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THE FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT OF 2010 ACADEMIC YEAR REACHED 95.59%

According to statistics by the Office of Academic Affairs, this year’s freshmen enrollment rate is 95.59%. There are some students who haven’t completed the enrollment procedure because they are still in the process of applying student loan. Dean of the Office of Academic Affairs Dr. Keh Huan-chao indicated that basically, our freshmen enrollment rates in recent years are quite similar, which range from 95% to 98.5%. He hoped that departments could actively encourage student applications, promote enrollment, and contact the admitted students after the announcement of the admission list to maintain the high freshmen enrollment.

COUNSELING SECTION HOLDS A SERIES OF LIFE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

In order to make people know more about the value of life, Counseling Section of Office of Student Affairs holds a series of life education activities. Students who are interested in these events can sign up now!

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA VISITED TKU FOR THE THIRD TIME

Prof. Paolo Giordano from University of Central Florida (UCF), one of our sister universities, visited TKU on Sept. 27 and attended a forum hosted by Dr. Lee Pei-wha, Director, Office of International Exchanges and International Education. Dr. Lee indicated that UCF showed its active attitude to the relationship with us because it had been the third time for its representatives to come to TKU to discuss the details of cooperation since the two schools signed the academic agreement in January.

FRENCH DEPARTMENT HELD EXHIBITION OF JUNIOR ABROAD PROGRAM

Department of French held a wrap-up presentation on its junior abroad program, from October 5 to 7, outside the French Department Office at the fourth floor of the Foreign Language Building. An opening ceremony of the event is scheduled to be held at noon on October 5. The presentation will be held in form of poster-demonstration. Each poster will introduce each university that students can choose from if they joined the junior abroad program. Some useful information about the weather there and general introduction about how to meet the demand of basic necessities of life at these foreign lands will also be introduced. One can also find some of the souvenirs brought back by those students who returned from the junior abroad program at the presentation and these homecoming students will also be there at the exhibition site to answer questions for those who want to study abroad in their junior year.

NEARLY 1000 STUDENTS JOIN SPRING SUNSHINE’S ANTI-SMOKING DRIVE

STUDENT GUIDANCE SECTION OFFERS LEGAL SERVICE TO TRAFFIC AND HOUSE RENTAL DISPUTES

To protect the rights of Tamkang students, Student Guidance Section, Office of Student Affairs, continues to promote free legal counseling service to students regarding various topics such as family affairs, labor disputes, and house rental problems. According to the section, most students came for legal counseling on traffic accident disputes, which stand for about 70% of all counseling, while another 20% was on house rental disputes.

SHARPEN YOUR FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILL AT CHAT CORNER

MIDTERM TEACHING EVALUATION IS LAUNCHED THIS SEMESTER

A new system, “Midterm Teaching Evaluation,” will be launched this semester, providing students a channel to express opinions about their teachers’ teaching before the midterm, which is an importance source for teacher’s reference. The evaluation time is between October 18 and 31. Each student can log in the evaluation website anonymously: http://info.ais.tku.edu.tw/tas/ .

2009 FRESHMEN’S LEARNING SENSIBILITY TENDED TO BE VISUAL ORIENTED; TEACHERS: DEEPER KNOWLEDGE REQUIRES VERBAL STUDYING

58 OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANTS SHARED THEIR TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN THE FORUM

The first Teaching Assistant Forum in Fall semester 2010, held by Center for Learning and Teaching, took place at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall from Sept. 28 to 30. During the three-day meeting, 58 outstanding teaching assistants were praised for their great performance, and some of them also gave a small talk to share their teaching experience. Each outstanding teaching assistant received a certificate of merit and books gift certificates on the last day of the meeting, awarded by Dr. Yu Gwo-hsing, Vice President for Academic Affairs.