STUST Center for Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability recently held the STUST USR × SDGs Student Community Expo for the 112th academic year, attracting more than 300 faculty and students to stop and experience it. This expo was independently planned and executed by five USR student teams. During the interactive activities, they introduced the social issues that the project was trying to improve, shared the results of various action plans, and invited more people from Southern Taiwan to join the work of USR.

【A group photo of STUST USR × SDGs student community expo for the 112th academic year】

Continuing the second phase of the action, STUST's USR program actively aligns with the 108 core principles for curriculum, integrates SDG issues into the development of cultural creativity, teaching plans and teaching aids, applies the university's professional knowledge to help solve local needs. It is committed to meeting the innovative teaching needs of the national education literacy orientation. Each USR project team collaborates with elementary and middle schools on curriculum teaching, co-creates local cultural school-based curriculum and teaching aids, conducts cross-disciplinary teacher training workshops, and organizes local care and literacy-oriented summer camps. Together they have integrated the university professional knowledge and shared technology and resources at the national high schools, primary schools, and other education levels, in order to promote the application and diffusion of innovative knowledge and drive the growth momentum of local communities.

【"Local Creation, Cultural Creation, and Education Promotion" Student Community (Local Creation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage – Fucheng vs. Yuejin Project) was introducing the Shennong Street Museum via the "Neighborhood Museum" Monopoly board game.】

The student community of "Local Creation, Cultural Creation, and Education Promotion" (Local Creation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage—Fucheng vs. Yuejin Project) introduced the Shennong Street Museum "Old Age's House" via the "Neighborhood Museum" Monopoly board game "Elderly Kids" student community helped participants experience the visual inconvenience of aging. STUST's USR Student Community Expo has entered its fourth session. Two student communities— "Creating local cultural and creative industries" and "Educational Propaganda"—uses the "Neighborhood Museum" Monopoly game to introduce the Shennong Street Old Street Museum and promotes the Year of the Dragon lantern painting practical courses; the "Senior Boys" student community allows participants to participate in the service of elderly aging experience.

【The "Elderly Kids" student community was helping participants experience the visual inconveniences of aging people.】

Students could experience the possible inconveniences of the elderly as their physical functions deteriorate. Student community "Listening to Podcasts: Anecdotes from Hometown" moved the summer Westport Podcast program training course to the site, allowing students to participate in the Westport Podcast during the experience recording and get to know the local culture of Xigang District. The "Light up Zuozhen and Let's Play Together" student community used the "Dig, Dig, Dig" teaching tool box produced by the course to guide students to understand Zuozhen through card interaction, clever puzzle games and model imagery. Town Fossil Culture, "Vegetable Market Showdown," introduced the morning market culture of Zuozhen's old vegetable market, and "Return to Zuozhen Old Street" used illustrations and games to recreate the lively scene of the old street, allowing students to get to know Zuozhen and understand the significance of fossil preservation. The student community "Wind Kuang Laboratory" set up small wind turbines, various generator units and 3D printing units on site to demonstrate power generation, showing their practical achievements in the field of green energy and attracting students who are interested in green energy to join.

【Student community “Listening Podcast Together: Anecdotes from Hometown” (Cross Music Group: Integrating Arts Project from South to West) was helping participants challenge the situation of reading manuscripts in Taiwanese.】

Cheng-wen Wu, President of STUST, said that the Ministry of Education’s third phase (112-113 academic years) of the University Social Responsibility Practice Plan was officially launched in May. At the beginning of the year, STUST continued to invest in higher education to deepen its funding and encouraged teachers and students to participate in USR social practice courses. It also cultivated social care ability and accumulated professional ability and action ability. In this USR student community expo, President Wu saw students’ ingenuity in conceiving solutions, enthusiasm in engaging in issues, and confidence accumulated in practice. He looks forward to this professional practice in green energy, cultural creation, and health promotion. To be sure, STUST will achieve greater effectiveness on issues such as sustainable environment, cultivate influential talents, and embark on a path of university social responsibility practice with a more social mission.

【"Lighting up Zuozhen for companionship" student community (Lighting up Zuozhen for companionship—creative life value-added plan) was introducing the fossils of Zuozhen to the participants.】

【"Feng Kuang Laboratory" student community was introduced 3D printed power generation fans to the participants.】

【Students from the Cultural Heritage Project of STUST (left) was introducing to President Cheng-wen Wu (right) the AR game created by 3D modeling of Wutiaogang roads and old houses.】