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A SUBSIDIZED TRIP TO THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL MEETING FOR FUTURE STUDIES IS AVAILBLE

Has it come across to you to travel to Toronto, Canada free? Well, here is the chance. Graduate Institute Future Studies of TKU is offering tickets (economic class) for two students to attend the 2006 Annual International Conference for the Future Studies, held between July 28 and 30 in Toronto.

GRADUATION DRAMA PERFORMANCE OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IS GRIPPING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING

“It is so hard to be sad”, one of the actresses cried out this line when the actress that played her mother died on stage. This line sums up the funny, but at times thought-provoking three plays the senior students from the Evening Program of the English Department put on for two nights last week.

STUDENTS FROM KINJO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY ARRIVE FOR A WEEK’S EXCHANGE

Eight friendly students from the Kinjo Gakuen University of Japan arrived two weeks ago (March 6) for a week’s visit to TKU’s Japanese Department. During their stay, they joined a sophomore Japanese conversation class to observe how Japanese was taught in Taiwan. They were very impressed by what they saw and praised TKU’s students for high motivation and participation in the class. They also visited four other classes by different professors.

TKU EXCHANGE STUDENTS TO SPAIN ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME

The 14 TKU exchange students at the Universidad de Navarra in Spain have all written back to their classmates in Tamsui via MSN, reporting stories they have experienced during the six-month time they have spent there. They have taken great advantage of being in a historical and beautiful country, where buildings, sceneries and festivals can be enjoyed all year round.

TKU MEN’S TEAM TOPS THE COLLEGIATE FRIENDSHIP MATCH

EXPERTS IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAIT HAVE MET TO DISCUSS AIRCRAFT DESIGNS

The Department of the Aerospace Engineering of TKU invited scholars and engineers from various Chinese universities in China that include Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, to arrive at Taiwan for the 5th Cross-strait Aerospace Engineering Conference. Local scholars come from the National Taiwan University, National Cheng Kung University, as well as National Ching Hwa University. The conference was officially open by Dr. Flora Chang, the President of TKU and Professor Gao Der-yuan, the President of NWPU.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS TO HOST AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Department of Industrial Economics (DOIE) will host an international conference on Trade and Industrial Economics on this Friday, March 24 at Taipei Campus. There will be 30 papers presented in 9 sessions at 3 different venues. The key-note speaker is Dr. Kwan Choi from the University of Iowa of the US, delivering a topic on “Factor Growth and Equalized Factor Prices.”

SEMINAR ON TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY

A half-day seminar on the 2006 Total Quality Management for Higher Education will be held this Wednesday, March 22 at the Chueh Sheng and Ching Sheng International Conference Halls simultaneously. The same program will be repeated in the afternoon. Dr. Flora Chang will be there personally to preside the opening ceremony of the seminar, which requires all the senior staff, secretaries, assistants, and faculty members holding key administrative positions to attend.

MICROSOFT TAIWAN LOOKS FOR INTERNS

It is not a dream anymore to work for a first class global enterprise such as Microsoft. Its Taiwan subsidiary is inviting students to participate in their “Future Career Planning Project”, an internship program that provides opportunity for students to experience Microsoft first-hand. Those who are interested should send in their applications by April 30. Further details can be found on http://www.microsoft.com.tw/cam-pus.

52 FACULTY MEMEBRS ELECTED TO BE THE BEST STUDENT ADVISERS OF 2006

Being a student adviser is a full-time job that allows very little down time, as some of the professors that have been elected as the 52 best advisers this year will tell you. Apart from professional knowledge, most advisers need to provide their students with flexible life philosophy, strategies to apply to foreign universities, optimism for the future learning, console for depression, and sometimes just pure entertainment by simply being funny: all requiring extra time and tremendous interpersonal skills.