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Four New Credit Programs at Tamkang

To adapt to current social developments and industry trends, starting from the 2012-2013 academic year TKU has created four new credit program and 93 new courses. The new credit programs include the Econometrics and Finance Program, the TKU Program of Green Energy Technology, the Analysis of Financial and Economic Information Program (taught in English), and the Foreign Literature Program.

A New PhD Program in Educational Leadership and Technology Management

The TKU College of Education recently received approval from the Ministry of Education to initiate a new PhD program: Educational Leadership and Technology Management. When talking of the process involved in setting it up, Dr. Chang Dian-Fu, the Dean of the College of Education, explained that the new PhD program is the product of long-term collaborative discussion and planning between several senior members of College faculty. In establishing the program, the College hopes to promote research in the areas of policy leadership, policy technology, and policy instruction.

The 3rd Generation E-Calligraphy Pen

The TKU Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center is currently holding a Digital e-Calligraphy Pen Art Exhibition. Extending until October 4, the exhibition will officially “kick off” at 10:30 am on 26th September in an opening ceremony event scheduled to be held at the Fine Arts Center. The exhibition has been organized by Dr. Chang Bin-huang, the Director of the Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center; two TKU resident artists, Li Chi-Mao and Koo Chung-Kuang; Dr. Tsai You, a professor from the Department of Painting and Calligraphy Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts; as well as numerous other renowned painters from around Taiwan.

TKU’s 118th Sister University

TKU has added a new name to its extensive list of prestigious overseas partner institutions. Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) became TKU’s 118th overseas sister university and 27th Japanese sister university after a formal signing agreement held at OPU on August 24, 2012.

Burgeoning Foreign Student Numbers and Three New Clubs

World Literature 2nd Edition: Space and Body

The quarterly journal World Literature – published jointly by the TKU College of Foreign Languages and Literature and Linking Publishing – released its second edition in June 2012. Taking the theme “Space and Body”, it explores the concept of space in the work of French writer, Albert Camus, and the concept of the human body in the work produced by Haruki Murakumi.

Making History in Arcade Basketball

Club Crazy at Tamkang