL—A STORY OF TKU FENCING CLUB

It’s hard to imagine that a student club with only two members left three years ago has won all the medals possible in this year’s Collegiate Fencing Cup that include three Golds, three Silvers and three Bronzes. These impressive results have made them the Champion in the group category of the event, and it is the consecutive third year they have achieved this!

A MOCK EVALUATION CARRIED OUT TO PREPARE FOR MOE INSPECTION
External experts looked on with interest as the students of Mass Communication worked on various media in the studio

In preparation for the Ministry of Education Evaluation that will be conducted in 2009, even though it is still a long way off, the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Education started a series of mock evaluations last week. These evaluations are carried out by experts of relevant fields from external bodies such as researchers and senior administrators of Taiwan’s universities and academic institutions. For liberal arts disciplines, the university invited Juang Fang Rung, the Director-general of the National Central Libray, Yao Rong Song, the Director of the Graduate Institute of Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature and Professor Liao Lung Sheng of the History Department of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Lo Wen Hui, the Dean of the College of Communication of National Chengchi University (NCCU), and Wang Wen Yan, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of the same university.

JOINT DEGREE EMPOWERS TKU POST-GRADS
Liao Jian Yi and Chuan Ya Hui of the Graduate Institute of French have received a joint Master’s degree from TKU and the Universite of Jean Moulin , Lyon 3, France. They spent some time with current grad students at the French Department, chatting over research and work experiences.

Two students who just completed the Master’s program at the French Department of TKU and that of TKU sister university in France, Universite of Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, Liao Chian Yi and Chuan Ya Hui have been awarded with a joint degree. They returned from France last week to give a presentation sharing their experiences with students.

A NEW PLAN UNVEILS TO WELCOME ALUMNI BACK AFTER 10 YEARS OF GRADUATION

The meeting that was scheduled to be held by Dr. Kao Po-yuan, the Vice President for the Administrative Affairs, discussing the establishment of a database on TKU graduates and the 3650-2017 Alumni Home Coming Project on Dec. 18 and 21 was cancelled. It was decided that these matters could be more effectively dealt with on a collegiate level, that is, each college should hold meetings individually to propose for measures of maintaining better contacts with their alumni. However, the Office for Alumni Services and Resource Development suggested a general guideline for each college to consider so as to come up with better ideas before Dec. 29.

JIAN YI-BIN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ITS FIRST RECIPIENTS

Jian Yi-bin, a 1989 graduate from the Department of International Trade, set up a special hardship scholarship to return his gratitude to TKU. Five students from the International Trade were the lucky recipients that became its first beneficiaries who received NT$ 30,000 each last Wednesday, Dec. 6 from Jian’s father, Jian Jin-guang.

EFL WRITING CONFERENCE ATTRACTS GREAT ATTENDANCE

The International Conference on English Writing Conference was held by the English Department on Dec. 1 and 2 at the Chueh Sheng and Ching Sheng International Conference Halls respectively. Over 50 eminent scholars from Taiwan and abroad attended this two day event discussing issues relating to academic writing.

SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD TO DISCUSS GLOBALIZING EDUCATION

The Institute of Future Studies will hold a symposium on Dec. 14 at Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall to explore issues relating to the trend of globalizing education as an international business venture. Speakers include Dr. Cheng Chen-kuei,...

TKU STUDENTS PROVE UNBEATABLE BEING THE MASTERS OF PERSUASION

The Debate Student Club of TKU has something to show for when the year closes out. First they won the second place among 32 teams in a contest that was held last month at Tung Hai University debating on a topic relating to the merits and vices of estate and gift tax that usually comes with inheritance. This contest has a long history of being held 31 times and it is comparable to the Olympics of the debating world. Therefore, the win, even a second place, is well cherished by all team members, according to Chang Zi-en, the Chair of the club, who is a junior of the Department of Industrial Economics. The team was formed by herself, Cheng Chun-nan, one of her classmates, Cheng Wen-bing, a senior of the Department of Public Administration (PA) and Huang Hui-sheng, a junior of the Department of Business Administration. Cheng Chun-nan also won the title of the best debater.

SPILL YOUR HEART OUT ON AIR—BECAUSE IT’S CHRISTMAS!

Are there things you always wanted to say to loved ones but do not have the guts to say so??? Well, the Voice of Tamkang (VT) is giving you an opportunity to redeem yourself before Christmas. Just sign up and record your messages at the stand provided by the VT from Dec 13 to 15 between 10 am and 2 pm on Poster Street.

STUDENTS OF PROF. YANG LUNG-JIEH OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRO- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WINS BEST PAPER AWARDS

Students of Professor Yang Lung-jieh of the Department of Mechanical and Electro- Mechanical Engineering, Wong Jung-ming, Ke Kai-chung and Ho Kuo-yuan, were named the winners of the Best Paper Awards at the 10th Nano-Engineering and Micro System Technology Conference held by the ROC Nanotechnology and Micro System Association. These students received their award on Nov. 30.

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