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56 VACANCIES ARE FOR OUTSTANDING PH.D. HOLDERS

TKU will continue to recruit at least 56 Ph.D.s for 36 departments in the coming academic year. Those who are interested should mail their personal details to TKU’s Personnel Office by Feb. 15, 2004. For further details, please see page four of the current issue of Tamkang Times, Chinese version or visit related websites such as those of TKU, National Youth Commission and 1111 Man Power Bank.

COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES SETS TO HOLD A LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST AS A PREREQUISITE

TKU’s College of Foreign Languages and Literature (CFLL) will hold a foreign language proficiency test as part of a graduation requirement beginning this academic year (2004). It is a trial project that will hold such a test once a year for three years consecutively. After three years, there will be an evaluation on the validity of the test and should the result prove to be successful, the college will go ahead to devise the level of grades to qualify for graduation. The decision of implementing this test, according to Sung Mei-hua, Dean of CFLL, demonstrates not only TKU’s devotion to learning, but also its determination to promote studying languages and self-initiated learning. If everything goes well, CFLL will add the feature of the proficiency test in its prospectus as a major attraction in recruiting new students in the future.

SECTON OF STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SERVICE WILL BE SET UP IN 2004 ACCADEMIC YEAR

The 89th TKU Administration Meeting was held last Friday (Dec. 26) and was presided over by President Chang Horng-jinh. In this meeting, the motion of establishing a new section to deal with student accommodation specifically was passed. This section will be under the Office of Student Affairs and is to be in charge of the management of and assistance to students who live on or outside campus. Although the section will only be formally set up in 2004 academic year, for ensuring a continuity of operation, a preparatory committee will be installed next semester already to begin the important tasks at hand.

ALUMNI INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SUMMONS THE ELITE FROM INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS

TKU’s First Industrial and Business Friendship Association Meeting was held on Dec. 18 on Taipei Campus. Chairman of the Alumni Association, the president of Nan Chiao Group, Chen Fei-lung invited the elite from various industries and businesses to discuss a calendar of forthcoming events and the possibility of expanding its network so as to involve more outstanding members from industry and business.

TKU STUDENTS PASS THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) RECRUITMENT TEST

The results of this year’s MFA recruitment tests have been announced and 3 of TKU’s students succeeded in gaining entry to the Ministry’s diplomatic mission. All three of them are Spanish or Latin American Studies majors who passed the strenuous recruitment procedure of the Ministry that includes written and oral tests, as well as several interviews, with flying colors. Wei Zeng-ying, who is the third year student of the Graduate Institute of Latin American Studies (GILAS), for instance, passed with the first place in the Spanish category, whereas Chen Fong-kun, an alumnus of the Spanish Department passed with second place in the same category. The other student, Liang Jin-hao, is also a graduate student from the GILAS. They will go through a period of diplomatic training before being assigned to their new posts at MFA.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! TWO SHOWS WERE TO CELEBRATE THIS OCCASION

YANG HSIANG-CHUN AND GU RU-JUN WON MASTER THESIS AWARDS

2003 Master Thesis Awards held by the National Science Council went to two of TKU’s students among 16 participants from Tamkang: Yang Hsiang Chun from the Graduate Institute of Information and Library Science and Go Ru-jun from the Graduate Institute of American Studies.

20 PERCENT OF FRESHMEN AT TKU SHOW ABNORMAL LEVELS OF URIC ACID

The Sanitation and Fitness Section of the Office of Student Affairs has announced the results of its physical examination on this year’s freshmen and found some worrying signs. According to some of statistics derived from the exam, the most serious problem is the high levels of urine acid, followed by the problems of high cholesterol and blood in urine. All the above ailments tend to be found among elderly people; therefore, finding them among young students demonstrates an underlying neglect of health by today’s youth.

24 HOUR ENQUIRIES FOR COURSES OF NEXT SEMESTER MADE ACCESSIBLE ON DEC. 30

Students can enquire about their courses for next semester of 2003 academic year on line at http://esquery.tku.edu.tw/aced 24 hours a day. This service available on Dec. 30 allows students to browse and help plan what courses they wish to take for the coming semester.

OFFICIAL WEB PAGE OF TKU’s OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS WON FIRST CLASS AWARD FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDU

MOE awarded TKU’s Office of Student Affairs with “First Class” for its excellent and versatile web page design in the Competition of Web Station Constructions for University Student Affairs. It even surpassed some national universities such as Chiao Tung, Cheng Kung, Chung Cheng, Chung Hsing and Central, winning NT$ 100,000 prize money.