NEWS OF DECEMBER, 2005

The lighting of the Christmas tree at Providence was held on December 1, 2005


Front row, pictured from left to right: Luis Anibal Sotto Nunez, Ryoko, Tonren (event coordinator)
Back row, pictured from left to right: Christina, JR Formilleza, Tomomi, Juri, Meiling (Mei Lahi Ilyas), Rei, Chris Carnaham

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On December 12, 2005, Dr. Klaus Gommlich, Professor of English & Director of the ESL Center, visited Providence University and gave a speech on "Good English Language Learners and Teachers".


Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein introduced Dr. Klaus Gommlich before the speech given by Dr. Klaus Gommlich in Gratia Hall, Luking Library.


Mr. Robert Lin, Director of the Taiwan Representative Office (LeadChief International Institute) and Dr. Klaus Gommlich


Students, faculty members, and staff listened to Dr. Klaus Gommlich' speech.


Pictured from left to right: Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Mr. Robert Lin, President Yu, Dr. Klaus Gommlich, Dr. Tse, Kwock-Ping John (Dean of the College of Foreign Languages and Literature), Dr. Wu, E-chou (Chairman of the Department of English Language, Literature and Linguistics )


Art Center Tour
Ms. Lilian Wang (the staff member of the Art Center) and Dr. Klaus Gommlich


Speech "Good English Language Learners and Teachers" was delivered by Dr. Klaus Gommlich

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On December 13, 2005, the delegates of the Ministry of Education (MOE) visited Providence University.


Mr. Carlos Huang introduced Chinese Language Education Center (CLEC) to the delegates of the Ministry of Education.


Mr. Wu, Special Committee Member of the International Office of MOE, gave his comments after the presentations of Providence University.


The delegates of MOE, from left to right: Ms. Chang (General Secretary of the Chinese Language Education Association), Ms. Chen (Secretary of Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission), Ms. Li (Director of Higher Education Office, MOE), Mr. Wu (Special Committee Member of the International Office of MOE), Dr. Yeh (Member of the board of the Chinese Language Education Association).


Panel Discussion
Pictured from left to right: Mr. Carlos Huang, Ms. Theresa Hsia (the Director of CLEC), President Yu, Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Ms. Kelly Chiu, Mr. Wu (Special Committee Member of the International Office of MOE)

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Dr. Kuo-ch'ing Tu, professor of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara (U.S.A.), visited Providence University on December 19, 2005.


Pictured from left to right: Dr. Ming-Jou Chen (Chairman of the Department of Taiwanese Literature), Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein (Director of the Office of International Affairs), Vice President Dr. Shaw-Tao Lin, Dr. Kuo-Ch'ing Tu, Ms. Chen-Chuan Hsu, Dr. Tsui Yang.

Dr. Kuo-Ch'ing Tu and Ms. Chen-Chuan Hsu teach at the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies of University of California, Santa Barbara in U.S.A.

Dr. Tsui Yang is the Associate Professor at the Department of Taiwanese Literature at Providence University.

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The Chinese Language Education Center held a Christmas Party for international and overseas Chinese students on December 20, 2005.


Three international students hosted the Christmas Party.


"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" from students of different countries in their native languages.


Dr./S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Director of the Office Of International Affairs, spoke about the meaning of Christmas.


Ms. Therese Hsia, Director of the Chinese Language Education Center, welcomed students, guests, and friends of Providence University.


Front row pictured from left to right: Ms. Kelly Chiu, Evelyn Chua, Du-Ri Choi
Back row pictured from left to right: Christopher Carnahan, Mr. Victor Hsu

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International Food Fair was held before Christmas for students to experience different kinds of foods by countries on December 22, 2005. International students made the foods by themselves.


South African Food


American Food


Malaysian Food


Japanese Food

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The Office of International Affairs held an Exchange Student Workshop to promote exchange program for students on December 22, 2005.


Ms. Kelly Chiu (on left-hand side), the host of the workshop, answered the questions from students.


Students who received prizes took a group picture.

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One of the exchange students came back from Korea to visit Ms. Kelly before Christmas.


Pictured from left to right: Ms. Kelly Chiu, Bo Ram Han

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Christmas Greetings from the Office of International Affairs on December 23, 2005

NEWS OF NOVEMBER, 2005

On November 8, 2005, Providence University extended a warm welcome to Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis, President of the University of Belize.


President Yu also signed an exchange agreement with Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis, President of the University of Belize.


Library Tour with our guests
Front row pictured from left to right: Sister Tsai (the Director of the Luking Library), Mr. Zi-Li Xu (a good friend of Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis in Belize ) and Mr. Jun-Jun Zhang (the Officer of the Ministry of Education)
Back row pictured: Mr. Victor Hsu (the staff member of the Office of International Affairs)

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Providence University welcomed our distinguished guests from Australia and Canada on November 14, 2005.


Pictured from left to right: Dr. / S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Dr. Shaw-Tao Lin (Vice President), Dr. Deborah Bird Rose (Australian National University), Mr. Tim Kulchyski (Researcher, University of Victoria), Dr. Yih-Ren (Oliver) Lin (the Department of Ecology), Ms. Yueh-Ling Lu (Secretary of the Office of Research and Development)


Library Tour
Ms. Gladys Lu (the staff member of the Luking Library) demonstrated the web system of Luking Library.

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Providence University was delighted to have guests of Juseong College from Korea visit us on November 14-15, 2005.


Picured from left to right: President Matthew Min-Teh Yu, Dr. Eui-Sik Shin on November 14, 2005


Pictured from left to right: Dr. / S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Dr. Eui-Sik Shin on November 14, 2005


Pictured from left to right: Dr. Eui-Sik Shin, Ms. Kelly Chiu (the staff member of the Office of International Affairs) on November 14, 2005


President Yu signed an exchange agreement with President Jeong, Sang Gil of Jeseong College on November 15, 2005


Art Center Tour on November 15, 2005

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On November 16, 2005, our guests of Sangmyung University from Korea were warmly welcomed by Providence University.


The exchange agreement was signed by President Matthew Min-Teh Yu and Dr. Myoung-Duck Seo, President of Sangmyung University


Pictured from left to right: President Matthew Min-Ten Yu and President Myoung-Duck Seo


Pictured from left to right: President Matthew Min-Ten Yu, Dr. Myoung-Duck Seo (President of Sangmyung University) and Dr. Seok-Hwan Kwon (Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Sangmyung University)

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Providence University welcomed the faculty members of Polytechnic University of the Philippines on November 17, 2005.



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Dr. Falkenstein met with representatives of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in November to express her gratitude for all the support they have given to Providence University students over the years and to discuss ways in which to further develop opportunities for exchanges between the two institutions.


Pictured from left to right: Ms. Mary Helen Clayton, Theresa Denton and John Loftus

NEWS OF OCTOBER, 2005

Providence University staff members and students are delighted to participate in the 2005 Reception for Taiwan Scholarship Recipients held at National Normal University on October 7, 2005.




Speech and Performance organized by Ministry of Education, Taiwan and National Taiwan Normal University Six Taiwan Scholarship recipients from Providence University are shown posing at Providence University’s booth.

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Dr. Su-Jen Tsai from the Department of Applied Chemistry held a reception for the international and local speakers of “The Post Conference of the 8th Asian Conference on Analytical Sciences” on Oct. 20, 2005.


Pictured from left to right: S. Anne Therese Falkenstein, Prof. Fu-Chou Chen, Prof. Yung-Ho Chang,Prof. Su-Jen Tsai, Prof. Paul R. haddad, Prof. Gary M. Hieftje, Mrs. Hieftje, Prof.. Shigeru Terabe, Prof. Ching Erh Lin, Prof. Bing Cheng Lin,, Ms. Zheng-Lan Wang and Mr. Yo Sheng Zhong


Pictured from left to right: Prof. Shigeru Terabe, Prof. Ching Erh Lin, Porf. Bing Cheng Lin and Prof. Yong He Chang


Pictured from left to right: Prof. Tsai, Prof. Haddad and Prof. Hieftje

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On October 31, 2005, Providence University welcomed President Supol and his faculty members and staff of BANSOMDEJCHAOPRAYA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY from Thailand.

NEWS OF SEPTEMBER, 2005

On September 8, 2005, S. Anne Therese gave a power point presentation at Russian State University for Humanities.


Pictured from left to right: Former Providence University professor, Dr. Boris L. Riflin and Dr. Makarova Natalie Yakovlevna of Russia State University for Humanities.


Pictured from left to right: Visiting Research Professor Dr. Vivian Lai of Providence University, Taiwan, Dr. P. Tomasik, Head of the Department of Chemistry at Agricultural University of Kracow and Dr. Anne Therese Falkenstein of Providence University met in Poland in September, 2005

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Congratulations to the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, who successfully completed a training program with Shirayuri College, Japan held from September 16 to 29, 2005.













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Providence University welcomed Dr. Matsuura Akira of Kansai University on October 13, 2005.


Pictured from left to right: Dr. Matsuura Akira and Vice President Shaw-Tao Lin


Pictured from left to right: Dr. Kikuchi Noriuki, Dr. Hujuwara Chiemi, Dr. Wen-Ming Chen, Dr. Huan-Chi Tseng, Dr. Matsuura Akira, Vice President Shaw-Tao Lin, Dr. Ming-Fu Wang, Dr. Kuo-Ping Hsieh, Dr. Jo-Shan Chiu and Dr. / S. Anne Therese Falkenstein

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The Office of International Affairs hosted the 2005 New International Student Luncheon on September 24 at Aloha Restaurant in Shalu.


Pictured from left to right, first row: Jessie, Elena, Lucy Choi, Choi Sunsuk, Park Kyoung Uh, Ndoyombaye Justin, JR Formilleza, Dr. / S. Anne Therese Falkenstein and Ms. Yi-Wei Chyi
Second row: Evelyn Chua, Yi-Chen Wu, Ms. Iris Jin, Marsha Divina, Du Eun-Ju

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On September 28, 2005, Providence University’s College of Management welcomed administrators and professors from Capital University of Economics and Business, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, South Western University of Finance and Economics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Jilin University, Central South University, Shandong University of Finance, Shandong Agricultural University, Beijing National Accounting Institute, Hubei University of Economics, Nankai University, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shanghai University, Chongqing University, Soochow University, The Central University of Finance and Economics, and chief editor of Friends of Accounting.





Pictured from left to right: President Wen Kuei and President Matthew Min Teh Yu





Reception and discussion forum in the conference hall at Luking Library.

President Yu also signed an exchange agreement with President Wen Kuei of Capital University of Economics and Business.



Pictured from left to right: President Wen Kuei and President Matthew Min Teh Yu