NCKU hosts parent-president conference in Hsinchu - Noodls
President Huey-Jen Jenny Su of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, along with deans and senior faculties, recently hosted a Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli regional conference with parents at Hsinchu Science Park to clarify parents' concerns including student's academic learning, and housing safety.
The opening speech of the conference was delivered by Professor Ming-Hui Peng from National Tsing Hua University. He analyzed the current working environment and encouraged parents to let children take their own responsibilities.
In the conference on May 23, President Su began with the introduction of the development of the 9 colleges at NCKU. Besides, President Su emphasized students' outstanding performance by mentioning that a NCKU team has won the championship of Taiwan Microsoft Imagine 2015 World Citizenship Competition for new generation design recently and will represent Taiwan to compete in Worldwide Finals in Seattle, USA.
President Su said, "NCKU is a top comprehensive university. For our future development, not only will we build up students' solid knowledge in their professional areas, but we hope to foster students with multidimensional ability for interdisciplinary cooperation. "
To connect with the world is another main focus of NCKU. NCKU has established a great image in Southeast Asia over the past 50 years by providing student from Southeast Asia a well-developed learning environment. Now, NCKU's next step is to expand to other states, such as Europe and North America. NCKU aims to offer students the opportunity to learn abroad. Whether exchange study or dual degree program, learning overseas will give students a wider vision, according to President Su.
Moreover, President Su indicated that NCKU will further connect with overseas alumni. Recently, NCKU has work with alumni in Silicon, USA, to help current students seek opportunities in Silicon. Besides, NCKU has gone to alumni in Canada for similar resources. It is important for students to accumulate international experiences.
Some parents also raised the question that should students go to graduate school first or workplace first after graduation. Vice President for International Affairs, Distinguished Professor Yueh-Min Huang said," In Taiwan, most students go to graduate school first, while most students in foreign countries start to work first. It depends."
The question concerning the connection between a major and a career has been raised by parents as well. The dean of Feng-Tyan Lin College of Planning and Design shared his personal experience. After graduating from the College of Urban Planning, he served in the governmental organization. Afterwards, he studied computer science in the US. Finally, he is back to his major, urban planning. Thanks to his diverse background, he is able to communicate with people from different profession.
President Su added, not every successful career has connection to a specific major. NCKU is a comprehensive university where students are able to absorb knowledge of diverse professional areas and thus obtain more choices for their future career.
Since 1998, the NCKU Parent-President Conference has been held regularly in Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. The conference acted as a platform for idea exchange between parents and the university.
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The opening speech of the conference was delivered by Professor Ming-Hui Peng from National Tsing Hua University. He analyzed the current working environment and encouraged parents to let children take their own responsibilities.
In the conference on May 23, President Su began with the introduction of the development of the 9 colleges at NCKU. Besides, President Su emphasized students' outstanding performance by mentioning that a NCKU team has won the championship of Taiwan Microsoft Imagine 2015 World Citizenship Competition for new generation design recently and will represent Taiwan to compete in Worldwide Finals in Seattle, USA.
President Su said, "NCKU is a top comprehensive university. For our future development, not only will we build up students' solid knowledge in their professional areas, but we hope to foster students with multidimensional ability for interdisciplinary cooperation. "
To connect with the world is another main focus of NCKU. NCKU has established a great image in Southeast Asia over the past 50 years by providing student from Southeast Asia a well-developed learning environment. Now, NCKU's next step is to expand to other states, such as Europe and North America. NCKU aims to offer students the opportunity to learn abroad. Whether exchange study or dual degree program, learning overseas will give students a wider vision, according to President Su.
Moreover, President Su indicated that NCKU will further connect with overseas alumni. Recently, NCKU has work with alumni in Silicon, USA, to help current students seek opportunities in Silicon. Besides, NCKU has gone to alumni in Canada for similar resources. It is important for students to accumulate international experiences.
Some parents also raised the question that should students go to graduate school first or workplace first after graduation. Vice President for International Affairs, Distinguished Professor Yueh-Min Huang said," In Taiwan, most students go to graduate school first, while most students in foreign countries start to work first. It depends."
The question concerning the connection between a major and a career has been raised by parents as well. The dean of Feng-Tyan Lin College of Planning and Design shared his personal experience. After graduating from the College of Urban Planning, he served in the governmental organization. Afterwards, he studied computer science in the US. Finally, he is back to his major, urban planning. Thanks to his diverse background, he is able to communicate with people from different profession.
President Su added, not every successful career has connection to a specific major. NCKU is a comprehensive university where students are able to absorb knowledge of diverse professional areas and thus obtain more choices for their future career.
Since 1998, the NCKU Parent-President Conference has been held regularly in Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. The conference acted as a platform for idea exchange between parents and the university.
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