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NCKU Alumni Return on the 76th School Anniversary and Donate 100 Thousand US Dollars News |
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To recall the reminiscences of the old days in university, a group of 158 alumni, who are over 70 years old, came from around the world to celebrate the 76th anniversary of their alma mater. In addition, they also donated $100,000 US dollars (approx. $3,200,000 NTD) to help building “Si-Yuan Hall (思源廳)”. With the accompany of Mao-Jung Yeh (葉茂容), Director of Alumni Association Center, the alumni toured the old department buildings of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mining & Metallurgical Engineering at Cheng-Kung Campus and the old library at Sheng-Li Campus. They had such a good time that no one wanted to part when the tour came to an end.
Fifty years are not a short time, so the feelings were complicated when those 158 alumni finally got together again at their alma mater 50 years after they left the school. It felt sweet yet melancholy when they saw the long hallway in the old department building, and the corner from memory. They could still find the spot where a few of good friends used to hang out. The trees in front of the department buildings had grown so big that they could hardly recognize. A bittersweet feeling swelled. Back in 1957, the whole university only consisted of six departments: Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mining & Metallurgical Engineering and Architecture. There were not many students and most classrooms were located in the buildings at Cheng Kung Campus. The dormitories and the library were at Sheng-Li Campus. The school was not big but the students had more chances to get together and develop long-standing friendship. It had been 50 years, and the time only seemed not enough for them to catch up on. Director Yeh of Alumni Association Center stated that Ju-Liang Wang (王汝樑) and Jie-Chun Tian (田介純), graduate of Civil Engineering and Architecture of 1957, were a loving couple whom many people envied. When they learnt that NCKU was planning a budget for the building of “Alumni Center”, they immediately called a fund-raising event and received a rapid and enthusiastic response at the 6th Reunion for the Alumni of 1957. They raised $100,000 USD in total and decided to give it all to assist their alma mater with the building of “Si-Yuan Hall” in the Alumni Center. Unfortunately, alumnus Ju-Liang Wang passed away last summer. Mrs. Jie-Chun Tian took upon herself the responsibility to fulfill Wang’s will. She returned to NCKU on November 11th, the day of the 76th Anniversary of NCKU, and represented the alumni of 1957 to donate this $100,000 USD (approx. $3,200,000 NTD) to buy equipment and software for the Alumni Center. In addition, Mr. Chi-Hong Chen (陳治宏), graduate of Electrical Engineering of 1967, is now President of the Alumni Association in North America (北美校友會聯合會). Chen launched an EAU plan (Enterprises-Alumni-University) in response to NCKU’s goal of becoming a top university in the world. He encouraged all the alumni in North America to actively participate in and contribute to NCKU with their international experiences in academia, industry, professional and government. Only through the participation, the connections between the alumni and their alma mater can be strengthened. By holding reunion events and awarding outstanding alumni, they can promote comprehensively the development of professions and the collective performance of the alumni in the world. For the list of alumni of 1957 attending the 76th anniversary, please refer to the Chinese Version. Translated by Edward Wang |
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