STUST held the inauguration ceremony of the "New Rainy Day Stadium" on September 23. President Deng-Maw Lu led the school supervisors to attend the ceremony and invited students to attend the ceremony and witness the completion of the largest Rainy Day stadium on campus in the country. At the same time, after the ceremony was completed, attending supervisors were invited to carry out stadium equipment acceptance activities. The Rainy Day Stadium was planned and constructed in response to the needs of students. The main purpose was to practice STUST’s selfless dedication to its principle "Getting from students and given to students," providing students with a beautiful, comfortable space for sports and enhancing students' willingness to participate in sports and to strengthen their physical conditions.

[Coverage of STUST‘s "Rainy Day Stadium" is equipped with LED lighting to meet the different needs of basketball, volleyball, and tennis]

The "New Rainy Day Stadium" of the STUST began construction on January 3 this year. It has been completed now, costing NT$ 48 million and covering an area of 3,866 square meters. The main purpose is to enable students to continue sports courses or sports activities in bad weather, whether it is hot or rainy and to enhance students' willingness to exercise. In addition, it can also be used for large-scale events, such as school celebrations and graduation ceremonies.

[The "New Rainy Day Stadium" of STUST, which covers an area of 3,866 square meters, is the largest rainy day stadium in the country.]

The "New Rainy Day Stadium" uses a single-span sloping roof and solar panels that can be installed above it in the future. The venue includes 4 basketball courts, two volleyball courts, and two tennis courts. It can accommodate more than 3,500 people. A sunshade grille is added to the east of the court to reduce glare. The top of the court is equipped with LED lighting for basketball, volleyball, and tennis. A rainwater recovery pond with a storage capacity of 210 tons is set below, which serves as a modern facility for student sports, teaching, and environmental protection. Integrated with the school's comprehensive sports field, table tennis, badminton courts, and gymnasium, the Yoho life building will provide sufficient exercise space for students to enhance their physical conditions.

[The inauguration ceremony of STUST "New Rainy Day Stadium" was hosted by President Deng-Maw Lu (fourth from left), Vice President Hong-De Chang (fifth from left), Manager Yan-Ming Su of Weiji Construction Co., Ltd. (first from right), and Architect Yu-Cheng Wang of Chunshian United Architects (left one).]

In recent years, STUST has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on campus renovation, software and hardware equipment, and other renovation projects. This campus project will create a north-south vertical living and learning field located in the core area of the school and centered on student activities. In addition to the newly built "New Rainy Day Stadium," there are auxiliary learning areas in the planning, including the Arts and Culture Center, entrepreneurship classrooms, community buildings, the Round Sky and Square Earth Square, square performance venues, water landscaping, rainy day stadiums, campus pavilions, Lovers Trail, the tracks and fields, Yoho Living Building, and the library. Together with the roads and trails in a series, the entire space will create a new terrace for STUST that integrates humanities, technology, and green environment.

[The inauguration ceremony of "New Rainy Day Stadium" at STUST]

President Deng-Maw Lu of STUST said that most great and famous universities have outstanding sports performance. Therefore, it is necessary to promote great campus atmosphere for sports, fortify the healthy conditions of all the faculty and staff, and enhance the virtuous competitive atmosphere. The completion of the school's "New Rainy Day Stadium" is to enable students to possess not only sufficient knowledge and skills, but also to have a strong physique, so that they will have a long-term effect after graduation. STUST has always adhered to the "student-centered" philosophy of running a school. All the innovations and constructions on the campus are aimed at nurturing students into a company’s favorite talents and setting for STUST its goal to become a first-class university as well as the best partner for enterprises.

[President Deng-Maw Lu of STUST led the school supervisor to conduct stadium equipment acceptance after the inauguration ceremony.]