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PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI VISITED TKU: PRAISED HER ACADEMIC PRESTIGE AND FACILITIES

TKU FORUM ON PATENTS, TECHNIQUES TRANSFER AND CAREER PLACEMENT: DEC. 22, TAIPEI CAMPUS

TKU Alumni Association of Chemistry invited alumni of every department to participate in the “TKU Forum on Patents, Techniques Transfer and Career Placement” held on Dec. 22 at Taipei Campus. 27 alumni, including Dr. Chen Kan-nan, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr. Kang Shung-wen, Dean, Office of Research and Development; Dr. Shih Kuo-chen, Director, TKU Innovation and Incubation Center; Dr. Chen Ching-chen, Chief, Career Planning and Placement Section; Wang Kuo-chang, President, Alumni Association of Chemistry, TKU; and other alumni from Dept. of Chemistry, Dept. of Chinese, Dept. of Business Administration, Dept. of Insurance, Dept. of Industrial Economics, and Dept. of Statistics joined in the meeting. All the participants were eager to express their ideas in the forum, and found out the best collaboration pattern between academic and industrial fields for the future. They plan to establish technique consulting company, expecting that under fair and reciprocal principles, it can create an win-win situation for both academia and industrial fields by accomplishing techniques transfer, patents commercialization, and research-problem-solving, so that these fruits of knowledge can be managed sustainably and produce more benefits for TKU.

SISTER SCHOOL, RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY VISITS TAMKANG

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University just signed with Tamkang as one of our sister universities on Dec. 5, 2007. Professor Aso Numakazunari, Minister of Administrative Affairs and seven staff visit Tamkang on Dec. 27. The briefing, hosted by Vice Pre...

TKU WON FOUR CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS STAFF ASSOCIATION TEAMS CHAMPION IN THE GAME OF FOIL HUANG HAO-ZHI IS THE WINNER OF SABER

DEPT. OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IS REWARDED: NCS 2007 THE BEST THESIS, THE BEST MASTER’S THESIS, AND NSC’S BONUS OF GSSAP

Congratulations on teachers and students of Dept. Information Management’s excellent performances. Leading by Associate Professor, Dr. Shi Gui-ping, Chang Chao-jie (first year PhD student) and Chen Yan-da (PhD graduate) participated in the NCS 2007 Computer Conference, held by Asia University, and were awarded with The Best Thesis Prices. Chang Chao-jie, who was additionally awarded with The Best Master’S Thesis by Institute of Information & Computing Machinery, will present his thesis and receive the reward at Taiwan University on January 27. Moreover, Chang Sheng-wen (third year PhD student) won a grant from NSC’S bonus of GSSAP to go to USA for further studies.

STUDENTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF CHINESE WON ONE CHAMPION AND TWO HONORABLE MENTION PRICES IN YUSHAN LITERATURE AWARD

CREATIVE CHEERING SQUAD: SUNNY IC CHEERS WITH TAICHI

Extracurricular Activities Section held the first Creative Cheering Squad Competition in Student Activity Center on Dec. 29. There were nine teams joining the competition, including Tamkang Recreational Activity Counseling Club. Sunny IC, composed by the freshmen from Dept. of Information and Communication, won the first prize with NT thirty thousand dollars.

HEADQUARTER OF CHEN QING-NAN GROUP IS ESTABLISHED

The director of the national alumnus, Chen Qing-nan held the inauguration of Fortune Group operation building in the software company area in Kaohsiung on December 25th. President Chen Shui-bian, Vise president Lu Xiu-lian, and the mayor of Kaohsiung Chen Ju, along with the presidents and ambassadors of other countries such as Tuvalu, Nauru, Kiribati, Solomon, Palau and the republic of the Marshall Islands were invited to this activity. TKU President C. I. Chang led the director of The Alumnus Service Center Xue Wen-fa and Mr. Chen Shih-liang, Taiwan ambassador to Republic of Kiribati to participate the activity. President Chang said Chen’s accomplishment not only added luster for the alma mater but also set up the good model for Tamkang students. Chen said Fortune Group has been operated for 40 years under a multi-angular management strategy; therefore, the original office is insufficient. That is the reason why he uses more than 10 hundred millions bankrolls to build an enterprise headquarters building with 10 floors and 2 underground floors. This building is designed with environment-friendly ideas and artistic and future sense.

Ingenuity in environmental protection: Trash into gold

Student Association and the Earth Environmental Protection Working Group co-held the activity—“Big Combat Of Environmental Protection” at poster-street on 26th and 27th last month. Those who joined this activity would got some prizes such as recycled chopsticks and notebooks.

PIONEER IN THE THREE-IN-ONE COURSES: CULTURAL CREATIVITY INDUSTRY

With the support of Ministry of Economic Affairs’ “Project of Campus’ Application on Innovation and Creativity,” Center of Creative learning and Innovation Industry from College of Liberal Arts will deliver courses on “Flagship Courses on Innovation Industry” next semester. The organizers will invite senior managers like Assistant General Manager of CGCG Inc. Chung-hung Tsao, Marketing P.R. and Business Division of Digital Content Development of Sanlih Entertainment Television Zheng-fen Zhang, Chief Operating Officer of Eslitebooks Networks Liang-kai Xue to give lectures. The courses are open to register now, please contact with Center of Creativity at L402.