NO. 819 2011-04-11

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The 2011 Institutional Evaluation

Every five years, the Ministry of Education undertakes a comprehensive evaluation of universities around Taiwan. During the evaluation, assessment officers known as “commissioners” visit the school and appraise all aspects of school performance and operation, including the quality of instruction, the administrative structures and quality assurance mechanisms in place, the school's self-defined position in the market, the educational resources it offers, and the systems of governance and management it possesses.

Taiwan Former Vice President Talks Democracy at Tamkang

On March 29, the TKU Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies held a forum that explored Taiwan’s path to democracy. The keynote speaker at the forum was the former Vice President of Taiwan, Annette Lu. Her presence drew a host of reporters from major TV stations, such as EBC, SET, and Apple Daily.

The TKU Center for Japan Studies Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony for the Center for Japan Studies is set to be held at the Taipei Campus this Saturday, April 16. Scheduled attendees at the event include former TKU Chair Professor, Dr. Lo Fu-Chen, as well as Waseda University professor and current TKU Graduate Institute of Asian Studies visiting professor, Dr. Mitsuyoshi Ishida.

An Invitation to Win Big in Europe Want a chance to win NT $20,000?

The TKU Center for European Union Studies will soon be holding its annual European Trivia Contest. TKU teachers and students who are not enrolled in the TKU Graduate Institute of European Studies are invited to attend and test their knowledge of all things Europe.

TKU Claims Medals at Tae Kwon Do Meet

On March 26 and 27, the TKU Tae Kwon Do Club entered the 4th annual Hung Kuang Open Taekwondo Championship. In total, over 400 students from more than 50 universities around Taiwan took part. The tournament drew fierce competition, and as in so many such events, TKU claimed a trove of medals, including one gold and six silver. In the 67kg women’s black belt category, TKU claimed double glory by winning both gold and silver. Moreover, the TKU team came first in the women’s black belt group category, to the delight of third year history student and team captain, Huang Yong-yun: “Everyone’s hard work has been rewarded. The excitement of being the number one women’s team is indescribable!”

Learning to Write Chinese at Lanyang
Juan Carlos (left) diligently taking notes while learning how to write Chinese documents.

Last month, on the 29th of March at TKU’s Lanyang Campus, numerous TKU foreign students took part in a ‘foreign student Chinese workshop’. The workshop involved small 5-8 person classes, in which foreign students learned how to write essays in Chinese.

TKU Men: A Martial Arts Spectacular
A tile-breaking moment in TKU martial arts history.

On the 30th of last month, ‘TKU Men: A Martial Arts Spectacular’ was held at the TKU Student Activity Center. It featured martial arts performance and demonstrations from a variety of TKU martial arts clubs and societies, and allowed the audience to experience the powerful energy and vigor of martial arts at close range. A tile breaking competition was also held, with the winners taking away a prize and acquiring the catchy title “Tamkang Tile Man” and “Tamkang Tile Woman” respectively.

The Jin Shao Music Contest Reaches New Heights
One student from outside TKU who made it into the finals commented “I never knew the level of talent at the Jin Shao Music Contest was so high!”

This year, for the 23rd Jin Shao Music Contest, TKU took the unprecedented step of allowing students from other universities to take part. This served to raise the standard of performance, which in turn prompted judges to expand the original quota of entrants allowed into the finals.

A French Stage Play
A French Stage Play

On March 24, the TKU Department of French and Chinese Culture University jointly held a stage performance of Alfred de Musset’s classical stage play “Seuls, l’autre soir.” They also employed the services of renowned French theater director, Mr. Guy Magen, who came to Taiwan especially to provide the participating students with professional advice on stage play performance. A member of the crowd, second year TKU student Zou Meng-ting, was touched by the performance: “Each of the actors truly depicted the emotions that the characters would’ve been feeling in that situation. Although I don’t understand French, I could feel the characters’ nuances of emotion in the slight modulations of tone or changes of expression used by the actors.”

“Hu-wei Radish Festival”

From the beginning of the 2010 academic year, the TKU Office of Student Affairs has partnered with the local Tamsui District Office to implement the TKU Campus and Community Learning course – a compulsory part of the curriculum for all TKU freshmen. As part of the course, 57 TKU freshmen recently took part in the “2011 Hu-wei Radish Festival”, in which they served as festival service volunteers. Their efforts as volunteers did not go unnoticed. A Section Chief of the Tamsui District Office observed: “the students actively worked to assist local residents, and displayed a sense of diligence that is rare among youths nowadays.”

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