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GLOBAL VIEWS MONTHLY RATES TKU GRADUATES FAVORABLY

In the special issue “College Guide” published by the Global Views Monthly (GVM) this month (May), the results of the survey conducted by the magazine reveal that TKU’s graduates once again were viewed as top employees among graduates of Taiwan’s private universities by industrial and business employers. This result confirms the one that was published by Cheers, Common Wealth’s sister magazine, last month.

CHINESE DEPARTMENT TRUMPS AT WU-FU KANG LITERARY AWARDS

The 23rd Wu-Fu Kang Literary Awards announced their winners on May 14. Several winners in various categories are students of the Chinese Department, making the Department a home of champions. For instance, the first prize winner in the category of “Fiction” is Sung Zhi-ching, a sophomore from the Chinese Department, whereas Hou Yi-hsing, a freshman, and Chang Shao-huei, a graduate student, won “Good Works” for their novels in the same category. In the category of “Prose”, the top prize and runner-up also went to two Chinese majors—Lin Zhe-hsien, a sophomore, and Chang Ping, a graduate student—of the Chinese Department respectively, whereas two other fellow students, Cheng Hsing-wei, a junior, and Liu You-mei, a senior, won “Good Works”. Furthermore, in the category of “New Poetry”, four out of the six winners are from the Chinese Department. Non-Chinese Department winners are Liu Cheng-hsiang, a sophomore from the Civil Engineering Department, who won the top prize in the category of “New Poetry”, and Chen Kuan-horng, a junior from the Mass Communication Department, who won “Good Work” for his novel in the “Fiction” category. All of them will be presented with prize money and certificates by Dr. Flora Chang, the President of TKU on May 29 in a ceremony that also celebrates the 50th founding anniversary of the Chinese Department.

PAPERS FROM TKU SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS ARE FREQUENTLY QUOTED

In a recent issue of “Evaluation” Bimonthly, published by the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan, it was reported that science and technology papers produced by TKU frequently appeared or were quoted in the Web of Science (WOS) in the past one year. The journal published the names of the departments and universities whose academic papers collected or mentioned in the WOS are within the top 20% of all establishments concerned. TKU’s papers account for a good proportion in 8 of the categories found in the WOS, in particular, in Mathematics, Information Technology, and Chemical and Materials Engineering. In these three categories, TKU’s papers are among the top 10 most relevant source of references.

IF YOU CAN’T GO TO EUROPE, LET EUROPE COME TO YOU

With the current staggering exchange rate between Euro and Taiwanese dollar, traveling to Europe has become somewhat unaffordable to some of us. For those contemplating going on a summer course in Europe this year, there is a solution at hand. Why not consider joining a summer course learning about issues of European Integration and economy at TKU? It’s a joint program organized by Bonn University, Germany, and the Graduate Institute of European Studies (GIES) of TKU for the period between July 16 and August 3 at Tamkang University. Thanks to the generous funding from DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst, German Academic Exchange Service) it’s free of charge except food and board. Registration begins on May 31.

ECOLOGY EXPERTS TO SPEAK AT TKU

An international conference on “Ecological Education” will be held at Chung Ling Chemistry Hall and V101 Multi-functional Hall over this weekend (May 25, 26). It is organized by the Center for General Education and Core Curriculum, and scholars as well as experts in related fields that include Dr. William Grey, an eminent expert in ecology, have been invited to attend the meeting.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES WEEK KICKS OFF THIS WEEK

The annual Foreign Language Week commences on Monday, May 28. To celebrate a world of diverse cultural lives, all the departments under the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, except Japanese Department, will present a play from May 21 onward. Japanese Department presented its play in March already.

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FORMULA 1 VIDEO GAME WELCOMES CHALLENGERS!

You want to know what it’s like to drive a sleek Ferrari in high speed? Imagine yourself Michael Schumacher? If so, you’ll have a chance to experience both on May 30 at the Poster Street in a collegiate video game match organized by the Business Management Departmental Association and the soft drink company, Red Bull. There will be a real F1 racing car on display—if you can’t be its driver, you can at least sit in it to feel the thrill.

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