Scholarship Grants in Taiwan For Five NVCians

By Boy Ryan B. Zabal

Some five Aklanon students of the Northwestern Visayan Colleges (NVC) will leave for Kainan University in Taiwan on scholarship grants this August, 2007.
Under its International Honors Program, the four-year college scholarship grants of Kainan University is one of three all-English programs that covers free tuition, air transportation and lodging for the 17 deserving Filipino students from all over the Philippines.
The NVC, a private non-sectarian institution founded on April 7, 1948, has the most number of scholars or ambassadors of goodwill admitted to Kainan University this year.
Ma. Isabel Golamco, Manila Economic and Cultural Office director and chief finance officer, said the NVCians – Rodelyn Lachica of Cawayan, New Washington; Merra Joy Zolina of Guadalupe, Libacao; Ma. Lourdes Victoriano of Pinamuk-an, New Washington; April Joy de Juan of Pook, Kalibo; and John Lester Flores, of Sta. Fe, Romblon are selected for their academic excellence in school.
Other scholars are from Capiz State University and Filamer College with six; Palawan State University and Western Philippine University with three each; and Colegio de Dagupan, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and St. Paul University, Quezon City with one each.
"You will be treasured as the one-of-a-kind you are. I believe that although you are from abroad, in no time you will feel at home here. You can take in the friendly atmosphere on the campus without boundaries, which is suffused with the spirits of multiculturalism, internationalism and globalization," stated Dr. An-pang Kao, Kainan University president in a letter.
Kainan University is located in Luzhu Township, Toayuan County, Taiwan. It is near the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, founded in 1917 as a commercial and technical school. On March 16, 2000, Kainan achieved the university status. It offers four major courses such as commerce, transportation and tourism, informatics, and social sciences.
The university is also regarded as the finest institution with its top-level faculty associated with acclaimed universities such as Stanford, UCLA, Osaka University, the University of Liverpool, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard.
"You can look forward to enjoying colorful campus life, being taught by top-tier scholars, and becoming comfortable in a multi-lingual environment, so that in addition to your academic knowledge, you will be able to be equipped with both Mandarin Chinese and English, two major languages in the world for trade, diplomacy, science and high technology," Dr. Kao stressed.
They will leave for Taipei on time to attend the fall semester which begins on September 10, 2007. /MP