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Tamkang World Forum for Youth Leaders

Date 2014-01-23 5518 Clicks

From January 20th to the 21st, the Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs (OICSA) held a discussion for the Tamkang World Forum for Youth Leaders in the Business and Management Building B302A. This discussion was titled, “The Prospects of the World” and addressed issues such as world peace, democracy, politics, economics, biology and culture. The main point of the meeting was to widen the international perspective of students from Tamkang University through a discussion with students from sister schools.

The Tamkang World Forum for Youth leaders is one of the special activities planned by the College of International Studies. Twelve International students have been brought together from the University of Oxford, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lund University, ESL-Florida Institute of Technology, the University of Florida, Kyung Hee University, Dankook University and Ritsumeikan University. Thirteen student representatives were chosen by Assistant Professor of the Graduate Institute of the Americas, David Lee Kleykamp.

Tamkang University students were granted admission into the event after their English ability had been tested through written compositions and oral interviews. Representatives were then chosen from Tamkang University to share there thesis with the international exchange students for an opportunity for a mutual learning experience.

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