The special electoral committee of National Chi Nan University (NCNU) convened on December 6, 2020 to deliberate upon the university's presidential candidates, resulting in Dong-sing Wuu , a tenured professor with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Taichung-based National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), receiving the most votes. Wuu's appointment has been confirmed by the Ministry of Education and his term will begin on Feb. 1, 2021.
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2020-12-07National Police Agency, NCNU join forces to strengthen campus safety
The off-campus murder of a female college student from Malaysia in Taiwan has called attention to the need for reviewing standard procedures and safety protocols, with NPA Director-General Chen leading the police's initiative in meeting school officials and holding discussions with students. NCNU, which works with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to recruit overseas compatriots and international students, is also reaching out to parents and overseas communities to address their concerns.
2020-11-26NCNU captures two prizes at Taiwan's corporate sustainability awards
National Chi Nan University shone in this year's university social responsibility category, winning gold for “Growing a Greener Shui Sha Lian: Smart Tech x Low Pollution x Circular Economy” and silver for “Coffee as a Career: A Sustainable Industry for Shui Sha Lian” at the 13th Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards. These two ongoing projects validate NCNU's approach to community empowerment and underscore the university's role as a regional think tank.
2020-10-26Construction begins on NCNU's new softball center
With generous support from the Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education, National Chi Nan University held the groundbreaking ceremony for its upcoming softball center on Sept. 23. The momentous occasion was joined by many esteemed guests, including Pan Yi-chuan (潘一全), chairman of Softball Asia, and Chang Chia-hsing (張家興), secretary-general of the Chinese Taipei Amateur Softball Association.
Faculty Stories
Mahua, or the Sinophone literature of Malaysia, has been the focal point of studies from establishments such as Guangzhou's Jinan University since the 1990s to international academia such as American sinologists after 2005. In fact, their research often congregate on the literary output coming from a small Mahua community in Taiwan, from which novels are most popular but other creative forms and critiques flourish as well, and Ng is known for them all.
Dr. Yuhlong Oliver Su has served as president of National Chi Nan University since 2012. He is also a professor of applied chemistry who specializes in electroanalytical and porphyrin chemistry. Under Su's leadership, NCNU has been blossoming along the three axis of sophistication, specificity, and internationalization. Sophistication refers to the pursuit of refinement, a mindset of aiming for excellence in all aspects. “This has been my approach towards school governance and deepening the foundational roots of NCNU,” he explains. Specificity refers to the unique merits of each school, for “we are not just another public university.” Next up is internationalization, which has always been one of the university's founding values based on the intrinsic qualities of NCNU, in which the school name means “Southbound.”
By bringing students to the actual construction site, Dr. Chen Ku-fan believes he can better demonstrate how the academic knowledge being imparted can be applied to the lifelong profession. Working with fellow CE professor Tsai Yung-pin, Dr. Chen brought their classes to Puli's Taomi Village, where hostels and B&Bs were being outfitted with a simple wetland area for processing used water. Being on-site, as well as adjusting projected calculations based on field readings, will familiarize students with the real-life applications of the theorems and equations taught in class, he points out.