Beautiful fruit of success shared: Southern Taiwan University of Science and
Technology held the achievement exhibition for the 2nd “A Dream to Build and Run After” Project

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology launched “A Dream to Build and Run After” Project for students, in which students have to customize their own goals for learning and to complete the course of study all by themselves. On the 29th of October, STUST held the achievement exhibition for the project for the 6 groups that have been working on their dreams over the previous year.

【"Ring your dream" team shared the fruit of their dream】

“A Dream to Build and Run After” Project is characterized by the idea that the participants offer to make their dream come true by actively and independently implementing their own project and financing plans, sponsored by the teaching excellence plan of the MOE. The participants have to complete their project over the summer. Although sponsored by the school’s funding, students still need to overcome all kinds of challenges, including the unpredictable changes in weather and the limited budget itself, before they can eventually make their dream come true.

【“A Dream to Build and Run After” Team showed their 3-D book of historic buildings in Tainan】

"Ring your dream" team came the Department of Environmental Engineering and the Department of Multimedia and Entertainment Science, led by Jian-Yao Hong and Guan-Wei Chen, Chuang-Chi Cheng and supported by 7 students from other universities. The 10 young people launched a bicycle ride around the island, carrying with them love and harmonica. On their tour, they stopped by a lot of orphanages in remote towns, taught kids how to play harmonica, and encouraged them to replace 3C products with harmonica and musical resonance they could find therein. Moreover, they went to clean beaches along the way, trying their best to arouse the environmental awareness from within tourists and residents. Most notably, in their trip, they heard that the Kaohsiung City was blasted by a sudden gas explosion; immediately, they decided to go there to help people caught in that disaster. In addition to the efforts and contributions they had made, their involvement in helping people there gave this dream-trip more significance.

【“A Dream to Build and Run After” team showed brilliant posters in the achievement exhibition】

On the other hand, "Love to read Miss Kim 'team worked with Anping District Office and completed a micro-film based on the story of the “Song of Anping in Recollection” to promote the local culture. The film was first showed in the old Julius Mannich Firm on the Valentine’s Day and later showed again on August 17 in Anping 49 Humanities Cafe. Despite the limited fund and the twists and obstacles they had been through, the team finally made their dream come true. Their perseverance and willing to take challenges up stood as the best portrayal of the problem-solving heroes at the core of this project.

"Cherish the Old Days" team created a series of painting for the theme of "Cherish the Old Days” that stressed the simple and the innocent and highlighted the affections between people and things they cherish and treasure. From August 25 to 31, they held an exhibition in Japan, where they showed different cultures and feelings for different situations. Their creative expressions and their growth went far beyond the goal they had set for their project, showing the essence of building and running after a dream in one’s lifetime..