Executive board of NTUFSA-2006/7

1. President
Mr. Lekhnath Kafle

2. Vice-President
Ms. Eunice Caw

3. Treasurer
Ms. Leela Koosirivaroowan

4. Secretariate committee
Ms. Catherine Wong (Chairperson)
Mr. Alex Yen (Coordinator)

5. Membership Committee
Ms. Pim Soonsawad (Chairperson)

6. Public Relations Committee
Ms. Anita Ravindran (Chairperson)

7. Cultural Committee
Mr. R. Senthilkumar(Chairperson)
Mr. Keshav Adhikari (Coordinator)

8. Sports Committee
Mr. Barrientos Miguel (Chairperson )

9. Publications Committee
Mr. Nutthapol Chongthanapipat (Chairperson )

10. Representatives

11. Advisors
Professor Cheng-Jen Shih PhD
Department of Entomology, NTU
Mr. Hari Kumar Shrestha (former president, NTUFSA)
Department of Agronomy, Phytotron

NTUFSA Executive board, Committees and their responsibilities

1. President & Vice-President

Responsibilities
- Leading and managing the association, making sure that decisions and programs are being carried out effectively.
- Coordinating and helping to create favorable circumstances for implementation of the committees’ programs and plans.
- Acting as a link in between the university and the Association.
- Liaising with different student associations, Office of the Overseas Chinese, Foreign Students’ Association, university administration, management and staff regarding student concerns.

In addition:
- The President is available to respond to any enquiries from international students.
- Preparation of papers for meetings, attending functions and preparing submissions.
- The President and Treasurer must sign all financial documents for such documents to be validated.


2. Treasurer

Responsibilities
- Creating and managing the Association’s budget.
- Issue and renewal of membership.
- Coordinating and organizing Association’s financial records and ensuring those records are properly maintained in conjunction with the President.
- Responsible for custody of all records, ledgers, receipts or documents dealing with the financial affairs of the Association, the accounting process and receipts and disbursements, as well as the administration of funds and the preparation of all financial statements.


3. Secretariat Committee

Responsibilities

- Answering/ forwarding problems or concerns of foreign students to attention of other members
- Drafting semester reports
- Handling the database of past and present members as well as non-member foreign students inside NTU

4. Membership Committee

Responsibilities

- Recruiting new members
- Orientating new foreign students

5. Public Relations Committee

Responsibilities

- Managing interaction with different clubs on and off campus
- Handling extension activities with other public and private institutions
- Alumni linkages

6. Cultural Committee

Responsibilities

- In-charge of Taiwanese Culture immersion events
- Coordinating small activities that would encourage cultural understanding of different countries

7. Sports Committee

Responsibilities:

- Coordinating sports activities that can enhance camaraderie among members

8. Publications Committee

Responsibilities

- In-charge of compiling reports, pictures & write ups of all the events held by the club
- Manages the club’s webpage


9. Representatives

Responsibilities

- Disseminating information to members within their respective colleges and/or dormitories
- Representing their college and/or dormitories in NTUFSA meetings

*Each college and dormitory shall be represented by one member


10. Advisors
- Guide and coordinate the organization

NTU Foreign Student Association

Introduction

As the sole representing and responsible body for and by the foreign students of the National Taiwan University (NTU), the National Taiwan University Foreign Student Association (NTUFSA) represents all foreign students (excluding those with overseas Chinese students status) studying at NTU. Since its establishment in 2001, it has been given the responsibility for the complete welfare needs of the foreign students.

The NTUFSA aims to create the best environment for study and promote stable and pro-active relations between students and staffs. NTUFSA is a common platform where all students can cooperate and through mutual understanding enhance experiences at NTU as well as in Taiwan. This association was progressively evolved under the leadership of Lee Zuan (Singapore), Julie Yamada (Japan), Dr. Krishna Kaphle (Nepal) and most recently Hari K. Shrestha from Nepal. Representing members from 50 different countries is very interesting and challenging work. NTUFSA highlights problems faced by its members and help finds solutions and ways to implement them with the help of Centre for International Academic Exchanges.

All students enrolled at NTU are eligible for NTUFSA membership and can enjoy the same rights. We especially advocate freedom of speech for all members; registered members have the right to vote and to be elected as executive board member.

Objectives

i. To create the best academic environment to the international students at NTU

ii. To promote harmony among all foreign students at NTU

iii. To enhance cooperation among foreign students at the NTU in Taiwan and other student associations and alumni around the world

iv. Organize beneficial educational programs and activities for members.

v. To establish a feedback system through which a yearly evaluation of the educational programs and systems at the NTU can be carried out

vi. To help reinforce relations between the Republic of China (ROC) and countries who are diplomatic allies and/ or friends

General features

- The General Assembly comprises of all members of the Association and is the supreme body of the NTUFSA. It convenes at least once a year, however can be a special session can be convened in case of emergencies.

- Any competent member of the Association who is not expecting to graduate within the current academic year can be elected or nominated on the executive board.

- The election procedure is based on the NTUFSA constitution and can only be altered by a majority vote of the General Assembly.

- Elections are held every year.

- The term of service of the Executive is one year.

Welocme to join NTUFSA family

Dear friends

It is my immense pleasure to welcome you all as a part of greater NTU family and member of National Taiwan University Foreign Student Association (NTUFSA). From my personal experience, it is a great pleasure being here and I am proud and confident in telling this to my new friends that they will agree with me after a short stay. Be it the standard of education, facilities and ample opportunities to grow and mature with abundant knowledge, or widen the horizon of same on different dimension NTU have it all. We at NTUFSA aspire to be there and guide you through your initial days and share the journey during your stay here at NTU.

This campus is well characterized with all three dimensions (3Es) of a university as Education, Experiments and Extension. The contribution to the science and technology by this campus in diversified field is significantly recognized by the world. Qualified faculties, well equipped laboratories, huge libraries with thousands of books, journals and other educational materials and education friendly environment can motivate you to have your great academic career at NTU.

I will be lying and selling dreams if I say NTU is a heaven for students. It is a part of our world; therefore, it has its own limitations. However, it has relatively lesser limitations than all other university do, and the authorities are sincerely determined to improve.
Besides study, you also have great opportunities to learn Chinese culture and language and to discover varieties of Chinese foods. Friendly people, diversified landscape and modern life style will bring you to a different world of experiences than your hometown.

NTUFSA is your friend, your partner and your guide not only at NTU, but also for whole Taiwan. This single official organization at NTU for international students is serving all international students for several years. Single objective of NTUFSA is creating the best academic environment to the international students at NTU and making this campus as a happy home of colorful members from every corners of the world.

Finally yet importantly, I want to extend my heartily welcome you all in our NTU family. Let us work together to make NTU more better, more productive and more interesting, after-all we are the one’s leaving footprints in the sand of time.

Thank you very much. Have nice days in Taiwan.

With best regards
Lekhnath Kafle
President