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A Rocking and Rolling New Year’s Eve
Tamkang’s Very Own German Idol
Huaqiao University Visits Tamkang
Last month, on the 30th of December, a delegation from Mainland China’s Huaqiao University (HQU) visited TKU’s Tamsui Campus. The group included the Director of the HQU Personnel Office, Wang Xiu-yong, Director of the Academic Affairs Office, Chi Jin, Director of the Information Office, Zhang Zhi-hui, and Faculty Chairman of the College of Material Science and Engineering, Ji Na. They were received by TKU Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Wan-chin Tai, who hosted the guests in a round of brief reports and informal discussions.
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Promoting Social Tranquility through Characters
Changes to TKU Regulations
Honoring Outstanding Researchers
Spurring Development – the TKU Self-Assessment
A much anticipated Self-Assessment took place at TKU on the 6th of this month. It was carried out by 14 external experts, or “commissioners”, who were accompanied throughout by TKU college deans, secretaries, and members of an ad hoc TKU self-assessment team. Throughout the day, the commissioners listened to briefings and reports, visited TKU colleges and department buildings, conducted interviews of TKU students, faculty and staff, and reviewed related TKU materials. They reached numerous conclusions: that TKU boasts an old, venerable history and a comprehensive, complete administrative system; its positioning in the marketplace is clear and distinct, and its faculty and staff display a close sense of teamwork; it possesses forward momentum, with a well-oiled system of organization and a strict process for reviewing new plans; its system of Total Quality Management, implemented in 1992, is also one of its strengths. However, they warned that TKU must look for appropriate countermeasures to the potentially crippling affects of falling birth rates, which threaten to strangle supplies of future students.
