Lin Huan-Po: NTU Altruism Award and Special Award for Social Contribution 2017 (Class of 2013)
With his medical expertise, Lin Huan-Po has continued to serve and promote community health in his hometown for two decades, and has been awarded various medals for his voluntary service by the Red Cross. In addition to serving as a volunteer, such as working on AIDS medical care for prison inmates and initiating projects to fulfill dreams and alleviate poverty in rural areas, he has also been actively training new volunteers and expanding his caring influence.
Lin Yu-Hsin: NTU Distinguished Alumni of 2019 (Class of 2005)
Lin Yu-Hsin has been working with rural communities for a long time. He became aware of the difficulties and urgent needs of the grassroots communities, and by adhering to the concept of “using technology to help the underprivileged, he used his knowledge to design a mechanism to develop a nationwide “Mobile Village” platform. There is currently coverage for 2,200 villages, it is the largest digital rural community welfare platform in Taiwan. It will continue to expand the network effect, promote the public welfare platform point system, and help socially marginalized households to earn their own living by exchanging labor for points, in order to obtain needed resources. It enables “goodwill” + “creativity” become a sustainable “business” model, forming a “goodwill ecosystem”, so that enterprises and rural communities can work more closely together, participate in local activities and fulfill their corporate social responsibility. He is a representative of the perfect combination of business operation and social innovation.
Ju Tzong-Ching: NTU Distinguished Alumni of 2021 (Class of 2002)
Ju Tzong-Ching is one of the most iconic contemporary percussionists in Taiwan. He has extensive practical experiences and outstanding performances in the fields of theater management, arts administration, and arts education. In 1998, he founded “Arts Circle” magazine in the hopes of leading more people into the art life. In 1999, he founded the Taipei International Percussion Summer Camp (TIPSC), which is held annually to provide a diverse and enriching learning channel for young percussion students in Taiwan. Since 2013, Ju has been selected as one of the “Branding Taiwan Brand Team” by the Ministry of Culture, and continues to use percussion as a medium to let the world see Taiwan.
Janus C.D. Sun: NTU Distinguished Alumni of 2022 (Class of 2005)
Janus C.D. Sun is a NTU Distinguished Alumni of the Class of 2005. As both a student and alumnus, Sun has always been committed to organizing industry-government-academia seminars and has never stopped passing on his knowledge. He has also served frequently as a fundraiser for NTU and contributed to the sustainable development of his alma mater. In March 2012, Sun donated an international conference hall to the College of Management of NTU, which was named the "Sungreat International Convention Hall", to provide the College of Management with a first-rate space for academic activities and administrative meetings. Not only does Sun lead by example in contributing personally to the university, but he has also worked tirelessly when it comes to calling on alumni to raise funds for various university development projects.
In 2020, he was elected as the Chief Executive Officer of the NTU Alumni Association in Taipei. He has organized the alumni to give back to the alma mater by actively arranging a wide range of activities and convinced graduates who are presidents of various societies to join the alumni association. These efforts have increased the vitality of the alumni association and have been commended by past presidents. In 2021, he became the founding chairman of the NTU Post-EMBA Cross-Disciplinary Continuing Education Program's alumni association. The goal is to gather together the elite of the society, help refine their expertise across different fields, and establish NTU's position as post-EMBA leader in Taiwan.
In 2020, he was elected as the Chief Executive Officer of the NTU Alumni Association in Taipei. He has organized the alumni to give back to the alma mater by actively arranging a wide range of activities and convinced graduates who are presidents of various societies to join the alumni association. These efforts have increased the vitality of the alumni association and have been commended by past presidents. In 2021, he became the founding chairman of the NTU Post-EMBA Cross-Disciplinary Continuing Education Program's alumni association. The goal is to gather together the elite of the society, help refine their expertise across different fields, and establish NTU's position as post-EMBA leader in Taiwan.
Deng Chuan-Hsin: NTU Distinguished Alumni of 2022 (Class of 2010, EMBA NTU-Fudan Program)
Mr. Deng has long been devoted to education and social welfare. This year, he was named Distinguished Alumni by his alma mater, National Taiwan University, marking a milestone in his life. In addition to thanking his alma mater for fostering him, he would like to dedicate this honor to his parents to commemorate their hard work in raising him. He would also like to dedicate this honor to all the people who have helped him. He will never forget their support. In 2015, in the name of his late parents, he established the Sustainable Memorial Fellowships and Scholarships in Memory of Mr. Deng Li-Deng and Mrs. Deng Liu Chih-Mei for the College of Medicine, College of Management, College of Liberal Arts, and College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of his alma mater, National Taiwan University. In 2016, to support the retention of outstanding young scholars in NTU's College of Management, Mr. Deng invited alumni to donate funds to establish the NTU EMBA Alumni Elite Scholars Lecture Sustainability Fund in the College of Management. It is hoped that these lectures will highlight Taiwan's strengths in sinology globally and enable culture to be passed on from generation to generation. Harvard University's President Lawrence Bacow encouraged the class of 2022 to: "save a seat for others, to make room for others, to ensure that the opportunities afforded by your education do not enrich your life alone!" Mr. Deng's parents taught him from a young age to be humble and helpful to others. Therefore, he has been devoted to promote social welfare in Taiwan in the hopes that each little drop of help will one day become a river. To date, more than 800 students from disadvantaged families have received assistance through the sustainable fellowships and scholarships. Mr. Deng said that at the moment a student says, "I want to help others in the future", he will know that the bond of goodwill had been successfully forged. He hopes that his small acts of kindness will inspire many more in the future.