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FOREIGN STUDENTS CAN CHECK COURSE INFORMATION IN ENGLISH!

Good news for foreign students. To substantiate the objective of globalization, TKU has added an English version to Tamkang University Course Catalogs—the course information system. Students, especially foreign students, can check their courses at http://esquery.tku.edu.tw/acad [English Version].

FRESHMEN’S FIRST EXPERIENCE IN CLIMBING OVERCOMING DIFFICULTY SLOPE

NEW TERRITORY OF GLOBALIZATION:

Starting this academic year, TKU will exchange students with mainland sister-universities in different fields, promoting globalization to a new level. Five students including a graduate student from The Institute of Mainland Studies went to Fudan University in Shanghai on August 28, and Fudan is going to send five students for a one year exchange program this month.

SENIOR STUDENT WANG PO-HSUAN WON NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL’S PRIZE ON CREATIVE SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECT

Wang Po-hsuan, a senior student in the Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, just got National Science Council’s prize on “2007 Academic Year Creative Special Research Project of Collegiate Students.” He will receive a certificate of award and twenty thousand NT dollars, while his instructor, the Associate Professor Chang Chih-yung, will gain a medal too in the awarding ceremony next March. Wang said happily, “The persistence and effort toward research has yielded good results, which made me feel a sense of achievement. I appreciate Prof. Chang’s instruction.”

TKU FRESHMAN CHAO CHIN WON THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE 9TH AKF ASIAN JUNIOR AND CADET KARATEDO CHAMPIONSHIP

FIVE TKU STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CROSS-STRAIT ELITE STUDENT CAMP IN ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

“Cross-strait High School Elite Student Camp” and “The 2nd Leadership Training Camp for Cross-strait College Students,” held by Zhejiang University once a year, are going to take place, and TKU will join the event for the first time. Liu Yi-chi, a third-year student in the Graduate Institute of Management Sciences, as well as other four students will head to Hangzhou, Zhejiang, on Sep. 13 for the ten-day camp.

“THE SYMPOSIUM OF LEADERS IN STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF TAMKANG UNIVERSITY”: TRADITIONAL ACTIVITY CONVEYED NOVEL IDEAS

Five-day and four-night “The 42nd Symposium of Leaders in Students’ Association of Tamkang University of Tamkang University” ended successfully. 211 trainees attended the certificate conferral ceremony last Tuesday (Sep. 2). As Dr. Flora C.I. Chang, President of TKU, indicating in her address, “This camp symbolizes an important traditional spirit of TKU, playing the bridge between students and school authority. Students are encouraged to join in school clubs, yet need to take care of their studies. After all, professional knowledge is the most important thing.”

FRENCH LANGUAGE LEARNING YOUTH CAMP TEACHES YOU TO SPEAK FLUENT FRENCH THROUGH PERFORMING TAI CHI AND ACTING

A French language learning youth camp co-held by the Association des Professeurs de Francais de Taiwan and Tamkang University took place from August 23rd to 28th, and joined by international students who majored in French from different nations in Asia.

AN ENGLISH SUMMER CAMP ORGANIZED BY THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

An English summer camp organized by the Office of International Exchanges and International Education was held in Tamkang University from August 18th to 21st. 61 students had joined the four-day event. “I hope all the students who participated in the summer camp can improve their English learning skill as well as understand Tamsui and Tamkang University’s culture,” said Dr. Tai Wan-chin, Vice President for International Affairs during the opening orientation ceremony of the camp.

EIGHT TKU STUDENT CLUBS HELD SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN AROUND THE NATION

Eight student clubs of Tamkang University had taken the opportunity of summer vacation to hold different summer camps around the nation. One of the club even traveled to Taiwan’s outlying island Kinmen to spread their love and care to the children in the offshore frontline. 209 TKU students who had wisely used their summer time were from the following eight student clubs: Tamkang Lu-La-La, Tamkang Recreational Activity Counseling Club, Earth Environmental Protection Club, Human Animal Care Club, Changhua High-school Alumni Association, Wind Ensemble Club, Tamkang Chorus, and Educational Curriculum Department Association.

DR. HSU CHAWN-YANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DEPT. OF MASS COMMUNICATION, VISITED STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN TO READ HIS PAPER

Dr. Hsu Chawn-yang, Assistant Professor of Department of Mass Communication, had traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to attend the annual International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Congress this summer. “I have met many foreign scholars and experts in the field and had discussed with each other on various issues on media,” said Hsu, “I have learned a lot in this trip.”