NCUE actively organizes various educational courses, workshops, and related activities to promote sustainable development for students to achieve the SDGs. These include relevant courses and activities offered by the General Education Center in collaboration with various campus units, as well as lectures to cultivate students' life literacy related to SDG. The Office of Academic Affairs has established the University Social Responsibility and Innovative Teaching Development Center to guide students in practicing university social responsibility and jointly implementing USR projects related to local industrial development and rural education guidance. Additionally, bilingual workshops are conducted to promote internationalization, and help students understand various SDG issues through guidance activities. These efforts are consolidated into six major categories as follows:

1. General Education Center of NCUE

(1) Based on the spirit of literacy courses encompassing "Cultural Literacy," "Scientific Literacy," "Practice and Action," "Creative Thinking," "Civic Literacy," and "Global Village Mindset," core general education courses were offered in 2023, including "Marine Culture and Taiwan," "Introduction to Marine Life Sciences," "Green Energy Technology," "Water and Electricity Conservation and Modern Life," "Environmental Change and Human Civilization," "Spatial Greening Design," and "Changhua Studies." In addition to courses, 18 general education lectures were held, including "Macro Ecological Photography Techniques and Aesthetic Appreciation," "Crisis of Taiwan's Satoyama Environment," "Let's Create a Sustainable Living Circle," "Zero Waste Academy Activity Plan - Turning Waste into Treasure for Green Living," and "Protecting Consumer Rights, Moving Towards Sustainable and Responsible Production and Consumption," with approximately 1,450 participants, enabling students to understand reliable and sustainable modern energy and increase awareness of protecting and sustainably utilizing marine resources.

(2) To strengthen students' understanding of environmental sustainable development and enable hands-on experiential learning, diverse learning courses such as "Green Energy Technology," "Handcrafted Natural Solid Wood Night Lamp," and "Ecological and Macro Photography Aesthetic Appreciation and Practice" allowed students to fully experience the importance of sustainable development in environmental education.

(3) In 2024, in coordination with national policies and current affairs, lectures or workshops on gender equality, suicide prevention, and self-exploration were organized, with participation expanded to administrative staff and graduate students, encouraging students to be more receptive and respectful of different cultural differences. Regarding the destigmatization of mental illness, one workshop and one lecture were held to provide students with extended knowledge and increase empathy. This will be expanded to NCUE faculty and administrative staff, organizing appropriate lectures, activities, and workshops under a comprehensive guidance model, aiming to benefit and develop more people with limited funding.

Detailed lists of general education lectures and diverse learning courses organized by various NCUE units are shown in Tables 1 and 2, with photos in Figures 1-5.

Table 1: List of General Education Lectures Organized by Various NCUE Units

General Education Center	Date	Number of Participants
Macro Ecological Photography Techniques and Aesthetic Appreciation	2024/03/08	120
Field Study—Survival Against Adversity	2024/05/29	140
The Beauty and Value of Taiwanese Crafts	2024/10/16	120
Environmental Education Center	Date	Number of Participants
2024 Safety Education Promotion for Chemical Substances with Food Safety Risk Concerns - Baoshan Session	2024/03/12	85
2024 Safety Education Promotion for Chemical Substances with Food Safety Risk Concerns - Jinde Session	2024/03/12	85
2024 "Zero Waste Academy Activity Plan - Turning Waste into Treasure for Green Living"	2024/05/09	85
Student Affairs Office	Date	Number of Participants
[Fo Guang Youth Association General Education Lecture] Let's Create a Sustainable Living Circle	2024/03/28	160
Characteristic Practice Workshop - "Meeting Your Future Self" - Pastel X Dried Flower Handmade Card Workshop (Baoshan Campus)	2024/09/27	15
Characteristic Practice Workshop - "Meeting Your Future Self" - Pastel X Dried Flower Handmade Card Workshop (Jinde Campus)	2024/09/27	15
Characteristic Practice Workshop - "A Corner of the Desk: Healing Painting Garden" Workshop (Jinde Campus)	2024/10/08	10
Protecting Consumer Rights, Moving Towards Sustainable and Responsible Production and Consumption	2024/10/16	150
Characteristic Practice Workshop - "A Corner of the Desk: Healing Painting Garden" Workshop (Baoshan Campus)	2024/11/01	10
Green Action Changhua Normal - Campus Green Life Walking Tour	2024/11/12	15
[I'm a Tour Guide "National Museum of Natural Science One-Day Experience"] Student Club Development and Service Learning Workshop	2024/11/24	20
Club SDGs Activity Achievement Sharing	2024/12/12	90
Unforgettable Cultural Memory - Stories of Indigenous Wild Vegetables	2024/12/13	40
Other Units	Date	Number of Participants
Literature, Food, Culture and Local Connections - USR Implementation Experience Sharing	2024/03/28	150
Crisis of Taiwan's Satoyama Environment	2024/03/26	140

Table 2: List of Diverse Learning Courses Organized by NCUE Units

Course Content	Date	Number of Participants
2024 fall semester-Green Energy Technology	2024/12/09-2025/01/08	200
Ecological and Macro Photography Aesthetic Appreciation and Practice	2024/11/14	5

Figure 1: The Poster of Ecological and Macro Photography Aesthetic Appreciation and Practice	Figure 2: The Poster of The Beauty and Value of Taiwanese Crafts
Figure 3: Mental Health Workshops	Figure 4: Suicide Prevention Education
Figure 5: Inner Child Exploration activities.

2. University Social Responsibility Implementation Project - Beautiful and Treasured Clams in Fangyuan and Dacheng: Sustainable Industry and Environment Project of Changhua’s Two Cities Amid Climate Change

This project focuses on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN, addressing challenges faced by clam and corbicula aquaculture in Fangyuan and Dacheng townships of Changhua, Taiwan, and proposing comprehensive solutions. By offering interdisciplinary courses on practical environmental applications, we invite industry mentors and students to learn together. Through workshops focused on areas such as water quality monitoring and disease testing, the program promotes the application of probiotics and supply chain traceability management, while also fostering the integration of green energy and waste recycling. Furthermore, the initiative aims to develop smart aquaculture technology, thereby promoting the combination of eco-friendly practices and smart farming.

Concurrently, in order to achieve the vision of SDG 13, NCUE specifically offers a Climate Change Environmental Education Certification Course to cultivate specialized talent in sustainable aquaculture. Furthermore, to achieve SDG 11, the University established the Chang-Pin Water Paradise Industry-Academia-Government Alliance. This alliance assists young entrepreneurs with business startup and the promotion of local distinctive brands, thereby strengthening community development and sustainable business operations. These measures not only support local fishermen's livelihoods and industrial development but also achieve common goals of environmental friendliness and community sustainable development. In 2024, 34 sessions of 24-hour and 100-hour environmental educator training were conducted, along with 2 teacher environmental educator training sessions, 13 workshops related to local aquaculture industry cooperation, and 10 food and agricultural education workshops with local community development associations. Expert preparation meetings and workshops (9 sessions) were held for the industrial sustainable management care team. Activity highlights are shown in Figures 6-7.

Beautiful and Treasured Clams in Fangyuan and Dacheng Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NCUEUSR

SDG Relevance: 1. No Poverty, 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth, 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities, 14. Life Below Water

Figure 6: The local survey activities of Fangyuan Citizen Investigator	Figure 7: The marine education resource exploration course

3. USR - NCUE x Common Good Education – Enhancing 12-Year Basic Education in Rural Communities: This project aims to practice university social responsibility, enhance professional teaching competencies of student teachers, and implement practical teaching abilities. Focusing on strengthening regional resource integration and improving quality education in rural areas, schools from Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, and Yunlin counties were recruited to form the "Baisha Education Alliance." The project provides educational resources to schools and serves disadvantaged rural students, offering better learning opportunities and educational resources. During July-August 2024, NCUE collaborated with 6 rural junior high schools, high schools, and elementary schools from 3 counties to organize summer camps with 88 pre-service teachers as volunteers serving 257 junior high students. The summer camps integrated local school-based curricula and interdisciplinary characteristic courses. In addition to 12 teacher training courses including "Secondary Education Practice and Service Learning," "Interdisciplinary Teaching Application and Practice," and "Career Planning," 10 capacity-building workshops were held with 498 participants covering topics such as "Competency-oriented Teaching," "UCAN Career Cluster Introduction," "Drone Teaching," "Transition Counseling and Services," "Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design," and "Career Planning." Additionally, 12 collaborative school branch discussion sessions were held with 163 participants, producing interdisciplinary or cross-subject collaborative teaching plans. Student-centered approaches were used for exploring students’ strength and planning their career to clarify graduating students’ goals and directions. Through career interest exploration and individualized counseling using career exploration assessment tools, Personal Future Plans (PFP) were completed for individual students. From 2023-2024, a total of 51 disadvantaged rural students from 4 schools were served.

Project website of NCUE x Common Good Education: https://reurl.cc/VW4a2n

SDG Relevance: 1. No Poverty, 4. Quality Education, 10. Reduced Inequalities

Figure 8: NCUE x Collaborative Education at Tianzhong High School	Figure 9: Career exploration courses at Wanxing Junior High School

4. NCUE Bilingual Education Research Center and Language Center Promoting Student Internationalization and Advancing National Bilingual Policy

(1) To provide professional development in bilingual teaching for pre-service teachers and in-service teachers, NCUE Bilingual Education Research Center organized multiple bilingual teaching-related lectures and workshops this year, such as the "Bilingual Teaching Competency and Teaching Practice Symposium" on October 26, 2024, inviting bilingual teachers to share teaching experiences and AI software applications for assisting bilingual teaching, training pre-service teachers and teachers to utilize technology to enhance curriculum design skills. Regular bilingual teaching observation visits and experimental teaching demonstrations were also held to familiarize pre-service teachers with actual teaching situations and help them understand current requirements of academic preparation, building bilingual teaching competencies for future bilingual teachers. NCUE will continue collaborating with the Ministry of Education to enhance teachers' English proficiency for the 2030 bilingual policy implementation.

(2) To support the College of Management's English proficiency graduation requirements and guidance/incentive measures, the Language Center designed "Online Self-directed Learning Courses" and "Final Assessment" systems to help undergraduate students steadily improve English proficiency. In 2024, 40 students were guided to meet graduation requirements. The Language Center also continues offering diverse foreign language promotion courses including beginner courses in English, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, Indonesian, and Vietnamese for campus students, faculty/staff, and external community members, effectively expanding language learning influence and promoting campus internationalization.

SDG Relevance: 4. Quality Education, 17. Partnerships for the Goals, 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

Figure 10: Bilingual experimental teaching experience sharing sessions.-1	Figure 11: Bilingual experimental teaching experience sharing sessions.-2
Figure 12: Bilingual experimental teaching experience sharing sessions.-3	Figure 13: Bilingual experimental teaching experience sharing sessions.-4

5. NCUE Student Psychological Counseling and Guidance Center

Through lectures, workshops, and film appreciation activities, students are guided in career exploration and understanding of good health and well-being (SDG3) and gender equality (SDG5) issues, encouraging reflection on interpersonal interactions and establishing a friendly campus environment. Related courses and guidance activities include:

(1) Freshman Class Guidance: 2023 academic year freshman class guidance focused on interpersonal interaction and conflict resolution, combined with psychological testing and immediate interpretation to provide timely responses and answers for first-year students understanding interpersonal conflicts. Each session lasted 1-2 hours over 2 weeks. A total of 29 freshman class guidance sessions were completed, which served 753 students, with satisfaction ratings of 4.31 for psychological test interpretation and 4.27 for class guidance lectures.

(2) International Student System Cooperation: 2023 academic year planning for international students (including overseas Chinese, mainland Chinese, and international students) featured "Interpersonal Relations" themed series activities to help international students develop healthy interpersonal relationships and effectively adapt to campus life.

Table 3: NCUE International Student Psychological Counseling Activities

Activity Name	Instructor	Participants	Satisfaction
2023 International Student Orientation Guidance Activity - International Student Friendship	Counseling Psychologist Qiu Yilan and Intern Group	56	4.32
"When We Play Together" Board Game Experience	Counseling Psychologist Li Yuting	12	4.47
Guardian - After Growing Up: Satir Influence Circles Seeing Family	Counseling Psychologist Wang Yichao	13	4.73
Guardian - Trauma-Informed Care: Trauma and Healing	Counseling Psychologist Xie Xiaorou	56	4.36

Figure 14: International student orientation series activities.1	Figure 15: International student orientation series activities.2
Figure 16: International student orientation series activities.3	Figure 17: International student orientation series activities.4

(3) Group Counseling Activities: A total of 9 group counseling sessions were held during the 2023 Academic Year, with a total participation of 366 individuals and an overall satisfaction rating of 4.72.

Table 4: Group Counseling Activity Sessions

Group Name	Participations	Sessions	Satisfaction
Semi-mature Adult Adventure Plan - Self-exploration Group	23	6	4.88
"Truth or Dare" Intimate Relationship Exploration Growth Group	36	6	4.80
Air-fried Duck Pressure Cooker - Stress and Life Adjustment Group	53	8	4.90
Hey! Family/Shackle - Family Relationships and Self-growth Group	46	8	4.50
Cultivate Your Relationship Dream Field: Creative Dream Reading Group	44	8	4.67
Life Maze Advancement Plan - Career Exploration Group	18	6	4.75
Cherish Suffering Souls: Jungian Creative Dream Reading Group	48	8	4.75
See Trees and Forest - Interpersonal Relationship Growth Group	35	8	4.78
Navigation Compass - Career Self-exploration Group	63	8	4.45
Total/Average	366	64	4.72

(4) Gender Equality Education: Four speeches were held in the 2023 academic year, two each at Jinde and Baoshan campuses. The speeches introduced accessible approaches to help students understand gender diversity.

Table 5: NCUE Gender Equality Education Activities

Activity Name	Instructor	Participants	Satisfaction
Understanding the Sexual Multiverse of Diverse Genders	Dr. Xu Zhiyun	43	4.51
Waiting for a Cup of Hot Milk Tea - Experiencing Unlimited Happiness from Limited Love	Counseling Psychologist Chen Yanren	7	4.66
Micro-rebellious Girl's Military Career: Military Culture and Gender Issues	"Micro-rebellious Girl" Host Cony	41	4.61
From Clinic to Life: Gentle yet Firm Gender Movement	Dr. Lin Jingyi	61	4.39

Figure 18: Gender equality series activities	Figure 19: Gender equality series activities
Figure 20: Gender equality series activities	Figure 21: Gender equality series activities

(5) Emotional Management and Stress Adaptation Series Activities: Two workshops were held in the 2023 academic year to help participants recognize stress and emotional feelings and effectively relieve emotions and stress.

Table 6: NCUE Emotional Management and Stress Adaptation Activities

Activity Name	Instructor	Participants	Satisfaction
"Fingertip Healing, Pastel Your Youth" Pastel Painting Workshop	Social Worker Liao Ruojie	13	4.55
"Encounter of Aroma and Herbs" Stress Adaptation Workshop	Clinical Psychologist Lai Mengmeng	16	3.84

Figures 22: Emotional management and stress adaptation activities-1	Figures 23: Emotional management and stress adaptation activities-2

(6) Mental Health Promotion Project of MOE: During the second semester of 2023 and first semester of 2024, 10 services were provided including learning guidance mental health promotion, career lectures, life education workshops, class guidance theme salons, Zhixin Academy, suicide prevention gatekeeper training, special case treatment groups, and physician consultations. Students were guided in exploring various issues and establishing mental health resilience through curriculum teaching and activity participation to build correct values. A "comprehensive guidance model" was implemented for campus mental health promotion with integrated considerations, providing individual and group supervision of continuous education programs for relevant professionals to enable more immediate assistance for students.

Table 7: NCUE Ministry of Education Mental Health Promotion Project Activities

Activity Name	Participants	Average Satisfaction
Learning Guidance Mental Health Promotion	137	4.5
Career Lectures	113	4.53
Life Education Workshops	51	4.65
Class Guidance Theme Salons	100	4.55
Zhixin Academy	27	4.74
Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training	136	4.64
Special Case Treatment Groups	16	4.7
Physician Consultations	17	-
Individual Supervision	7	-
Group Supervision	24	4.8

Figures 24: Learning guidance mental health promotion	Figures 25: Life education workshops
Figures 26: Zhixin Academy	Figures 27: Special case treatment groups

SDG Relevance: 3. Good Health and Well-being, 4. Quality Education, 5. Gender Equality

6. Leading Students in Central Taiwan Social Welfare Organization Field Visits and Presentation Sessions

NCUE guided students to independently visit six social welfare nonprofit organizations in central Taiwan, including: Hondao Senior Citizen's Welfare Foundation - Taichung Service Office (elderly social work), Taichung Zhu Fu Care Association Geng Shui Kids (disadvantaged family children and youth community work), Down Syndrome Association R.O.C. - Central Taiwan Office (adult intellectual disability social work), Tongxinyuan Community Rehabilitation Center (mental disability social work), Tsukuang Foundation (protective children and youth placement social work), and Shiny School (dropout youth and school social work). Through experienced professional workers from various units serving as mentors, students were guided to understand organizational characteristics and professional services in each field. Under the guidance of mentors, students will interact with service recipients from various fields. This process aims to give students a concrete understanding of how the professional goals, roles, service methods, and professional relationships of social work are applied in practical work.

Campus Headlines: https://www.ncue.edu.tw/p/406-1000-27202,r93.php?Lang=zh-tw

Figure 28: The poster of the field visit project	Figure 29: Feedback from Director Chen Guoqing of Hondao Senior Citizen's Welfare Foundation - Taichung Service Office.

SDG Relevance: Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities