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AEROSPACE WEEK KICKS OFF TODAY

The Department of Aerospace Engineering’s launched “The Aerospace Week” that will last until Friday (May 1). There will be exhibitions both in the Engineering Building Hall and in front of the library. Moreover, the “Hydraulic Rocket,” “Hand-Throwing Plane,” “Paper Plane” and “Flying Gyroscope” competitions will be help at the sports ground and also in front of the library. The winners will get winner certificates and self-made fine prizes by the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

MOE WILL SUBSIDIZE 667 TKU GRADUATES TO HAVE A WORK-TERM FOR A YEAR

At this difficult and chilling time, the Office of Alumni Service and Resources Development has brought good news for TKU graduates. The MOE has

FRENCH MOVIE DIRECTOR HAPPILY MET TKU STUDENTS

At L103 on April 15, the Department of French organized the Meeting with the director and the child star of the French movie Magique! Students were enthusiastically striving to see the elegant demeanors of the French director Philippe Muyl and the lovely child star Louis Dussol. The Department Chair Shu-chuan Yang said, “This is an excellent opportunity for students to practice their French by directly talking to the director and the actor!”

ONLINE VIDEO CONSELLING IMPLEMENTED

Students don’t have to meet their supervisors when they need counseling. They can easily talk to their supervisors through the video counseling network at home!

12% OF FRESHMEN ARE VERY BLUE

Freshmen are very blue! The 2009 Ke Melancholy Measurement Survey is just out. Out of the 5,762 freshmen, 4,071 filled in the Ke Melancholy Measurement Chart, according to which 48.83% agreed that life was satisfactory while 11.58% expressed that it was not. The negative ratio last year was 7.21% but this year it has raised more than 4%. The Counseling Section will provide class supervisors with the information of the 460 most unhappy students for counseling purposes.

LANYANG CAMPUS HONORED FOR GREEN PURCHASING POLICY

Lanyang Campus was awarded an honorary certificate by the Yilan County Government for her enthusiastic green purchase policy to protect the environment. Since 2008, Lanyang Campus has been striving for environmental protection by successfully carrying out a green purchasing policy.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ALUMNUS DONATED NETWORK TELEPHONES

TKU WILL SIGN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH SHANDONG UNIVERSITY

The director of International Exchanges and International Education Pei-wha Lee went to the 2009 APAIE Education Fair at Remin University of China. She said that she brought back the Academic Exchange Agreement with Shandong University, and predictably Shandong University would be the 22nd Mainland university to sign exchange agreement with TKU, and the 4th one to exchange students. Thus in 2010 TKU will have more than 20 exchange students to study at Fudan, Jilin, Xiamen and Shandong Universities.

WORLD-RENOWNED FUTUROLOGIST WILL LECTURE ON CREATING THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

The Graduate Institute of Future Studies has invited the Australian futurologist Ian Lowe to give a lecture on “Creating the Sustainable Future” at Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall on Tuesday (April 28) at 1:00 pm. Ian Lowe is a world-renowned futurologist and the president of Australian Conservation Foundation. Hopefully through his lecture, TKU faculty and students will have further understanding on creating the sustainable future and the new values of developing a healthier future.

STUDENT SURVEY: ONLINE COURSE CHECKING SYSTEM No. 1

Anyone who likes to win a small notebook computer or an MP4 or a digital album should fill in the survey questionnaire “2009 Service Satisfaction Survey” by the Information Processing Center from May 1 to 31.