Department of Radio and Television, NCCU

Congratulations to our alumnus Chen Yuhong for winning first prize in the New Media Art category of the 2025 Taitung Art Exhibition.   The highly anticipated biennial art event, the 2025 Taitung Art Exhibition, announced its winners on the 22nd. In the New Media Art category, Yu-Hung Chen, an alumnus of the Department of Radio and Television at National Chengchi University (NCCU), won first prize for his work “No Longer (at) Katatipul – The Tribal Youth.” The piece deeply interprets ethnic culture through new media techniques and focuses on issues of urban Indigenous youth identity, earning unanimous praise from the judges.   This year marks the first time the Taitung Art Exhibition opened for international submissions, attracting 672 entries, including 22 works from foreign artists studying or residing in Taiwan. The competition was divided into four categories: Eastern Media, Western Media, New Media Art, and Three-Dimensional & Traditional Craft. After two rigorous rounds of selection—preliminary and final—80 works advanced to the final review, and the winners were officially announced following careful deliberation.   Chen’s work embodies the interdisciplinary spirit of new media art, while reflecting the cultural reflections of contemporary Indigenous youth in urban contexts, offering a new perspective to the Taitung Art Exhibition. The NCCU Department of Radio and Television takes pride in this achievement and looks forward to seeing its alumnus continue to shine in the art world through film and new media creations.

The 2025 Exhibition of Independent Project – Turning Countdown Share on LINE Date 2025-06-12   The 2025 Exhibition of Independent Project – Turning Countdown Narrative Films Dates｜ June 12 (Thu) – June 14 (Sat) Venues｜ June 12–13 ｜Theater, 2F, College of Communication, NCCU June 14 ｜Audiovisual Room, 3F, NCCU Arts Center We wait, we turn, we start—and then we race ahead. Turning Countdown is the graduation film exhibition of the Department of Radio and Television at National Chengchi University. Eight narrative short films created by graduating students from the “Independent Project” course, under the guidance of Professor Ting-Wu Chuo, echo with the voices of those standing at the turning point before stepping into the professional world. “Turning” is a moment of stillness, a breath of courage, and a signal to move forward. This exhibition captures the power of creation in its final countdown—poised, ready, and full of momentum. Film Screening｜ June 12 (Thu) – June 14 (Sat), On-site screenings Online Screening｜ June 18 (Wed) – June 20 (Fri), 2025 Platform｜YouTube   YouTube連結：https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-Zra2RYsB78Av4QYPZHgg   Social Media｜ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576655604492 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nccurtv_114th/ Organizer｜ Department of Radio and Television, National Chengchi University College of Communication, National Chengchi University Sponsor｜ Chinese Television System (CTS) Cultural and Educational Foundation

The following information originates from NCCU Arts & Culture Center. Please visit Arts & Culture Center’s website for the most up-to-date details. About the Exhibition After the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century Britain, urbanization and the environmental pollution that followed stirred a longing and nostalgia for the natural countryside. Collecting bird eggs and other natural objects bestowed on their owners a romantic sense of reconnecting with nature. As collecting scaled up, a field centered on bird eggs and nests was established as oology. Even though oology was occasionally examined within the framework of ornithology, it long lacked clear scientific value and was largely regarded by the public as a pleasing “natural trophy.” As the community of collectors expanded, bird eggs and nests were further regarded as collectible items of considerable transactional and social value. By the 19th century, under the sway of national honor, what had begun as a private passion for natural history collecting became a priority for public museums. Vast quantities of natural specimens were gathered into museums and private collections. From the mid‑twentieth century onward, wildlife protection laws gradually prohibited private ownership of oological collections, forcing many private holdings into museums. On the one hand, these large collections indirectly enabled unexpected interdisciplinary research in later years; on the other, they pushed oology out of public view, turning it into an almost forgotten discipline and category of collecting. From rustic pastime to scientific collection, oology’s ambiguity and difficulty of definition have scattered its discursive possibilities. The perfection yet fragility of the egg and the ordinariness yet grandeur of the nest are inherently compelling. But the desire that drives it all ultimately comes down to something simple: humans want to collect/possess beautiful things from nature, plain and unadorned. While Oology and Others shares its origin in collected objects with No Country for Canine (2019) and Derived Pottery (2025), unlike those two projects, which grew out of personally held collections, Oology and Others Matters does not aim to present an actual oological collection. It is closer to an inquiry into a once fevered “collecting event.” What fascinates me about oology is not only the eggs and nests themselves, but also their mix of seriousness and caprice, so puzzling it can be laugh-inducing. As a field that was never quite “serious” enough academically, it sits in an overlapping state of being forgotten and being reborn, and that gives it a unique allure. Oology is held in suspension between aesthetics and science, sentiment and reason. It can touch down in the everyday, in history, folklore, form, and taste, while also scaling up to questions of reproduction, ecology, phenology, structure, and materials. If the shell and the nest are physical vessels, then oology is a vessel for consciousness and sentiment, encompassing/surrounding other matters, both near and far. Time & Venue Time: 11:00 to 17:00, Mon. to Fri.; Closed on National Holidays Venue: Art Gallery, 5F of NCCU Art & Culture Center

The following information originates from Office of Academic Affairs. Please visit OAA’s website for the most up-to-date details. To enhance mutual-understanding between professors and students and to ensure quality of teaching in the University, the “Mid-term Course Evaluation Survey” will start on Monday, October 13, 2025 and will end on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Please pay attention to the time to finish the Survey. You can get into the Online Survey via the following link using your email account and password: On NCCU official website www.nccu.edu.tw, login in “iNCCU”, look for Campus Information System → Campus Web info. portal → Students → Academics, choose “Course Evaluation Survey” system. The direct link would be: https://moltke.nccu.edu.tw/SSO/startApplication?name=inccustucmt After statistically analyzing the Survey, the system will be opened for the professor and his/her Dean in the College to check, and the result will eventually serve as an important piece of reference for the adjustment of the course in the latter part of the semester. Please be assured that the Survey result will be presented anonymously and will not affect your grades. Wish you all the best in the Mid-term Exam!

The following information originates from Office of International Cooperation. Please visit OIC’s website for application documents and the most up-to-date details. (The official document shall prevail over the following content.) International students who are registered as degree-seeking students at NCCU in fall 2025 are eligible to apply.  The international students here refer to those who entered NCCU according to “NCCU Admission Guidelines for International Students”.  (Exchange students, non-degree students and students with scholarships are excluded.) Application deadline: Completed application must be received no later than October 15, 2025 (Wednesday). Please follow the steps below to complete the application: Step 1: Submit the online application form (https://forms.gle/Ngj4FEAQtnWToLe98) Step 2: Ask one of your NCCU teachers/professors to help complete the Recommendation Form and return it to OIC. The recommendation form will be emailed to the recommender by OIC (there will be a different deadline) Step 3: Email the following document(s) to OIC at alison@nccu.edu.tw: One copy of official transcript in Chinese (grades of spring 2025 included) *Please apply for an official transcript in Chinese (with grades of all the semesters) at the Registration Section and email OIC the scanned copy. No need to submit a hardcopy. Certificate of volunteering service that helps with the internationalization of NCCU and the communities (https://goo.gl/EDYyMd) Certificates of extra-curricular activities (if applicable) “NCCU Academic Excellence Scholarship for International Students” regulations can be downloaded at OIC web site for reference. Graduate students who are eligible to apply for the Fall 2025 “NCCU Academic Excellence Scholarship for International Students” and have completed at least 6 credits in the previous semester may also apply for the “Chung Hwa Rotary Educational Foundation Academic Scholarship.” Among the applicants, one master’s student and one doctoral student with the highest average grade from the previous semester will be nominated for the Rotary Scholarship. Please note that recipients of the Rotary Scholarship are not eligible to receive the “NCCU Academic Excellence Scholarship for International Students” simultaneously. Please refer to the attached guidelines for details on the required application materials for the Chung Hwa Rotary Educational Foundation Academic Scholarship, as well as the responsibilities of scholarship recipients. All recipients must fulfill the requirements outlined in the guidelines. For questions, please contact Ms. Alison Ho. (Tel: 02-29393091 ext. 62040)

The revised version of the NCCU Calendar of Academic Year 2025/26 is attached below. The adjusted items are as follows: ‘New Student Physical Examination’ is revised from 29 Aug 2025 (Fri) to 30 Aug 2025 (Sat) to 30 Aug 2025 (Sat) to 31 Aug 2025 (Sun). The 1st Senate meeting of Fall Semester will be adjusted from 29 September 2025 (Monday) to 3 October 2025 (Friday); the 2nd Senate meeting of Spring Semester will be adjusted from 25 May 2026 (Monday) to 1 June 2026 (Monday). The ‘Culture Cup Interdepartmental Choral Competition’ will be adjusted from 6 Dec 2025 (Sat) to 29 Nov 2025 (Sat). Fall Semester ‘Application for Tuition Fee Remission and Student Loan’ will be changed from 23 Feb 2026 (Mon) to 27 Feb 2026 (Fri) to 23 Feb 2026 (Mon) to 2 Mar 2026 (Mon). The ‘Deadline for Payment of Miscellaneous Fees’ for Spring Semester will be adjusted from 27 Feb 2026 (Friday) to 2 Mar 2026 (Monday). Adjustment of the ‘Online application for minor or double major in Bachelor’s Degree’ from 1 May 2026 (Fri) to 6 May 2026 (Wed) to 30 April 2026 (Thu) to 6 May 2026 (Wed). ‘Deadline for Application for Suspension of Studies and Early Graduation of Undergraduate Programmes / Deadline for Payment of Credit Fee and Language Facilities Utilisation Fee’ will be adjusted from 1 May 2026 (Friday) to 4 May 2026 (Monday). Adjustment of ‘Commencement Ceremony’ from 6 June 2026 (Saturday) to 30 May 2026 (Saturday). Added total of 5 national holidays: 28 September 2025 (Sunday) Confucius’ Birthday (Teachers’ Day) / 29 September 2025 (Monday) as a supplementary holiday; 25 October 2025 (Saturday) Commemoration of the Restoration of Taiwan and the Great Victory of Kinmen Ku-Ning-Tou / 24 October 2025 (Friday) as a supplementary holiday; 25 December 2025 (Thursday) Constitution Day; 15 February 2026 (Sunday) Lunar New Year’s Eve / 20 February 2026 (Friday) as a supplementary holiday; and 1 May 2026 (Firday) Labour Day.