Held on December 17, 2022, the forum Exploring Diverse Approaches to Local Revitalization gathered rural development practitioners to share creative and practical strategies, with the afternoon session highlighting varied paths of action and implementation.

Held on 17 December 2022, the forum Exploring Diverse Approaches to Local Revitalization—co-hosted by NCCU’s USR Office and the Agricultural Technology Research Institute—brought together practitioners from across Taiwan; its morning session, led by NTU sociologist Prof. Dung- Sheng Chen, showcased case studies on how to enter and observe local communities.

Supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, NCCU’s “Urban-Adjacent Satoyama” course introduces students to local revitalization through seven field trips—visiting Gongliao, Pinglin, Jianshi, Shiding, and more—to study real-world spatial issues with community partners.

Supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, NCCU’s “Urban-Adjacent Satoyama” course brought in five experts—from revitalization projects, public history, and spatial planning—to give students hands-on insights and analytical tools for tackling local issues.

At NCCU’s “Five Years of USR: Review and Outlook” forum, President Li Tsai-Yen affirmed that the university’s mission is to turn academic expertise and talent cultivation into concrete benefits for students, local communities, and society at large.

At NCCU on 26 September, Wen Hai’s documentary Voices and Whispers opened the 4th Chinese Documentary Touring Festival, with the director and Asst. Prof. Ou Tzu-Chi leading a post-screening discussion under the festival’s partnership with NCCU’s “Global Innovation Linkage” USR Seed Project.

On 6 June 2022 (13:30–15:30), NCCU’s Center for Third Sector Studies hosts an online forum with Changhua’s Fuxing Township, where returning young farmers share their local-revitalization journeys—supported by the campus Chih-Ying Cafeteria.

At the 7 April Brown Bag Talk, National Treasures Project founder Hsiao Hsin-Cheng—U.S.-trained physicist and now a Taiwan-based tech entrepreneur—explained how to pinpoint social problems and craft digital, open-data solutions.

NCCU’s College of Communication and Top Alliance Cable Group have begun a three-year media-literacy program—high-school micro-courses, summer camps, and guided electives—to seed communication skills early and groom future media talent.

NCCU’s “2022 Light Up Austronesia Fundraising Concert,” held on February 12 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, featured performances by Vox Nativa and drew distinguished guests, including former First Lady Chow Mei-ching, who joined the choir on stage.

NCCU held a Lunar New Year screening of Listen Before You Sing, inviting students who couldn’t return home to join President Kuo and guests for a heartfelt film and discussion on Indigenous issues.

On January 10, TSMC managers shared the company's ESG efforts in its first collaborative lecture with NCCU, attracting strong interest from faculty and students.