Dec 1, 2006

Events of December, 2006

On Dec.4,2006, Dr. Roland Verhe from the Organic Chemistry Department of Universiteit Gent, Belgium was invited by College of Science to give a talk to graduate students on Dec.4, 2006.


Pictured from left to right: Dr. Roland Verhe, Mrs. Verhe, Ms. Kelly Chiu, Dr. Yung-Ho Chang, Dr. Su-Zhen Tsai.

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Vicky Lo and Peggy Hsu shared their experiences on December 5, 2006 of studying abroad at SMWC and gave advice to the group of 8 students who are going to study at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College on the second semester.


Front row pictured from left to right: Peggy Hsu, Amber Kuo, Bami Wang and Ms. Kelly Chiu
Second row pictured from left to right:: Rania Yang, Joyce Chang, Jing Chang, Iris Chen, Amy Lu, Cecilia Chen, Vicky Lo


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Providence University received Dr. Jun Xing, Vice President for Programs of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia on Dec.15, 2006. Among items discussed at the meeting was the importance of service learning programs.


Pictured from left to right: Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, President Mathew Min Teh Yu, Dr. Jun Xing, , and Chaplain Jack Lee.

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Mr. Thein Aung, Country Representative of Global Family for Love and Peace and part time consultant of Development and Non-formal Education for UNICEF, and writer Mr. Shi-Ying Zhe were invited by the Service Learning Center to speak to students about youth ambassadorships on Dec.19,2006.


Front row pictured from left to right: Ms. Shing-Yi Lin, Mr. Shi-Ying Zhe, and Mr. Thein Aung.
Back row pictured from left to right: Ms.Qi-Hua Yang, Mr. Kai-Zhan Wang, Ms. Cui-Han Lai, and Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein,


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The Office of International Affairs assisted the Department of Ecology with the welcoming of Dr. Joel J. Mintzes from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington who gave a talk on Dec.29,2006 and was a visiting professor of Providence University in 2004. Mrs. Mintzes taught in the Department of English Language, Literature and Linguistics at Providence in 2004.v


Pictured from left to right: Dr. Kuoh-Cheng Yang, Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Dr. Joel J. Mintzes, Dr. Susan Mintzes, , and Dr. Chiung-Fen Yen.

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The Office of International Affairs held a luncheon for Taiwan Scholarship recipients at Providence University which was funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Dec.29, 2006.


Front row pictured from left to right: Ms. Norma Isabel Acuña Martinez,
Back row pictured from left to right: Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Ms. Carrie Yang, Alexander Osmar Ramirez Bazán, Ms. Linda Lee.n