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Student Association of the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University

Purpose for establishment and future outlook

The purpose for establishing this association was to discuss and compare professional architectural work experience, exchange academic thoughts on architecture, engage in mutual cooperation, assist the development of society, the alma mater, and the department, and establish a friendly relationship with graduates from the department. By combining the human and material resources of the architecture department in our school, we will expand the scope of alumni services. For the first time, Chin-Hsiung Lu, who has been an alumnus for 70 years, was elected as the first chairperson. After Shi-Biao He and Cheng Chung Yao, the current and fifth chairperson of the association is Shih-Hsiung Lin.

The Department of Architecture established an alumni association in 1977. However, at the beginning of its establishment, it did not have a clear legal status and operations were somewhat unstable. Nonetheless, it grew gradually under the selfless commitment of successive chairpeople. To establish the legal status of the alumni association of the Department of Architecture, an alumnus of the 13th graduating class, Chin-Hsiung Lu, established the alumni association in 2006. With the full support of several enthusiastic alumni of the Department of Architecture as well as that of Chikung Wang (an emeritus professor of this university), the registration of the association as a legal entity was finally completed. Approval was issued by the Ministry of the Interior on March 10, 2008 (registration no. 0970033211) and the official name of the association became “Alumni Association of the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University, Republic of China.”

Organization

In addition to the chairperson, the alumni association is composed of two executive directors, one executive supervisor, six directors, and two supervisors. The chairperson appoints a secretary general who is responsible for affairs of the association.

The current secretary general is an alumnus; gratitude is extended in particular to alumni volunteers who assisted in the execution of work related to the association.

All of the aforementioned staff serve in unpaid positions and are replaced by term.

Explanation of how gathered funds are used

This association was established according to government regulations and is a nonprofit social organization. It was primarily established to discuss and compare professional architectural work experience; to exchange academic thoughts on architecture; to engage in mutual cooperation; to assist with the development of society, the alma mater, and the department; and to establish a friendly relationship with graduates from the department.

The association hopes to assist with the renewal of teaching, equipment, and the environment in the department through fundraising, and to cultivate the next generation of talented people who are outstanding in architectural practice and research in Taiwan and abroad. Funds collected through fundraising are primarily used for the following:
1. To sponsor the graduation exhibition of the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University.
2. To contribute to scholarship of Chikung Wang for excellence in architectural design in the Department of Architecture, Tamkang University.
3. To sponsor outstanding alumni lectures at the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University.
4. To sponsor the production of the departmental journal for the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University.
5. To sponsor other items proposed by the Department of Architecture in accordance with needs.

Methods for donation

Direct transfer:

Bank, account number, account name

Small online donations

- General items for nondesignated use

- Fund for the graduation exhibition of the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University

- Scholarship of Chikung Wang for excellence in architectural design

Donation instructions:
1. After making a donation, please retain the receipt (such as from a bank, convenience store, and post office) for the convenience of future inquiries.
2. A donation receipt can be issued for each of your donations. Please complete the above contact information in detail and the association will mail it to you by the end of each month.
3. According to provisions of the “Personal Information Protection Act,” the association will properly protect your personal information, which will only be used for business usage according to charity fundraising regulations.

If you have any questions, please contact the association.

The donation list of the fifth Tamkang Architecture Alumni Association: Thanks to the long-term support to the association from alumni members in all fields, the fifth session of the Tamkang Architecture Alumni Association ran from January 2016 to December 2017. Various types of fundraising and donations were primarily used to assist the development of the department. The following is a list of the kind alumni who have made donations during the current session; the sequence of names is ordered according to character strokes in family names.