NO. 769 2009-11-30

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MASTER LI TELLS STORIES ABOUT TAMSUI WITH PAINTINGS

An exhibition on the ink paintings of Li Chi-mao, director of TKU Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center, will run from today until December 13 at Tamsui’s famous historic site, the “Little White House.” During a tea session on November 21, Li made a speech on the stories behind his paintings, attracting many young and senior fans of him to attend, many of whom even asked Li to sign on his albums.

REAL LIFE HAPPY FARM AT LANYANG CAMPUS
Planting vegetables and fruits in the Lanyang Campus is a great recreation for teachers and students of the TKU.

Weeding, fertilizing, sowing, debugging — these farm chores did not take place on Facebook’s Happy Farm, but in real life in TKU Lanyang Campus. Since last year, a small farm was built in the land in front of the Lanyang campus’ Wen-yuan female dormitory. Those who are interested to be a farmer are encouraged to plant all kinds of fruits and vegetables in the small piece of land, including tomatoes, cabbages and corns.

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING SEMINAR TO KICK OFF THURSDAY

An international seminar of Ubiquitous Computing technology will launch at Chueh-sheng International Conference Hall this Thursday. Organized by the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, the three-day-event will be joined by international scholars from Europe, America, China and Taiwan, said Dr. Wang Ying-hong, of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, the chief organizer of the event. Dr. Wang added that the conference will be focused on the main topic of “computing is everywhere,” featuring the fields of wireless communications and networks, multi-media, digital learning, distance caregiving, etc.

2009 CREATIVITY COMPETITION CELEBRATED TKU’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY

The awarding ceremony of 2009 Creativity Competition, held by TKU’s Innovative Center for Cultural and Creative Industries (ICCCI), took place at V101 on Nov. 26. Apart from President Flora Chia-I Chang and President of Hubei University Dr. Zhou Ji-ming’s passionate participation, the host Chou Chia-tsen, the alumnus of Dept. of Mass Communication, brought the ceremony to life with her witty speech. Lin Tai-chun, a third-year master student of Dept. of Educational Technology, got the first place in the section of “Happy 60th Anniversary to TKU” out of more than 100 competitors and got ten thousand NTD awards. Lu Ssu-yu, a senior of Dept. of Physics, defeated seven groups in the section of “Good Idea,” winning the first prize and 3,000 NTD awards.

BEAUJOLAIS FESTIVAL AT FRENCH DEPT,

Department of French held a “Beaujolais Festival” on November 24 at the classroom T505. All of the participating teachers and students enjoyed a glass of the Beaujolais nouveau, a widely popular red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. During the event, the French Department also invited Sophie Su, a French Department graduate and now a lecturer in the Department of Food and Beverage Management Tajen University, to give an introduction about the famous wine. Herself a qualified sommelier, Su gave a presentation on the history of Beaujolais during the event. However, most of the listeners were even more eager to enjoy a glass of the red wine. So when Su said one could start to enjoy the wine everyone just rushed to pick up the glass of wine and drank it.

WARNING LETTER OF STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE APPRECIATED BY PARENTS

According to a survey conducted by TKU Office of Academic Affairs, a total number of 234 day school students dropped out of the school at the second semester of the 2008 Academic Year. The drop-out rate is 1.2%, a 0.26% raise in comparison with the number in the previous semester. However, comparing with the second semester in 2007 Academic Year, the number of this semester has lowered for 0.1%.

DEPT. OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SIGNED ACADEMIC AGREEMENT WITH RKU

TKU has made another big step in its objective of globalization. Representing Dept. of Law, Ryutsu Keizai University (RKU), Dr. Hata Nagami, Chair of Faculty of Self-Governing Administration, signed academic exchange agreement with Dept. of Public Administration, TKU, at Chung-ling Chung-cheng Hall on Nov. 26. Dr. Huang I-feng, Chair, Dept. of Public Administration, TKU, indicated that they would actively work on the cooperative short-term research project for teachers and students exchange program in the near future.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES GUIDANCE SECTION WON MOE AWARD FOR SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAMS

Extracurricular Activities Guidance Section, Office of Student Affairs, won MOE award for “Excellent Organization” of service learning programs. The section has lasting efforts in promoting service education in student clubs. This year TKU student service delegate went to Cambodia. There were ten universities winning this award and joining an emulation assembly held at Tajen University, Pintong.

TKU RECEIVED AWARDED FOR “EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION”—THE ONLY UNIVERSITY TO WIN THE MOE RECOGNITION

In the 2009 academic year, TKU won the award for “School of Excellent Physical Education”—the only university to win such an honor. Led by President C. I. Chang, a delegate of 40 teachers and students received the award at Howard International House ...

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