NO. 718 2008-06-02

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EXPERIENTAL THEATRE HELD END-OF-TERM SHOWS: REAL KISS SURPRISES THE AUDIENCE

Experimental Theatre held a four-day “End-of-term Shows,” including three theoretical performances. Their humorous shows won endless applauds. The Bear is about a story between a widow and a debit-hunter, and the story reveals that every one wears a ...

CHINESE SINGING COMPETITION

Chinese Department in cooperation with Excellent Teaching Projects, held a “Chinese Singing Competition” at nine o’clock on Friday (June 6th) in Carrie Chang Music Hall. Chinese Department hopes to stir foreign students’ interest through this activit...

ENGLISH CAMP ON INTERNATIONAL CULTURES GIVES YOU A WONDERFUL SUMMER VACATION

Office of International Exchanges and International Education (OIEIE), in cooperation with Teaching Excellence Projects, will hold an “English Camp on International Cultures” between August 8th and August 21st during the summer vacation. The OIEIE had organized a language and cultural camp last winter break.

DANCE AND JOY IN SEVILLA SPRING ASSEMBLY: SPANISH DEPARTMENT
Dr. Soang Lih-lirng (left), Associate Professor of Department of Spanish, performed Spanish dance exquisitely.

Department of Spanish held a “Sevilla Spring Assembly” at multi-functional performance hall (V101) in Audio-visual Education Building last month (28th). They invited Zhen Dancing Team to perform and teach audience Spanish dance. All people dance together and the atmosphere is very high.

HIGHEST BALLOT RATE IN RECENT YEARS: LIAN YU-HAO IS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Lian Yu-hao (left) and Chen Yi-hua (right) are elected as student president and vice student president . They will serve for TKU together.

After last “election week,” the result of the elections of 14th Student Association, and 21st Student Assembly, comes out. Lian Yu-hao, junior of Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering was elected as student president. Chen Yi-hua, freshman of Department of Public Administration is elected as vice student president. Besides, all 30 councilor nominees were elected to the 21st Student Assembly. The voting rates of the two elections are the highest in the recent years.

ESTABLISHING WORK TEAM OF HEALTHY AND SAFE CAMPUS.
Tamsui Town Mayor, Tsai Yeh-wei (1st one from the left), Vice President for Administrative Affairs, Kao Pao-yuan (2nd one from the left), and Associate Professor of the Department of Architecture, Jeng Hoang-Ell (3rd one from the left), were organizing the future activities during the founding meeting of “Work Team of Healthy and Safe Campus.”

The founding meeting of “Work Team of Healthy and Safe Campus” administered by Vice President for Administrative Affairs and the convener, Dr. Kao Po-yuan, was held on 29th last month. Dr. Jeng Hoang-Ell, Associate Professor of Dept. of Architecture, introduced the team members and engaged commissioners. During the meeting, the committee reviewed the principles of installment of the work team. Moreover, Dr. Li Min-hsien, Professor of National Hualien University of Education, was invited as the consultant commissioner, who gave a lecture “The Experience of Promoting Safe Campuses in Taiwan.” He said “The sustainability of administering the secure campus lies in the least burden and the best efficiency.”

CHENG CHIEN-TSU (EGOYAN ZHENG) NOMINATED FOR FRANK O’CONNOR INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD

A TKU alumnus, Yi Ge-yan, who graduated from the Graduate Program, Department of Chinese in 2005, is the only Taiwanese nominee for Frank O’ Connor International Short Award, with her book, People In The Jar. He will compete with over thirty novelists for the prize. The lists of runoff will be announced in July and the winner will be announced in September.

2008 REUNION OF TKU WORLD ALUMNI AT SHANGHAI

After the journey of the “Mexico Pacific Cruise Trip” in 2006 at South California of the United States, the “2008 Reunion Association of the World TKU Alumni” will take place at Shanghai, with a fascinating touring itinerary along the beautiful riverside landscape and towns of Chiang-Nan. The time is from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, and the cost of the five-day trip is 29,250 NTD per person. The TKU staff and alumni are all invited to join in the trip. Please see the detailed information at http://www.fl.tku.edu.tw/2008world.asp.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “FUTURES OF EDUCATION: FUTURES IN EDUCATION”

Among the triple TKU educational objectives, “future-oriented objective” is most distinguished among academia, of which Founder Clement Chang is recognized as one of the key figures in propelling futurist studies in Taiwan. Graduate Institute of Future Studies (GIFS) invited scholars from nine countries and held an international conference on “Futures of Education: Futures in Education” at Chueh-sheng International Conference Hall, on May 29 and 30. To encourage young talents’ involvement in the future studies, TKU has subsidized her students to attend the yearly convention of future studies. The winners of the grant are invited to attend this conference. Founder Clement Chang met the participants on May 30 to exchange perspectives on future studies.

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