NO. 872 2012-11-06

News
Welcoming Lanyang Freshmen

From October 19 – 21, the College of Global Entrepreneurial Development held a welcome event to help new freshmen at the Lanyang Campus feel more at home in their new environment. The event consisted of plays and performances. Huang Wei-fang, who hel...

A Live House Concert at Tamkang
Hot independent bands “I Get It” (above) and “Eggplant Egg” (below) perform in front of 300 students at TKU’s Tamsui Campus.

On October 17, two major independent bands came to TKU to perform a live, small-scale concert. The bands included Eggplant Egg and I Get It. Eggplant Egg kicked off the concert with their popular single “Give me your girlfriend, okay?” Their energetic performance was met with a wave of cheering and screaming by the approximately 300-strong crowd. The lead singer of the band, Huang Chi-bing, stated: “the energy and passion of Tamkang students really touched us. I’m really happy to have this opportunity to perform in such a warm and positive environment.” This was followed by the well-known track “so I stopped” by I Get It.

Teamwork and Trust on Display
An activity to test participants’ sense of teamwork.

On the 13th and 14th October, the TKU International Office held a training camp for leaders of foreign, overseas Chinese, and Mainland Chinese student clubs. The camp featured 35 student participants, as well as International Office staff members such as Chen Pei-fen, the Section Chief of the International and Mainland Student Guidance Section.

Community Volunteering and the Tamsui Art Festival
TKU Department of History freshman assisting in the annual Tamsui Art Festival parade.

Every year in October, Tamsui becomes enveloped in an atmosphere of art. That is because of the Tamsui Art Festival, an annual event which involves a major parade. This year, 57 Tamkang students from the Department of History provided service and assistance at the parade. Their efforts were part of the TKU service learning program, which requires all freshmen to “help out” the local community.

Training for Specialized English Instruction

In August, five TKU professors went to Waikato University, New Zealand, to take part in an intensive course on specialized English instruction. The course went for ten days and each day featured a new theme, such as long-distance (correspondence) English instructed courses.

Creating Outstanding Moral Character at TKU

On Saturday Oct 13, the 2012 TKU Conference on International and Administrative Reform was held from 9:20 am to 5:20 pm at the Lanyang Campus. It was attended by close to 200 senior staff members, included the TKU president, vice presidents, college deans, department chairs, as well as directors and section chiefs of all TKU administrative departments.

Tamkang Alumnus Recognized for Social Contribution
TKU alumnus Jack Chen (far left) receives two awards for his pioneering efforts overseas. The award was presented by the Vice President of Taiwan, Mr. Wu Den-yi (center).

Jack Cheng is an alumnus of the TKU Department of Physics and the current CEO of MS Technologies Corporation, a successful technology solutions company based in the US. For his achievements in steering the corporation to success and his contributions to the community, he was recently named as the recipient of the 21st National Award for Outstanding SMEs and the 14th National Award for Pioneering Taiwanese SMEs Abroad. The awards will be presented by the Vice President of Taiwan (ROC), Mr. Wu Den-Yi, at an award ceremony to be held at the Grand Hyatt Taipei on October 17.

Paving the Way for Project Managers in Taiwan
TKU alumna, Dr. Maggie Shou-Ying Hsu (front row, second from right), taking part in the exclusive Top Ten OPM3 course in Dubai.

Dr. Maggie Shou-Ying Hsu is a former TKU student from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering. She is also one of the few people in the world to receive accreditation as an OPM3 Instructor. OPM3 stands for Organizational Project Management Maturity Model. It is an international standard used to help raise businesses’ and organizations’ competence in project management. OPM3 accreditation is offered by a non-profit organization known as the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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