NO. 671 2007-03-26

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TKU PROFESSOR’S RESEARCH ON CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFYING UNIVERSITIES IS HIGHLY VALUABLE FOR MOE: HO CHOU-FAI
Invited speakers In “ Conference on University Evaluation and Improving of Educational Quality”: Left: Robert J. Morse, Director of US News and World Report; Center: Martin Ince, Editor of “World University Rankings” by Times Higher Education Supplement; Right: Liu Cheng-tien, the Director at the Collegiate Teaching Evaluation Division of the Center for Academic Reviewal and Evaluation for Higher Education (MOE, China)

The Conference on University Evaluation and Improving of Educational Quality hosted by TKU and directed by Ministry of Education, was held on March 23 at Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall. Ho Chou-fai, Director of the Education Ministry’s Higher Education Department, greatly esteems TKU’s innovative research on the criteria of University Classification. He remarks that “in managing a university, the policy-maker should department oneself in a proper market area—prevent competing with universities of different categories, then stand out against those of the same category with innovative measures.”

504 SENIOR HIGHS’ CHEMISTRY CONTEST: CHANG-HUA WINS GOLD PRIZE, TAIPEI FIRST GIRL SILVER
Distinguished students from 60 senior high schools nationwide came to Tamkang for the 2nd “Chung-ling Chemistry Innovation Contest”. Participants putting on laboratory outfits and glasses doing competitive experiments looked like professionals.

On March 18, Department of Chemistry hosted the 2nd high-school “Chung-ling Chemistry Innovation Contest” 504 students, doubling the number of 225 last year, from 60 senior high schools nationwide, including Taipei First Girl High School and Cheng-kung High School, formed 169 teams to participate the event. Gold prize went to Chang-hua Senior High; silver, Taipei First Girl; bronze, Kaohsiung senior High.

8 GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE SUBSIDIZED TO GO ABROAD FOR COLLECTING THESIS MATERIALS: TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROJECT

In promoting TKU graduate students’ competitiveness in the global academic arena, which is one of the programs in TKU’s Teaching Excellence Project, Office of International Exchanges and International Education has subsidized 8 graduate students to go abroad to collect thesis materials.

PRESIDENT OF PARK UNIVERSITY (USA) AND HER HUSBAND VISIT TAMKANG

Dr. Beverley Byers-Pevitts, president of Park University (USA), her husband, Dr. Robert Richard Pevitts, and a trustee, Mr. Benny Lee, visited Tamkang last Thursday, discussing the possibility of academic partnership between two schools. Park Univers...

HEAD OF GRACIAS A DIOS DEPARTMENT, HONDURAS, WILL VISIT TKU ON MARCH 29

Arranged by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, Hon. Sandra Alejandrina Cuevas de Hernandez, Head of Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras, will visit TKU with her husband at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday (March 29). They will be received by Dr. Kung Kwo-wei, Chair of Dept. of Spanish, and Dr. Juan Hung Hui of Graduate Institute of Latin American Studies, and will have an informal discussion with teachers and students at T702.

“TKU TQM WORKSHOP” WAS HELD ON MARCH 21

The “TKU Total Quality Management (TQM) Workshop” was held last Wednesday (March 21). Dr. Flora C.I. Chang, President of TKU, announced in the opening ceremony that TKU will join the 18th National Quality Award contest this year, and she encouraged all the staff to do their best.

“INTERNATIONAL CHINESE WIND ENGINEERING FORUM” HELD IN APRIL

Department of Civil Engineering and Wind Engineering Research Center will hold “International Chinese Wind Engineering Forum” at Chueh-Sheng International Conference Hall, on April 2 and 3, 2007. Scholars from the United States, Australia, China, and Hong Kong will come to participate.

NEW SPACES TO STRENGTHEN YOUR STUDYING AND TEACHING TECHNIQUES: I303, I403

The study rooms in the library, prepared by Center for Learning and Teaching, are open for teachers and students now.

EASTER EGG HUNTING

For giving a good experience of Easter and building the space for English speaking, English Conversation Club held “The Myth of Easter Treasure Eggs” at E309 of new Engineering Building last Monday evening (March 19). The president of English Conversation Club, Huang Yu-Fen, sophomore of Department of Insurance, hoped to let everybody realize different cultures from the activity, and learn different languages too.

RENOVATING V101 FOR ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE: TAMSUI ARTISTS INVITED TO TRY THE NEW STAGE
V101 after remodeling, is furnished with screen projecting from behind back-projected screen, the piano, and a small stage that upgrade the visual and audio results. Teachers and students all cheer for the enjoyment.

In order to let students have better audio-visual learning environment and the better performance stage, school furnishes funds of 5 million to remodel V101 into a multi-functional room, and the equipment takes on an entirely new look. Starting from this April, Golden Bough Theatre, and Genio Dance, etc. will be invited to perform at school.

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