The Principal of the school’s Thai sister school Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Dr. Nattitep Pitaksanurat, and the group of 15 representatives from Udon Thani Rajabhat arrived on March 20th for a visit and conference with the school’s executive and academic directors for possible cooperation projects.
       The conference was hosted by Principal Yang Szu-wei, Director Hu Feng-rung of the Office of International Affairs & Research Development, Chief Liao Chen-huei, Director of the Office of Student Affairs Lin Tsai-hsiu, Director of the Division of Continuing Education Liu Ying, Dean of Education College Sheu Tian-wei, Dean of College of Management Hu Len-kuo – a total of 9 professors and staff. This is the first formal visit and exchange event between the two schools since the two schools signed the sister school contract in 2006. During the conference, the NTCU and Udon Thani Rajabhat gave brief presentations about their schools and discussed details of possible future partnership. The Director of the NTCU’s Chinese Language Center Lai Cheng-ji indicated that the two schools could begin short-term exchange through summer camps, sending exchange students to each campus to learn new languages so to understand each other’s cultures and reinforce interaction between these two schools.
       After the conference came to an end, representatives from Udon Thani Rajabhat also had a chance to visit the NTCU’s library, campus facilities, Chinese Language Center and Department of Digital Content and Technology. They also dined with the NTCU’s supervising directors for further friendship bonding.