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TAMKANG QUALITY AWARD READY FOR APPLICATION NEXT OCTOBER

The newly established Tamkang Quality Award will start taking applications from the 2006 academic year. The Award is set up to raise the overall quality of education and services at Tamkang University by encouraging the research, promotion, and execution of total quality management.

JAPANESE SCOUTS VISITED TAMKANG

MATHS DEPARTMENT AWARDED BY MOE FOR NURTURING BASIC SCIENCES TALENTS

Professors Lee Wu-yen, Chyan Chuan-jen, Yu Cherng-yih, Cheng Wei-hou, Chen Kung-yu, and Kau Chin-mei have been given the Award of Excellence 2004 by the Ministry of Education (MOE) for their work in Mathematics group B of the MOE sponsored four-year project of nurturing basic sciences talents. As a token of encouragement, the MOE will present these professors with a trophy and yearly increase subsidy to Tamkang University.

TAMKANG HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHER EDUCATION

College of Education of Tamkang University will be hosting the 25th annual International Conference on Teacher Education since this Saturday (April 9-16) at Howard International House, Taipei. The conference theme is Globalization of Teacher Education, featuring four sub-themes: Teacher Preparation and Teacher Quality, Professional Standard and Evaluation, Professional and Career Development, Global Knowledge and Local Caring.

TKU PRESIDENT WAS INVITED TO VISIT MICROSOFT

TKU President Dr. Flora C. I. Chang, along with Microsoft high-rank managers and several university presidents in Taiwan, was invited to pay a visit to Microsoft headquarter in the United States. The trip, 2005 IT Policy Tour, lasted four days; President Chang is scheduled to return on April 7 as she departed on April 3.

MAINLAND CHINESE SCHOLARS VISITED TAMKANG CAMPUS

“Tamkang campus is so beautiful, especially with light rain that permeates every corner and crates a poetic atmosphere” exclaimed Professor Hung-sa Yeh in History Department who accompanied three renowned history scholars from Mainland China to visit Tamkang campus; they are former Director of Institute of Natural Science History, Chinese Academy of Science, Dr. Chen Mei-tong, former Vise Director of Institute of Natural Science History, Chinese Academy of Science, Dr. Chen Jiu-jin, and former Vise President of Guangxi Ethnic College, Dr. Wan Fu-bin.

TKU WILL SPEND HUGE MONEY TO BUILD UNDERPASS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC

CHEMISTRY DEPT. STUDENTS SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCE IN VISITING DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Department of Chemistry held a forum last Wednesday (March 30) to share experience in visiting some distinguished alumni of the department. Dr. Kan-Nan Chen, Dean of College of Sciences, addressed to the students that “this forum is unprecedented and in doing this you are writing history.”

CARRIE CHANG FINE ARTS CENTER BECOMES A PILGRIMAGE SITE FOR JAPANESE FANS OF TAIWANESE TV DRAMA

WOMEN STAFF ASSOCIATION WILL BEGIN THEIR YEAR ROUND ACTIVITIES WITH LU HSIAN-FU’S SPEECH ON APRIL 7

Women Staff Association (WSA), lead by Chao Ya-li, the Dean of College of Liberal Arts, will give the faculty a fresh feeling and brand-new activities this year. The yearly events will begins with a speech entitled “The Art of Installment: Harmony of Space” at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall at noon on April 7, delivered by the lecturer Lu Hsian-fu of Dept. of Information and Communication. People who want to attend the speech please dial extension number 2250 or 2207. Members who have not paid the annual fees can hand over the money to the Finance Section of FSS before April 18 and enjoy the activities for a whole year.