NO. 766 2009-11-07

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TKU IS TO SIGN CONTRACT OF 1 PLUS 1 DEGREE PROGRAM WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Yenbo Wu, Vice President San Francisco State University, one of Tamkang University’s sister school in the U.S., led a delegation to visit Tamsui Campus on November 2. The visitors were warmly welcomed by Dr. Tai Wan-chin, Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Lee Pei-wha, Director of the Office of International Exchanges and International Education.

TKU TABLE TENNIS GIVES STRONG OUTING IN TAMKANG CUP

Tamkang University Table Tennis Teams had excellent performance during the Tamkang Cup National inter-collegiate Table Tennis Invitation, held on October 31 and November 1 at TKU, winning championship title at the team Women category, and a silver in the Team Women category of the Alumni competitions.

SEMINAR ON GLOBAL WARMING HELD IN TKU

A seminar and workshop on global warming, organized by Tamkang University Executive MBA (EMBA) programs, was held at the Taipei Campus D221, D324 classrooms on October 31, attracting more than 200 participants and media attention to cover the story. “2009 Conference on Enterprises’ Management Strategy against the Threat of Global Warming,” said TKU President Dr. Flora C.I. Chang. “Hopefully, with the holding of the seminar we can inspire more students and scholars to pay attention to the teaching of such issue in the future.”

GROUP HIKING TO GUANYIN MOUNTAIN TO CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING TKU ANNIVERSARY

A hiking trip with more than 260 people to the nearby Guanyin Mountain was held on November 1 to celebrate the upcoming 59th anniversary of Tamkang University. The tour co-organized by TKU Faculty and Staff Welfare Association and Scouts Group of Tamkang University was joined by a wide range of TKU staffs, their family members, members of TKU scouts group and community members.

A TOUR TO YINGGE POTTERY VILLAGE WAS HELD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

In order to increase the interaction between foreign students, exchange students and local students, Office of International Exchanges and International Education held a tour to Yingge Ceramic Museum on Oct. 31. Ninety-five international students joined the trip to experience the art of Taiwanese ceramics.

FORUM ON CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ON OCT. 30 ATTRACTED ELITES FROM BOTH ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY FIELDS

2009 Cultural and Creative Industries Forum, held by TKU’s Innovative Center for Cultural and Creative Industries, took place at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall and T505 on Oct. 30, in which more than 10 papers were presented. Hosted by Dr. Chao Ya-ly, Prof. of Dept. of Mass Communication, the Forum attracted over a hundred people including scholars from TKU and other schools as well as the elites from industry field.

TWO TKU JOURNALS ARE INCLUDED IN TSSCI THIS YEAR

Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences(JEMLS), edited by Dept. of Information and Library Science, and International Journal of Information and Management Sciences (IJIMS), edited by Dept. of Management Sciences and Decision Making & Graduate Institute of Management Sciences, are included in Taiwan Social Science Citation Index (TSSCI) by National Science Council this year.

TKU ALIMNUS TSENG HISANG-YUN WON THE TOP PRIZE OF THE 22ND LIANG SHIH-CHIU LITERARY AWARD

Tseng Hisang-yun (whose penname is Li Yun-hao), an alumnus of English Dept., won the first place in the Category of Prose of the 22nd Liang Shih-chiu Literary Award. Among the three first-place winners, Tseng is not only the youngest, but also the only one from Taiwan. The awarding ceremony was held on Nov. 3 on the first floor of the building of the Council for Cultural Affairs, where Tseng got a cup and 70,000-NTD prize. Tseng currently is doing his military service, so he especially took a day off from his troop in Kaoshiung and came to Taipei to receive the prize. “To me, a young man who wants to dedicate himself to literary creation, this award is really a great encouragement and recognition,” Tseng said happily.

TKU WAS AWARDED FOR “EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION”—THE ONLY UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE THE MOE RECOGNITION
Dr. Hu Ching-shan, Chair of Institute of Asian Studies, had attended a physical counseling and chose some recommended exercises.

In the 2009 academic year, TKU has attended the MOE’s evaluation of “Excellent Physical Education” in both the school section and individual section. Among 40 participating schools, TKU won the award for “School of Excellent Physical Education”—the only university to win such an honor. The school representative will receive the award at Howard International House on November 23. President C. I. Chang indicates that this honor is an unusual recognition for our teachers and students, since the facilities and grounding of our physical educations can not be compared with those in public universities.

THE 7TH EGG-ROLL FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE 59TH TKU ANNIVERSARY

The 7th Egg-Roll Festival, organized by Student Association, was held on November 7 at University Commons, Poster Street, and library. The organizers had decorated the Tamsui campus as a “Dream World” to stage a series of interesting activities, including “Sharing Tenderness at Egg-Roll,” “Egg-Roll Dream World,” “Egg-Roll `R’Us,” “Egg-Roll Papago.” Chiang Chi-yi, executive chief of the association, a junior of Dept. of Public Administration, indicated that these activities were to express the deepest wishes for all participants to fulfill their dream and potentiality.

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