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An International Concert at Tamkang

On the evening of December 22, the Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs held a concert for Mainland Chinese, overseas Chinese, and foreign students. During the concert, students took turns to display their musical talents. International Office staff member, Alice Lin, explained that in past years TKU held an Overseas Chinese Year-end Dance Party, “so this year we decided to do something different”. Apart from musical performances, the concert also involved a number of short plays.

Tamkang Receives Perfect Score in University Evaluation

Results of the 2011 university evaluation carried out by the Ministry of Education (MOE) last semester have been released. The evaluation assessed 37 public and private Taiwanese universities in five specific areas: university market placement, university governance and operation, teaching and learning resources, performance and social responsibility, and mechanisms for continued improvement and quality assurance.

Tamkang Receives Perfect Score in University Evaluation

Results of the 2011 university evaluation carried out by the Ministry of Education (MOE) last semester have been released. The evaluation assessed 37 public and private Taiwanese universities in five specific areas: university market placement, university governance and operation, teaching and learning resources, performance and social responsibility, and mechanisms for continued improvement and quality assurance.

The First Taiwan-Japan University Presidents’ Forum

During last year’s 8th National Conference on Education, the President of Taiwan, Mr. Ma Ying-jeou, mentioned a new educational initiative being promoted by the Ministry of Education. The initiative aims to increase numbers of international students (from 13% to 2.6% of overall students), enhance the scale of academia-industry cooperation, and ultimately, raise the level of competitiveness of Taiwanese universities. Subsequently, in August this year, the Director General of the Bureau of International Cultural and Educational Relations, Dr. Wen-tong Lin, led a Taiwanese delegation to the 2011 Conference on higher Education in Taiwan and Japan, held in Osaka. During the conference, a suggestion was made: to organize a presidents’ forum that would further promote interaction and exchange between universities in Taiwan and Japan. And thus, with this as a background, the First Taiwan-Japan University Presidents’ Forum was born.

Compulsory Student Society Courses Kick Off at Tamkang

Credit-awarded compulsory student society courses, which began at the start of the academic year, have achieved some noteworthy results. In total, the number of students enrolled in student societies is now 13,000; there have been over 1,000 student society-related activities held so far this semester, with a cumulative total of over 300,000 attendees.

Tamkang Receives a Treasure Trove of Tomes

On Oct. 29, at the 7th Cross-Strait Book Fair held in Xiamen, China, Tamkang received a very unique gift: 2600 books written using simplified Chinese characters. The gift, with a total estimated value of around NT$800,000, consisted of numerous colle...

TKU Student Comes 2nd in EU Contest

TKU student Zhang Wei-xiang recently took part in a contest held jointly by the EU Center in Taiwan and the EU Research Center, NCCU. The contest compared short-films composed by Taiwanese university students on topics related to the European Union. Wei-xiang claimed second place for his film, which displayed his extensive travels through Europe in 2008. He received a cash prize of NT $30,000 and a certificate. The Director of the TKU Graduate Institute of European Studies, Dr. Chin-ching Kuo, explained that Wei-xiang’s film demonstrated just how much Europe treasures the experiences and lessons learned from its history and how it uses these experiences to plan for the future. “That’s why his film gained the approval of the judges”.

TKU Department of English Forges Ties with Waseda

On December 12, Waseda University professor Michiko Nakano came to Tamkang University to deliver a lecture and discuss possible options for enhanced future interaction. During the lecture, Prof. Nakano shared perspectives on English instruction and g...

A Sense of Warmth during the Winter Solstice

On December 22, TKU held two unique activities at both the Lanyang and Tamsui campuses.