With remarkable achievements from its efforts thus far, the “Protecting Every Owl” project created by the NPUST Institute of Wildlife Conservation and Farglory Life Insurance is now entering its third year. A sharing session was held at 9:30 a.m. on October 20th in the Second Conference Room at the NPUST Administration Building, with NPUST President Chin-Lung Chang co-hosting the meeting together with Farglory Life Insurance general manager, Hsueh-hsin Chao. During the session, the NPUST Institute of Wildlife Conservation explained that over the past three years, from the perspective of University Social Responsibility (USR), it has facilitated the growth of owl populations in several ecological restoration bases. It has also created relevant curriculum to get rural school children acquainted with ecological education, and has encouraged local farmers to create raptor habitats in their fields by setting up perches and nest boxes. Farglory has been using its corporate power to help the “Protecting Every Owl” project expand in reach and influence as they continue to practice corporate social responsibility (CSR) in ways that are catching very positive attention.

On July 31st, a team of NPUST professors including Dr. Chang-Hsien Tai, Dr. Uzu-Kuei Hsu, Dr. Yao-Nan Wang, and Dr. Chin-Lung Chang met with professionals from Phihong Technology Co. to discuss topics related to smart grids and rapid charging technology for electric vehicles. The university will build a demonstration charging station that integrates wind energy, solar energy, biogas, biomass energy and other hybrid-energy energy-storage mechanisms.