When USR Meets the SDGs
USR aims to create shared value with society. To guide our progress, we adopt clear and systematic evaluation criteria—helping turn our vision into measurable impact.
In 2015, the United Nations launched 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), offering a global framework for balanced growth across economy, society, and environment through 2030.
According to Taiwan’s 2020 SDGs Education Handbook, schools play a key role in promoting sustainability and empowering informed decision-making. At NCCU, we apply the SDGs as benchmarks to shape and assess our USR outcomes—ensuring both direction and global relevance.
2021-07-13
Fuxing Township, Changhua — An Overlooked Agricultural Hub: Local Revitalization Amid the Pandemic
NCCU’s Center for the Third Sector collaborated with young farmers in Fuxing Township to launch an integrated produce box project, bringing together high-quality fruits and vegetables from smallholder farmers across Changhua.
2021-04-20
A Major Step Forward in Indigenous Language Revitalization: Atayal and Seediq Wikipedia Editions Now Online
After six years of collaborative efforts by the Ministry of Education, NCCU’s Center for Aboriginal Studies, and Indigenous communities, the Atayal and Seediq language editions have officially been approved and launched by the Wikimedia Foundation—following the earlier launch of the Sakizaya edition.
2021-03-17
Upholding Indigenous Heritage and Advancing Local Revitalization: NCCU President Leads Delegation to Wanshan and Jiumei Villages in Xinyi Township
On March 13–14, President Kuo Ming-Cheng led an NCCU delegation to Indigenous villages in Xinyi Township, viewing the film Listen Before You Sing, meeting Ambassador Youhani Iskakavet, and exchanging local-revitalization ideas with National Chi Nan University.
2021-03-16
NCCU’s “Three Supports” Initiative Starts with Campus Dining: Supporting Small Farmers, Organic Produce, and Local Sourcing
NCCU’s Ji-Ying Building will soon open a new healthy market-style cafeteria. The Office of General Affairs has planned a bright, spotless organic market restaurant focused on health and nutrition, featuring primarily organic, pesticide-free, and locally sourced ingredients. This is one concrete step in President Kuo Ming-Cheng’s active implementation of the “50+1” initiative.
2021-03-10
NCCU USR “Thriving Ankang, Shared Wenshan” Team Collaborates with Three Wenshan District High Schools to Co-Develop Curriculum
On February 19, NCCU’s “Thriving Ankang, Shared Wenshan” USR team met with principals and student‐affairs directors from NCCU Affiliated, Jingmei Girls’, and Wanfang Senior High Schools to plan collaborative course development.
2021-02-22
Industry–Academia Collaboration at NCCU Establishes Organic Tea Plantation: Partnering with Farmers to Build the Tea Road Industry Chain
Behind NCCU’s back gate, a newly cleared one-hectare farm now grows tea saplings to bring together campus and community partners in exploring Taipei’s Tea Road and the Greater Wenshan region’s tea culture.
2021-02-01
Three-Year Milestone for the Industry–Innovation Center: Excelling in Industry–Academia Collaboration and Startup Incubation
In its third year as a first-level unit, NCCU’s Industry Operations and Innovation Incubation Center secured over NT$100 million in industry and government funding, guided award-winning startup teams, and cemented its role in translating campus research into impactful, globally recognized innovations, COO Yan Yu-Ming noted.
2020-12-22
Interview with Xiao Qun-Yu of the “Thriving Ankang, Shared Wenshan” Project: “I’ll Be by Your Side to Help You Find Your Own Glimmer”
Xiao Qun-Yu, a Social Work graduate and now a third-year Counseling and Guidance master’s student at NCCU, brings deep commitment to youth services—first as a USR teaching assistant, then by launching the “Ankang Challenge” and founding the “Glimmer Box”—guided by his philosophy of “companionship” rather than “help.”
2020-12-17
“Wang Gong’s Tea Market Stroll” — NCCU Land Innovation Team and Zhongshun Temple Co-Host Urban–Rural Co-Benefit Market
On December 12, NCCU’s “Wang Gong’s Tea Market Stroll – 50 + 1 Urban–Rural Co-Benefit Market” was held under clear skies, partnering with Zhongshun Temple, local tea farmers, eco-friendly growers, and Indigenous communities to celebrate Maokong’s tea heritage and offer visitors high-quality farm-to-table products.
2020-12-17
College of Social Sciences Partners with “Clothing Library” to Promote the Eco-Friendly Concept of Swapping Instead of Buying
The concept of the Clothing Library is very simple. At its inception, Hong Yu-Chieh set up a “shared wardrobe” in the dormitory corridor where anyone can freely exchange garments—depositing clothes they no longer need and taking whatever they wish.
2020-11-17
Taiwan United University System “4+1” — Jointly Establishing a Leading International University System in Taiwan
NCCU applied in early 2020 to join the Taiwan United University System, securing support from its partner universities and awaiting Ministry of Education approval early next year, while the “+1” represents a social enterprise that will underpin Greater Wenshan’s community revitalization.
2020-10-22
Xiang Tian-Yi on Global and Taiwan Development Aid
On October 19, NCCU’s Graduate Institute of Development Studies, the College of Social Sciences, and the ICDF launched the Development Aid and International Development Lecture Series, featuring ICDF Secretary-General Xiang Tian-Yi’s inaugural talk on global and Taiwan development aid.
