NO. 721 2008-08-08

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7227 FRESHMEN TO TKU

The 2008 academic year announcement of the result of joint college exam indicates that there are 7227 freshmen going to enter TKU. Adding the freshmen with 247 overseas Chinese students, and 944 transferred students, there will be totally 8418 new students join the big family.

TKU TEAM WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ROBOSOT LEAGUE FOR THE FOURTH TIMES
TKU Robot Football team, led by Dr. Wong Ching-chang, Chair of Dept. of Electrical Engineering (left 5), attended the “2008 FIRA Humanoid Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament” with the newly developed “RoboSot robots” and won the world championship for the fourth time.

TKU Robot Football team, led by Dr. Wong Ching-chang, Chair of Dept. of Electrical Engineering, attended the “2008 FIRA European Robot Football Cup” in June and won the championship by defeating teams of Korea, British, Singapore, and Canada. The same TKU team attended the “2008 FIRA Humanoid Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament (HuroCup)” at Qingdao, China, from July 22 to 25, and won championships respectively in the sections of “RoboSot League” and “HuroSot,” matches of running, lifting and kicking. TKU won the championship in the “RoboSot League” for the fourth time (dating from year 2003).

452 TKU STUDENTS JOIN ABROAD STUDYING PROGRAMS:
In the 2008 academic year flag-giving ceremony for the Junior Abroad, Graduate Abroad Studying, and Exchange Students Programs, Founder Clement Chang present the flag to chairperson of each department. (Dr. Lin Yi-nan, Chair of Dept. of International Trade, right 1 on the first line).

The 2008 academic year flag-giving ceremony for the Junior Abroad, Graduate Abroad Studying, And Exchange Students Programs was held on June 25. With totally 452 abroad studying students, TKU outnumbers all other universities of the country. Dr.Tai Wan-ching, Vice-President for International Affairs, remarked happily in the ceremony that “According to the statistics of Global Views Monthly, last year TKU’s abroad studying students outnumber all other national schools. This year we will be the champion again.”

THREE TKU STUDENTS WON WONGHONG GOLDEN SILICON AWARD FOR THEIR “SKATING ROBOT”

Three graduate students of Dept. Electrical Engineering, Hu Yueh-yang (third year master program), Wu Han-cheng (second year master program), Chen Hao-che (second year master program), and one alumnus of the same department Mr. Chao Kai-hong attended “The 8th Wonghong Golden Silicon Awards” in May and June and won the Best Prize with 20,000 NT dollars in Application Section for their work—“Skating Robot.”

TKU IS ENTERPRISES’ FAVORITE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY : 1111 JOB BANK

In the most recent career survey, “2008 enterprises’ favorite private universities,” made by 1111 Job Bank between July 3 and 17, TKU is ranked on top one among the private universities.

FORUMS FOR FRESHMEN AND PARENTS: 10 FACE-TO-FACE MEETING AROUND THE COUNTRY

TKU’s Office of Alumni Services has hold a series of 10 forums for freshmen and their parents, dating from August 14 to 24, around the diverse counties and cities of the country, including Penghu County and Kinmen County.

“8 LESSONS FOR FRESHMEN” BY PRESIDENT C. I. CHANG

To begin with, I congratulate on your successful climbing up the Overcoming Difficulty Slope to Tamkang University in the welcoming notes of cicadas. Your participation fill our school with new energy and hope. I feel blessed and moved, and expect you to treasure this rare chance of learning, and have a resourceful four years.

OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS STUDIED IN TAMKANG FOR SIX WEEKS

From July 8 to August 18, TKU’s Division of Continuing Education hosted a “2008 Chinese Language and Culture Studying Camp for Overseas Chinese Youth,” commissioned by Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission. There were totally 229 overseas Chinese youths from all over the world attending this summer camp.

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