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CONCERTED EFFORTS ARE CRUCIAL TO A NEW TKU

The 2007 Innovation of TKU Administration was held on Dec/7 at the Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall. The theme of this year’s meeting addressed the three key factors of transforming TKU successfully, which are 1). The establishment of quality, 2).wild cards effect, and 3) mass collaboration of global resources.

WIND TUNNEL WEEK DEMONSTRATES VITAL SIMULATIONS

TKU Wind Engineering Research Center held a “Wind Tunnel Week” at the foyer of Main Engineering Building from 28 to 30/Nov, during which simulations of velocity of wind on high risers were demonstrated. The model of building that was being used for the test is the Twin Star

FUTURE OF DIGITAL THESE DISCUSSED AT TKU

TKU main library hosted the 2007 annual meeting of DDC (Digital Dissertation Consortium) at the end of last month, during which the future of digital theses database was discussed. The consortium was established in 2001 in order to serve higher education and research institutes in Taiwan.

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY IN MODERN LIFE EXPLORED IN CONFERENCE

The opening of a two-day conference on Chinese calligraphy and its place in our modern life was held at the lecture hall of the National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (NTDMH) on Dec/2. It was organized by Calligraphy Laboratory and the Department of Chinese to promote theories and practices of Calligraphy. Conference presenters and participants included over 50 calligraphy artists from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The first day program was held at NTDMH, whereas the venue for that of the second day was at the Ching Sheng International Conference Hall at Tamkang.

DELEGATES OF CENTRAL AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION VISIT TKU

Ms. Maria del Carmen Terriente de Benavides, the Vice President of University of Panama and Mr. Efrain Medina, the Chair of Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano (Commission of Higher Education for Central America) visited Tamkang on Nov. 19...

SAF VISITS LANYANG TO ANSWER STUDYING ABROAD QUERIES

Staff from the Studying Abroad Foundation (SAF) were invited by Lanyang Campus to deal with concerns and queries students had about studying abroad in their third year. The two staff from the organization stayed at the campus over two days (Nov/27-28...

MOE PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDYING CHINESE AT TKU

Ministry of Education has provided 12 scholarships for studying Chinese at TKU Chinese Language Program to American college students. 10 of them are eligible to study for two terms consecutively with one semester free of charge, while the other 2 stu...

TKU MASTERS THE ART OF MARTIAL ARTS

FUTURE STUDIES INVITES DIALOGUE ON ENVIRONMENT

The Graduate Institute of Future Studies will host a forum and series of events on environmental issues this week in support of the UN Climate Talks that will be held on 14/Dec. on Bali, Indonesia. During this week, lectures, films, discussion panels have been organized so as to invite students, staff, and faulty members to reflect on industrial developments and their impacts on global environment.

DON’T MISS THE ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES CAMP

The Office of International Exchanges and International Education have organized a language and cultural camp for this coming winter break between January 23 and 29 on Tamsui Campus. Tuition and board are covered, except a NT$ 1,500 deposit that is required in advance. However, it will be returned when the student has completed all programs of the camp. The funding for the camp comes from the Teaching for Excellence project, which is in turn subsidized by MOE.