NO. 757 2009-08-08

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TKU RANKED AS NO. 351 IN “WEBOMETRICS RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITY,”
TKU’s ranking in “Webometrics Ranking of World University” for the recent three years.

According to the “Webometrics Ranking of World University,” announced by Spanish National Research Council this July, TKU has been ranked as No. 351 in the world, No. 38 in Asia, No. 10 in Taiwan, and No. 1 in private universities of Taiwan, which is the best achievement during the recent three years. President C.I. Chang remarked that comparing to the evaluation done in January this year, TKU has made a great progress in all indicators, and she thanked for the hard working of all units. However, there are still some parts that are not good enough, so President Chang hopes that all TKU members could take the problems seriously, and then try to improve them.

PRESIDENT MA RECEIVED THE WINNERS OF 2009 NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD AND EXPRESSED HIGHLY INTERESTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF LANYANG CAMPUS
President Ma received the winners of 2009 National Quality Award recently, and Dr. Kao Po-yuan (right), Vice President for Administrative Affairs, represented TKU to attend. President Ma was very interested in the ideas of the school system of Lanyang Campus. (Figure is offered by the Office of the President.)

President Ma Ying-jeou received the winners of 2009 National Quality Award recently, and Dr. Kao Po-yuan, Vice President for Administrative Affairs, represented TKU to attend. Dr. Kao introduced the ideas of three dimensions, the House of Quality, Tamkang Quality Award and Lanyang Campus to President Ma, who was particularly interested in the special school system of Lanyang Campus.

8187 NEW STUDENTS JOIN TKU ORIENTATION AT SEPT. 10-11

The 2009 academic year announcement of the result of joint college exam indicates that there are 6970 freshmen going to enter TKU, including 95 foreign students and 247 overseas Chinese students. Adding the freshmen with 1217 transferred students, there will be totally 8187 new students joining the big family. As for the four departments in Lanyang Campus, it recruits 250 new students, among which 64 percents, that are 161 persons, are received through recommendation.

BRIEFINGS TO BE HELD NATIONWIDE FOR TKU FRESHMEN AND PARENTS

To help freshmen and their parents better understand the educational ideals and policies of Tamkang University, a total number of 11 briefings will be held, starting from August 13 to 23, announced TKU's Alumni Services and Resources Development Office. The 11 briefings will take place around the nation, including two offshore counties Penghu and Kinmen, said Sye Wen-fa, director of the TKU's Alumni Services and Resources Development Office.

TAMKANG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FRANK CHEN WINS 20+10+X WORLD ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY AWARDS
Tamkang University alumni Frank Chen wins 20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards with his design “Chen House” in Taipei County’s Sanjhih Township.

TKU Department of Architecture alumni Frank Chen and his teacher, former visiting scholar of TKU, Finnish architect Marco Casagrande recently won the “20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards” with their joint project “Chen House” in Taipei County’s Sanjhih Township. The awards is assessed by world’s top architects. The votes of the Final Assessment Panel has specify 20 projects from 200 submits around the globe.

17 ORGANIZATIONS VISITED TKU TO LEARN FROM ITS EXPERIENCE IN WINNING NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD

A total number of 17 delegations from both private and public sectors recently visited Tamkang University and attended a seminar held at Chueh-sheng International Conference Hall to learn from its experience in winning the National Quality Award. The visiting groups include Industrial Development Bureau under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Corporate Synergy Development Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taipei Medical University, Shih Hsin University, among others. Educational Evaluation Section Section Chief Pai Dyi-ching said all members of the visiting groups to TKU are deeply impressed by the university’s high-standard quality management procedures. Pai added that the TKU has already shared with the public all the procedures of Total Quality Management and PDCA cycle, hoping to make contribution to further elevate the whole quality for Taiwan’s higher education as a whole.

TKU WINS SECOND PLACE AT ATONA CASE COMPETITION
Students in the Department of Industrial Economics got the second place in the “ATONA Case Competition,” and many participating companies have decided to recruit them to their enterprises.

A team of four consisted of students in the Department of Industrial Economics recently excelled in a fierce competition of more than 300 teams and won the second place in the “ATONA Case Competition,” making them the first winners from private schools in the history of the annual competition.

ADVICES TO FRESHMEN

First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone of you who have climbed up the Ke-nan Slope to join the big family of Tamkang. You will bring new blood to Tamkang. I am deeply pleased and moved by this meaningful moment. But even more important, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you to cherish the four-year you will spend here, to study hard and make the best of your time, which will one day bring fruitful result in your future.

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