Tamkang University's Chinese New Year Faculty Celebration

2014/01/24

FENG, WEN-HSING

The Chinese New Year celebration for Tamkang University took place in the Student Activity Center on January 24th. The hall was decorated with symbols representing prosperity, good fortune and opportunity as TKU welcomed the year of the horse. The event was orchestrated by the Department of General Affairs and the entire university staff stopped working to celebrate the new year and receive an abundance of prizes.

The ceremony began with President Flora Chia-I Chang expressing a few words of encouragement and gratitude. She first thanked the retirees for their commitment and countless contributions to the university. She also paid special thanks to the professors, researchers and various departments for their efforts through the year that have helped to continually improve and promote Tamkang University. She stated, “Because of the efforts of the staff, this year has been outstanding for TKU. The rewards for research are at an all time high, the enrollment methods have been extremely effective, TKU has been awarded this year’s Friendly Campus Award and the EPA Award, there are over 1,500 international students and Lanyang Campus has 100% English academic curriculum. Your efforts embody TKU’s spirit of excellence.” Afterwards President Chang awarded the College of Engineering with a grant of 150,000 for helping Tamkang University obtain their 8th National Quality Award.

Next came the highly anticipated performances organized by the Office of General Affair’s Hsin-chou Yang. The show was organized into five parts that began with an opening dance performance with both faculty and students. On stage was an uplifting and fiery performance with exotic movements, also in the audience were performers designated to excite the crowd. The large monitors displayed coworkers dancing in tune with the magnificent performance. Next was a comedy skit that featured actors from both the Office of General Affairs with assistance from members of Lanyang Campus. They told a humorous three part story that introduced the duties of the Office of General Affairs. The final performance was dedicated to the staff to show gratitude for all of their efforts for the university. Through out the event a raffle took place and winners received prizes from 2,000 to 30,000 NT. The grand prize was awarded to retiree Wei-tzen Yang who received 30,000 NT.

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