The world of Tzu Chi (Vol.108)

TZU CHI 108 37 With the festive air of the Chinese New Year celebrations still lingering, a team of five representatives from Tzu Chi University (TCU), led by the Vice President of TCU, Dr Ingrid Liu, departed for the US to participate in a collaborative teaching and research exchange withAndrews University. DrAndrea Luxton and Dr Ingrid Liu from Andrews and TCU respectively signed the partnership agreement to implement a Dual Master Degree programme that will allow students to simultaneously complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Andrews and a Master Degree in Public Health from TCU. In line with its ethos of supporting its students’ participation in a diverse range of learning opportunities abroad, TCU believes that this collaboration with Andrews will broaden the students’ horizons and equip them with a global outlook, besides enabling them to cultivate transferable soft skills, shaping them into well-rounded talents. USA 2019.02.11 Dual Master Degree Collaboration between Tzu Chi University and Andrews University Tzu Chi volunteers in Indonesia have been organizing regular visits to the Tebing Tinggi Prison in North Sumatra. During a visit, the participating volunteers were led by prison warden, Theo Adrianus, on a guided tour of the prison facilities. The volunteers noticed a small worship hall on the first floor that was in a dilapidated state, and proposed to have it rebuilt to provide Buddhist inmates with a proper retreat to practise spiritual cultivation and seek motivation to turn over a new leaf and rediscover their purpose in life. The ground-breaking ceremony for the prison’s worship hall was held on January 7, 2019, officiated by the symbolic gesture of shovelling small mounds of sand to signify the start of the reconstruction project. Indonesia 2019.01.07 Rebuilding Worship Hall in Prison Global News