The Department of Information Communication and the Department of Senior Welfare and Services, STUST, jointly organized "Kunshi Jinhua × Information Communication USR × Digital Communication Internship Media Practice Course” Achievement Exhibition to show the capacity of the faculty and students of the Department of Information and Communication in bringing their specialties into practice and initiating social impact.

【Participating students and teachers from the Department of Information Communication, STUST, took a group photo with the guests before Sanliantang Stadium.】

In order to enhance students’ social participation and their sense of locality, Prof.. Jing-yi Zheng from the Department of Information and Communication, STUST, and the junior students of the Department of Information and Communication entered the Kunyu, Shishu and Jinhua communities in Tainan City. They were linked to the local resources by the “Youth-Elderly Workstation and led by the cross-school partner USR Hub Project of Tainan University of Applied Science and Technology from field research to production work. They conducted in-depth local investigations on such topics as culture, environment, and industry. From the classroom to the field, they experienced the practice of digital communication media in a deeper level.

【A group photo of the STUST "Kunshi Jinhua × Information Communication USR × Digital Communication Internship Media Practice Course" Achievement Exhibition.】

22 groups of video works were exhibited in this event, broken into five types, including drama, animation, documentary, news, and integrated marketing. Each work carried different local issues, such as population migration and community aging, industrial transformation and Inheritance, cultural roots and local creation, environmental protection, and sustainable development, etc. The results of the course were not limited to video works; there were also the running-in of team members, the rewriting of local stories, the establishment of local sensitivity and feelings, etc. In addition, as the course was affected by the pandemic, many groups were forced to change their shooting plans during the preparation period and start shooting. Since then, they had been faced with difficulties, such as being unable to shoot and needing to find another location. The brick-and-mortar exhibition had been originally planned to be held in the Kunyu community before it was changed into an on-campus exhibition. The online exhibition and publicity was synchronized on digital media platforms. From exhibition planning, content design, venue layout to the launch of the website, everything was completed by the junior students of STUST. Through this exhibition, the practical experience of the students has been greatly increased. Facing the ever-changing challenges, the students could still overcome all the toughs and roughs without fear. It is indeed a great time for profound growth.

【Students from STUST was introducing their works to the audience.】

Chih-liang Chu, Vice President of STUST, affirmed the resilience of the students during the difficult times of the pandemic. He encouraged students to continue to show their creativity, make good use of the power of information dissemination to create digital content, and create their own beautiful chapter in this digital era as well as great influence on the future.

【Vice President Chih-liang Chu of STUST was delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.】

Deng-maw Lu, President of STUST, said that the achievement exhibition fully demonstrated the creativity of the students of the Department of Information Communication and their concern for social issues. He expected STUST to combine information dissemination and social practice with USR courses, continue to improve students' comprehensive application of local culture, social environment and digital media skills, and exert a greater positive influence. Finally, all the students should be able to implement the social responsibility of STUST.

【Students and teachers from the Department of Information and Communication, STUST, took a group photo with the guests at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.】