NFU Office of Student Affairs

Current Situation and Prospects

[Administrative Management]

[Student Affairs Development Strategies and Work Achievements]

1. Student Affairs Administration: Implementation and oversight of the annual work plan, rationalization of personnel allocation, institutionalization of budget distribution, rationalization of regulations, and ensuring administrative compliance.
2. Strengthening Advisor Functions: Establishing distinctive advisor systems, rewarding outstanding advisors, and conducting professional training workshops for advisor counseling skills.
3. Enhancing Student Safety Measures: Signing campus safety support agreements, conducting training for class leaders and dormitory leaders, organizing dormitory floor representative meetings and freshman orientation activities, implementing e-student handbook systems, conducting complex dormitory safety and disaster drills, hosting health lectures and awareness campaigns, providing first aid training, supervising off-campus activities, conducting dining facility hygiene inspections, signing agreements with designated hospitals, and other safety promotion initiatives.
4. Establishing Learning Resource Centers: Constructing learning resource centers in each dormitory building and employing graduate students as dormitory advisors to provide academic guidance. Improving dormitory environments to meet modern accommodation needs and continuously strengthening the dormitory advisor system and the effectiveness of the learning resource centers.
5. Promoting Club Activities: Institutionalizing and rationalizing club funding support, encouraging the organization of large-scale on-campus and off-campus events, actively implementing projects that engage elementary and secondary schools, priority education zones, and community service initiatives, promoting community volunteerism, conducting training for club leaders, holding elite leadership camps, and implementing club passport certification.
6. Strengthening Student Autonomy: Enhancing dormitory and club self-governance, organizing student leader forums, club leader meetings, and dormitory resident meetings.
7. Strengthening Counseling Functions: Integrating teaching, counseling, and student guidance services, promoting mental health awareness, providing individual counseling, and offering services from professional psychologists and psychiatrists on campus.
8. Family and Community Engagement: Organizing parent forums and landlord meetings to facilitate communication and interaction between the school, families, and the local community.
9. Service Learning: Promoting and implementing service education, providing volunteer training, and conducting volunteer certification.

[Strategies and Programs for Student Affairs Development]

1. Foster a Harmonious Student Affairs Service Team and Strengthen Administrative Operations – Building an effective, coordinated administrative framework to support student services.
2. Promote High-Quality Student Life and Activities and Establish a Warm Campus Environment – Enhancing students’ overall campus experience through enriching programs and facilities.
3. Construct Platforms for Suggestions and Facilitate Smooth Communication Between Faculty and Students – Ensuring transparent and effective communication channels for feedback and collaboration.
4. Create a Friendly Campus Environment and Establish a Learning Space of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty – Promoting a campus culture that is safe, welcoming, and conducive to holistic learning.
5. Implement an Integrated Teaching, Counseling, and Guidance System to Strengthen Counseling Services – Enhancing guidance and support for students’ academic, psychological, and personal development.
6. Develop Holistic Education and Fulfill Social Responsibilities – Encouraging students to grow comprehensively and cultivate a sense of social responsibility.

[Enhancement of Student Affairs Theory and Practice]

1. Encourage student affairs personnel to continuously engage in self-improvement, leverage their professional administrative skills, and proactively assist students.
2. Organize business observation opportunities and encourage staff to pursue further training and participate in relevant internal and external workshops or seminars to enhance professional competencies.
3. Provide funding support to encourage staff to conduct research projects related to student clubs, counseling, and student affairs administration, thereby expanding practical outcomes.
4. Prioritize student rights by extensively soliciting their feedback, which will serve as a reference for formulating and revising student affairs regulations and enhancing the effectiveness of guidance services.

[Promotion of Administrative Digitalization and e-Services]

1. Establish online application services: actively plan and implement internet-based service applications, including student service platforms and one-stop service portals, and expand the scope of online services to meet students’ needs for efficient access.
2. Develop e-administration services, such as student club activity application systems, rental information platforms, mentor portals, dormitory maintenance requests, work-study application procedures, and online leave systems, to improve administrative efficiency.

[Creating High-Quality Living and Learning Spaces]

1. Continuously Enhance Dormitory Infrastructure and Facilities to Provide High-Quality Accommodation
   1. ) Improve student accommodation quality by gradually updating aging dormitory facilities each year and enhancing the overall living environment.
   2. ) Upgrade dormitory internet to broadband and establish wireless networks to extend learning spaces for students. Currently, the network has been upgraded to 1000 Mbps, with plans to expand wireless coverage throughout the dormitory areas.
   3. ) Continuously strengthen the dormitory mentor system and the effectiveness of the Dormitory Learning Resource Centers to enhance students’ physical, mental, and academic support.
   4. ) In response to the expansion of graduate programs and international student exchanges, provide additional graduate student dormitories and faculty-student housing.
   5. ) In line with the planning of the new campus, plan to construct a dormitory with a capacity of 1,300 students through a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) private investment model.
   6. ) Continuously develop and improve recreational and leisure facilities within the dormitory areas.
2. Regularly hold meetings with landlords and conduct visits to off-campus housing students to foster stronger student-faculty interaction, improve relationships with landlords, and enhance the quality of off-campus housing.
3. Establish a Campus Safety Maintenance Network
   1. ) Establish a Campus Safety Planning Committee that integrates Student Affairs, Military Training, General Affairs, Counseling, and academic departments to implement and maintain campus safety measures and secure environments.
   2. ) Continuously organize and participate in large-, medium-, and small-scale safety lectures and educational programs on and off campus.
   3. )Develop a holistic Health Center (body, mind, and spirit) by integrating Student Counseling Center and Health Services personnel, facilities, and programs to create a comprehensive student health and safety support system.
4. Promote an Artistic Campus Environment
   1. ) Annually organize Arts Month activities to cultivate a culture of artistic appreciation among students.
   2. ) Collaborate with the Arts Center to host medium- and large-scale performances, fostering a vibrant artistic atmosphere.
   3. ) Utilize resources from the Council for Cultural Affairs, domestic foundations, cultural institutions, and local cultural bureaus to expand arts programming.
   4. ) Continuously organize and expand the “Huwei River Literary Award” essay competition, inviting renowned domestic authors to participate in judging and discussions, thereby enhancing the university’s literary creativity.
   5. ) Promote campus art spaces to create an aesthetically enriched campus environment.
5. Actively Implement Support Programs for Disadvantaged Students
   1. ) Establish an e-platform for work-study opportunities, seeking off-campus employment opportunities and increasing the number of on-campus student workers.
   2. ) Actively seek social resources, including corporate donations, to expand campus scholarships and grants, supporting low-income, lower-middle-income, and emergency assistance programs.
   3. ) Collaborate with the Office of Academic Affairs, Research and Development Office, and other domestic counseling units to establish support systems for overseas Chinese students, international students, and indigenous students.

[Promoting Student Autonomy and Club-Based Learning]

1. Continuously Enhance Student Participation in University Governance and Student Affairs
   Actively encourage students to engage in university operations, enabling them to gain a deeper understanding of institutional development plans and actively contribute to campus construction. Students are guided to participate in school development and public student affairs through multiple channels, including university council meetings, suggestion platforms, campus-wide faculty-student forums, student leadership forums, and club president meetings.
2. Promote Large-Scale Parliamentary Training Programs to Improve Student Participation and Meeting Facilitation Skills
   Assist and guide students in the Student Council, Student Parliament, Dormitory Self-Governance Committees, Departmental Unions, and club leadership to organize large-scale parliamentary training activities. These programs aim to train student leaders in procedural skills, enhancing their ability to participate in and facilitate meetings effectively.
3. Continue to Support Students in Leading Major On- and Off-Campus Activities
   Provide guidance for students to take charge of large-scale events, fostering organizational and administrative capabilities.
4. Expand Community Service Functions of Student Clubs
   1. ) Continue to guide clubs in participating in the Ministry of Education’s “University Clubs Driving Primary and Secondary School Club Development” program and the Youth Development Administration’s “Priority Education Area Camps” program, assisting the development of primary and secondary school clubs while promoting self-growth among students.
   2. ) ntegrate student clubs into planning groups for community-based projects near the campus, cultivating leaders with service spirit, communication and coordination skills, leadership style, and professional competence, who can then contribute back to the community.
5. Continuously Strengthen e-Communication Channels for Student Clubs
   1. ) Install electronic bulletin boards for clubs: Utilize modern technology to set up electronic boards in the Student Activity Center, facilitating efficient information flow and serving as a platform for activity promotion.
   2. ) Establish an information contact center, e-mail network, mobile messaging network, leadership contact channels, and club message boards to ensure smooth communication among clubs. This strengthens the integration of club development and student affairs administration, fostering two-way positive interactions.
6. Actively Promote Club-Based General Education Credit Courses
   Support the development of club activities and enrich campus culture by collaborating with the General Education Center to implement club-based general education courses.
7. Expand Club Activity Spaces and Facilities
   1. ) Continuously increase funding for clubs and purchase related equipment.
   2. ) Coordinate campus spaces to provide venues for club offices and performance activities.
   3. ) In line with the planning of the new campus, plan to construct a Student Activity Center through a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) private investment model.

[Strengthening Mentor Functions and Rewarding Outstanding Mentors]

1. Promote the Development of Distinctive Mentor Systems in Each College
   Encourage the four colleges—Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Management, and Liberal Arts & Sciences—to design and develop mentor programs tailored to their departmental characteristics, aiming to make the mentorship system more diverse and dynamic.
2. Continuously Organize Training Programs to Enhance Mentors’ Professional Counseling Competencies
   Provide ongoing workshops and seminars to strengthen mentors’ professional guidance and counseling skills.
3. Select Mentors and Student Affairs Staff Involved in Mentoring to Participate in External Training
   Encourage mentors and relevant student affairs personnel to attend off-campus training programs to enhance their engagement and effectiveness in mentoring.
4. Continue the Selection of Outstanding Mentors and Reward Their Contributions
   Recognize and reward teachers who demonstrate dedication and excellence in student guidance and mentoring.
5. Develop a Mentor Handbook
   Provide mentors with a comprehensive guide to improve the efficiency and quality of their counseling and advisory activities.
6. Integrate Academic Affairs and the Information Center to Build a “Mentor Time” Website
   Allow mentors to access information on students’ academic performance, attendance, and dormitory entry/exit records, enhancing the interaction and engagement between mentors and students.

[Advancing Service Learning and Volunteer Work]

1. Continuously Enhance the Depth and Breadth of Service Learning
   1. ) Carefully design and plan service education courses, implement service education programs, and cultivate students’ sense of service, loyalty to their school, and care for others.
   2. ) Continue conducting community service activities to help foster a positive overall community image and promote harmonious relationships between the school and the local community.
   3. ) Promote the integration of service learning into the curriculum, encouraging a culture of service learning among both students and faculty.
2. Improve Volunteer Service Effectiveness
   1. ) Expand strategic alliances with domestic volunteer centers to establish partnerships and encourage youth participation in volunteer service-learning programs, achieving resource-sharing objectives.
   2. ) Establish a volunteer certification system to support on-campus activities such as environmental protection, counseling, reception, arts, sports, library services, reporting, and traffic safety promotion, as well as extend services to external social welfare organizations, fostering the philosophy of “Everyone a Volunteer, Lifelong Volunteer.”
   3. ) Promote the formation of volunteer teams across all departments and programs, utilizing professional expertise to serve the community and enhance the quality of services provided to elementary and secondary schools.
   4. ) Advance international volunteer programs, cultivating students as seed volunteers with global awareness and international concern.

[Constructing Campus and Community Health Management]

1. Swimming Pool Renovation and Student Swimming Program
   The swimming pool renovation project is scheduled for completion in the first semester of the 2008 academic year (97th academic year in Taiwan’s calendar). In the second semester, it will support the Ministry of Education’s “Student Swimming Competency Promotion Program,” integrating regular physical education classes, swimming skill classification standards, and designated self-learning pool times. The goal is for at least 50% of students to acquire swimming skills and self-rescue abilities.
2. Provision of Additional Recreational Sports Facilities
   Existing campus spaces will be utilized to design shared recreational activity facilities, such as baseball batting ranges and golf practice areas.
3. Indoor Sports Facilities Enhancement
   Air conditioning will be installed in indoor sports facilities to promote student participation and cultivate a culture of physical activity.
4. Securing Project Funding for Facility Improvement
   Continuous efforts will be made to obtain special project funding to upgrade and improve sports and recreational venues.
5. Expansion of Admission Opportunities for Student Athletes
   The number of quota admissions for students with athletic expertise will be increased to stimulate on-campus sports enthusiasm and participation.
6. Establishment of a Health Management Center
   A dedicated Health Management Center will be established, featuring a serene rest area, medical consultation room, self-check medical devices, health education displays, and a comfortable magazine reading area, providing students, faculty, and staff with resources for personal health management.
7. Expansion of Nursing Staff
   Additional nursing personnel will be recruited to ensure the effective delivery of health and medical services across day, night, and supplementary programs.
8. Accident Analysis and Safety Promotion
   Continuous collection and analysis of accident and insurance claim data will inform targeted health and safety education, addressing traffic accidents, sports injuries, and laboratory-related incidents.
9. Collaboration with Government and Community Resources
   Joint activities will be organized with government agencies and businesses, integrating community resources to provide comprehensive, diversified health services and foster a healthy living environment within the community.

[Establishing a Comprehensive Counseling Network and Providing Full-Spectrum Guidance]

1. Establishing a Faculty-Based Counseling System and Developing Department-Specific Programs
   Plan to recruit additional professional counseling staff and implement a faculty-based counseling system. Each college or department will develop counseling programs tailored to its unique issues, needs, and developmental goals, ensuring sufficient personnel to provide comprehensive counseling services.
2. Developing Online Counseling Capabilities and Diverse E-Counseling Programs
   Plan and establish an e-counseling network that integrates academic and student affairs data. Create a digital student information system, provide online appointment scheduling for counseling, and build a case management database to enhance service efficiency.
3. Establishing a Comprehensive Learning Guidance Mechanism
   Coordinate with academic and student affairs early-warning systems, faculty advisors, and departmental counselors to form a collaborative team, strengthening the learning guidance mechanism for students.
4. Developing Career Promotion Programs Tailored to Different Student Levels
   Implement orientation and career guidance for freshmen to foster correct life perspectives and understanding of the relationship among education, lifestyle, and the work environment. Establish career development zones, continuously collect information on further education and employment across departments, address diverse student needs at different levels, and regularly organize career-themed activities to strengthen the student career guidance network.
5. Promoting a Gender-Equal and Friendly Campus Environment
   Continue to enhance faculty and student awareness of gender equality, relevant laws, and mechanisms for preventing sexual harassment and assault. Organize workshops and events on gender equality, conduct gender-themed counseling weeks, produce multimedia gender equality promotional materials, and develop online gender education initiatives.
6. Strengthening Counseling Programs for Students with Disabilities
   Continue implementing counseling programs for students with disabilities. Develop individualized plans for students with special educational needs, connect available resources, and promote effective special education and inclusive education practices.
7. Facilitating Employment for Students with Disabilities
   Conduct career guidance activities, connect with local government and employment agencies, convene graduate employment transition meetings, and support smooth employment pathways for students with disabilities.
8. Promoting the Development of Accessible and Safe Campus Spaces
   Assist the university in creating barrier-free, safe campus environments, and implement measures to improve the safety of learning spaces.
9. Enhancing a Three-Tiered Preventive Counseling Mechanism
   Promote and maintain student mental health by strengthening preventive counseling measures at three levels, with a focus on depression, self-harm, and internet addiction.

[Integration of Instruction, Counseling, and Guidance]

[Implementing National Defense Education and Promoting National Spirit Mobilization]

1. Implementing National Defense Education
   1. ) Military training courses should proactively develop, refine, and enrich the content of military education to attract student participation and achieve the teaching goal of fostering a shared consensus on national defense.
   2. ) The curriculum for military training should center on national security as its core value and integrate the “National Defense Education Act” and the “Mobilization Preparation Act for National Defense,” promoting the concept of national defense and advancing national spirit mobilization.
2. Promoting National Spirit Mobilization
   1. ) Collaborate with the Ministry of National Defense and other relevant units to organize open-campus visits to military bases and reward-based quiz activities, thereby constructing a constructive and proactive awareness of national defense and consolidating young students’ engagement and support in national defense affairs.
   2. ) Encourage students to inquire about and apply for officer and non-commissioned officer preparatory programs in accordance with the “Regulations for the Selection and Service of Reserve Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers,” in conjunction with the National Military Talent Recruitment Center and the selection procedures for volunteer military officers and NCOs, to attract outstanding students to apply to military academies.