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TKU TO RECRUIT OVERSEAS COMPATRIOTS TO CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING PROGRAM: COMMISSIONED BY MOE

Approved by Ministry of Education last week, Division of Continuing Education, TKU, is going to recruit overseas Chinese students, who want to teach Chinese in American elementary or high schools, to the “Chinese Language Teaching Program in USA.” The enrolling spans from now to May 10, 2007, and the program will start in June.

ICTLE-CONFERENCE ON TEACHING EXCELLENCE THIS WEEK

Department of Educational Technology and Center of Learning and Teaching will co-organize “ICTLE 2007 International Conference of Teaching and Learning for Excellent” at Chueh-Sheng International Conference Hall on April 20th and 21st; Vice President for Academic Affairs, Feng Chao-kang, will host the opening ceremony. Besides several presentations of papers, scholars from University of Indiana (USA), University of Kebangsaan Malaysia, and University of Singapore are invited to make keynote speeches.

“PROSPECT FOR THE STRATEGIC THINKING OF THE 21ST CENTURY”: CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY

The third conference on strategic studies, “Prospect for the Strategic Thinking of the 21st Century,” hosted by Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, and sponsored by MOE and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), will take place at Ching Sheng International Conference Hall, on this Friday (April 20, 2007). Chang Shu-li, Director of Planning Department, Mainland Affairs Council, Yen Chien-fa, Commissioner of Researches and Planning Council, MOFA, Hsia Li-ping, Director of Strategic Studies Center, Shanghai Institute For International Studies, and many other specialists in cross-strait affairs are invited to the conference.

“E-PEN” WILL BE ADOPTED BY AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

The “E-pen” invented by TKU and made in Taiwan, has captured the heart of the American public. Dr. Kao Po-yuan, Vice President for Administrative Affairs, has led Chang Ben-hang, Director of Calligraphy Laboratory, Kuo Chin-hwa, Director of Distance Education Development Section, and Cheng Shia, Director of Huang-hsiang E-pen Company to America. They reached a consensus on cooperation with New York Institute of Technology (NYiT). In the future, “E-pen” will be incorporated into the simultaneous on-line teaching system of NYiT and get into the formal educational system of America.

FRESH CORNER ART FESTIVAL: APRIL 18 - 19, POSTER STREET

Along with the fresh air of spring, Student Association will combine life with creation and hold Fresh Corner Art Festival on April 18 and 19 at Poster Street, with activities like creation market, celebrity speech, notebook DIY, and the performance of student clubs.

CAREER RECRUITMENT FAIR: HUNDRED MANUFACTURES SEEK TALENTS

The 2007 Career Recruitment Fair “Flying Dream, Wonderful Future, ” held by Career Planning and Placement Section will have the opening ceremony at the square of Statue of Five Tigers in front of Shao-mo Memorial Gymnasium at 10 am on Wednesday (18th). President C. I. Chang is invited to cut the ribbon, and over hundred manufacturers will attend to seek talents.

ENGLISH SPEECH CONTEST: YU-HUI WANG’S SENSE OF HUMOR WON THE CAHMPIONSHIP

Hosted by Department of English, the English Speech Contest took place at the Ching-sheng International Conference Hall on last Tuesday (April 10), with 23 students participating in the contest.

THE “WEEK OF AEROSPACE”

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE GOES TO CHINA

Hu Yi-jen, Dean of the College of Business, led Hao Chung-jen, Chair and Associate Professor of Dept. of Insurance and three Associate Professors of Dept. of Insurance (Kao Tang-liang, Lai Yao-shyan, and Jerry C.J. Miao) to visit School of Insurance of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Department of Economics of Zhejiang University in China to discuss matters of jointed seminar and teachers and students exchanging from 1st to 6th of this month. Both schools have a great interest in TKU’s outstanding teachers, and look forward to the professors of this school to give lectures in a short time in order to show the attention to internationalization of teachers.