This year was the 2017 21st National Records of the Warring States Business Start-Up Competition and 80 universities offering 496 teams participated and this has been the most on record in the past 11 years. The Kun Shan University Innovative Start-Up and Incubation Center Chairperson Hong-wei Wu led the cross-university team “SETA Advanced Technologies”to win the championship in the “student business start-up” category. Chairperson Wu said that their cross-university team was composed of team members from Kun Shan University, National Cheng Kung University, and National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences. The team’s product entry was technology related to the outer case of the SETA smartphone which the judges very much appreciated. The team’s same product entry already put on a fine showing at the previous Guangzhou Youth Business Start-Up Contest in mainland China. 01.「SETA先達科技」出征戰國策校園創業競賽勇奪冠軍 02.「SETA先達科技」於會場合影 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

Kun Shan University has greatly expanded international academic exchanges over the years. On June sixth KSU Vice President Tien-shang (Les) Lee went to Central America to visit the friendly nation of Belize. Vice President Lee was personally welcomed by H.E.Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) K.Y. Liu. Kun Shan University has about 200 international students representing 11 countries from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The 11 countries include the Republic of Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Saint Lucia. In order to offer potential KSU students relevant course information and entrance opportunities, Vice President Lee personally traveled to Belize to give a KSU introduction presentation, interview KSU applicants, get to know the students, and arrange further school cooperation opportunities. 01.外交部駐貝里斯大使劉克裕(左)親自接待李天祥副校長(右) 02.李副校長與國立貝里斯大學副校長合影 03.多位官學界貴賓共同赴會交流 04.李副校長(中)與貝里斯大學同仁合影 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

Every year the Kun Shan University Chinese Language Center offers a Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of Education Certificate of Proficiency for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language/Foreign Language test preparation course to university graduates that did not major in teaching Chinese language. The students are very pleased and indicate that the course is extremely useful. This year is the third year of offering the course and it already began during the month of May. The students are from the Tainan City, Taiwan area and are composed of teachers, business, as well as KSU faculty and staff. KSU Chinese Language Center Chairperson Mei-tuan Tsai provides a very professional teaching staff for the course who are highly trained in teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language theory and also possess much teaching experience in hopes that all students can give their best possible performance on the test. 01.華語教學考前衝刺開班，聘請專業師資授課 02.師資陣容堅強，務期學員有效掌握考試重點與應試訣竅 03.課程豐富，吸引學員報名 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

During the 2016 academic year graduation ceremony, Kun Shan University graduated more than 3000 students and this is the second time that the school has awarded the Venture (Employment) Fund. This year 118 master’s degree students and doctoral students received a total of NT$10,240,000. KSU President Yan-kuin Su personally gave out the awards and said he hoped that students will use the funds to develop their strengths to achieve success. President Su shared with the audience a key point made by Yale University Peter Salovey at the 2014 Yale University graduation ceremony where President Salovey said that the ability to be grateful is a type of core competitive strength. President Su then urged students to be grateful in order to make oneself strong and offered the current examples of the KSU life-long study program students and KSU students that have earned professional certifications. 01.今年118位日間部碩、博士畢業生皆獲得「創(就)業基金」 02.應屆畢業生齊聚一堂，現場十分熱鬧 03.李正合創辦人(右3)、蘇炎坤校長(左)共同頒發獎項 04.董事長李士崇(左1)頒發獎項 05.蘇炎坤校長與樂齡大學學生合影 06.李正合創辦人(左)、蘇炎坤校長(右)共同頒發獎項 07.蘇炎坤校長親頒創就業助學金 08.綜藝節目主持人張立東送畢業生「烤雞」 09.畢業生親友團一童歡慶畢業 10.畢業生歡慶畢業 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

Kun Shan University Bachelor Degree Program of Food and Beverage Management and Culinary Arts won 7 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 13 bronze medals and also won three overall top-score champion awards at the 2017 Thailand Ultimate Chef Challenge. 1300 participants from 15 countries competed. KSU students participated in eight competition categories which resulted in winning seven gold medals in seven of those categories thus giving KSU the top spot honors of out of all schools that participated. Additionally, in April KSU participated at the Indonesian Salon Culinaire and won six silver medals, 12 bronze medals, and five honorable mention awards. This total amount for awards is the highest total in Taiwan. The 2017 Thailand Ultimate Chef Challenge offers 10 competition categories and the participant with the highest score earns a champion award so it only gives out 10 champion awards. The KSU Bachelor Degree Program of Food and Beverage Management and Culinary Arts won three of them and two of those winners were freshman students. 01.餐飲系師生團隊出征泰國，拿下3金人7金2銀13銅 02.(左起)丁連華、林育廷兩人拿下3座小金人，張耀晟(右)也奪下金牌 03.大二生吳亭萱在「糖塑藝術」職業組拿下金牌 04.餐飲系每每參與國際賽事皆連獲佳績 05.學生現場示範拉糖藝術 06.小金人全球僅頒發10座，餐飲系拿下3座 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

Kun Shan University has an outstanding record of successes including excellence in industry academia cooperation. This is the sixth consecutive year that KSU has been praised by receiving the Chinese Institute of Engineers Industry Academia Cooperation Institution Achievement Award. KSU President Yan-kuin Su personally accepted the award on behalf of the school. The Industry Academia Cooperation Institution Achievement Award recognized the school’s achievements in professional training with industry, cooperation projects, teaching, business development, the establishment of key core technologies, development of unique industries, and success in the “three creativities ”(Create innovations , create ideas, create industries) in regards to the curriculum in order to provide good learning resources for students. 01.崑山科大連續六屆獲頒產學合作績優單位，蘇炎坤校長(右)、研發長侯順雄(左)一同合影 02.崑山科大校長蘇炎坤(左2)代表受獎 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

In order to add fun and enjoyment to the Dragon Boat Festival experience, Kun Shan University held a special Dragon Boat Festival activity for KSU international students (including students from Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan students, and also faculty and staff. All played the traditional holiday game where participants must attempt to set a raw egg straight up on end to make it stand alone on a table without breaking or cracking the egg. They learned how to make traditional (glutinous) sticky rice dumplings and they also participated in the dragon boat races organized by the Tainan City Government Bureau of Education, Tainan City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The KSU Department of Food and Beverage Management and Culinary Arts students specially prepared holiday food, taught all how to make their own individual custom-designed sticky rice dumplings as well as traditional sticky rice dumplings which was an interesting opportunity as many of the participants have eaten but never actually made sticky rice dumplings so it was a lot of fun. Over 100 international students from the Americas, The Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Belize participated. KSU Mandarin Chinese language tutors also participated and taught Mandarin Chinese during the fun activities which made the day very festive. 01.慶端午活動有近百名國際生參與，十分熱鬧 02.陸上龍舟比賽由來自貝里斯的安柴克贏得第一名 03.餐飲系學生親自指導包粽技巧，國際生仔細聆聽 04.立蛋競賽讓大家覺得很有趣 05.獲得創意粽獎項的學生非常開心 06.國際生立蛋成功十分開心 07.國際生獲得獲得傳統粽獎項 08.陸上龍舟競賽非常刺激 09.學生們於會後合影 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

The Kun Shan University Department of Public Relations and Advertising has installed a virtual studio system costing NT$2,500,000 (US$83,000) in order to provide an outstanding learning environment for students. This is the first time that student campus news reporters will be able to train as video news anchorpersons. The students must also learn how to dress and present themselves to a video format in order to understand the professional appearance of a video news anchorperson. Project advisor Associate Professor Pei-fang Tsai said that professionals from industry were invited to teach the students about how to become familiar with the new virtual studio system equipment and this is the first semester to implement this project which hopefully will give KSU students an awesome experience and a unique professional skill set. 01.業師與公廣系師生合影 02.小記者們首次進攝影棚錄製新聞帶 03.黃佩姍指導主播應有的儀態與妝容 04.科技公司副理指導導播技巧與設備操作 05.公廣系實習主播們有模有樣 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

Final results were announced at the Young Pin Design Awards at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1. In the finals Kun Shan University Department of Spatial Design won four awards, the KSU College of Creative Media four departments together earned the “Best Green Environmentally Friendly Vendor Stall Design Award”, and the KSU Department of Visual Communication Design won a “Digital Media Design Award”. Overall KSU was ranked number three in Taiwan for total awards. 01.崑山科大空設系奪四項大獎 全國第一 02.林郁庭《街縫緟蓬-城市策展計劃》獲得空設類金典新秀設計獎 03.楊善迪《戲坪下的府城印象》獲得空設類金典新秀設計獎 04.劉駿誠《均耘－青年共耕聚落》獲得空設類「金典年度新秀設計獎」 05.顧晏慈《常民的小尺度城市啟動》獲得空設類「金典年度新秀設計獎」 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/

The Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Bureau recently hosted the 36th Yodex 2017 Young Designers Exhibition in Taipei City. This is the first time the Kun Shan University College of Creative Media and the Kun Shan College of Creative Media B.A. Degree Program of Fashion and Performance participated together by implementing the opening ceremony. Kun Shan University President Yan-Kuin Su personally went to Taipei to be in attendance for the opening ceremony ribbon-cutting activity while the Kun Shan University B.A. Degree Program of Fashion and Performance students also put on an amazing performance to kick off the start of exhibition. President Su said that the KSU College of Creative Media inter-department graduation project show was outstanding and also the KSU College of Creative Media has made many wonderful achievements such as nominations in the other competitions such as the Red Dot Design Awards, Golden Pin Design Awards, France’s Festival de Cannes, various other short film awards, and the Youth Innovative Design Festival. This is the first year that the KSU B.A. Degree Program of Fashion and Performance has participated in this exhibition and everyone enjoyed their wonderful performance. 01.創媒與民生學院攜手參展，師長出席力挺 02.蘇炎坤校長出席剪綵儀式 03.時尚展演學程帶來精彩的開幕表演 04.公廣系開幕邀請業主共襄盛舉 Data Source: Kun Shan University http://www.ksu.edu.tw/eng/