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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING IS ACCREDITED BY IEET

Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) has announced the 2008 academic year list of certification for accreditation of engineering and technology education programs. Dept. of Civil Engineering and Dept. of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering had been endorsed in the 2005 academic year. Now all the departments and research institutes of College of Engineering, including two recently established research institutes, Master's Program for Networking and Communication (2006 academic year) and Master’s Program for Robotic Engineering (2007 academic year), have gained accreditation. Dr Yu Gwo-hsing, Dean of College of Engineering, remarked that such a accreditation make the graduates of the college more competitive no matter in job market or in searching for advanced studies.

TKU’S ANOTHER E-LEARNING COURSE IS APPROVED BY MOE

After Dr. Hsin-yih Shyu’s “Learning Psychology” and Dr. Chiung-sui Chang’s “Need Assessment” of Dept. of Educational Technology were approved to be e-learning courses in 2008 academic year by MOE in February, the course “International Organization Behavior,” taught by Dr. Hung Ying-chen, Chair, Dept. of Business Administration, also has the approval of MOE, and becomes TKU’s 18th e-learning course approved by MOE.

A NEW COURSE “COLLEGE LEARNING” WILL HELP FRESHMEN ADAPT TO COLLEGE LIFE

In order to integrate school resources to help freshmen prepare and cultivate their abilities to adapt themselves to college life, TKU will offer a new 2-credit course “College Learning” in the program of “Learning and Development” of TKU Core Curriculum. It will be a compulsory course for freshmen since 2009 academic year, and the teachers will be their supervisors. Supported by other administrative units, this course will lead freshmen to learn how to adapt to college life and cultivate them to be college students with good learning attitude and independent thinking ability.

DR. WILLIAM T. LIN, PROF. OF DEPT. OF BANKING AND FINANCE, BECOMES THE VISITING PROFESSOR OF CRPE

Dr. William T. Lin, Professor of Dept. of Banking and Finance, is to be the visiting professor of Institute of Institutional Innovation, Center for Research of Private Economy (CRPE), Zhe Jiang University (ZJU) since this June for one year. In the future, he will deliver speeches occasionally. Dr. Lin hoped that through what he does, he can raise the practical and academic level of financial researches for the both sides of Taiwan Strait, and increase the communication between TKU and ZJU.

TKU STUDENTS HAD GREAT PERFORMANCE IN 2009 TEACHER QUALIFICATION ASSESSMENT

The result of 2009 Kindergarten to Senior High School Teacher Qualification Assessment has been released recently. More than 68.8 percent of our interns passed the Secondary Teacher Qualification Assessment, while 91.3 percent passed the Elementary Teacher Qualification Assessment, both of which are higher than the average passing rate 63.7 percent.

HEADS OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY VISIT TKU

Dr. Ann Hart, President of Temple University Tamkang University’s sister school in Philadelphia, led visiting group, including Dr. Dai Hai-lung, professor and dean of College of Science and Technology, and Dr. Broke H. Walker, assistant Dean for Development and External Affairs, to visit Tamkang University on June 2, 2009.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EXPERIENCED DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

To invite the foreign exchanges students to experience Chinese culture, while at the same time bath in the festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival, Tamkang University’s Office of International Exchanges and International Education held a Dragon Boat Festival luncheon at the B1 of Foreign Language Building on May 27. The organizer of the luncheon had prepared the festive food of the Dragon Boat Festival, Rice Dumplings, as well as all kinds of cakes, desserts, sushi and fruits in the luncheon.

RESULT OF 2007 SCHOOL AFFAIRS SELF-EVALUATION WAS RELEASED

The survey result of the 2007 School affairs self-evaluation was released recently. It shows that the average satisfaction rate is higher than the same survey showed in the previous year evaluation. The survey shows that TKU students and faculties have the highest satisfaction rate with the library’s service and facilities. The survey takers also believe that the TKU should focus its future development in the following orders: teaching quality, student quality, courses quality and academic environment.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL EVALUATION

TKU AND CHUNGHWA TELECOM COOPERATE TO CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISUALLY DISABLED