International Students at NCKU

Slide 1: Internationalization International Students @ NCKU Fili An 安斐理 -1-

Slide 2: And you are… ? An International Business PhD Student -2- -2-

Slide 3: Originally from Israel… 以色列 -3- -3-

Slide 4: Anything else you want to tell us about yourself ? I’d say I’m somewhat of a “Taiwan Addict”… -4- -4-

Slide 5: The NCKU International Students -5- -5-

Slide 6: The NCKU International Students -6- -6-

Slide 7: How many are we talking about? -7- -7-

Slide 8: Where are they from? -8- -8-

Slide 9: And it’s only the beginning It’s growing…. Fast… -9- -9-

Slide 10: National Cheng Kung University - 10 - - 10 -

Slide 11: NCKU’s Vision What is the university’s vision? (I wasn’t able to find it anywhere, until I attended the president’s presentation about “Global citizen of the 21st Century”…) To preserve Tainan’s heritage as Taiwan’s cultural capital while aspiring to become a full-fledged internationally renowned university, NCKU cultivates future leaders with creativity, humanism, global vision and profound social concerns, and develops transdisciplinary research for the benefit of society and humanity. - 11 - - 11 -

Slide 12: What does internationalization mean? Global Education Standards: “To learn the cutting-edge science, technology and scholarship” Global Understanding : “To learn and understand foreign cultures” Global Communication : “To facilitate international communication and establish personal contacts” Global Reputation : “To upgrade the university’s standing in international community” (Adopted & adjusted from President Lai’s presentations) - 12 - - 12 -

Slide 13: This is what we know about NCKU (NCKU to the international student… Scary…) - 13 - - 13 -

Slide 14: But, there’s an English button… English website doesn’t have much information… - 14 - - 14 -

Slide 15: Walking around Tainan… There are really a lot of beautiful things that we don’t understand… - 15 - - 15 -

Slide 16: And English in Tainan… well… it’s special… - 16 - - 16 -

Slide 17: We really try, but our Chinese is… bad, really bad And we make a lot of silly mistakes… - 17 - - 17 -

Slide 18: So many things we just don’t know how to do… - 18 - - 18 -

Slide 19: This is how we sometimes feel… - 19 - - 19 -

Slide 20: But, in a way … this is why we’re here… Believe it or not… We enjoy it! We just want to fit in… - 20 - - 20 -

Slide 21: So after a few months we thought… - 21 - - 21 -

Slide 22: We try to get together with Taiwanese students - 22 - - 22 -

Slide 23: We made some websites IIMBA Student Council website - Events, news, photos… http://iim.incku.com - 23 - - 23 -

Slide 24: INCKU Forums… Classifieds… Tainan Directory… Events… Photos… - 24 - - 24 -

Slide 25: Let’s get together… We want to meet you … do you want to meet us? INCKU – http://www.incku.com Student council – http://iim.incku.com My blog – http://www.filination.com/blog - 25 - - 25 -