4.3.2) Public events (lifelong learning)
Host events at university that are open to the general public.

To promote lifelong education, the university frequently hosts various educational events open to the public on campus, including:

1.Routine arts and cultural promotion events:
◆Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center holds art lectures every year, with a total of 6 held in 2022.

◆The library organizes various types of theme exhibitions and lectures every year. The events held in 2022 included the "OpenBook Good Book Award Theme Exhibition," a series of events related to "Pioneers of Gender Equality Memorial Exhibition at Tamkang”, and the "2022 Tamsui Formosa International Poetry Festival Poetry Collection Exhibition and Special Lectures." The total number of participants reached 7,226. 淡江大學覺生紀念圖書館性平教育推廣活動

◆The USR project "Tamsui Good life" collaborates with community colleges to organize lectures on World Heritage, advocating for the preservation of cultural heritage. 淡水好生活

◆The USR project "Tamsui-Yilan Land & Sea Travel Light": By guided tours at Mackay Memorial Hospital and Lanyang Museum, guided walking & reading tours, exploring history through canoeing, interactive tourism experiences, exhibitions, and lectures, the university develops diverse tourism models to guide tourists in experiencing in-depth travel. 淡蘭海陸輕旅遊相關報導

◆The USR project "Agriculture, Food, and Education" collaborates with local farms for agricultural education lectures and food tastes on campus, and initiates the North Coast Culinary Impression series of micro-credit courses. 農情食課相關報導

◆The Center for General Education and Core Curriculum organizes concerts every year, allowing people from outside the university to participate and listen to live music performances, enhancing public cultural literacy and promoting music appreciation education.

◆The Center for General Education and Core Curriculum holds arts and culture workshops every year, allowing people from outside the university to participate and enhancing the public's ability to appreciate art. In 2022, workshops on "Ink Painting and Calligraphy," "Creative Illustration," and "Digital Technology Music Composition MIDI Workshop" were held.

◆The Office of Physical Education holds a series of lectures on elderly health every year, with 38 classes conducted in 2022, attracting a total of 2,730 participants.

2.Routine events of college and department
◆The College of Liberal Arts organizes "Literature Week" to showcase outstanding performances by students and accomplished alumni of various departments.

◆International Master Lectures: Various departments invite internationally renowned scholars and professionals to give lectures on campus.

◆Each department holds an annual exhibition of graduation thesis projects.

◆Each department holds annual seminars and conferences. For example, in 2022: The Department of Business Administration held the "2022 Management Innovation Seminar: Enhancing Competitiveness and Management in Times of Major Change" on April 29; the Department of Accounting organized the "2022 Contemporary Accounting Seminar" on May 28; the Department of Risk Management and Insurance hosted the "2022 Sustainable Insurance Development Seminar" on June 18.

◆The Department of Mathematics holds the "Tamkang University Mathematics Day" every year, which is open to high school students from across the country.

◆The Department of Physics holds the "Physics Department Open Day" every year, which is open to high school students from across the country. Through lectures, laboratory tours, and hands-on experiments, high school students can have a diverse exposure to physics.

◆The Department of Economics holds the "One-Day University Student" event. In 2022, they organized this event for students from junior high and elementary schools in Taipei City, allowing participants to experience the Sustainable Economics course.

◆The Department of Transportation Management organized a "Face-to-Face Sharing Session between High School Students and Alumni." Thirteen outstanding alumni were invited to serve as guest speakers and share with high school students.

3.Non-routine events:
◆In conjunction with the "Special Exhibition of Zhang Daqian's Calligraphy and Painting," one academic forum, one lecture, and two events were organized.

◆The USR Project "Tamsui Good Life": Collaborated with the Tamsui Business Area Cultural Association to conduct capacity-building workshops aiming at assisting businesses in the area to enhance their marketing capabilities; collaborated with the Tamsui Leisure Farming Association to organize digital DIY workshops, leading community residents on field trips to the Linzi River, promoting environmental conservation, and combining DIY laser engraving courses to create eco-themed creative products.

◆The USR Project “Tamsui-Yilan Land & Sea Travel Light”: From July 28 to 30, 2022, the "Closer to Yilan Step by Step: Ancient Trails, Plains, and Tribal Wisdom Interactive Exhibition" was held. It guided the public to participate in an interactive technology-based small-scale travel experience centered around Mackay's journey through interactive technology and physical displays of local culture and heritage. 淡蘭海陸輕旅遊相關報導

◆The USR Project " Agriculture, Food, and Education": Participated in the forum for creating more favorable local relationships, focusing on agricultural communities and population-related issues, during the North Coast Cross-Campus Sustainability Practice Joint Exhibition and the Co-creation of the North Coast Academic Seminar in November 2022. 三校簽訂合作備忘錄 共同推動北海岸地方創生

◆The History Department and the Tamsui Heritage Museum co-hosted the "1st Cultural Heritage International Forum – Tamsui Port Opening and Mackay's Arrival in Taiwan" in June 2022. They invited numerous international experts and scholars, including Emeritus Professor Jinnai Hidenobu from Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies, Professor Lucia Nut from the University of Pisa, and Rev. Michael Stainton from Canadian Mackay Committee, to participate in the forum. They discussed topics related to the opening of Tamsui's port, Dr. George Leslie Mackay's arrival in Taiwan, and the creation and revitalization of port cities from a global historical perspective. 新北首屆古蹟文化國際論壇淡水串起世界7座港城經驗

◆In November 2022, the Department of Information and Communication organized the "2022 Shimen Creative Life Festival," featured a special lecture on the award-winning works from the International Cannes Creative Competition. It aimed to guide participants in applying creativity to address local life, ecological preservation, and other relevant topics. During the event, a local market showcasing Shimen's agricultural products and vegetarian dining options was set up. This allowed attendees to learn more about the characteristics of the Shimen area and the creative application of sustainable lifestyle, thereby promoting local revitalization, ecological education, and public welfare initiatives. Residents from Shimen, professionals from the new media marketing industry, and students and faculty from Tamkang University were invited.

◆On December 8, 2022, the Department of Information and Library Science held a sharing event for the achievements of Tamkang University's USR-Hub project "Digitally Connecting Mackay & Tamkang Culture" at Christ’s College Taipei. The event featured activities such as "Singing Our Own Songs of Tamsui" and "Rap Local Stories." Participants sang songs that were connected to the local land and integrated the culture and customs of Tamsui, deepening the emotional connection between people and the local community. 淡水開港一百六十年 淡江大學開唱淡水自己的歌

◆On December 8 and 9, 2022, the Department of Information and Library Science in the College of Liberal Arts, in collaboration with the Library Week of Christ’s College Taipei, held a two-day "VR Metaverse Exhibition." The exhibition showcased three main themes developed by the Tamsui Wiki Library: "The Tamsui-Jinshan Coastal Stone Weirs," "Old Tamsui: River, Sea, and Mountain City," and "Four Hundred Years of Tamsui and Keelung, the Twin Cities." These exhibitions are combined to present the historical landscape and cultural uniqueness of Greater Tamsui to the public. 基淡雙城四百年VR展

◆The Women's Literature Research Office of the Department of Chinese Literature at the College of Liberal Arts, in collaboration with "Voice of Tamkang" radio station, has produced a podcast program titled "Women's Literature Exploration Team." From November 2022 to January 2023, the program shared and discussed topics related to women and gender issues with the audience. In June 2023, all the podcast content was compiled and published as the book "Women's Literature Exploration Team Podcast Season One: The Loneliness of Daily Trivial Matters."

◆The Department of Economics invited the co-founder of Urban Worm Farming Enterprise to give a lecture titled "Promoting Health through Kitchen Waste Farming in Urban Jungles" on October 7, 2022.