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MICROSOFT HELPS TKU DEVELOP ITS SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE

Microsoft, Taiwan agreed with TKU in a meeting last week to help the university to create its own social networking website (SNW) that is similar to Face-Book. This project, known as “Garden of Digital Life,” will allow staff, faculty members, and students to blog, to chat and share information more readily. When it is completed, TKU will join several universities such as National Taiwan University and National Chiao Tung University who have their own SNW (the former uses PTT, while the latter Wretch). Dr. Clement Chang, the Founder of TKU, would like this website to be up and running by this year’s founding anniversary in November so as to mark as an important milestone for the university.

14 TKU STUDENTS ELECTED AS NATIONAL OUTSTANDING YOUTHS

ROUND TABLE TALK ON POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

The Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies hosted the 4th conference on issues related to the review and prediction of current world strategic situations on 4/18 at Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall. TKU President, Dr. Flora Chang opened the conference, followed by the speech given by Chang King Yu, the Director of Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies, who was invited as the keynote speaker.

SECURITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC DISCUSSED AT TAMKANG FORUM

Security issues in Asia Pacific Region were addressed at this year’s Tamkang Forum that was held on 4/17 Room 306 at Ching Sheng Building. The College of International Studies of TKU hosted the event and divided the discussion of the forum under four themes, which were mainly based on regions: China, Asia-Pacific, East Asia, and Cross-strait Relations and Asian Economic Development.

HAPPY HOUR WITH TAPAS!

Spanish cuisine and culture were the talk of the luncheon held on 4/11 at one of the Tamkang’s Women’s Association regular gatherings. Prof. Lin Hui Ing from the Department of Spanish explained how Tapas, a wide variety of Spanish appetizers, are made of and the role they play in Spanish life. Tapas in principle are a mixture of cold food, such as olives and cheese, and hot food, such as battered, fried baby squid. They are offered in nearly every pub and go down very well with assorted wine.

PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITE RENNES 2 FROM FRANCE VISITS TKU

Dr. Marc Gontard, the President of Universite Rennes 2, visited TKU on 4/.9, hoping to ink a deal that seal a partner relationship with Tamkang as well as an agreement on dual degree programs. He was received by Dr. Tai Wan Chin, the Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Sung Mei Hua, the Dean of the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Dr. Lee Pei Wha, the Chair of the Department of French.

TKU TAEKWONDO TEAM STRIKES GOLD AGAIN

It has been a very busy and successful season for TKU Taekwondo Team, having won several Gold medals at various competitions in recent months, with the last one being at the St. John’s National Intercollegiate Taekwondo Cup last month. In this event, TKU won one Gold, three Silvers, and five Bronzes, and men’s team won the second place in the team category, losing marginally to Technology and Science Institute of northern Taiwan.

TKU AWARDED WITH WINNING PRIZE FOR WIRELESS NO-KEY GAME

Li Nai-ren, a graduate student from the Department of Electrical Engineering (DEE) was awarded with a Winning Prize at the 2007 Fujitsu Microelectronics Cup 8FX Series MCU Design Contest, after a six months review and competition. His work entitled “Wireless Fierce War Without Any Key-Wrestling (Xianpu) Game Machine” also won him NT$ 30,000.

LOVE IS NO LAUGHING MATER, OR IS IT?

This year’s English drama performance tried something different. For the first time, the Department of English adopted a play by Noel Coward’s black comedy, “Blithe Spirit,” to entertain theater goers. Their renovation apparently paid off as their won rounds of applause and standing ovation whenever the curtains fell on the three evenings (3/25 to 3/27) they performed.

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