Deputy DeanOffice of International Affairs

OIA

Dr. Herlin Chien

Secretariat of UNTA

◼ OIA, Cooperation Division Chief Dr. George C.H. Lin

◼ New Southbound Project Chief Dr. Pearl Chang

◼ Cooperation Division StaffMs. Carina Chou

May 19. 2020 Online Meeting NPUST representatives

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology(NPUST)

◼Founded in 1924

◼Located in Southern Taiwan (Pingtung County)

◼# of Academic and administrative staff：1,578

◼# of Students : 10,341

◼ Campus：300 hectares

◼largest university in Taiwan in terms of campus

territory

◼ 2019 UI GreenMetric ranking

◼No. 1 in Taiwan

◼No. 6 in Asia

◼37/780 universities in the world

◼Nickname: National Park University

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Pingtung county (12 cases)

*Data collected from December 29 2019 to May

19 ,2020

• COVID-19 Confirmed cases: 440

• Pingtung county : 12

• Death toll: 7

COVID-19 Cases in Taiwan

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NPUST Food Sufficiency

Response

during COVID-19

A. Quarantined students :

◼Food delivery to

◼In-campus

◼Out-of-campus dormitory

B. Creating Safe Eating Environment :

◼Policy changes in

◼Cafeteria

◼Dormitory

◼Admin Meetings

C. In-Campus Safe Food Provisioning:

◼ NPUST Cooperative Store

◼ Vegetable grown by Dept. of Plant Industry

◼ Mobile Bakery run by Dept. of Hotel & Restaurant Management

◼ Livestock Farm by Dept. of Animal Science

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A. Quarantined Students

◼Food Delivery Assistance (2 weeks)

◼To reduce the risk of going out and avoiding

contact with others.

◼3 meals a day:

◼Breakfast(8am), lunch(12pm), dinner(6pm)

◼Delivered by assistant of Office of

Students Affairs(1 person) .

◼Meals placed in fixed location for

students to pick up to avoid contact.

Period

Self health

monitoring(number of

students)

Home

quarantineTotal

Jan28-31 30 0 30

Feb1-29 24 35 59

Mar1-31 34 5 39

Apr1-28 28 1 29

Number of Quarantined student in NPSUT from January to April.

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B. Creating Safe Eating Environment

In Cafeteria

◼Encourage students to have their meals

takeaway by radio broadcast.

◼Prepare hand wash and alcohol spray at the

entrance.

◼Students are served by the staff.

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In Cafeteria

◼4.Each table is placed at least 1m away

from another.

◼Before: 80 tables

◼Now: 50 tables

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In Cafeteria

◼ The maximum number is 2 people on each table.

◼ No talking while eating.

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In Cafeteria

▪ Student cafeteria 1 :

▪ Student cafeteria 2 :

Before % After %

Have here 50 30 (↓)

Take out 50 70(↑)

Before % After %

Have here 60 30(↓)

Take out 40 70(↑)

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In Dormitory

Close public kitchen to reduce the risk of virus

spread.

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Admin Meetings

◼Some administrative meetings are conducted online

◼Develop App to record daily temperature taken

◼No food during meeting, lunch boxes are given after

the meeting.

◼Keep windows open for fresh air circulation.

◼Use alcohol spray and take body temperature at the

entrance.

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Creating Safe Eating Environment

Cooperative Store

◼ All NPUST staff are shareholders of NPUST Cooperative Store

◼ Products grown or developed by NPUST faculty, including: ◼ milk, eggs◼ healthy food

◼ Soybean related products◼ Most popular NPUST low-salt

soysauce by Department of Food Science

◼ Prof. Hsieh developed more than 300 types of healthy products

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Creating Safe Eating

Environment

Cooperative Store

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Creating Safe Eating Environment

Cooperative Store

Best selling products(monthly sales):◼ Milk (NT. 700k) (US$23,000/month)◼ Job's Tears Milk (NT.60K)◼ Milk pudding(NT.50K)◼ Vegetable yoghurt(NT.40K)◼ Caramel pudding(NT.30K)◼ Eggs (NT.20K)

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Creating Safe Eating Environment

Vegetable grown by Dept. of Plant Industry

Sustainable Farm

Green house

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Creating Safe Eating Environment

Vegetable grown by Dept. Plant Industry

Self-grown vegetables:Price: NT.25-30 or US$ 1/bag(300g)

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Creating Safe Eating Environment

Bakery run by Dept. of Hotel &

Restaurant Management

Fresh-baked bread and pastry

◼made by the students

◼from Dept. of Hotel and

Restaurant Management weekly.

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Dept. of Animal Science

Livestock Farm

Product:◼ Chicken meats◼ Eggs◼ Milk

←Chicken meats for sale via NPUST email list:Every 3 months, about 200 chickensPrice: NT. 250/each (US$8)

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19ISDC 2020 Conference

Thank youQ&A time

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