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CELEBRATING THE 58TH TKU ANNIVERSARY: WORLD TKU ALUMNI REUNION AT SHANGHAI

NI DONATES 30 PCS TO TKU

National Instruments (NI) will donate 30 PCs to TKU for the use of education. The press conference of “NI’s donation to and cooperation with Tamkang University” was held on 1:40 P.M., October 27, at Room E680, Engineering Building. Mr. Sun Chi-kang, Manager of NI, Dr. Chen Kan-nan, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Yu Gwo-hsing, Dean of College of Engineering, Dr. Wong Ching-chang, Chair of Dept. of Electrical Engineering participated in the meeting. Vice President Chen Kan-nan represented TKU to receive the donation.

CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION: FOCUS ON CULTIVATION OF TALENTS

The academic conference “Development and Transition of Higher Education,” co-held by Graduate Institute of Educational Policy and Leadership, TKU, and Taiwan Higher Education Society, took place on Oct. 23 and 24, in which Dr. Huang Jong-tsun, President of China Medical University, and Dr. Zhou Yuan-qing, Director of Chinese Association of Higher Education, delivered keynote speeches. In the conference, scholars from both sides of the strait enthusiastically discussed seven topics, including the cultivation of talents, the quality assurance and evaluation of higher education, which drew great response.

THE SURVEY GROUP ON EDUCATION FROM GUANGDONG VISITED TKU: IMPRESSED BY THE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND FACILITIES

A 33-people survey group, led by Tan Ze-zhong, Vice-Secretary of Party committee, Dept. of Education of Guangdong Province, visited TKU in the morning on Oct. 22, and was received by Dr. Tai Wan-chin, Vice President for International Affairs. Both sides discussed the issues of current school situation, teachers’ evaluation, and junior abroad program before exchanging souvenirs at Room 317, Shao-mo Memorial Gymnasium. After that, the members of the survey group had a campus tour. They highly praised for Chueh-sheng Memorial Library, especially the newly built reading area on the 1st floor and the Non-book Material Room on the 5th floor, because of its perfect facilities and abundant collections.

WEBSITE OF CAREER PLACEMENT FOR TKU STUDENTS WILL BE OPERATED IN DECEMBER

In order to increase communication with alumni, Office of Alumni Services and Resources Development requested Information Processing Center to develop a website of career placement for TKU students. After a series of test, the website will be operated in December, on which companies can post their recruitment message. Through emailing the message to alumni directly, Sye Wen-fa, Director, Office Alumni Services and Resources Development, indicated that the website can help graduates find jobs and strengthen the relationship with alumni at the same time.

DR. HOLMES, FATHER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, GIVING SPEECHES IN DEPT. OF ENGLISH

Dept. of English held the Environmental Ethics and Ecological Discourse Forum on Oct. 23 and 24, inviting Dr. Holmes Rolston III, Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University, to deliver speeches to graduate students. Dr. Rolston is widely recognized as the father of environmental ethics as a modern academic discipline. In the speech, he not only talked about the global environmental crisis resulted from capitalism, consumerism, and population explosion, but also shared his ideas and process of studying environmental ethics. “Environmental ethics is the main research field that our graduate program focuses on, so I am pleased that Dr. Rolston can come to share his experience with us,” said Huang I-min, Chair of Dept. of English.

TKU ALUMNUS TO TAKE OFFICE AS TAIWAN’S REPRESENTATIVE TO BRAZIL

Shyu Guang-pu, an alumnus of Graduate Institute of European Studies has taken the office as Taiwan’s representative in Brazil recently. Shyu was graduated from the Graduate Institute of European Studies in the year 1982. He joined Foreign Service in the year 1980. Prior to assuming his office as the de facto ambassador in Brazil, Shyu used to be chief secretary in Taiwan’s representative offices in Costa Rica and Brazil. He was also the former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eastern Taiwan office. “Brazil is a country with vast land with rich resources,” said Shyu, “the bilateral relation between Taiwan and Brazil has a lot of potentials. After assuming office in Brazil, I hope I will able to provide better service to Taiwanese in Brazil and to further enhance the bilateral exchanges between the two sides.”

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SET UP STUDENT COUNSELING CENTER

The College of Business announced that it is to establish a “Specialty Development Counseling Center for Students of College of Business” at room B918 of the Business Building to provide counseling service to those students who wish to acquire certificates or those who want to further his or her study in Taiwan or aboard. The counseling center will launch its operation starting from today until December 26. “We hope that all the students of the College of Business can acquire certificates while they are still studying in the university. Acquiring certificates can help them to be more competitive in the job market,” said Hu Yi-jen, Dean of Business College.

FRENCH DEPARTMENT HOLDS WINE AND CHEESE TASTING EVENT TO PROMOTE FRENCH CULTURE

TKU ALUMNUS TING CHIEN-MIN PASSES PUBLIC SERVANT HIGHER EXAMINATION