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TURNING FROM WIRE POLE WORKER INTO A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

What? The maintenance worker who climbs the wire pole became a university professor? Don't suspect! This is not fictitious encouraging film, but the true story shown in our daily life. Wang Jian-lieng, TKU alumnus from a poor family, did not give up any chance for going to school, and he realized his dream of getting doctor degree at his 62. Wang Jian-lieng who was grew up in Chu-San in Nantou county just finished doctoral program from the Graduate Institute of Management Sciences. His parents both are simple farmers. From poor family and with the responsibility of taking care of 7 siblings, Wang Jian-lieng as the oldest child chose to drop out of high school for getting a job to support the family.

TREASURING THE COMMUNAL MEMORY WITH THE OLD BANYAN TREE:

Donut Time Time: 2 to 5 PM, November 21 (Tue) Place: The central divider by the TKU Maritime Museum TKU teachers and students are invited to circle the root of dead trees with loops. People get gifts if the root got circled. No Roaming St...

TKU AUTHORIZES THE USAGE OF E PEN CALLIGRAPHY--“PENPOWER PEN”

PenPower Technology LTD., well-known with its “Handwritten Recognition” system, announces to cooperate with TKU to incorporate TKU’s “E pen calligraphy system” to its “PenPower Listening/Writing Pen,” PenPower Technology LTD. held a press conference on November 14th, with TKU’s professor Chang Beng-hang demonstrating “E pen calligraphy.”

KUZMINOVA ANNA, A RUSSIAN STUDENT OF CHINESE LANGUAGE CENTER, TKU, WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE 34TH MANDARIN SPEECH COMPETITION FOR FOREIGN FRIENDS

The foreign students of Chinese Language Center, Division of Continuing Education, TKU, joined the 34th Mandarin Speech Competition for Foreign Friends, held at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on Nov. 12, to commemorate the 141st birthday of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Among these students, Kuzminova Anna, coming from Russia, defeated all the other participants from all over the world and won the first prize. She got not only a certificate of award but also a 10,000 N.T Dollar reward. Another student, Goh Hann Rong, coming from Malaysia, got the 5th place, winning a certificate of award and a 3,000 N.T Dollar reward.

THE SECOND CROSS-STRAIT CONFERENCE ON TIBETOLOGY WILL BE HELD IN LANYANG CAMPUS ON NOV. 22

“The Second Cross-Strait Conference on Tibetology,” hosted by the Center for Tibetan Studies, Tamkang University, will be held at Clement chang International Conference Hall, Lanyang Campus of TKU on Nov. 22. The theme of the conference is “Chinghai–Tibet Railway and the Panorama of Tibet.” The conference will invite Ma Li-hua, Editor-in-Chief of Tibetology Publishing House, and Pi Hua, Vice Official-in-Chief of China Tibetology Research Center to deliver speeches.

WANG WEN-YEN, A PHOTOJOURNALIST OF TAMKANG TIMES, GRASPED THE BEAUTY OF LANYANG CAMPUS

Wang Wen-yen, a second year grad student of Graduate Institute of Transportation Science and a photojournalist of Tamkang Times, won the first prize in the student section of the photography contest, “The Beauty of Lanyang, the Garden of Wisdom,” with his work Sleepless Night. The jury thinks that he timely grasps the cold color of the sky before it become dark and presents a charming nightscape with his mature skills.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY EYEWITNESSES TAIWAN’S FIRST OCEANIC NATIONAL PARK

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY HOSTS ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY AT TAMKANG THIS FRIDAY

The Chinese Chemical Society’s annual convention in 95th academic year will be hosted by Department of Chemistry at the seventh floor of Shao-mo Memorial Gymnasium on November 24th (Friday). The Nobel laureate of Chemistry and ex-dean of Academia Sinica, Lee Yuan-Tseh, and other 60 or so domestic and international scholars are invited to give speeches and present papers. More than 3000 participants in the field of chemistry are estimated to attend the convention.