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A LANDMARK INCREASE IN THE JUNIOR ABROAD PARTICIPANTS

TESTING THE EFFECT OF ALL-BRITISH STYLE EDUCATION:

It is the first time for junior undergraduates in Lanyang campus to join the junior abroad program, with 126 students from 4 departments going to the sister schools in USA, England, Canada, Sweden, Australia, and Finland. 40 Lanyang campus participants attended the 2007 school year flag-giving ceremony of junior abroad program on August 9, receiving the blessing and encouragement from their teachers, school authorities, and invited foreign guests.

TKU ORIGINATES THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL

The handing-over ceremony, held at Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall on August 1, witnessed the ascendance of new first and second level administrative heads. The new position of “Vice President for International Affairs,” the first example of this kind in the nation, was added to accelerate the steps of internationalization. Presently, TKU is closely related to 97 sister universities. The new post will help to materialize the mutual relations, including promoting double degrees.

INTERVIEW WITH VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL

As Dr. Tai took over the new position, he indicated confidently “TKU will work hard to be a model for other private universities in the matters of internationalization. She will always run ahead of others!” Actually, TKU’s achievement in internationalization outshines many national universities.

PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN VISITED TKU

President of University of Bremen, Dr. Wilfried Muller, and her Director of International Affair, Dr. Anne Renate Schonhagen, visited TKU last Wednesday (August 8) to promote academic relation and cooperation.

2007 LANGUAGE STUDY PROGRAM FOR EXPATRIATE YOUTH BEGAN ON JULY 9

The 2007 Language Study Program for Expatriate Youth began on July 9 and lasted for 40 days. The colorful programs consist of diverse lessons of both language and traditional cultures, including Taiwanese and Hakka songs, Feng Shui and Divination, tours to local temples and hot spring sites.

CHINESE LANGUAGE SUMMER CAMP FOR STUDENTS OF

A 19-day Chinese Language Summer Camp for Japanese university students, held by Extension Education Center, got started on last Monday (August 6), and the orientation ceremony took place at Room I501. The participants of this camp include 16 students from Aoyama Gakuin University, and 11 from Waseda University. In addition to the language drills, the curriculum also involves many interesting folk skills, such as flower-pressing and finger-pressing massage, which were very welcomed by the Japanese students.

SUMMER CAMP FOR THE STUDIES OF EUROPEAN UNION:

The “Summer Camp for the Studies of European Union,” co-hosted by Zentrum fur Europaische Integrationsforschung,( ZEI), Bonn University, and Graduate Institute for European Studies, held her closing ceremony on August 3, at Ching sheng International Conference Hall. Mr. Hugues Mignot, a consultant of European Trade Union, Dr. Andreas Marchetti, researcher of ZEI, and many scholars attended the ceremony. Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Tai Wan-chin remarked that “It is the first time for Taiwan to hold such a tremendous joint program. I greatly appreciate the generous funding of Germany academia and entrepreneurs and the participation of scholars from various universities to make this summer camp successful.”

KMITL ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM VISITED TKU

A 34-member administrative team of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), North Bangkok, Thai, visited TKU last Wednesday (August 8) to exchange experiences about evaluation of teaching and management of educational quality.

A SIGN FOR THE SUCCESS OF MUTUAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

The quantity of exchange students to TKU outnumbers that of previous years and reaches 59. The increase is prominent in the students from Europe and USA. And it is for the first time that California State University and Winona State University, two of TKU sister universities, send their students to TKU.