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“UNBRIDLED FRIDAY NIGHT” CONCERT TICKETS AVAILABLE SINCE MARCH 17

The concert entitled “Unbridled Friday Night,” organized by the Student Association, which runs to its fifth year in 2010, will be held at the TKU Tamsui campus on March 26, starting from 5:30 p.m. The ticket is available at the third floor of the Business Management Building from March 17 to March 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

OVERSEAS CHINESE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION AND SPRING REUNION PARTY TO WARM THE HEARTS OF OVERSEA CHINESE STUDENTS

An Overseas Chinese artifact exhibition, organized by the Overseas Chinese Student Guidance Section, Office of Student Affairs, will be held at the Black Swan Exhibition Hall from March 16 to 19. The opening ceremony for the event will be held at noon of that day, featuring with Lion Dancing and 24 Festive Drum performances, allowing TKU students to experience the beautiful culture of overseas Chinese. The exhibition features artifacts from Malaysia, Macao, and tourism information of these destinations.

DELEGATES OF ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES VISITED TKU

President of the Association of Indian Universities Dr. MD Tiwari, leading a group of four, visited Tamkang University Tamsui campus on March 8 under the invitation of Dr. Flora Chia-I Chang, President of Tamkang University, who doubled as the chairman of the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan (FICHET). The visiting group was warmly welcomed by President Chang and Dr. Tai Wan-chin, Vice President for International Affairs. A forum was later held at the Ching-sheng International Conference Hall to discuss issues of Taiwan-India academic exchanges and mutual diploma recognition.

DEPARTMENTS AND GRADUATE INSTITUTES ENGAGE IN SELF-IMPROVEMENT AFTER MOE ANNOUNCED EVALUATION RESULT

Tamkang University has continued to conduct self-improvement following a release of the result of MOE’s evaluation on university department and graduate institute. The total of 74 departments and graduate institutes that have passed the evaluation has made proposals to upgrade themselves according to the instructions detailed in the MOE evaluation reports, while five institutes that fall into the MOE Watch List decided to conduct reforms.

TKU HAS TWO MORE SISTER UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

Texas A&M International University and University of Central Florida signed academic agreement with TKU on Jan. 7 and Jan. 28 respectively and became our 105th and 106th sister universities. Dr. Lee Pei-wha, Director of Office of International Exchanges and International Education, indicated that they would proceed student exchange program with the two schools as soon as possible so that students could have more choices in studying abroad.

TOP GUATEMALAN MOUNTAINEER SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE OF CLIMBING YUSHAN WITH STUDENTS

Jaime Vinals, a Guatemalan mountaineer and the first Central American ever to reach the world’s seven summits, scaled Taiwan’s highest peak, Yushan (Jade Mountain) on Mar. 8. Dept. of Spanish and Graduate Institute of American Studies invited him to deliver a speech on his mountain climbing experience, and Hector Ivan Espinoza Farfan, Guatemalan ambassador in Taiwan, also joined the event. During the speech, Mr. Vinals showed some pictures he took in the seven continents, and all the audience were surprised by the bizarre landscape of the world.

DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE JOINS URS PROJECT TO REBUILD DIHUA STREET

Dept. of Architecture has won the chance to join Taipei City Government’s project of Urban Regeneration Station (URS). Led by Dr. Wu kwang-tyng, Chair of Dept. of Architecture, some students and teachers in the department will recreate the store at No. 127, Dihua St. into No. 127 Public Store, a public communication platform for education and art. Moreover, Dept. of Architecture will establish an Innovation Incubation Center in the store in May to help their alumni realize their ideal. It will be the first Innovation Incubation Center run by a department in TKU.

FRENCH PANCAKES AND QUEBEC RAP GROUP BROUGHT EXOTIC ATMOSPHERE TO TKU

PRACTICING SERVICES IN CHARITY SALES AND BLOOD DONATION

INTERNATIONAL ARTS EXHIBTION IN TKU