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75 TEACHERS WON AWARDS OF EXCELLECE IN TEACHING

The list of Awards of Excellence in Teaching is out! 75 teachers such as Chinese Professor Kun-yang Yen will be awarded the certificate and NT$20,000 at the year-end party on January 28, 2010. The College of Liberal Arts has 8 faculty member winners, the Colleges of Science 8, Engineering 15, Business 9, Management 12, Foreign languages and Literature 10, International Studies 2, Education 6, the Office of Physical Education 4 and Entrepreneurial Development 1. (For the list of all winners, please refer to the website of The Tamkang Times).

TKU’S ADMINISTRATIVE MEETING HELD AT GOLDEN MOUNTAIN

Leading the 3 vice presidents and all the deans, President Flora C.I. Chang went to Jinshan to hold the 113th Administrative Meeting at the Youth Activity Center. After the Meeting, she led them to climbing to the Lion Head Park for exercises. President Chang announced at the Meeting that the MOE would implement the new retirement system for private school faculty and staff on January 1, 2010, but TKU would continue to keep the Retirement Benefit Fund. The Personnel Office Director Hai-ming Chen confirmed that the agreement with China Life Insurance would still be valid, and TKU would continue to pay the insurance premium for the faculty and staff. Related details would be out soon.

TO PREVENT THE HINI, FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE VACCINATED

PRESIDENT CHANG PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMIT OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS FROM MACAU, HONG KONG, AND ACROSS THE STRAIGHT

President Flora C.I. Chang participated in the Summit of University Presidents from Macau, Hong Kong, and across the Straight and delivered a special speech on “TKU’s Three Circles and Five Disciplines of Education.” She explained that with TQM, TKU had been trying to train students’ academic skills, multi-dimensional and comprehensive abilities and team cooperative spirit with “Three Circles”: Professional Curriculum, Core Curriculum and Extracurricular Curriculum and “Five Disciplines of Education”: Conduct, Intelligence, Physical Education, Teamwork and Beauty. The Summit had keynote speeches, presentations and discussions about universities’ strategies and targets for internationalism, recruitment of highly qualified teachers and cultivations of excellent talents. More than 20 university presidents were invited. Taiwan University President Si-Chen Lee, Cheng Kung University President Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, Tsinghua University Vice President Ming-Chuen Yip were at the Summit, and TKU was the only representative for private universities in Taiwan.

BEIJING CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY DELEGATION VISITED TKU

Led by Vice President Jian-she Zhou, a delegation of 10 from Beijing Capital Normal University visited TKU on Dec. 17. TKU International Affairs Vice President Wan-chin Tai and others received them at T306. Vice President Tai explained TKU’s achievem...

TKU’S INTERNATIONALIZATION LEFT DEEP IMPRESSION ON CHONGQING EDUCATIONAL DELEGATION

Led by the Vice Secretary Zhue-ming Deng, the Chongqing City Educational Delegation of 13 visited TKU on Dec. 24. TKU International Affairs Vice President Wan-chin Tai and others received them at B302A. The visitors were executive administrators of 1...

THE INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN STUDIES EXPLORES THE DEVELOPMENT OF EU

The Graduate Institute of European Studies will host the 2009 Forum on EU’s Development and Reflection after the Financial Crises at B302A on Dec. 29 at 9:30 am. European Studies Associate Professor Chung-hung Cho will present a paper “The Change of ...

FACULTY AND STUDENT TABLE TENNIS CUP WENT ON TILL MIDNIGHT

The 4th Faculty and Student Table Tennis Cup successfully completed on Dec. 23. Every year, this competition cannot finish until midnight, and there is no exception this year. After fierce competition, the Department of Information and Communication ...

VARIOUS LIVELY CHRISTMAS PARTIES AT TKU

THE SMILING 4TH FLOOR WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH MULTI-SERVICES