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7,725 STUDENTS BID FAREWELL AND AUF WIEDERSEHEN TO TAMKANG

The commencement ceremony for the 2005 class was held on June 4th, starting at 9:00 in the morning with a walk from the Ching-sheng Statue, up to the Lantern Boulevard and around the Chinese Palace Styled classrooms before the graduates and faulty members headed back to the Student Activity Center at 10:00 for the ceremony.

A RECORD NUMBER OF PH.D. GRADUATES FROM TKU THIS YEAR

Yes, 50 Ph.Ds have graduated from TKU this year, making it the highest in number since such programs started. Among the graduates, 11 of them are females, which is also a record number.

SUN KE-TUNG EMERGES AS THE FIRST CHAIR TO THE EMBA ASSOCIATION

SYMPOSIUM HELD TO DISCUSS CHINESE CHIVALRY KUNG-FU NOVELS AUTHOR, KU LUNG

The Chinese Department of TKU held the 9th International Symposium on Literature and Aesthetics on June 4th and 5th at the National Library in Taipei. The theme of the event was exclusively devoted to a legendary writer, Ku Lung, who specialized in a genre, known as Chinese Chivalry Kung-Fu novels that is only found in Chinese-speaking world.

TAEKWONDO CLUB AND CHENG-CHI BUDDHIST CLUB WIN COLLEGIATE APPRAISALS

Taekwondo Club of TKU won an award both in the Sports and Recreational categories at the 2005 Collegiate Student Association and Club Appraisal organized by the Ministry of Education. The club received a plaque of appreciation and NT$ 5,000 cash as reward on May 29th.

MARITIME MUSEUM TURNS 15 WITH A DASHING BIRTHDAY BASH

TKU’s Maritime Museum will turn 15 on June 6th and is celebrating it with a series activities, inviting TKU students, staffs and Tamsui residents for participation. These events are to be kicked off by a performance delivered by three street musicians at the museum and the outdoor cafe in front of the Architecture Department today (June 4th). The deck of the second floor of the museum is also open to visitors.

TKU GUEST OF HONOR SERENADES THE NIGHT AWAY

TAMKANG STUDENTS TO EARN CHIP TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE

The Application and Management of Computer Chip Technology (IC) Program, joint-organized by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and six universities in Taiwan, held a presentation and exhibition last month (May 29th) at Tsing Hua university (one of the organizers) to discuss issues of sharing high-tech know-how and the commercial application of such a technology. Students on the program used this opportunity to exhibit their works, which won the approval of MOE.

WANG PAI-WEN WINS 8 GOLD MEDALS IN WATER SPORT

Wang Pai-wen, a mere 19 years old girl in her first year from the Department of International Trade, surpassed all the other swimmers in the water sport event held by the Office of Physical Education by taking 8 gold medals home with her in the Individual Category. In the Team Category, Departments of Chemical and Materials Engineering as well as Water Resources and Environmental Engineering were the two big winners, earning 16 and 17 various awards respectively.

OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS WINS PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC AWARD

Lin Sheng-hsiang, a TKU alumnus graduating in 1995, and his band has won the 16th Golden Melody Award, a similar event to that of the Grammy’s in the US, for the best group performance with their album “The Nightfall”. He was ecstatic over the win as this album also won him the best lyricist and best pop songs sung in Hakka dialect. Other band members, Chong Cheng-fu and Wong Hong-an were also garnered with the award of best composers.