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REACHING WORLD TOP 300 UNIVERSITIES IN WRWU:INCREASING VISIBILITY BY SUBSTANTIATING ENGLISH WEBPAGES AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

Dr. Hou Yung-chi, Associate Professor, a researcher of Center for Learning and Teaching, recently completed a report on the status of Taiwan universities in “Webometrics Rankings of World Universities” (WRWU), produced by the Laboratorio de Internet, Centre for Scientific Information and Documentation, a unit of the Spanish National Research Council. Dr. Hou’s report was commissioned by Founder Clement Chang, for the administrative references of TKU President, Vice Presidents, and other top rank administrators. Dr. Hou points out that visibility is the most crucial element in the ranking system, and he suggests that in order to reach the aim at being among World top 300 universities in WRWU the school have to establish an administrative unit to organize resources in digitalizing school information.

PH. D. STUDENT YEN YU-WEN WON NSC-IAJ ABROAD STUDYING SUBSIDY TO DO RESEARCH ON STORE SEARCH OPTIMIZATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING

Yen Yu-wen, a second year Ph. D. Student of Dept. of Computer Science, won NSC subsidy to study in Waseda University, Japan, for eight weeks in the coming summer. Among those who win the NSC funding, there are only two from private universities.

CONFERENCES ON FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES And EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

“2010 Tamkang University-Peking University Foreign Languages and Literatures Forum,” co-held by College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, TKU, and Peking University, as well as “2010 International Conference on Asian Experiences of Education for the Disadvantaged Students,” co-held by Institute of Curriculum and Instruction and Center for Teacher Education, TKU, took place at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall, C013 and C001 respectively on May 21 and 22.

THE 2010 TKU WATER ATHLETIC TOOK PLACE ON MAY 26

ALPER GUDER FROM TKU CHINESE LANGUAGE CENTER WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE 2010 MANDARIN/TAIWANESE SPEECH CONTEST FOR FOREIGNERS

MARITIME MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY

To celebrate TKU’s 60th anniversary and Maritime Museum’s 20th anniversary, Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center will hold a special event at Maritime Museum on June 5 and invite the alumni of Dept. of Navigation and Dept. of Marine Engineering to take part in.

GERMAN DEPARTMENT STUDENTS SHONE IN RHEIN POKAL COMPETITION

TKU German Department students have excellent performances in recently-concluded National Rhein Pokal competition. Department of German sophomore Su Sheng-lin won first place in sophomore section of the contest’s recitation category while Chen Ling, a junior of the department took the second in junior section of the German speech category and a senior Ma Shih-chang claimed the third place in the senior section of the category. A total of 80 students of Department of German, led by three professors of the department Dr. Chung Ying-yen, Dr. Monika Schwabbauer and Dr. Ke Li-fen, visited the National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology for the annual national event.

JAPANESE, RUSSIAN AND SPANISH DEPARTMENTS STAGED GRADUATION THEATER SHOWS

The Japanese Department held its annual graduation drama performance on May 21 in Carrie Chang Music Hall, with the play More Than a Family Play by its students on Day school and A Dream of Edo Period by the department’s continuing education program students. The two plays had attracted full-crowd audiences.

FORUM ON ENTERPRISES’ FAVORITE GRADUATES: VIEWS FROM PUBLIC FIGURES

THE RIGHT ATTITUDE WILL MAKE ONE A FAVORITE IN JOB MARKET:

INK PAINTING EXHIBITION IN CARRIE CHANG FINE ARTS CENTER

An Ink Painting Exhibition joined by Taiwanese artists opened at TKU Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center on May 21. The opening ceremony of the exhibition was joined by famous artists Lin Chang-te, Chen Chao-pao, and Su Feng-nan. Another artist that joined the exhibition Huang Kuang-nan, President of National Taiwan University of Arts, wrote down a calligraphic couplet in his painting to celebrate the opening of the event. His painting will be put into the center’s art collections.

DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN AND GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF FUTURE STUDIES TO HOLD CONFERENCES

Department of German will hold the “International conference on German Literature and Foreign Cultural Interpretations” on June 4 and 5 at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall. Dr. Michael Ostheimer of Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Dr. Takashi Narita of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and former minister of Government Information Office Dr. Hsieh Chih-wei of Soochow University will join the international conference.