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Office of Student Affairs Proposes Freshmen’s Twin-Counselors System, Reducing Teachers-Students Ra

To innovate the current system of class counselor, Office of Student Affairs proposes a new “twin-counselors” system in freshmen year; a class will be divided into two groups, with two teachers serving as class counselors. This proposal will be discussed in the meeting on student affairs held on March 12; meanwhile, the meeting will also evaluate the possibility of abolishing the regulations on class counselors’ grading of students’ behaviors, and thoroughly reexamine class counselors’ qualifications.

Elementary and Secondary Schools’ Teacher Education Programs; 150 Open Applications Each; Start on

Applications for teacher education programs start on Thursday (March 4) and will be close on March 10. Those determined to be elementary and secondary school teachers will be welcome to attend the presentation of the examination for these programs, held by the Center for Teacher Education at Ching-Sheng International Conference Hall at 12:20 Wednesday, to get ready for the examination. For the related information, please visit the homepage of the Center for Teacher Education http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~tdqx/ed_intro5.htm.

LIU FANG-NAN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF TKU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN KAOHSIUNG CITY

The TKU Alumni Association in Kaohsiung City elected its new president and vice-president on February 21, 2004. Liu Fang-nan, former vice-president, becomes the new president, and Chou Ling-wen the vice-president. Their swearing-ins were witnessed by TKU dignitaries and alumni.

PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW VISITED TAMKANG LAST WEEK

Professor Piotr Weglenski, President of University of Warsaw (UOW), during his first trip to Taiwan, visited Tamkang University on February 23 at the invitation of President Chang Horng-jinh. While in Tamkang, Prof. Weglenski made a point of visiting Dr. Clement C. P. Chang, Founder of TKU.

MAXIMUM ENROLMENT IN DISTANCE COURSE OF MASTER LECTURES

The new item on the distance education program this semester is the “master lectures”, a course synchronously broadcast by National Taiwan Ocean University. The speaker on March 2 at 1 pm will be Prof. Li Chi-chu of Department of Economics, National Chengchi University: the lecture, chaired by Dr. Chang Cheng-jie of National Taiwan Ocean University, will be on “Challenges to Taiwan’s Macro-economy and Its Responses”.

277 STUDENTS EXPELLED DUE TO CONSECUTIVE HALF OF CREDITS FAILURE, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES RANKED HIGHEST

277 students were expelled by the University last (fall) semester due to their consecutive failure of half of total credits (overseas Chinese, 2/3), three more than last fall semester, accounting for 1 % of all TKU students. College of Technology also expelled one student for the first time.

PROFESSOR’S NEW BOOK PARTICIPATION DOCUMENTED SIX CAMPUS EVENTS WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR

Cheng Huang-er, associate professor in Architecture Department, published his book last week: Participation, a collection of photos that recorded his efforts for Tamkang campus space design with his students.

170 Girls from Dormitory Joined “Biggest Stomach” Contest

“Today I will treat everyone in Dept. of Spanish a meal!” announced by Su Ya-chun (freshman, Dept. of Spanish), the champion of the “Biggest Stomach Contest”. After she devoured two bowls of braised pork rice, a big spongy cake, some ice bars and ice cream in the game, she took her 1,000 NT dollar prize and ate another big meal with her cheer squad and friends for celebration.

Registration for the By-Election of the Student Senator: 34 Seats remains Vacant

The by-election for the Student Senators will be held on the next Wednesday and Thursday. The candidates will run for the 34 seats remains in the Student Council. Those who want to join the election can go to the office of Student Council (X017) to fill the form. Registration will end on Friday noon.

Business & Management Association Joined the United Raising Bazaar

A pack of paper towel usually costs only ten NT dollars; however, in order to meet the various need of different social-welfare organizations, how much will you pay for it?