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17.2.6
NTUST's Collaboration with NGOs for SDGs
1. Student Volunteering ProgrammesNTUST encourages students to apply their technical expertise in volunteer service, working with NGOs, local communities and international partner universities to bring engineering, design and education capacity to rural areas, disaster-hit communities and developing countries.1.1 USR "Engineers in Action" (EIA) ProgrammeOne of NTUST's flagship USR programmes, EIA brings together faculty, Taiwanese students and international students who work with local non-profit organisations, partner universities and residents in Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Japan and rural Taiwan. In 2025, teams restored a greenhouse and built a crop dryer and composting system in Pacet Village, Indonesia, with Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) and Osaka Institute of Technology; repaired roofs, plumbing, electrical systems and installed automatic irrigation in the Gubug Lazaris community with Widya Mandala Catholic University; installed a post-earthquake rapid building safety assessment system and multilingual evacuation signs at a shelter in Kawakami Village, Nara, Japan; and built an outdoor reading corner and sports field at Long Tuyen 2 Elementary School, Can Tho, with Can Tho University. In Taiwan, the programme has served the Atayal community of Dongyue, Nan'ao (Yilan) for six consecutive years since 2020; in 2025 about 60 students and teachers from NTUST, Songshan Agricultural and Industrial Vocational High School, Osaka Institute of Technology and Widya Mandala restored the Snake Mountain trail and produced community guide signs. EIA is an international-collaboration project in the MOE's 4th-phase USR programme, was invited to present at the 2025 Osaka World Expo, won the Sustainable Curriculum Excellence Award at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards, and has trained nearly 1,000 students.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST Engineers in Action join Japan and Indonesia to serve Dong'ao tribal community https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138039,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural communities https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138260,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-10-08] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST Engineers in Action serve communities in Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140988,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-03] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST USR gains international visibility as Engineers in Action is invited to Osaka Expo https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142778,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-03] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech USR Program, Engineers in Action, gains global spotlight at Osaka World Expo https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-143617.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST wins two awards at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148245,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-09-21] Central News Agency (Chinese)|NTUST brings together USR practice from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Indonesia: from local revitalization to international co-creation https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/4447501.2 USR "Chengnan Unlimited / Urban–Mountain Town" Nepal Volunteering (with Jhu Jhu Mama Children's Education and Care Association)Associate Professor Po-Chien Hsiao (Department of Civil and Construction Engineering) leads students in a long-term partnership with the Taipei Jhu Jhu Mama Children's Education and Care Association (珠珠媽媽兒童教育關懷協會), working in the Himalayan mountain town of Pisang, Nepal, on orphanage slope stabilisation, post-earthquake housing reconstruction and a storytelling house. In July 2024, when heavy rain washed out the road to Pisang, 13 students went instead to the Bodhichitta Development Society orphanage in Pharping, south-west of Kathmandu, levelling the slope and building a hand-laid slate pathway using traditional Paiwan techniques, and teaching Chinese to the children. In summer 2025 the team returned to Upper Pisang to convert a century-old house into a "Story Café", build a retaining wall, install signage and guide maps, plan evacuation routes, deliver earthquake-preparedness education at Manang School, and supply and repair facilities at two Kathmandu orphanages.Related news and web links:▸ [2024-07] NTUST News (English)|USR Beyond Borders: Taiwan Tech Students Build a Pathway for an Orphanage in Nepal https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-127813.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST deepens engagement in Nepal's mountain town for local revitalization and disaster education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140536,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech empowers Nepal's mountain communities with local revitalization and disaster education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-141506.php?Lang=en1.3 Global Youth Leadership Programme – UN SDGs Forum (with the Social Impact Investment Fund and New Taipei City Chinese Youth Growth Foundation)From 28 to 30 October 2024, NTUST, the Social Impact Investment Fund (SIIF) and the New Taipei City Chinese Youth Growth Foundation held the UN SDGs Forum in Okinawa, Japan, together with the USR "I-Villages" project. Nearly 100 university and high-school youth ambassadors from 30 countries took part, and more than 32 youth representatives received pre-departure online training and field training. Groups proposed solutions on climate change, environmental protection and social development, compiled into the "Okinawa Declaration", which was submitted to COP29 in Azerbaijan.Related news and web links:▸ [2024-11] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST hosts international SDGs Forum gathering youth ambassadors from 30 countries for the Okinawa Declaration https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-130897,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-11-07] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech hosted the international SDGs Forum for Okinawa Declaration on Global Sustainability https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-132601.php?Lang=en▸ [2024-12] Taiwan News|Taiwanese youth contribute to COP29 statement https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/59890961.4 Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team: STEAM equity for rural schoolsThe "Sweet Potato Ball" Volunteer Team of the Bachelor Program of Applied Science and Technology delivers STEAM maker education (3D printing, laser engraving) to rural schools in seven cities and counties (New Taipei, Miaoli, Hsinchu, Changhua, Nantou, Yilan, Hualien), with 22 customised courses serving over 510 people. It received the MOE Youth Development Administration's Youth Volunteer Award (Rising Star) in 2025, was received by the President, won a further Youth Volunteer Excellence Award in 2026, and held an exhibition with free workshops at Bopiliao, Wanhua.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-05-20] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team brings STEAM maker courses to rural areas and wins Youth Volunteer Award https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136716,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-08] NTUST News (Chinese)|Turning technical skills into impact: Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team exhibition https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-146363,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-08] NTUST News (English)|From Technical Skills into Social Impact: Taiwan Tech Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148257,r1182.php?Lang=en1.5 Hualien post-flood clean-up volunteeringOn 4 October 2025, the NTUST Student Association and the EMBA/EDBA Alumni Association mobilised nearly 100 volunteers (about 60 students and 34 alumni) to help clear silt and restore homes in Guangfu Township, Hualien, with the Alumni Association and partner companies providing funding and supplies.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-10-14] NTUST News (Chinese)|Nearly 100 NTUST students and EMBA alumni volunteer in Hualien flood clean-up https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-141169,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-10-14] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech Student Association and EMBA alumni join Hualien Cleanup https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142263,r1182.php?Lang=en2. Research ProgrammesThrough the Center for General Education's Social Practice Courses, NTUST students carry out action research with NGOs, foundations and communities on real-world social issues, while USR teams conduct applied research with local organisations and return the results to the field. 2.1 Center for General Education – Social Practice CoursesThe Center for General Education operates a Social Practice Course System in which students submit individual or group proposals and complete social practice projects with external NGOs, communities and institutions. A cumulative 8,350 projects have been completed; SDG 4 (Quality Education) accounts for the largest share (55%), and the group-proposal participation rate is 53.85%. The courses are linked with USR projects (e.g., the One-Ping Landowner project, Spark+, Engineers in Action, Vital Creative Aging) as a practice-based research platform.Related news and web links:▸ Website: CGE Social Practice Course System https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/▸ Website: Social Practice Course statistics https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/news/chart2.2 "Empathy Social Lab: CGE Social Practice Week" (with the Spring Sprout Social Innovation Association, Reed Women Power and Mekong Cultural Hub)The first Social Practice Week (5–9 May 2025) partnered with the Spring Sprout Social Innovation Development Association (春芽公益創新發展協會) and the Reed Women Power initiative (蘆葦女力) on "Handmade × Empowerment", a bilingual workshop upcycling coffee-bean burlap sacks to explore the circular economy and women's empowerment, and with the Mekong Cultural Hub on "Voices from Mekong", featuring speakers from Laos and Thailand (Blue Chair Film Festival, Prayoon for Art Foundation) on environmental change in the Mekong basin. The second edition (May 2026) focused on energy, with nine exhibitions, talks and site visits and an expected 1,000+ participants.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-05-14] NTUST News (Chinese)|Upcycled burlap bags and a Mekong film showcase: NTUST Social Practice Week https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136525,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-05-14] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech Social Practice Week promotes eco action and global dialogue https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-137262,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-05-19] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST launches Empathy Social Lab – CGE Social Practice Week https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147817,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-05-19] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech launches "Empathy Social Lab – CGE Social Practice Week" https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-149104,r1182.php?Lang=en2.3 Chengnan Forum & Social Practice Expo (with the Taitung County Sustainable Development Association and NTNU Social Practice Center)On 5 December 2025, the Center for General Education, the MOE USR project Spark+ and the NTNU Social Practice Center co-hosted the Chengnan Forum and 2nd Social Practice Expo on "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact". The Taitung County Sustainable Development Association shared fishing-village sustainability research, and student teams presented practice-based research on the restoration of Guoben Farm, Dong'ao culture and sustainability, mental health, urban–rural technology and renewable-energy education.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-12-26] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST Chengnan Forum and Social Practice Expo turn knowledge into impact https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143391,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-26] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech's Chengnan Forum and Social Practice Expo turn knowledge into influence https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143608,r1182.php?Lang=en2.4 International student team "ECO 4TUNE" in the NGO-organised "Explore Taiwan 120h" competitionECO 4TUNE, a team of master's students from Indonesia, Kenya, Vietnam and Taiwan in the Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, competed in the 10th "Explore Taiwan 120h" (theme: "Sustainability in Action"), co-organised by the CTCI Education Foundation and the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE), a leading sustainability NGO in Taiwan. Over five days the team explored sites mapped to the 17 SDGs (e.g., TCC DAKA Circular Park, Luanshan Forest Museum, New Taipei Metropolitan Park) and won third place.Related news and web links:▸ [2024-05] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST international student team designs a Taiwan SDGs exploration tour https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-124911,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-05] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech forms international student team for customized Taiwan SDGs exploration tour https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-126348.php?Lang=en▸ [2024-05] United Daily News (Chinese)|NTUST international student team shines at Explore Taiwan 120h with SDGs https://udn.com/news/story/6928/79599582.5 Feitsui Reservoir water-environment research (with Rotary Clubs and Pinglin tea farmers)Associate Professor Ho's team (何嘉浚) (Department of Civil and Construction Engineering) runs "Clean Water, Fragrant Tea, Shared Prosperity", working with Pinglin tea farmers, nine companies and Rotary Clubs to develop slow-release low-phosphorus fertiliser and bioretention (LID) facilities that reduce phosphorus runoff into Feitsui Reservoir, cutting about 500 kg CO2 per hectare per year. Rotary and corporate partners purchase low-carbon tea, and the project has built an international research platform involving experts from nine countries. It won the Industry Co-creation Model Award at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards.Related news and web links:▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST wins two awards at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148245,r1182.php?Lang=en2.6 USR Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center (with Daxue Village, Da'an District)Since 2024, the USR team of Distinguished Professor Chiou (邱建國) has worked with the Daxue Village Office in Da'an District, Taipei, on structural testing and risk assessment, converting an idle old building into a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center with a disaster education room, supplies room, evacuation route maps and an inventory system. Opened in 2025, it provides disaster-preparedness training for residents.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST USR team and Daxue Village revitalize an old building into a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142185,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech USR Team transforms old building into Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142930,r1182.php?Lang=en3.Development of Educational ResourcesNTUST faculty and students co-develop teaching materials, learning tools, courses and exhibition resources with foundations, community organisations and rural schools, bringing SDG knowledge into communities, Indigenous villages and schools.3.1 USR "Vital Creative Aging": art-based creative ageing curriculumThe USR "Vital Creative Aging" team works with community senior-learning centres, with students designing art-based creative ageing courses and activity materials that help elders recall "the four seasons of grandparents' memories" through painting and co-creation, supporting healthy ageing and intergenerational inclusion (SDG 3, SDG 4). The materials are featured in the USR column of the Social Practice Course platform.Related news and web links:▸ [—] NTUST USR website|NTUST USR "Vital Creative Aging": blending art into grandparents' memories of the four seasons https://usr.ntust.edu.tw/news/26▸ Website: CGE Social Practice Course System https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/3.2 USR "Spark+" energy-education toolkits and science summer schoolSince 2023, the Spark+ team has run a science summer school at Tongmen Elementary School, Hualien, and signed an MOU with Taipower's Eastern Power Plant. It developed the interactive board game "Energy Monopoly" (simulating wind power with blowing balls and hydropower with PET bottles), course modules "Where Does Green Energy Go?" and "Saving Power Starts with Me", interactive displays for the Mugua River Story Museum, and a planned local power and culture video documentation project, bringing energy education into Indigenous classrooms.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST News (Chinese)|From tribal classrooms to engineering sites: NTUST Spark+ builds a bridge for energy education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-139425,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST News (English)|From Indigenous Classrooms to Engineering Sites: Taiwan Tech's Spark+ energy education project https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140045,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2024] NTUST USR website|Spark+ | 2024 Summer School Special Issue https://usr.ntust.edu.tw/news/303.3 Science Popularisation Train: green-energy lesson designIn the course "Introduction to Green Energy and Sustainability Education", Associate Professor Sen-Tung Wu (Graduate Institute of Energy and Sustainability Technology) led 35 university students to develop safe, engaging energy lesson plans and problem-based experiments (e.g., a light-up Lunar New Year card circuit, water rockets), delivered to about 40 pupils at Yutian Elementary School, Jiaoxi, Yilan, during the winter break.Related news and web links:▸ [2026-03-12] NTUST News (English)|Professor Sen-Tung Wu from Taiwan Tech bridges urban–rural learning gap through science outreach https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-146727.php?Lang=en3.4 Partnership with the Taipei Culture Foundation at Huanmin New Village (Toad Mountain): Chengnan Learning NetworkIn 2026 the Center for General Education signed an MOU with the Taipei Culture Foundation, using Huanmin New Village at Toad Mountain as a teaching base for courses such as "Chengnan Mini-Tours", "Art and Public Environment" and "Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development", with planned on-site courses, workshops and exhibitions linking nearby sites (e.g., Treasure Hill Artist Village) into a "Chengnan Learning Network". The 2nd STREAM Immersive Summer School (2025) also used Treasure Hill, Jiahe New Village and Huanmin New Village as field sites, where university students guided senior-high students to design local "social prescriptions".Related news and web links:▸ [2026-08-31] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST partners with Huanmin New Village (Toad Mountain) to bring general education into the Chengnan cultural corridor https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-151078,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-08-31] NTUST News (English)|Taiwan Tech partners with Huanmin New Village to bring general education into the community https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-151734,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-08-05] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST STREAM immersive summer school: 'the community as classroom' https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138994,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw3.5 Indigenous cultural exhibitions and disaster-education materialsThe Indigenous Student Resource Center and Indigenous youth club conducted fieldwork in the Atayal community of Jinyue, Nan'ao, curating the exhibition "hata – Still on the Road". The Nepal volunteer team, with the Jhu Jhu Mama association, designed a tri-fold disaster-preparedness leaflet, and Engineers in Action produced multilingual evacuation signs in Kawakami, Japan, turning disaster knowledge into locally usable educational resources.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-09-25] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST 'hata – Still on the Road' exhibition goes into an Atayal community https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140656,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST deepens engagement in Nepal's mountain town for local revitalization and disaster education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140536,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-10-08] NTUST News (Chinese)|NTUST Engineers in Action serve communities in Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140988,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw4. Summary of News Coverage
16.3.4
NTUST Chengnan Forum: A Neutral Platform to Discuss Issues
NTUST's General Education Center has held the Chengnan Forum (城南講堂) every year since 2022. It gives government officials, industry representatives, researchers and other stakeholders a platform to present different views on major public policy issues. The series is academic and non-partisan: speakers set out their own views, answer questions and discuss with participants, so the university can host open discussion of unsettled policy questions without taking a single institutional position. Past themes: 2022 "Professionalizing General Education: Teaching and Practice"; 2023 "Professionalization of General Education"; 2024 "Sustainable Place-Based Studies Co-Created by Faculty and Students"; 2025 "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact".Theme 1: Bridging Professional and General EducationRelated forum sessions2022 Chengnan Forum, "Professionalizing General Education: Teaching and Practice" (18 Nov 2022, IB-101)2023 Chengnan Forum, "Professionalization of General Education" (20 Oct 2023, IB-202)SummaryThis theme asks how universities can bring humanities literacy and cross-disciplinary thinking into professional and technical courses, while giving general education courses real disciplinary depth. In 2022, several national general-education teaching award winners and well-known professors shared methods for adding general education to professional courses, and the forum encouraged faculty across departments to teach general education. In 2023, Distinguished Chair Professor Liu Bo-hong (Chienkuo Technology University) set out two meanings of "professionalizing general education"; Director Ma Ai-hsuan (NCCU), Dean He Jui-lin (National Pingtung University) and Professor Li Ching-fang (NCUE) discussed curriculum planning; and representatives of the three National Taiwan University System schools (NTUST, NTNU, NTU) discussed the Chengnan district's development and social innovation. Speakers came from different institutions and viewpoints, and the topic, how higher education policy positions and funds professional versus general education, remains an open policy question.Theme 2: Repositioning General Education for the AI and Sustainability EraRelated forum sessions2025 Chengnan Forum, "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact" (5 Dec 2025, RB-102 International Conference Hall; guided by the Ministry of Education; hosted by the Higher Education Sprout Project, the General Education Center and Chengnan College; co-hosted by the MOE USR project "Spark+")SummaryThe 2025 forum argued that general education should not be merely supplementary knowledge; it should spark cross-disciplinary learning, connect with real social problems, and treat action as a catalyst for deeper learning. It discussed how universities turn knowledge into action, how action creates social impact, and how the university-society relationship should be redefined. Director Li Szu-ying and Vice President Wang Chao-cheng opened the event; the panel "Local Practice of Knowledge" was moderated by Dr Wu Chen-pang (NTNU) and the session "Social Impact and Cultural Innovation" by Dr Tsai Hsin-chang (NTNU). The forum took place as the Ministry of Education plans Phase III of the Higher Education Sprout Project and pushes general-education reform and AI governance, giving people inside and outside the university a place to exchange views on that policy direction.Theme 3: University Social Responsibility (USR) and Sustainable Place-Based StudiesRelated forum sessions2024 Chengnan Forum, "Sustainable Place-Based Studies Co-Created by Faculty and Students" (6 Dec 2024, IB-202)2023 Chengnan Forum, social-practice panel (representatives of the three National Taiwan University System schools)SummaryThe 2024 forum centred on "Chengnan Studies" as a cross-campus platform for sharing place-based studies, and on bringing sustainable development into general-education and social-practice courses. Director Wang Chung-ming (Tunghai University) shared his centre's reform experience; Dean Chu Chia-wen (National Dong Hwa University) introduced Hua-Lan College and "Hualien Studies"; Associate Vice Provost Wang Li-jung (NCU) and Section Chief Hsieh Ping-chuan (NKUST) discussed cross-disciplinary training, practice projects and workplace skills; and NTUST lecturers Lin Yi-chen and Hung Hsiu-chin presented the Social Practice Expo, PBL course design and the Chengnan College STREAM immersive summer school. Director Li Szu-ying described place-based studies as a key USR strategy, and President Yen Chia-yu gave the closing remarks. A Social Practice Expo ran alongside, with students from the three NTU System schools presenting work under the themes "Local Chengnan", "Far from Home" and "Sustainable Renewal".Theme 4: Regional Revitalization, Social Impact and Cultural InnovationRelated forum sessions2025 Chengnan Forum: panel "Local Practice of Knowledge" and session "Social Impact and Cultural Innovation"SummarySpeakers included Professor Lin Pao-an (National Penghu University of Science and Technology; fishing-village research and fish-food education), Chairman Huang Cheng-te (Taitung County Sustainable Development Association; community building in Taitung), Assistant Professor Huang Hsin-yang (NTUST; Chengnan walking-tour methods), Director Chen Ying-hui and Section Chief Chen Hui-ju (Chihlee University of Technology; social impact assessment), Dean Liu Chun-yu (National Taiwan University of Arts; cultural citizenship and cultural governance), and Assistant Professor Wang Ying (NTUST). Coming from universities, local NGOs and practice, they discussed how universities take part in regional revitalization, how to measure social impact, and cultural rights and civic participation. These issues bear directly on the National Development Council's 2025-2028 regional revitalization plan and on how USR outcomes are evaluated.
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臺科大首次舉辦夜間戶外投影藝術展演夜間的城南可以很不一樣!國立臺灣科技大學在113年5月24日於校門口進行名為「Mixer混合者」的獨特戶外投影沈浸式演出,內容由駐校藝術家團隊與學生共同創作,為台北城南地區帶來亮麗又熱鬧的夜晚。演出節目由師生共同籌備,充分展現臺科大優異的學習力與執行力。為拓展師生跨域創意、藝術素養與多元視野,臺科大啟動新一波「駐校藝術家計畫」,以「科技藝術」為內涵主軸,邀請國內優秀當代藝術團隊玖格設計陳宣名、黃瑞民兩位青年藝術家駐校,開設通識教育課程,協助來自不同領域背景的學生嘗試藝術影音創作。駐校藝術家陳宣名表示:「這次不是讓學生去協助藝術家完成規劃好的內容,而是提供他們資源、支持與討論,讓學生們自己去探索、找到有感的事物想做的主題,以自身的特長及新學技能建構出屬於自己的作品,讓學生未來想創作的時候都可以毫無顧忌地開啟並實踐」。選修學生多無藝術創作背景,需完成三個階段的培育歷程,從接受藝術家指導肢體開發、音像轉譯、軟體編輯、拍攝技巧等等課程,到進行分組創作,最終還必須完成各種展演現場的籌備執行工作。課程設計旨在提升自我覺察力、環境感知力、跨域共創協作力,以及表達情意創造力,對非藝術設計科系學生是相當大的挑戰,也能帶來豐厚學習收穫。工程師也可以是藝術創作者「Mixer混合者」,意指在數位資訊快速繁雜流通的時代,人們必須發展出多重的知識技能與身份,工程師也可以是藝術家、創作者,各種不同背景的學生在此學習、交錯、碰撞、吸收、融合成為自己創作的泉源。四組影像創作包括:「破繭成花 Renaissance」、「附點音符 Dotted Notes」、「Colorful」及「 Inside and Out」。負責「破繭成花 Renaissance」音樂製作的資工四乙羅承甲同學指出,內容是在講述獨自一人練國樂時,可能會遇到挫折等心境變化,會有喜怒哀樂的情緒。而他自己最喜歡的是從「哀」到「振作」的沉思內在那一段落。「Colorful」組的臺大藥學系大五蔡孟庭同學認為,跨校來修這門課讓他學到之前沒有想過自己可以學會的東西,收穫甚豐。她表示,最喜歡描述恐懼的部分,氛圍營造很好,做剪輯的時候,自己都不太敢看,表示作品非常成功。藝享城南友愛鄰里這是臺科大首次舉辦夜間戶外投影藝術展演,投影在校門口國際大樓立面,由駐校藝術家陳宣名、黃瑞民創作,結合舞蹈家謝知穎與音樂家陳沛元現場共創共演的新作「混」開場,再接續播放學生創作。絢麗又深刻的內容,使原先沉寂的夜間校園充滿藝術知性氛圍。演出結束後,學生們更另外籌備了期末展覽,呈現創作的歷程,歡迎各界前來交流。本課程不僅是提供學生更多元創意的培育模式,透過與寶藏巖國際藝術村等鄰里組織合作,更可做為凝聚城南區域友好社區媒介,進階實踐大學校園社會責任。(新聞出處:https://cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/372766)
城南講堂活動照
「城南講堂」廣邀三校系統學者與通識教育專家共談通識專業化
三校系統學者與通識教育專家大集合為發揚共同教育精神,於112年10月20日邀請多位學者分享通識深化及社會創新理念。於「通識專業化」專題邀請勤益科大劉柏宏教授、臺科大王維君教授進行演講;「課程規劃」部分邀請政治大學通識中心馬藹萱主任、屏東大學賀瑞麟院長、彰化師範大學李靜芳教授分享觀點;「社會實踐」主題邀請三校系統代表:臺科大邱建國主任、臺灣師範大學蘇淑娟教授、臺灣大學張安明組長,探討身處臺北城南區域需承接的發展義務及社會創新內涵。城南講堂開場前,首先舉行臺科大「通識抵萬金」頒獎典禮。為活絡校內通識教育風氣、建立學生與老師間的交流,通識抵萬金活動以杜甫「家書抵萬金」詩句為發想,集結學生投票、徵稿活動顯化教師在課程規劃及教學態度的熱忱、提供學生反饋修課心得機會,展現臺科大通識課程多元性。臺科大期盼透過該活動持續增加優質課程能見度,讓通識特色得以發光發熱。將通識專業化期許學生成為專業技術與人文涵養兼併的𝝅型人臺科大洪秀錦老師表示,此次於抵萬金活動獲獎,切實感受到學生的支持,增添教學動力。以EMI方式教授「資訊素養與媒體識讀」 與「媒體與社會」兩門課,對師生雙方都是深入學習不同國家媒體素養教育在社會中扮演角色的嶄新旅程。洪秀錦老師說,通識教育是動態且具生命力的體驗和過程,未來在課程設計部分,將持續實踐中正大學黃俊儒教授的理念:「沒有通識的專業是盲目的;沒有專業的通識是空洞的」。勤益科大基礎通識教育中心終身特聘教授劉柏宏表示,通識教育專業化有兩種不同意涵,普遍認知是將專業系科知識融入通識課程中,但另一種則是教師秉於通識人文理念的專業性,融合自身專長所發展之通識課程。本場演講將著重於後者,以「通達、識變、理博、雅思」八字兼容通識教育與博雅教育內涵,闡述如何根據這八字箴言,樹立通識教育與課程專業。臺科大王維君教授表示,「通識專業化」強調通識課程須具備專業的知識成份,而非通才教育,此次透過「通識教育的專業性」與「科目專業性的建構及發展」兩面向進行探討,說明音樂通識課程如何打破傳統界限,成為專業知識和技能的展現平台。臺科大邱建國特聘教授指出,學校透過USR計畫將專業適度引入通識教育,讓學生有機會增加知識廣度,並利用國際與在地場域之鏈結及實作,培養臺科大無限人才所要具備之適地思維與永續精神,以面對未來多變環境與挑戰。深耕在地城南共創未來願景臺科大通識教育中心李思穎主任表示,為尋求具共同願景的夥伴進一步建設城南周遭,城南講堂誕生於111年,作為跨界對話新平台。承接去年「專業通識化:教學與實踐」的主旨,今年以「通識專業化」為題,反向探討課程如何在教學設計及核心價值等層面,確立系統化思維,並結合社會創新精神深入發展。期待培養臺科大學生兼具專業技能及人文思維!顏家鈺校長表示,為呼應近幾年大學共同教育轉型為特色學院的趨勢,臺科大結合友校力量推動「城南學院」,希望深耕在地城南、共創未來願景。本次講堂邀請三位臺灣大學系統團隊代表,就參與城南在地發展的作法提出觀點,期待以誠摯對話激盪理念、發揮影響力。(新聞出處:https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/354565)
電池材料產學「Master Talk」
推展跨領域(跨國)學術研究
校級研究中心本校校級研究中心致力於前瞻性與實務性研究,結合多年專業實力與產業資源,與政府及民間組織合作,推動國家政策和永續發展目標(SDGs),強化校內研發與產業界的可持續關係,培養並引進高階產研人才。透過技術整合,開發多元領域的前瞻技術,與國內外專家合作,如辦理多項交流活動(如知名學人來訪、SEED 系列演講),與國內外學校/機構簽訂MOU或實際展開交流工作,或選送學生和年輕學者赴國外進修等,聚焦本校優勢領域,提升專業水準與技術研發能力,最大化產業效能。本校最新成立「技職賦能研究中心」及「製程淨零研究中心」,這兩所校級研究中心符合聯合國永續發展目標中的「4.優質教育」及「11.永續城市與社區」,並將繼續推動永續環境、永續社會和永續能源的發展。跨領域(跨國)學術研究第10屆國際先進科技論壇國際先進技術論壇由國立臺灣科技大學、日本德島大學輪流舉辦,第10屆國際先進技術論壇(International Forum Advanced Technology 2024)於3月8日在日本德島大學舉行,研究的相關議題包含奈米技術與先進材料、先進測量與等離子技術、光學工程與成像感測技術、工業管理與設計等,並邀請台日傑出青年學者到場展示和討論工程領域的研究趨勢,持續促進學術合作和科技應用。波蘭華沙理工大學來訪波蘭華沙理工大學(Warsaw University of Technology)由副校長Prof. Malinowski Mariusz帶隊於6月21日至本校拜訪,共同討論兩校未來學術合作的細節,研究領域聚焦於半導體雷射、光子集成電路、先進封裝路由與優化、生物醫學感測前端與刺激器、AI影像處理及機器學習設計優化等。本學術合作專題研究計畫由雙方共同出資研究經費,並於7月1日起徵件開放雙方研究人員申請,期待透過這些合作推動更深入的國際學術交流和創新研究。本校與臺北醫學大學學術研究成果發表會自2010年以來,本校與臺北醫學大學攜手合作,致力於推動跨領域整合研究,從單一計畫發展至跨領域應用研究團隊,共同研發創新醫療技術,促進了多元學術交流,強化彼此的研究實力,並充分發揮各自的優勢,實現了優勢互補,更促成了多個跨校整合團隊的成立。在兩校教研人員共同努力下,目前已建立超過140項合作計畫,涵蓋醫療器材、輔具、藥物應用、生醫材料開發及醫療影像等多個領域,並於6月19日舉辦兩校學術成果發表會,期望合作能持續造福社會。