【Pin-jie Chen, Tamsui Campus Report】The third Thursday of every November marks a special day on the calendar for Americans: Thanksgiving. It’s a time for fellowship and sharing that has been recognized at Tamkang University for years. The Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs (OICSA) and Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies held a Thanksgiving Banquet on Nov. 26. In attendance was Director of the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Da-jung Li, Former Director of the Alumni Departmental Association, Shih-Yu Huang, current Director of the Alumni Departmental Association, Chin-yi Lai and 30 teachers and students.

The meal was lead with a prayer and many students including Malaysian first-year student of the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Ni-ya Ping, experienced their first Thanksgiving. Shih-yu Huang expressed, “This event always brings people closer. We become more than just coworkers and classmates, we become friends.”