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TKU INTENSIFIES PREPARATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING MOE ACADEMIC EVALUATION

In preparation for the upcoming Ministry of Education’s evaluation of Tamkang University’s academic affairs, held from April 6 to 17, all administrative sections and staffs have spare no effort in supporting the departments and graduate institutes to be evaluated. Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for providing the lists of the students and teachers that will be interviewed during the MOE evaluation trip. The Office of Student Affairs has summoned the goodwill ambassadors to serve as reception staffs when the MOE committee members arrive at TKU, while the Office of General Affairs will provide shuttle buses to take the evaluation members to travel around the campus.

THE RESPONSE RATE OF TKU’S GRADUATES HAS SHOWN SIGNIFICANT RISE IN MOE’S SURVEY

The Ministry of Education conducts a yearly survey on college graduates one year after their graduation. The survey focuses both on graduate and undergraduate levels. This year the response rate of TKU’s graduates has dramatic rise in comparison with that of a year before. The response rate for undergraduate level is 62.27%, a 21.15% rise in comparison with last year, and the rate for MA graduates are 73.33%, a 22.6% raise, while the PhD graduates’ survey response rate is 88.68%, which also showed a 8.68% raise comparing with previous year survey.

PH.D STUDENT CHENWEI-HONG WON FIRST PRIZE IN 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF R.O.C POLYMER SYMPOSIUM

HEADS OF CHINA’S TONGJI UNIVERSITY VISITED TKU

Vice Presidents of Tongji University, China, Dr. Chen Siuliong, leading a visiting group consisted of four persons, visited Tamkang University on February 24, 2008.

THE SERVICE IN ENGLISH CORNER GETS STARTED SINCE MARCH 2

The service in “The English Corner” will begin from March 2 this semester, and the opening time is from Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. Students who have questions regarding the English language or those who want to practice their English conversation need not make an appointment in advance. Just visit the corner at anytime between these hours to talk with the student consultants, most of whom are the graduate students of English Dept. In addition, the long-term one-on-one service will be provided. The consultants are all senior students who studies English language teaching. Those who are interested in should fill in an acquire application form at the English Corner (FL122). The application time starts from 8 AM, March 9, and the form should be returned to the office of English Dept. before 5PM on the same day.

OFFICE OF MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING HOLDS AN ANTI-SMOKING ACTIVITY

An anti-smoking activity, organized by Office of Military Education and Training and assisted by Chun Huei (Spring Sunshine) Club, will be held from March 2 to 6, 12 PM to 1PM. There will be stalls to distribute anti-smoking and smoking-in-smoking-area badges at Poster Street, the entrance of Business and Management Building and Liberal Art Building, and beside the library, encouraging people to express their will of refusing secondhand smoke.

ENGLISH REMEDIAL CLASSES ARE OPEN AGAIN

There were about 200 students participating in the English remedial classes in the second semester, 2007 academic year. According to the statistics of the satisfaction questionnaire done by 192 participants, 98 percents of the students like the English remedial course, with 98.5 percents thinking that taking the course help them a lot to get higher grades, and 94.8 percents of the participants are willing to recommend others to attend the course. The English remedial teaching project is continued in this semester. Apart from freshmen, the sophomores are also welcomed to join the class.

CULTURAL WEEK: TASTING DELICIOUS FOOD AROUND TAIWAN

FOUNDER CLEMENT CHANG: “FINDING THE POSITIVE BLACK SWAN!”

TKU Founder, Dr. Clement Chang was invited to lift the curtain for the “Black Swan Exhibition Hall” in the opening ceremony, on February 23, 2009. His address is as follows.

BLACK SWAN EXHIBITION HALL LAUNCHED FOR DISPLAYING