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University World Rankings for January 2012

According to statistics recently released by the Webometric’s Ranking Web of World Universities, Tamkang ranked 309th out of 20,000 universities around the world. This means it placed 43rd in Asia, 10th in Taiwan, and 1st among private universities in Taiwan.

The 2012 TKU End-of-Year Gala

This year’s End-of-Year Gala was held on the afternoon of Jan 13 at the TKU Student Activity Center. The lineup of entertainment for this year’s event was organized by the Center of Continuing Education and the TKU Lanyang Campus. The Gala began with an opening address from the President of Tamkang University, Dr. Flora Chia-I Chang. In her address, President Chang thanked all faculty and staff for their attendance as well as their tireless efforts over the past year. She also wished the entire body of TKU employees a happy New Year, invoking a Chinese proverb to usher in the Year of the Dragon.

2012 Lunar New Year Morning Tea

Today (Feb 6) was the first day of work for TKU administrative staff after a long, three-week winter break. To celebrate the new Chinese Year – the Year of the Dragon – Tamkang University held a Lunar Year Morning Tea at the Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall, Tamsui Campus. The hall was filled with auspicious symbols, such as a ‘god of wealth’ figurine and apples and mandarins (which connote safety and prosperity); while the tables were organized in the shape of 101, to suggest the 101st year since the founding of Taiwan, the Republic of China.

TKU Alumnus Appointed Ambassador to Panama

In January this year, TKU alumnus Lin Chou became the ROC Ambassador to Panama. Lin Chou graduated from the TKU Department of Spanish and later the Graduate Institute of European Studies. His PhD thesis received a “best thesis” award in the field of history studies

New Lunar Year Alumni Activities

TKU alumni associations from various countries recently held annual gala activities to welcome the lunar New Year. Among them were the TKU Alumni Association of North California, Hong Kong, and Canada. The first to usher in the Year of the Dragon was the Alumni Association of North California, which held a Tamsui Old Street Art Festival on January 7. The festival gave participants the chance to practice Chinese calligraphy and write spring couplets just in time for the Chinese New Year. It also comprised tea ceremony demonstrations and speeches by former and present senior members of TKU and other academic institutions. The evening session of the festival featured local specialty foods from Tamsui (the site of Tamkang’s main campus), karaoke, traditional Chinese dance performances, singing contests and choir performances, among others.

The 2012 Expatriate Youth Taiwan Study Tour

On Jan 3, 119 students from Central and South America arrived in Taiwan. The students are of Chinese background but have grown up overseas, in countries such as Brazil, Panama, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and New Zealand. They are here on a Youth Study Tour, a 21 day travel program organized by the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission and Tamkang University’s Division of Continuing Education.

Student Society Volunteer Service and Training

During the recent winter holidays, a record number of TKU student associations – 24 in total – went into the community to interact with students in rural areas. Many of the participating societies were area-based high school alumni associations, which returned to their local areas to lend a helping hand.

TKU Student Wins Media Competition

Fourth year Mass Communication student, Wei Chu-yu, recently entered and won a sports news competition held by one of Taiwan’s major TV stations, Videoland Sports. In clinching first place, Chu-yu eclipsed 120 entrants over three competition phases, including the preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and the grand finals.