NO. 791 2010-06-12

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7000 GRADUATES WERE BLESSED WITH ENTERPRISES HIGH RECOGNITION, ADDRESS BY VICE MINISTER OF MOE, AND SURPRISING PERFORMANCES OF STUDENT CLUBS
With the recognition of “Enterprises’ Favorite Graduates,” TKU graduates walked off campus with hope and bright prospects.

The 2009 academic year Recommencement Ceremony took place on 10 A.M., June 12, at Shaomo Memorial Gymnasium. The theme of ceremony this year, “A for TKU DNA,” entitles some 7,000 TKU graduates with the honor of being “enterprises’ favorite graduates” for 13 years consecutively. The event invited Vice Minister of MOE, Lin Chung-ming, to deliver special address.

223 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM LANYANG CAMPUS,THE “SAPPHIRE OF LANYANG” AWARDS WERE GIVEN
The recommencement ceremony of Lanyang Campus took place on June 5. 223 graduates, wore the special blue uniforms and delightful smiles.

The 2nd recommencement ceremony in Lanyang Campus, with 223 graduates, took place on June 5, at Chien-pang International Conference Hall. The ceremony was proceeded in English. President C. I. Chang warmly comforted the tearful graduates, “Remember to return to your alma mater often!”

A GRADUATION PARTY FOR FOREIGN AND EXCHANGE STUDENTS WAS HELD ON JUNE 9

For the first time, a graduation party for foreign and exchange students, held by Office of International Exchanges and International Education and TKU VOIS, took place at Student Activity Center on June 9. The party began with the sexy hot dance, followed with a series of great shows, including singing performance, bagpipe performance, Awa Dance, Flamenco dance, ballroom dance, and student-made video clips. The songs performed by two foreign students from Haiti, Etzer S. Emile, a first-year master student of Dept. of Banking and Finance, and Claude Marcus Boereau, a freshman of Dept. of International Trade, fascinated all the audience, and the bagpipe performance by the Chinese freshman Felix Bohlen from Germany, a student of Dept. of Chinese, was also amazing. “I’m glad to participate in the performance. I really enjoy it!” said Claude smilingly.

A REUNION FOR ALUMNI OF DEPT. OF NAVIFATION AND DEPT. OF MARINE ENGINEERING TOOK PLACE AT MARITIME MUSEUM
Alumni of Dept. of Navigation and Dept. of Marine Engineering came back to school to take part in the reunion, talking about the old days excitingly when they looked at the ship model.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Maritime Museum, a special event was held at Maritime Museum on June 5, and more than 50 alumni and previous teachers of Dept. of Navigation and Dept. of Marine Engineering came back to school to take part in the reunion. All participates were glad to see their college classmates and teachers whom they haven’t met for ages, so they talked about the old days and current situation with exciting mood with each other. A donation ceremony was also held by Maritime Museum on that day to receive the artistic work, a dolphin model made of toothpick by the toothpick artist Tsai Cheng-chin.

WU YIN-SHI, A PhD STUDENT OF GIA, WON THE SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY DOUBLE MASTER AND PhD PROGRAM IN EUROPE

After winning a 42,000-Euro (about 1.88 million NTD) scholarship offered by European Commission to study abroad in Universite de Reims, French, and Universitat de Roviral i Virgili, Spain, for double master degree, Wu Yin-shi, a third-year PhD student of Graduate Institute of the Americas (GIA), recommended by his professor in Spain, went to Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, to get a PhD degree in political sciences. Dr. Chen Hsiao-chuan, Director of GIA, indicated that Wu is the first student of GIA who study abroad for double master degrees and double PhD degrees. “He always spares no effort to improve himself and gives any chance for further education his best shot. We are so proud of him,” said Dr. Chen.

DELEGATION FROM TAMIU VISITED TKU ON JUNE 7

Led by Dr. Pablo Arenaz, Vice President of our sister university Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), a delegation of 4 from TAMIU visited TKU on June 7. Dr. Lee Pei-wha, Director, Office of International Exchanges and International Education, indicated that TAMIU just became TKU’s sister university in January this year, and she hoped their visit could contribute to the academic agreement between the two schools and hence further the mutual relationship.

DR. CHI CHANG-CHENG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE LAUNCHED TO HELP STUDENTS FOR CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEARS

A scholarship entitled “Dr. Chi Chang-cheng Memorial Scholarship Program” initiated by Luo Shen, Director-General of TKU Alumni Association, is opened to TKU freshmen to apply, starting from 2011 school year. The scholarship is awarded annually with six vacancies. Each award-winner will be given NT$10,000 each semester until their graduation. This is by far the only scholarship in TKU that allows its receiver to receive scholarships for four years in a row. Lou said the scholarship is meant to commemorate Dr. Chi. Dr. Chi used to help him during his college days when he studied in business school in TKU decades ago, Lou added. Dr. Chi’s helping hand was a major lift that assisted him to get through those financially-challenged days. Lou indicates that the scholarship, like what Dr. Chi did for him, is meant to help those students with financial difficulties to finish their study. Lou put his own money into setting up the program. He adds that he will continue to finance the scholarship even after he leaves current post as Director-General of TKU Alumni Association. “I hope the program can last forever since it is meant to serve as an acknowledgement to Dr. Chi’s love to students,” said Lou.

GUEST SPEECHES HELP TKU STUDENTS BROADEN THEIR VIEWS

A number of distinguished guests are recently invited to Tamkang University for speeches to share their unique experiences with all TKU students. The first of the list of guests was Vice Minister of MOE, Lin Tsong-ming, who held a speech in a College of Educational initiated course “Issues on Recent Development in University Education” on June 8. Lin’s speech focuses on important issues, such as Taiwan’s dropping birth rate, how to build brand image of colleges and universities, globalization, sustainable operation of educational facilities, as well as the most recent cross-strait issues. The speech was joined by a total of 42 PhD students. One of the participants, Chieh Wei-heng, a military instructor in Military Education and Training, said he has learned a lot with Lin’s speech. “Lin is an expert in education. I have learned from his experience that the TKU has to continue to improve itself in order to advance.”　

2010 INFORMATION WEEK

The 2010 Information Week, organized by Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, was held in TKU Tamsui campus last week. The exhibition featured all kinds of fruitful results and works developed by the department. One of the major attractions was a simulation game that allows a person to tie a sensor on his leg and play Counterstrike-like simulation game.

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