05/18, Principal Yang and Chief of the International Affair, Dr. Chu, went to Canada in the early morning. Even though the plane delayed for 2 hours in the runway during taking off, the commissioner of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver still waited for us in the airport and picked us up. And then we had some discussions about Taiwan and Canada’s cultural exchanging issues. We both had a great talk and also established a school’s contact window in western Canada.

     05/20 Principal Yang visited a successful model of entrepreneur in Canada, Jason Kuo, the CEO of Viva Pharmaceutical Inc., and also the former President of Vancouver, Canada-Taiwan Business Council--President Ke. President Ke succeeded in establishing the health food Kingdom of Canada, and he is now investing heavily and setting up factories in the United States and Brunei. President Ke committed Principal Yang to welcome our students with chemical background get practical training in their company (Vancouver, Brunei). Principal Yang's current visit to Vancouver, Canada-Taiwan Business Council has successfully opened up the pipeline for our graduates’ practical training in Canada, which is an extraordinary achievement.

     05/22 Principal Yang took a morning flight to inland city, Kamloops, visited the Thompson River University (TRU), and signed the MOU with the school principal, Dr. Alan Shaver, which is our school’s first sister school in Canada. Exchanging activities of faculty and students were also beginning to start. The Associate Vice President and CEO of global operations, Dr. WesKoczka, will visit our school on July 2 and 3, and discussed about international cooperation to the Department of Education(for example: 2 +2 Dual Degree Program ). Currently, the numbers of TRU students are about 10,000 people, and there are more than 1,000 international students in TRU. There is a three floor building of international affairs, which is equipped with 60 full-time man powers to strive for the campus internationalization. The achievement of TRU’s international affairs is worth our school’s learning. On the day of Principal Yang’s interview, the school gate raised our flag, showing TRU’s concern of our visit. TRU also wrote a special report of Principal Yang’s visit, and put it on the school home page.

→ the TRU school reports (click)

     05/23 Because the aircraft delayed for 3 hours the night before, when the crew of Principal Yang went back to the hotel, it was already 2:30 in the early morning. However, they still get up at 6:30; ride the ferry to Royal Roads University (RRU) in Vancouver Island to signed MOU for the second sister school in Canada, starting the academic cooperation between NTCU and RRU. Welcoming school professors and RRU professors join in the National Science Council and bilateral cooperation programs, exchanging students, visiting scholars, and foreign short-term study are in scope.
      The Administration Building of RRU is a castle and ancient monument (Hatley Castle was built in 1908). There are about 18 movies shoot in this place. Peacocks shuttle freely in the Campus, adding more beauty of RRU’s sea scenery.

      05/24 Principal Yang delegation flew directly to Los Angeles, California, USA (City of Los Angeles), visited Director Gong of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, and strengthened the communication between NTCU and the Southern California Universities. Gong Director and Principal Yang exchanged their point of views for the domestic higher education. They are very much welcome Principal Yang's visit, and ask Chief Blue, the head of the multi-cultural group to coordinate and assist NTCU related matters in the western United States.

     05/25, Principal Yang delegation visited Director & Professor Rust, the Institute of Education Professor of UCLA, and had extensive discussion about the Master Co-operation for two schools’ education. Later, President Yang delegation visited Dr. Robert McCann, Associate Dean of Anderson School of Management. We also site visited EMBA cases teaching, laying the foundation of future cooperation of NTCU and UCLA School of Management. At 3:30 p.m., Principal Yang and Chief Dr. Chu, head for a formal call on the UCLA Chancellor, Chancellor Dr. Gene Block. They extensively shared academic exchanges issues, and create a link for our school professors went to UCLA as Visiting Professors. It was a big achievement that day to visit at UCLA. Principal Yang also sincerely invited UCLA’s Chancellor to visit our school.

     05/27 ~ 05/30 Principal Yang delegation went to Houston, Texas to participate in the Inter-American educators’ conference. Principal Yang attended the Round Table, and had multi-exchange with Texas university presidents. At the same time, he also accumulated school connections with Texas’s higher education. The Inter-American educators’ conference was set up in 1948, which is the largest organization in North America higher education and academic cooperation, and is also the largest international education of the global number of participants and the number of countries. Our school used this great opportunity to expand international partners and exchange international school thing of the world by the Inter-American educators’ conference.

     05/31~06/03 Chief Dr. Chu headed for New York City from Houston, using the break from intensive training in NYIT to talk about the NTCU/NYIT EMBA innovative program with NYIT Vice-Chancellor Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi. And also discussed about the Digital Department 1 +1 dual Degree Program and the students taking courses at public expense in NYIT draft plan with Dean of Education, Dr. Michael Uttendorfe. He also exchanged opinions about Engineering1 +1 dual Degree Program with Science Department Dean, Dr. Frank Lee.

     Conclusion: The visiting schedule of Principal Yang and Chief Dr. Chu this time is tight, which covered Canada and the United States, signed the two school sisters of the west coast of Canada, and establish the academic exchanging program in Canada. The brief stay in the 6 major cities in North America laid the foundation for the school’s international affairs in North America. In fact, some effects of the international affairs may be appeared many years later. The trees planted by the ancestors letting the descendants’ cool philosophy reflex the consistent beliefs of the school internationalization; and the fruitful results in the future will be shared by teachers and students in NTCU. (Translated by Chia- Feng Hsu)