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HARD WORK REPAYS! SWIMMING HEROINE YI-FANG WU WON GOLD IN ASIAN-PACIFIC CONTEST OF LIFESAVING

Yi-fang Wu, part-time lecturer of Office of Physical Education, represented Taiwan to participate in International Lifesaving Society’s (ILS) 2007 Asian-Pacific Contest of Lifesaving in Singapore this August and won gold in individual’s category “rope-throwing” and championship in female group’s category “100m x 4 relay of carrying the false person.” This is the first time that Taiwanese team wins gold in that contest during the past 36 years. Wu will continue to represent Taiwan in 2008 World Contest of Lifesaving and in 2009 World Games.

CHEN CHIH-YANG WON THE THIRD PRIZE IN THE EXCEL CATEGORY: “2007 WORLDWIDE COMPETITION ON MICROSOFT OFFICE”

Chen Chih-yang, a second-year PhD student in the Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, has done exceedingly well in the“2007 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office” held this summer by Microsoft in Orlando, Florida, USA. After competing with the best candidates from various countries around the world, Chen won the third prize in the Excel category of the competition.

4 STUDENTS FROM DEPT. OF FRENCH RECEIVED DUAL MA DEGREES: TAMKANG UNIVERSITY AND JEAN MOULIN LYON III, FRANCE

The French Department have been cooperating with Jean Moulin Lyon III, sister school of Tamkang University, in granting dual MA degrees to exchange students for three years. Within this period, 7 students of TKU have received the dual MA degrees. During this summer vacation, another four students of the French Department joined the list. They are Hung Yu-ting, Kang Yu-pei, Lin Yu-fang and Lin Shih-chun. Lee Pei-wha, Chairperson of the French Department, said that, “It is really something for them to finish the program in 9 months since they need to teach mandarin or Taiwanese in France beside doing their regular school works.”

HUEY-FANG JU, YIN-CHEN LEE WON NATIONAL AWARDS FOR PRACTICUM TEACHING

Dr. Huey-fang Ju, Center for Teacher Eduction, TKU, and one of the students in High School Education Curriculum course, Yin-chen Lee, respectively won the award of “model practicum teacher(student)” and “distinguished practicum counselor.” in the “2007 award for practicum teaching” sponsored by MOE. This second yearly competition highlight the role of advisor and practicum teacher. Dr. Ju, among five winners is the only winner from private university, and Ms. Lee, among 20 winners, is one of two winners from private university.

DEPART. OF CHEMISTRY BUILDS WEBSITE IN MEMORY OF DR. HSIA-SUI HAO

Late Dr. Hsieh-sui Hao, Dept. of Chemistry, has committed with “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” (ALS), and diseased on July 20, 2007, at the age of 61. President C. I. Chang with some six hundred students, TKU staffs, and Dr. Hao’s old acquaintances attended the funeral ceremony held on August 19. Dept. of Chemistry has created a website to memorize their “good” teacher (“Hao” is homonymous to “good” in Chinese).[http://163.13.1.205:2006/hao/index.asp]

CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND WATER ENGINEERING,TAIWAN’S FIRST COMPETITION IN VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE

2007 Conference on Civil and Water Engineering, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, was held at the 7th floor of Building of Business and Management on 6 & 7 September; 144 papers were presented in the conference. Besides academic resea...

“NEW MISSIONS ON THE SYMPOSIUM OF LEADERS IN STUDENTS ASSOCIATIONS OF TAMKANG UNIVERSITY”:PRESIDENT URGES SHARING STUDENT LEADERSHIP

The 2007 academic year opening ceremony for student clubs and associations, “The Symposium of Leaders in Students Associations of Tamkang University” was held in Clement Chang International Conference Hall in Lanyang Campus on 27 August. Founder Clement C. P. Chang and President Flora C. I. Chang were invited to raise students’ spirits.

CELEBRITIES WELCOME THE NEW FACES OF EMBA PROGRAM

The EMBA program of Dept. of Business Administration invited over 150 alumni to Jin Shan Youth Activity Center on August 25 to welcome the new blood to join the program.

HIGH PRAISE ON THE GROUP STUDY TOUR HELD BY DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

Division of Continuing Education, Tamkang University, has organized 4 different English Group Study Tours this summer vacation, respectively to Oxford University in England, Queensland University in Australia, New York University in the America and University of California at Los Angeles. Group members who joined the tour are all satisfied with the scheduled activities, since they can not only experience the local culture and life of different country but also improve their language ability at the same time.

TO WALK THE TAMKANG WAY—SIMPLICITY, TRUTHFULNESS, FIRMNESS, AND PERSEVERANCE: PRESIDENT C. I. CHANG

TOP 10 WOS EVALUATION: TKU’S 8 FIELDS LISTED

According to the record of Evaluation Bimonthly, published by Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan, some eight fields of TKU are listed among top-10 universities with prominent “Impact Factor” (IF) in the Web of Science (WOS).

TKU’S MOE GRANT FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION RAISED 3%:86,520,000 NT BUDGETED FOR NEW OFFICE OF EXCELLENCE PROJECTS

Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced the results of the evaluation of universities’ Education Excellence Projects in 2007 academic year. 26 universities, including those already granted in 2006 academic year and those proposing new projects in the new academic year, pass the evaluation; universities and colleges in the fields of art and physical education are not included. Feng chia University wins the highest grant, with 186, 500, 000 NT, followed by Suchow University’s 130,000,000. TKU wins 86,520,000, 3% higher than last year’s 84,000,000.