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THE MOTORBIKE PARKING AREA ON DA-CHUNG STREET WILL BE REMOVED ON MAY 15

In the planning of a new university stadium, it has been decided that the existing parking lot reserved for motorbikes on Da Chung Street will be replaced by the Chi-Nan Bus Station. As the construction is scheduled to begin on May 15, the parking lot that contains 850 spaces for bikes will be abolished. Bikers are hence reminded to remove their bikes by then and park them on the newly rented lot by the Student Club Office Complex on Wu Fu Kang instead.

WIRELESS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY

If you have ever been curious about the high-tech gimmicks you often see in James Bond’s films, make sure you do not miss the Tamkang Information Exhibition, whose main theme is wireless network technology this year. The exhibition is held between Monday and Friday this week at the Exhibition Hall of the Business Management Building, but will move to the Exhibition Hall on the second floor of the Chung Cheng Market in the Tamsui Old Town quarter on May 25 and 26. The Chairperson, Yang hsiung-kuang, of the Student Association of Business and Management, also the organizer of the event, explains that their exhibition is designed to illustrate the indispensable use of wireless network technology in our daily life and its future development to TKU’s faculty and students through vivid displays and hands-on experiential demonstrations.

CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION UNVEILS 300 YEARS OF HISTORY IN TAIWAN

The exhibition of “Calligraphy and Its Evolution in Taiwan” that is currently held at the Sun Yet-sen Memorial Hall has been organized by TKU jointly with Sun Yet-sen Memorial Hall. The copious works at the exhibition span over 340 years of history in Taiwan making this event allegedly the biggest and most comprehensive show ever displayed in Taiwan. Works on exhibition include rare calligraphy pieces from some significant historical figures such as Zuo Zhong-tang, Liu Ming-chuan, Chiu Fong-jia, and Shen Bao-Zhen. The exhibition will run until May 2.

FOUR TOP ACCOUNTING FIRMS RECRUITED 146 TKU STUDENTS

Four leading accounting firms in Taiwan came to TKU to recruit the other day. They found 146 among the 240 graduates-to-be, reaching a rate of over 60 per cent. It is certainly envious that these lucky 146 students who landed a ‘golden’ job even before actual graduation. These four leading firms are KPMG, Dololitte and Touche, Diwan, Ernst and Young and Price Waterhouse CPAs.

REGISTRATION FOR ELECTIONS STARTS IMMEDIATELY

The ballots of the 10th election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Student Union/Association and the 13th election of Student Council representatives will take place between May 11 and 13. The registration for candidates starts immediately and all students are urged to participate in.

LEADING CORPORATIONS ARRIVE FOR RECRUITMENT FRENZY

As graduation is drawing nearer, the Office of Student Affairs is organizing a series of recruitment events between April 19 and 29 at the Chung-ling Chemistry Hall to help graduates-to-be step into the job market as smoothly as possible. There will be 24 presentations for corporations such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMS), United Microelectronic Corporation (UMC), Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (HSR) Hess Language School and China Airlines to introduce their companies and 7 career placement seminars in which some renown entrepreneurs have been invited to lend insight to subjects such as how to impress at interviews and ways of enhancing employability. The Chief of the Career Planning and Placement Section, Huang Fong-er reminds students that they should have their most up-to-date resume to hand in when they attend any of these events as the corporations accept application on the spot.

TKU IS TO PUBLISH ‘MARCHING TOWARDS THE FOURTH WAVE’

Tamkang Times and the Office of Student Affairs are organizing a writing contest stressed on the theme ‘Marching towards Tamkang’s Fourth Wave’, inviting all faculty and students to participate in with a work of no more than 3,000 words. The first winner will receive NT$ 10,000, the second, NT$ 5,000 and the third and winners of the Best Work will be awarded NT$ 1,000 each. Those interested, please deliver your work to Room B402, the Extracurricular Activity Guidance Section in the Business Management Building by April 30th.

PRESIDENT CHANG MET UP WITH NORTHEAST ASIAN PRESIDENTS IN JAPAN

TKU’s President was invited to attend the 2004 (3rd) Northeast Asian Forum of University Presidents (NAFUP) Executive Committee Meeting, held at Hokuriku University in Japan on April 11. He met up with a total of 13 presidents of various universities from Japan, China, Russia, Korea and Mongolia to discuss general issues such as membership, concrete plans for joint projects and more specifically, the agenda of the Forum that is to be held in October this year at Far Eastern National University in the Russian Federation. Liu Chang-huei, the Chair of TKU’s Japanese Department and Chang Bing-huang, the Deputy Director of the Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center also accompanied him on this trip.

DGECC PROVIDES MORE VARIETY OF COURSES

Division of General Education and Core Curriculum (DGECC) held a meeting the other day to discuss the number of courses it would be providing in the next semester. It has decided to open 18 classes for 12 categories and each class will be carefully designed to fulfil a versatile and holistic appeal, which should meet the students’ desires for variety and novelty. Once these classes pass the Curriculum Committee Meeting held this Friday and the Academic Affairs General Meeting next month, they will be open for enrolment.

DOUBLE THE USE OF TEACHING E-PLATFORM THAN LAST SEMESTER

There are 282 teachers using the Web-based teaching-platform jointly provided and supported by the Office of Academic Affairs as well as the Information Processing Center (IPC), presently. This number is double the total 121 original teachers from when the project first started over a year ago. The university is pleased with the proliferation but is not totally content with the status quo as it aims to expand the project to involve as many teachers as possible by hosting more seminars on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of creating a web platform. There will be four more in the pipeline so sign up while there are still vacancies.