Congratulations for the successful holding of the signing agreements between NCHU and UC Davis! |
President of National Chung Hisng University is going to sign cooperation agreements with the Chancellor of the University of California at Davis, USA, paving the way for faculty visits, student exchanges, and collaboration in research and teaching. UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef and NCHU President Jei-Fu Shaw going to sign the five-year agreements on Nov. 28 at a ceremony in the Ministry of Education, Taipei. The agreements call for research and training visits by faculty, information exchanges,joint research activities,and student exchanges. There are  total eight members in Vanderhoef's team.According to Chancellor Vanderhoef, the size of the delegation perhaps is by so far the largest group that UC Davis has ever dispatched to visit other universities. |
Members of the delegation of UC Davis to NCHU include Larry Vanderhoef (Chancellor), Robert Ker (Assistant Vice-Provost), Kenneth C. Burtis (Dean, College of Biological Sciences), Winston Ko (Dean, Division of Mathematical and Physical sciences, College of Letters and Sciences), Neal Van Alfen (Dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences), and professors William J. Lucas, Raymond L. Rodriguez, and Jacquerlyn Gervay Hague. |
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Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, UC Davis (right) and President Jei-Fu Shaw , NCHU (left). |
National Chung Hsing University and the University of California at Davis are already partner universities. They signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) back to 1991. Two years ago Dr. Jei-Fu Shaw and his colleague, Dr. Hong-Kean Ooi, Director of the Office of International Affairs visited the Davis campus and thus rekindled the fire between the two universities. Since Dr. Shaw became the President of Chung Hsing University he has been working hard to promote international contacts for the university. Recent visit by UC Davis delegation is just one of the examples.
UC Davis and NCHU are both famous for their long-time devotion in agriculture areas. This time, the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Van Alfen, of UC Davis is also one of the members of the delegation (see following story). He will meet his local counterpart, Dr. Jenn-Wen Huang, to discuss future contacts and collaboration projects. |
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President Jei-Fu Shaw (left 3) visited Chancellor Vanderhoef (left 2) at his office on the UC Davis campus in 2005. |
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UC Davis has grown to become a prestigious public research university, especially in the arts, humanities, agricultural sciences, health sciences, life sciences, and engineering. UCD also has renowned graduate programs, such as the UC Davis School of Medicine (which includes the UC Davis Medical Center), the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the UC Davis School of Law, and the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. In addition to research and academics, the UCD athletics program is also quite respectable; Aggie teams have recently joined NCAA Division I athletics. UC Davis is also one of the three UC schools with a football team, playing in the Great West Football Conference. Y |
While NCHU started as an agricultural educational institution, it now also offers degree areas of studies including liberal arts, engineering, science, veterinary medicine, life sciences, and social science and management. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) nevertheless remains the oldest and largest faculty within the University. NCHU recently received an honor recognition from the Ministry of Education that it is listed as one of the 12 top universities of the Development Plan for World Class Universities and Research Centers of Excellence, a competitive project of initiatives offered by the government to all the universities on the Island. Y |
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Warmly Welcome Dr. Neal Van Alfen, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis, to visit Office of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on campus. |
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Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Jenn-Wen Huang said that his College Is please to welcome friends of UC Davis. Right now Taiwan agriculture Is experiencing its transforming period and Californian farmers had such experience too. "There Is a great opportunity for us to share knowledge" Huang said. Huang also points out although the agreements cover the whole university It will certainly Include CANR faculties and students too. |
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Dean Jenn-Wen Huang of CANR/NCHU (left) Is ready to work with Dean Neal Van Alfen, CAES/UC Davis (right) to develop exchange programs. |
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¡§I am prepared to work closely with Dean Van Alfen to develop a meaningful and successful partnership with UC Davis.¡¨Huang Said. He also emphasized that fostering relations with California will allow our scholars and students to learn more about International agricultural markets. |
On morning of November 27th, 2007, Dr. Van Alfen visited the CANR Dean's Office at the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Building on campus. Dean Jenn-Wen Huang and his Academic Secretary, Dr Israel Bau- Jen Jiang, welcomed Dr. Van Alfen. Dean Huang gave Dean Van Alfen a few souvenirs as presents. The two deans found out that they shared quite similar educational and employ mental backgrounds. Both of them are well-trained plant pathologists and both had worked as extension professors. They also examined the draft of joint research proposals compiled by Dean Huang. The 25-page proposal is a collection of potential joint research topics voluntarily proposed by CANR faculty members. Before Dean Van Alfen left the CANR Office the two leaders agreed to keep
in touch to promote collaboration and exchange projects between the two universities.
| Dean Jenn-Wen Huang (right 2) gave present to Dean Van Alfen in CANR Office, NCHU campus. |
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Basically they agreed that in the summer of 2008 UC Davis will offer a 10~14-day summer program for NCHU students with the theme on California Agriculture. Dean Van Alfen also agreed to recommend interested colleagues to visit NCHU to offer either short, intensive or a longer (whole semester) course on a broader issue of agriculture. Dean Van Alfen also agreed to consider the possibility of joinly offering an on-line course in the near future. On the afternoon session of discussion Dean Van Alfen, Dean Huang, and President Shaw all agreed to work together, exploring possibility of organizing a joint team to help, say, African people.
Dean Huang is very please about the visit of UC Davis delegation and he says that it will be another milestone for the continued outreach efforts of the faculty members of CANR.
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At UC Davis, USA, their College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) Is divided Into three divisions: Agricultural sciences (10 majors), Environmental Sciences (9 majors), and Human Sciences (8 majors). Dean Neal Van Alfen grew up In California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Birmingham Young University. Later he earned his Ph.D. from UC Davis In plant pathology. He has been working as research scientist and extension specialist at various Institutions Including 10-year experience as the head of Head of the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University (College Station). Dr. Van Alfen joined the faculty of UC Davis In the year of 199 and has been serving as the Dean of CAES since then.
Dean Van Alfen Is an experienced consultant of plant diseases. Currently he Is also on the board and committees of quite a few academic societies. Y
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At NCHU, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Is the largest and oldest college among seven faculties within the University. NCHU started as an academy of agriculture and forestry In 1991 when Japanese military colony government occupied the Island. After several transitions, when Taiwan was recovered by China at the end of World War II In 1945 It Is titled as Taiwan Provincial College of Agriculture. Now It Is a faculty of the National Chung Hisng University. The College was also awarded as No.1 In the RANK I category of agricultural educational Institutions by Ministry of Education In 2005. Six of alumni were each once appointed as the Minister or deputy Minister of the Council of Agriculture, the highest governmental agency In charge of agricultural affairs in Taiwan. Y |
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