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THANKSGIVING WAS NOT FORGOTTEN AT TKU

The Graduate Institute of American Studies celebrated Thanksgiving last Wednesday with a traditional feast completed with a turkey, of course. All students on the program were invited and so were many international students at TKU. Dr. Huang Chieh-cheng, the Director of the Institute, explains that they would like to use this occasion to provide some sense of “home” to people who could not go home for a reunification, as, like our Moon Festival, he points out, Thanksgiving is a time for family gatherings. Homesickness can be of particular unbearable for our international students and foreign scholars on campus; hence, having a turkey dinner was the least he could do. Greta Mancilla from Guatemala, for example, was very grateful that someone such as Professor demonstrated such thoughtfulness to people like her.

CELEBRITY LOOK-ALIKE IS GREETED EVERYWHERE

Lin Zhi-ying, a sophomore of the History Department is a celebrity in his own right, even though he shot to fame by imitating a Korean singer and celebrity on a variety show on TV two weeks ago. With this TV exposure, he has become easily recognizable wherever he goes now, be it on or off campus. His popularity was well tested when he was recognized by an elderly lady, who strikes as an unlikely TV fan, while traveling on the MRT not too long ago. Lin, though a bit shy about his new-gained fame, is positive about the attention he is getting, for the celebrity he is often mixed up with, in his own wording, is at least a “decent guy.”

CLEAN UP OUR BEACHES CAMPAIGN KICKS IN AS DECEMBER ARRIVES UPON US

TKU Voluntary Service Guidance Committee has invited the Earth Environment Protection Student Association to launch a “Clean Up the Beaches” campaign, starting on the first of December on the Shalun Beach some kilometers away from the university. This campaign is in fact an extension of TKU voluntary service program, which normally only serves locations within or close to the campus. However, according to Chen Yen-cheng, the TKU military officer who organized this campaign, the act of cleaning up beaches in Tamsui region is important so as to show TKU’s commitment to local communities, since dirty beaches would only bring shame to everyone who lives here regardless distances to them. Furthermore, safeguarding clean beaches is only a beginning of showing our care to reduce polluting elements in our environment. It’s meaningful in the long run. Hence, all members of the Association who participated in the campaign were all proud of their small, but significant contribution to a cleaner beach.

MPs AND SCHOLARS FROM ICELAND HAVE ARRIVED FOR A DIALOG WITH TKU

The chairman of the Committee on Economy & Trade, who is also a member of the Icelandic parliament (MP), Petur H. Blondal, accompanied by three of his colleagues and one professor of the University of Iceland, Dr. Gudni Johannesson, arrived TKU o...

E-PROJECT FOR GRAND HOTEL HAS WON AWARD FOR DESIGN

Three grad students of the Educational Technology Master’s Program have won the third place for their E-project at a competition of Internet-based multi-media material designs. Their multi-media e-project is based on the new staff-training program for the Golden Dragon Restaurant at the Grand Hotel, and was designed by Lian Shih-jeh, Chang Meng-ying and Kuo Wei-jun jointly. They chose this restaurant as their case study for its extreme popularity in the hotel, and its dire needs of an efficient training program for a constant flow of new employees. To meet these needs, they compacted a well-organized training program that is filled with systematic simulating scenarios, case studies, lively dialogs, role-playing and games regarding all possible situations in the daily running of the business onto a CD Rom.

A KINDRED SPIRIT--VICE PRESIDENT OF IUPAC WITH TKU PRESIDENT

The Vice President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Dr. Kazuko Matsumoto visited TKU and met with Dr. Flora Chang, the President on the 21st of November. When these two outstanding female scholars met, an instant bond was formed based on mutual respect and admiration. Dr. Change praised Dr. Kazuko Matsumoto for her unusual status as an accomplished academia and a scientist in Japan, while she praised Dr. Chang for her achievement and leadership in the Higher Education in Taiwan.

LATE JAPANESE PROFESSOR DONATED BOOKS TO TKU

TKU BRINGS HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE NATIONAL MBA SOFTBALL CUP

FORMER VICE CHANCELLOR OF AUSTRIA VISITS TKU