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ALL CLASSES OF FRESHMEAN ENGLISH WILL BE REDUCED TO 70 STUDENTS

From the summer semester of 2004 onwards, all Freshman English classes will be limited to 70 students instead of over one hundred, as it is run currently. The resulting small class size is expected to raise the teaching quality as well as improving the students’ overall learning capacity.

434 RESEARCH PROPOSALS APPLIES TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL—COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TOPS THE SUBM

There are 434 research proposals being submitted by TKU’s faculty to the National Science Council for 2004—12 proposals more than those for last year. It accounts for 65.5 percent of the total faculty numbers. From these 434 proposals, 142 are submitted by 134 assistant professors from the College of Engineering (COE), which makes them the highest in terms of submission. Among them, Professor Hong Zu-chang of the Department of Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Engineering tops the list with 4 proposals this year.

TKU’S PRESIDENT CHANG SUPPORTS A REVISED PENSION SCHEME FOR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY AT THE NATIO

As the Chairman of the Private University Association, President Chang Horng-jinh appealed to the government on behalf of all private universities to revise its pension scheme on private educational institutions at the National University Presidents Conference held on 13 and 14 of this month (Feb.). The Ministry of Education (MOE), in response to his request of equal treatment, has promised to set up a project team to research on the possibility of meeting such a request.

HSU SHUI-TEH, THE STRATEGY ADVISER TO PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIEN HOSTS DISCUSSION SESSIONS WITH FORMER

Six former ministers of Ministry of Education (MOE) will gather at TKU for a series of lectures on educational policy and administration organized by the Graduate Institute of Educational Policy and Leadership. These lectures will be hosted by Hsu Shui-teh, the presidential strategy adviser. Those six former ministers of education include Lee Huan, Mao Gao-wen, Guo Wei-fang, Wu Jing, Yang Chao-hsiang, and Cheng Chi-lang will join the current Minister of MOE, Huang Jong-tsun to discuss themes related to educational policy and adminstration with students which will offer ample opportunities to reflect on the past and future of Taiwan’s educational reform.

202 ATHLETES REPRESENT TKU AT 2004 COLLEGE GAMES

The 2004 College Games will be held between March 5 and 9 in the National Taichung College of Physical Education in Taichung. For this sporting event that lasts five days, TKU will dispatch nine teams to compete in various categories, which consist of 202 athletes plus their coaches and team leaders. These teams range from track and field, swimming, tennis, and table tennis to Taekwondo and Judo. President Chang Horng-jinh will pass a banner to each team officially this coming Friday, February 27 at a banner-presenting ceremony held at the Student Activity Center, wishing them all a success in the name of TKU. They will set off next Thursday and have been training hard in recent weeks as departure draws nearer.

A CREATIVE DESIGN OF OPTIMIZING SPACE ON CAMPUS WINS TOP AWARD

Chen Bo-hong, a senior at the Department of Architecture, was pleasantly surprised when he won the top prize in the Second Ministry of Education Awards for the Creative Use of Campus Space. He beat over 600 competitors from 75 educational institutes, winning him a certificate, prize money and above all, recognition from the jury for delivering a work of a high professional standard.

REGISTRATION BEGINS THIS WEEK FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAM TO 16 IN-SERVICE MASTER PROGRAMS

The 2004 entrance exam to TKU’s in-service master programs will accept registrations until this coming Friday, Feb. 27.

STUDNET CLUBS RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS WITH DANCE AND MUSIC

As the new semester kickstarted last week, many students gathered on the Poster Street, enjoying the frenzied atmosphere among the heated recruitment activities created by various student clubs. Interspersed with loud voices for attracting attention, the campus suddenly came alive. There were more than 20 clubs that were present for recruitment ranging from recreational, musical to social welfare and academic clubs.

SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ENTITLED “A DATE WITH A BEAUTIFUL LIFE” TO BE UNVEILED ON MONDAY

A series of activities entitled “A date with a beautiful life” organized by Counseling Section of the Office of Student Affairs opens on Monday, February 23 at the Exhibition Hall in the Business Management Building.

VISITORS TO THE MARITIME MUSEUM, TKU WILL REACH 600,000 THIS WEEK

There will soon be a lucky 600,000th visitor to the Maritime Museum at TKU! The figure that ended last Friday shows that there had been 599,299 visitors to the museum; therefore, it is believed that this number will reach 600,000 sometime this week.