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Twin Dolphin Replica Has Become One of Tamkang University’s Scenic Spots

Tamkang University Will Implement New Matriculation Rules As of Next Year

As of next school year the new college matriculation rules as promulgated by the Ministry of Education will take effect at various levels of teaching units at T.K.U., and for this reason, measures governing new students to enter Tamkang is bound to undergo a radical change.

Tamkang U. Receives Old Friends from Hsing Wu Technology College with a Big Hug

An 18-member delegation led by Prof. Yuan Pao-hsin, Pres. of Hsing Wu College, came to visit Tamkang University at l0 A.M., November l, Thursday. Prof. Yuan expressed his joy visiting T.K.U. because, he said, just 3 months before, he had been a faculty member of the Chinese Department here; now he came back with his new friends, wishing he could learn something new from this visit upon the old soil.

An International Conference on Education Innovation Program

Given the urgency of the upcoming teaching innovative program promoted by Ministry of Education, an international conference on the relevant subject was held between November l and 2 at the Chueh Sheng Memorial Hall, T.K.U. Many dignitaries including Dr. Colin Marsh, a Dean from Australia’s Joondalup University had attended the conference.

Tamsui County Mayor Seeks Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center for Support of Artistic Activities

A Tamkang Conference on Teaching Aeronautic Science Concluded with Desired Effects

A Round- Table Talk Yields Nothing Special about the 9/11 Incident in N.Y. C.

A round- table discussion on the aftermath of the 9/11 incident in N.Y.C. was held in the evening of October 31 by more than 20 faculties of the College of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Tamkang University.

The Public Services Center Will Conduct a Winter Vacation Tour to Japan and Australia for

Blessed are the students who call themselves “Japan freaks”, because they can join either of the following two groups to tour around Japan in the winter vacation of 2002. One is the Japanese Culture Study group; the other, the Japanese Language Study group. Both are being organized by T.K.U.’s Public Services Center. The first group is scheduled to start from January 20 through 30. The itinerary includes a visit to Tokyo’s Disneyland, a sampling of Japanese life style such as attending their Kabuki (theatrical performance), tea-service, Kimono (Japanese apparel) pageant, and dipping in a hot-spring bath in Hakone, and a care-free walk on the sidewalk of Tokyo streets. The second group will start from January 20, 2002. In the first week, they will arrange the students to visit the Disneyland, Tokyo, then the Kuan Yin temple at Asakusa and finally a hot-spring spa. The rest of the vacation time will be spent on language learning, but all the afternoons will be free. The second group will return to Taipei on February 5, 2002.

Six T.K.U. Students Will Represent T.K.U. to Attend Inter-collegiate Japanese Speech Contest

A Japanese Language Speech contest was concluded last Monday (October 22). 6 students, two of whom are non-Japanese majors, have won the contest. They will represent T.K.U. to participate in two upcoming events: one to be sponsored by Ministry of Education, the Japan Interchange Association, Taipei Office and the Language Training & Teaching Center scheduled on February, 7, 2002; the other to be sponsored by Japan Asia Airlines, which will be held on December l6 this year.