SDGs Stories

Sharing Campus Resources. 2022

International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC) International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC) International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC)

FJCU places great importance on local connections and practicing university social responsibility. Through gentleness and warmth, and valuing each person’s point of view, it is possible to find beautiful corners within the university. Many currently enrolled students and individuals who are unaffiliated with the university hold their own unique perspective of the university, and the university particularly wishes to develop interactive relationships between people and expand everyone’s vision of FJCU.

In order to implement campus resources, openness and sharing, FJCU organized the Education Promotion Department at the end of 1981. The Promotion Department was established in March 1982, which was encouraged and approved by the Ministry of Education. In 2020, FJCU established a business office, incorporated the Promotion Department under it, and renamed it as the Promotion Education Center. Based on the school's mission of serving the population, the school has become an irreplaceable institution for professional advancement and lifelong learning in New Taipei City. In order to fulfill the social responsibility of the university, cultivate talents to achieve the goal of lifelong learning.

Each organization within the university conducts ad hoc events and regularly scheduled events, all of which are open to the general population. These include:

  1. Regular events:
    The College of Human Ecology jointly hosts and organizes the healthy lunch box design competition with other units at FJCU , offers courses and activities that promote the importance of nutrition and exercise; the FJCU School of Law provided legal aid services; FJCU and the FJCU Hospital co-organized events to educate local residents on the consequences of drug abuse; the College of Fashion and Textiles held a workshop in 3 phases titled The Age of the Cheongsam—One Hundred Years of Craftsmanship, Memory, and Heritage, part of the Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank project led by the Ministry of Culture; in 2016, the Creative Design Center signed a three-year contract with Inly Consulting, which is headed by Alec Walker, to work on the d.school Consultancy Project, bringing the D-Thinking course offered by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the “d.school”) at Stanford University as well as overseas internships to FJCU; interdisciplinary activities are held every year for the general public, with 54 events attended by 2909 people in total from 2017 to 2019.

  2. Regular events:
    The Center for Continuing Education offers courses bi-monthly as well as free courses for the public periodically. The Women’s University at FJCU brings together internal and external resources to design courses based on women’s needs. The College offers at least two advanced-level courses per semester. The Department of Nursing at the College of Medicine organizes nursing-related seminars on a regular basis for nursing professionals and anyone who is interested. The College of Foreign Languages and Literatures organizes a Christmas Fair every year. Complemented by on-campus tree lighting events, Nativity Stable decorations at FJCU’s Immaculate Conception Chapel, and caroling in 6 foreign languages, the grand event creates an immersive Christmas atmosphere that attracts students, alumni, and the general public. The Faculty Development and Instructional Resources Center also holds seminars, lectures, and workshops to help develop teaching skills. A total of 100 events had been held from 2017 to 2019, all of which were open to the general public for free.For details, please refer to the following link:
    LINK1 :Seniors University
    LINK2 : Promotion class: general public
    LINK3 : The Women’s University

  3. Projects and periodicals: In addition to the projects or periodic activities listed above, our school offers a variety of activities and is also open to general public participation. For details, please check and participate in the following two links
    LINK4 : Lectures, seminars, education and training
    LINK5 : Other activities (non-speaking seminar training)