Tunghai University

Tunghai University
東海大學

Motto	求眞篤信力行^[1]
Motto in English	Truth, Faith, Deeds^[1]
Type	Private
Established	1955
President	Ming-Jer Tang
Location	Xitun, Taichung, Republic of China (Taiwan) 24°10′41″N 120°36′13″E / 24.1779605°N 120.6036615°E / 24.1779605; 120.6036615Coordinates: 24°10′41″N 120°36′13″E / 24.1779605°N 120.6036615°E / 24.1779605; 120.6036615
Campus	Urban
Mascot	None
Affiliations	Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia
Website	www.thu.edu.tw

Tunghai University

Traditional Chinese

東海大學

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōnghǎi Dàxué
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tang-hái Tāi-ha̍k

The Luce Memorial Chapel is a Christian chapel on the campus of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. It was designed by the architect and artist Chen Chi-Kwan in collaboration with the firm of noted architect I. M. Pei, and named in honor of the Rev. Henry W. Luce, an American missionary in China in the late 19th century and father of publisher Henry Luce.

Tunghai University (THU; Chinese: 東海大學) was founded by Methodist missionaries in 1955 as a comprehensive university, the first private university and the second oldest university in Taiwan. The university is located in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan, an urbanized area. On the grounds, the Luce Memorial Chapel (designed by noted architect I. M. Pei) is a local landmark. The logo of the university contains a cross in reference to the statement in the founding documents that it was "founded in the love of Jesus," and the three linked circles refer to the Holy Trinity as well as the motto, "Truth, Faith, Deeds".^[1]

The name "Tunghai" is the Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese characters 東海 (Dōnghǎi in pinyin), literally meaning "the east coast of the Taiwan Strait".

History

Tunghai University was founded on Ta-tu Hill, west of Taichung City, in 1955 by Methodist missionaries.^[2] The school was named "Tunghai" ("east sea") based on its position east of the Taiwan Strait.^[3]

List of presidents

Beauson Tseng, 1953-1958
Teh-Yao Wu, 1958-1972
Ming-Shan Hsieh, 1972-1978
Mei Ko-wan, 1978-1992
Ta-Nien Ruan, 1992-1995
Kang-Pei Wang, 1995-2004
Haydn Chen, 2004–2012
Ming-Jer Tang, 2013-

Academics

Tunghai University is organized into nine colleges of agriculture, engineering, fine arts & creative design, humanities (called the "College of Arts"), international studies, law, management, science, and social science, which contain 34 academic departments.^[4]

Chinese Language Center

Established in 1970,^[5] Tunghai's CLC was the first language training center in central Taiwan.

Library

The Tunghai University Library

The Tunghai University Main Library is located at the end of the Campus Mall. Library holdings include, approximately, 600,000 volumes, 6,515 current serials, 21,523 electronic serials, nonprint formats, and rare books.^[6]

Student societies

Wei-Mei Climbing Wall

Tunghai has more than one hundred student societies.

The Wei-Mei Climbing Wall was completed in 2004, in memory of Wei-Mei Lin, a leader of the Mountain Climbing Club, who died in a mountain accident in 2001. It is 12 meters high and 9 meters wide. In 2007, the wall burned down. It is now being rebuilt.

Notable alumni

Pan Shih-wei, former Minister of Labor
Tu Weiming (1961), ethicist and New Confucian, Harvard-Yenching Professor Emeritus of Chinese History and Philosophy, Harvard University
Kris Yao (1975), architect
Ping-hui Liao (1976), professor of Taiwan studies
Yu Shyi-kun (1985), Democratic Progressive Party politician
Tien Hung-mao, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kevin Tsai (1985), television host on Kangxi Lai Le
TC Lin (1988 exchange student), filmmaker, photographer, and writer^[7]
Ben Wang, professor of materials engineering^[8]
Yang Mu, poet
Yu Chun-fang, Sheng Yen Professor Emerita of Chinese Buddhism, Columbia University
Chiu Ching-chun, Magistrate of Hsinchu County
Ho Ping, film director.

References

1 2 3 "Tunghai Totems (in Chinese)". Tunghai U. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "History". Tunghai U. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Tunghai Totems (in Chinese)". Tunghai U. Retrieved 2014-11-06. 杭氏見該地適在臺灣海峽的東側，傾向用「海東」兩字，經凌純聲先生建議「東海」一名更佳，乃告決定。(Transl.: Mr. Hang, seeing the site on the east side of the Taiwan Strait, proposed the name "Haitung" ("east of the sea"). Mr. Ling proposed that "Tunghai" ("east sea") would sound better, and it was decided.)
↑ "Introduction". Tunghai U. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ "Introduction". 東海大學華語中心 (Tunghai CLC). Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Library of THU, Trad. Chinese
↑ Woodworth, Max (2002-03-17). "Atypical Taiwanese". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
↑ "Ben Wang". Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

External links

Tunghai University, English is selectable
Tunghai University Library, English is selectable
Association Of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia, ACUCA
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

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University of Art and Sports	National Taiwan University of Arts Tainan National University of the Arts Taipei National University of the Arts National Taiwan Sport University National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport

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Junior Colleges	Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management Chung Jen College of Nursing, Health Science and Management Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management Kaomei College of Health Care and Management Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management Shu Zen College of Medicine and Management St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College Tzu Hui Institute of Technology Yuh-Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management

Military and Police Academies

Military Academies	Air Force Institute of Technology Army Academy R.O.C. National Defense Medical Center National Defense University Republic of China Air Force Academy Republic of China Military Academy Republic of China Naval Academy

Police Academies	Central Police University Taiwan Police College

University Alliances

Present	Joint Private Medical Universities Admissions System University System of Taiwan Taiwan Comprehensive University System European Union Centre in Taiwan University System of Taipei

Defunct	Taiwan Joint Normal University System Taiwan University System University System of Formosa

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Taiwan	Aletheia Chang Jung Christian Chung Yuan Christian Fu Jen Catholic Providence Soochow St. John's Tunghai Wenzao

Thailand	Asia-Pacific International Assumption CUT Payap

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Tunghai University

History

List of presidents

Academics

Chinese Language Center

Library

Student societies

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links