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OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

As new semester began, many new international faces appeared around campus. A total number of 46 international students, whose nationalities include Japan, South Korea, Germany, Austria, France, Canada, Russia, Czech, and Poland, will celebrate Moon ...

CONSTRUCTION OF LANYANG CAMPUS SPEEDS UP LIN JYH-HORNG SUCCEEDS AS DIRECTOR

The fifth meeting of TKU’s Preparation Committee of Lanyang Campus was held at the fifth floor of Taipei Campus on September 15. Founder Clement C. P. Chang wished that all committee members speed up the construction: “Four campuses shall be united into one from next year on.” Later, President Flora C. I. Chang announced Chair of Department of International Trade Lin Jhy-horng’s new position of the Director of Lanyang Campus.

TKU AND CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (CUT,AUSTRALIA) ESTABLISH UNITED SYSTEM TWO DEGREES

On September 10 Dean of the College of Business Shiau Fung-shyung signed the contract of united system with CUT’s Dean of the College of Business Management Ian A. Kerr. From next year, students from TKU’s College of Business and Management can apply for taking courses at CUT and acquire two B. A. or MBA degrees from two universities. This is the first time that TKU establishes non-restricted united system of bi-degrees with sister university.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING RECEIVE MILLION DOLLAR NSC RESEARCH GRANTS

The National Science Council has published the list of recipients of research grants under the scheme for “promotion of research and development capacity in private universities”. Among the recipients are Tamkang University’s Departments of Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering, whose projects win three-year grants totaling over NT$20,000,000.

NEARLY NT$100 MILLION EARMARKED FOR LIBRARY HOLDINGS

The improvement of library holdings is considered an important matter by the school authorities. The budget for purchasing books this academic year is up NT$8,000,000, from last year’s NT$88,000,000 to NT$96,000,000. Yet, University Librarian Huang Hong-chu says that the current rate of periodicals subscription cannot be maintained, a difficulty she calls “crisis of academic communication”.

SMALLER CLASS FOR FRESHMAN ENGLISH

Starting from this academic year, Freshman English will be taught in class of seventy students, down from over one hundred; significant improvement in teaching quality and students’ English proficiency is expected.

CLUB RECRUITING FAIR HELD TODAY

Due to rain delay last week, Club Extended Recruiting Party is expected to be held today and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at University Commons. A total of 28 clubs and organizations—of music, entertainment, and martial arts, among others—are expected to participate in this event.

TWO COMPUTER LABS RENOVATED

All computer labs were re-opened last Wednesday, and students found new stuff: “what wonderful computers,” whispered the students when they saw them. Tsai Chun-chih, chief of Education Support Section, Information Processing Center, indicated that in order to provide students with the best quality, the school has earmarked more than 4 million NT dollars for the renovation of computer labs (B 213 and E 313), which included 138 computers.

THE CARRIE CHANG MUSIC HALL EQUIPPED WITH FIRST –CLASS RECORDING EQUIPMENT .

The Carrie Chang Music Hall in the Ching-sheng Memorial Hall is famous for its first-class equipment and pleasant surrounding. For these reasons, many musicians and composers choose this place to record their albums. One of them is Sheng-hsiang Lin, the vocalist of the former Labor Exchange Band, who just finished recording the latest album for his new band, “Shenghsiang and Kiln Pit 3” in TKU. The name of their album is “the Nightfall”, and it will be released at the end of October. Sheng-hsiang Lin declares his opinion about the Carrie Chang Music Hall, “I do really like the unique timbre in this music hall.”

NOT RECONCILING TO THE DECLINE OF “EGG ROLL PLAZA”, HSIEH CHI –HUA CONSTRUCTED THE BBS WEBSITE

“Tamkang University (TKU) is famous for its information-oriented education, but why isn’t there a presentable BBS of Tamkang?” said Hsieh Chi-hua, a senior of Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Because Hsieh did not reconcile himself to the decline of “Egg Roll Plaza” (the BBS of TKU, bbs.tku.edu.tw), he constructed the website “Tamkang Club” (bbs://club.tku.edu.tw) by himself at the end of last semester, and within several months, more than 1,000 persons have registered.