measures
      educational
      institutions
      and
      employers
      can
     
     
      take
      to
      attract
      and
      retain
      female
      engineers.
     
     
      Individuals
      and
      groups
      wishing
      to
      participate
      in
      the
     
     
      committee’s
      work
      may
      do
      so
      by
      contacting
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      Committee
      on
      Women
      in
      Engineering,
      c/o
     
     
      Faculty
      of
      Engineering,
      NB,
      Box
      4400,
     
     
      Fredericton,
      NB
      E3B
      5A3.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Calendar
     
    

    
     
      Gender
      Issues
      Brown
      Bag
      Luncheon
      -
      Please
      note
     
     
      room
      change
      -
      Soc/Anthropology
      lounge.
      Friday
     
     
      October
      26
      at
      12:30
      pm.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quote
      of
      the
      week:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stop
      Violence
      Against
      Women!
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Professor
     
     
      Focus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Kheng-Wee
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hung-Min
      Chiang,
     
     
      Associate
      Professor
      of
      Psychology
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Professor
      Chiang
      is
      from
      a
      county
      in
      Taiwan
      called
      Hsin
      Chu.
     
     
      (Taiwan
      is
      basically
      on
      the
      other
      side
      of
      the
      Earth).
      Like
      all
     
     
      Chinese
      names,
      Hsin
      Chu
      has
      a
      meaning
      -
      "new
      bamboo",
      and
     
     
      true
      to
      its
      name,
      the
      county
      is
      indeed
      surrounded
      by
      bamboos.
     
     
      Since
      we
      were
      talking
      about
      names
      and
      their
      meanings,
      I
      asked
     
     
      him
      what
      his
      name
      means.
      "I
      don’t
      know
      what
      its
      precise
     
     
      meaning
      is,
      but
      I
      think
      it
      means
      people
      with
      broad
      minds,”
      he
     
     
      explained.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      understand
      Professor
      Chiang
      better
      is
      to
      know
      more
      about
      his
     
     
      background.
      Therefore
      |
      started
      by
      asking
      about
      his
      university
     
     
      life
      back
      in
      Taiwan.
      "I
      went
      to
      the
      National
      Taiwan
      University.
     
     
      The
      difference
      between
      the
      universities
      there
      and
      the
      universities
     
     
      here
      is
      that
      it
      is
      more
      flexible
      here,"
      he
      said;
      "over
      here,
      students
     
     
      are
      allow
      to
      take
      elective
      courses
      but
      in
      Taiwan,
      the
      whole
     
     
      educational
      system
      was
      so
      rigid
      at
      my
      time
      that
      there
      were
      no
     
     
      electives.
      With
      this
      in
      mind,
      the
      pressure
      applied
      to
      the
      students
     
     
      there
      were
      much
      greater!
      Students
      were
      very
      serious
      about
      their
     
     
      studies.
      This
      was
      also
      partly
      because
      every
      single
      students
     
     
      accepted
      by
      the
      universities
      were
      the
      results
      of
      a
      very
      strict
     
     
      entrance
      examination.
      I
      started
      my
      university
      with
      chemistry
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      later,
      I
      discovered
      that
      I
      didn’t
      want
      to
      work
      in
      the
      chemistry
     
     
      area,
      but
      it
      was
      too
      late
      for
      me
      to
      change
      because
      the
     
     
      government
      wouldn’t
      allow
      us
      to
      change
      our
      area
      of
      study.
      So
     
     
      I
      carried
      on
      and
      finished
      my
      degree
      in
      chemistry.
      After
      my
     
     
      degree,
      I
      went
      to
      the
      States.
      I
      went
      to
      Saint
      Joseph's
      College
      for
     
     
      further
      studies
      in
      chemistry
      because
      I
      was
      on
      a
      chemistry
     
     
      Scholarship.
      Nevertheless,
      |
      decided
      to
      switch
      to
      psychology
      after
     
     
      one
      year.
      My
      parents
      disapproved
      of
      my
      plans,
      but
      my
      mind
      was
     
     
      made.
      I
      was
      accepted
      at
      a
      college
      in
      the
      suburb
      of
      Philadelphia
     
     
      called
      Bryn
      Mawr
      College.
      There
      I
      started
      my
      study
      right
      from
     
     
      the
      very
      beginning
      until
      I
      received
      my
      Master
      degree.
      1
      didn’t
     
     
      stop
      my
      education
      there.
      I
      went
      on
      to
      take
      my
      Ph.D.
      at
     
     
      Brandeis.
      My
      Ph.D.
      enables
      me
      to
      teach
      in
      universities,
      and
      |
     
     
      have
      always
      wanted
      to
      be
      a
      teacher.
      It
      was
      my
      childhood
      dream."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Although
      the
      pressures
      were
      great,
      he
      still
      found
      time
      to
      relax.
     
     
      By
      relaxing,
      he
      did
      not
      mean
      partying
      or
      drinking.
      “To
      have
      4
     
     
      good
      past-time
      back
      there,
      I
      remember
      we
      did
      lots
      of
      outings
     
     
      during
      the
      weekends.
      You
      must
      know
      that
      we
      went
      to
      school
     
     
      there
      six
      days
      a
      week,
      we
      had
      to
      go
      to
      school
      on
      Saturdays.
     
     
      Sundays
      were
      the
      only
      days
      off,
      and
      we
      often
      went
      climbing
      the
     
     
      mountains
      and
      have
      picnics
      there.
      That's
      our
      past-times
      as
      4
     
     
      whole
      class.
      Whenever
      we
      went
      out,
      we
      went
      out
      as
      a
      class.
     
     
      Here,
      the
      students
      are
      rather
      different,
      they
      are
      more
     
     
      individualistic.
      They
      have
      their
      own
      friends.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      25,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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