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TKU’S FIFTH CAMPUS: STORE NO. 127

A platform for cultural exchanges and a center of innovative incubator that is called “Store No. 127,” located at Taipei City’s Dihua Old Streets, was opened to public visit on May 8 at the street market that is famous for selling dried foods during the Lunar New Year holidays. The special store is a brainchild of Taipei city government and TKU Department of Architecture. The opening ceremony was joined by Taipei Deputy Mayor Lin Chien-yuan , TKU President C. I. Chang and Vice President for Administrative Affairs Dr. Kao Po-yuan as well as Dr. Yu Gwo-hsing, Dean of the College of Engineering. After the opening ceremony, an joint exhibition by sophomore and junior students of the department got started.

A HISTORY LESSON WITH SANDWICHES MAKING

Room L401 is dominated with the fascinating flavor of sandwich making. However, the course taught in the classroom was not cooking lesson but history. It is how Dr. Tai Yueh-fang, a professor in the Department of History teaches her students in a course entitled, “Practical History.” Tsai had asked her students to make use of the historical stories and theories they learned from the course to make themselves a sandwich. In this original history class, students had all done their best to come up with creative menu and dishes by making use of self-prepared materials.

LATIN AMERICAN MOVIES WEEK

The annual Latin American Movies week will kick off at Room U203 on May 17. This year’s event is divided into three parts: the Latin American movie forum, the Latin American Movie week, and a film festival of the Latin American countries. The Movie w...

TIMOTHY MA TALKED ABOUT ECFA IN TKU

Timothy Ma, chairman of Kindom Construction, was invited to give a speech on the proposed cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement on May 12 as a part of the College of Business-initiated “wealth management and start your own business” seminars and courses. Ma was a graduate of Business Administration Department. The series of speeches launched by the college will feature many national and international-acclaimed private business owners to share their experience on business management to TKU students. Other speakers that will be joining the seminars include Chao Teng-hsiung, chairman of the Taipei-based Far Glory Group and Lai Shiao-yi from Mentor Hair. The two will give speeches on May 26 and June 2, respectively.

YEAR-ROUND SPORTS EVENTS TO BE HELD TO CELEBRATE TKU 60TH ANNIVERSARY

A year-round sports competitions organized by Director of the Office of Physical Education Hsiao Shu-fen and her special unit under the anniversary preparation committee will kick off its series events on May 26 with the holding of TKU Aquatic Meet. After the May sports event, a TKU anniversary athletics meet will be held in November, following by a sports exhibition on December, and a cross-university joint sports competition to be held on May 2011 to sum up the series shows.

THREE STUDENT EVENTS TOOK PLACE ON THE POSTER STREET

FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEEK BEGINS ON MAY 17

Co-held by six departments of College of Foreign Languages and Literatures (CFLL), Foreign Language Week is on its way! The opening ceremony was held on May 17 at noon in front of the fountain of Foreign Language Building, in which not only the band “ojos,” a group consisted of the girls from Dept. of Spanish, brought an excellent show, but also the six candidates of Miss SFLL came to canvass. Public Relations Chief of Foreign Language Week Wang Fang-i, a sophomore from Dept. of Japanese, said, “Everyone knows that there are many beauties in TKU, especially in CFLL. Because the percentage of girls in is much higher than that of boys in CFLL, it is without doubt that we have various kinds of belles. So just go to Poster Street to vote for your Miss CFLL!”

MORE THAN 100 SCHOLARS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT SCIENCES AND DECISION MAKING

The “2010 International Conference on Management Sciences and Decision Making,” held by Dept. of Management Sciences and Decision Making & Graduate Institute of Management Sciences (MSDM), took place on May 22, 9 a.m. at B712, B713, B709, and B708, in which 68 papers will be presented by the scholars from Turkey, Indonesia, India, America, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

A SURVEY GROUP FROM CCDGUT VISITED TKU ON MAY 12

A survey group consisting of 12 people from City College of Dongguan University of Technology (CCDGUT) visited TKU on May 12 and exchanged opinions on school features, facilities and management with TKU personnels in a forum hosted by Dr. Kao Po-yuan, Vice President for Administrative Affairs.

YEARLY DRAMA PERFORMANCES BY DEPT. OF GERMANY AND ENGLISH WON HOT RESPONSES

REPORTS ON “FRESHMAN LEARNING AND STUDYING STRATEGIES SURVEY”