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PRESIDENT CHANG: EXAMINE OURSELVES, IMPROVE, WORK IN CONCERT AND RETURN TO GLORY

The 2008 TKU Seminar on Instructional and Administrative Reforms took place on Oct 17. Its main theme was “Quality Enhancement: Reaching the Peak through Striving for the National Quality Award and the Passes of Evaluations of Departments and Institutes,” discussing how to achieve the ideal effects of the evaluations of departments and institutes by making good use of administrative resources. President Flora Chia-I Chang said that at this moment we all might have a heavy heart, as we did not win the National Quality Award last year and the Teaching Excellence Grants this year. But we should make persistent efforts, work hard and hope all departments and institutes pass the evaluations by the Ministry of Education. Besides, President Chang urged all participants to face challenges, self-examine, improve and have a new start while showing an extract from the movie The Legend of Bagger Vance.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CAME TO THE SYMPOSIUM TO DISCUSS ADDING MORE MASTER’S DEGREES

Accompanied by two colleagues, the director of the Office of International Affairs of Temple University Dr. Olga Vil-ceanu came to TKU to discuss the continuation of 3+2 dual mater’s degree programs. Except the existing 24 master’s degrees, two universities have agreed to add more mater’s degrees in physical kinematics, marketing, English teaching (TEASL), tourism management. Meanwhile both encouraged students to try to apply for master’s degree programs of cross-academic- disciplines. In other words, students are not limited to apply for master’s degree programs in their own previous majors.

NSC APPRAISED TKU’S JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA AND LIBRARY SCIENCES AS FIRST LEVEL

ZHEN-YUAN HUANG WON EXCELLENT WORK AWARD IN THE COMPETITION OF THE WORLD FORM-Z JOINT STUDY PROGRAM

With his work “One or Three Chairs,” TKU Architecture major, senior student Zhen-yuan Huang won Excellent Work Award for the category of “Digital Creation” in the World Form-Z Joint Study Program in the U.S. The competition attracted many participants from more than 200 universities in more than 30 countries like Great Britain, Germany, Japan and Canada. They were divided in six categories including architectural design, municipal design, indoor design, industrial design, computer animation and digital creation.

THE PERFORMANCE BY THE CARPENTER TOOL BAND ENTHUSED HIGH

THE PERFORMANCE BY THE CARPENTER TOOL BAND ENTHUSED HIGH

TKU CHAMPION INCUBATOR CENTER HAS ESTABLISHED OVERSEAS CONSULTANT SYSTEM

In order to have more enterprises come to the Center, TKU Champion Incubator Center established another office and an incubating classroom for enterprises at Taipei campus this year. The Center has been recruiting overseas consultants since 2007. The SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Inspection Committee from the Ministry of Economic Affairs highly praised the foresightedness of the act that could bring in new manufacturing technologies and experiences to Taiwanese enterprises and help them become mature. TKU Champion Incubator Center has initiated the system of overseas consultancy to enhance the capacity of serving enterprises this year, and so far it has had two consultants, one in China and the other in Japan. Both consultant specialists have long connections with TKU. One is a TKU alumnus Dr. Po-hong Liu who obtained his PhD. in economics from Beijing University and served as the Deputy General Manager of Yahoo China in Beijing for 10 years while the other Mr. Osamu Kitajima is an alumnus of Waseda University in Japan, who came to TKU as an exchange student about 10 years ago. He is a research fellow at the Center for Cooperative Research, University of the Ryukyus, Japan. Both have started giving consulting services to enterprises that came to the Center for training this year.

FRESHMAN RECEPTION BANQUET AT LANYANG CAMPUS: TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WERE A LOVING FAMILY

The annual freshman reception banquet at Lanyang took place at the Cafeteria of Clement Chang Complex Building on Oct. 14. Headed by President Flora Chia-I Chang, the three vice presidents and the Director of Lanyang Campus joined the faculties and students to enjoy the lovely banquet. They also freely talked to the freshmen, asking about their daily life activities. President Chang encouraged the freshmen to treasure the family-style life between teachers and students and try their best in their studies.

TV CENTER RUSSIA CAME TO FILM TKU AND INTRODUCE TAIWAN

Russian news media “TV Center Russia” came to interview the Chair of the Graduate Institute of Russian and Slavic Studies, Dr. V. V. Maliavin and film class activities at the Institute on Oct. 9. Director Maliavin said, “The Institute has excellent professors. It is a great honor for us to attract international news media to film our activities.”

FACULTIES AND STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH BIRTHDAY OF CAMP FOR BLIND PEOPLE.

Carrying out the idea of teaching all students without any discrimination by the Founder, Clement C. P, Change, TKU has been enrolling students of the blind since 1968 and has made good progress in so doing for the last 40 years. To celebrate the historical occasion of the 40th birthday of the Camp for Blind People, the Center of Resources for the Blind and Camp for Blind People will hold series of activities from Monday Oct. 20 to Saturday Oct. 25, including experiencing darkness and gratitude concert, etc. The Director of the Center of Resources for the Blind, Huan-chao Keh has expressed, “Through this celebration, we hope that faculties and students will understand more about and care more for the physically challenged students and continue to serve them and promote special education. We hope faculties and students will actively join us.”

TELLING STORIES IN FRENCH CONTEST WAITS FOR YOU TO CHALLENGE:REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW

The Department of French will hold Reading Articles and Telling Stories in French Contests. If one wants to challenge one’s French, one can register, and registration lasts until Friday Oct. 24. The contests will have two kinds: the individual and the group. Both top three individuals and top three groups will win beautiful prizes. All participants will get a small present.