近日，由商學院創新創業學程同學組成的上根（UpRoot）團隊，於英國《金融時報》（Financial Times）責任商管教育獎（Responsible Business Education Awards），榮獲學生主導專案（Student-led project）優勝。這是該團隊繼2021年在有「大學生諾貝爾獎」之稱、由聯合國協辦的商業競賽霍特獎（Hult Prize）榮獲全球優勝後，再次得到國際獎項的肯定。獲頒此項殊榮不僅代表團隊成員具有商學專業知識，對永續議題的熱忱與帶給社會與環境的正面影響力，也驗證商學院接軌國際、重視永續商管教育的辦學成果。

國際化一直是商學院辦學的重要理念，許多課程設計、學生學習活動，都是與國際接軌。因應SDGs趨勢與大學社會責任USR的重要性，商管學院必須帶動社會對於企業倫理、企業社會責任、永續發展的關注與重視，培育具永續意識的管理與教學研究人才。許多國際領先的商學院開始正視這個議題，政大學院更是成立專責辦公室推動相關課程與活動，提供多項補助，支持同學多元學習，以培育能高度回應社會及產業需要的商管人才。

舉例來說，商學院信義書院除了開設全院企業社會責任與倫理必修課，確保每位商學院畢業生都具備企業倫理的知識及態度，為了鼓勵同學積極參與活動，更設置「國內外志工補助」、「專案活動補助」、「永續獎助學金」等獎助學金，鼓勵學生在學習之餘，主動關注經濟、社會與環境等議題，並實際付諸行動。而商學院創新創業辦公室除了鼓勵同學關注全球重大議題，組成跨院跨系團隊，參與國際競賽，尤其是為了解決社會問題的創業競賽，更開設「創新創業學程」，引導學生整合跨領域知識。值得一提的是，商學院相關的課程或是補助，並不僅限於商學院同學申請，而是擴大到全校同學，例如信義書院補助對象不限商學院學生，希望促進不同專業的同學跨領域合作，共同為社會、環境帶來影響力；「創新創業學程」更有一半名額開放給非商學院學生申請，促進多元交流，以不同角度探討社會議題。

以此次獲獎的上根團隊為例，呼應聯合國主題「Food for Good」，為了實踐循環經濟，他們使用木薯來代替塑膠製的一次性產品，例如吸管，以解決食物浪費和塑膠問題，得到霍特獎評審的肯定。團隊4名成員來自不同學院，包括經濟系伍朵麗、外交系宮梅琳、中文系呂杰奕及國貿系李佳晉，其中更有2名成員為巴拉圭籍學生。團隊成員呂杰奕分享，籌備比賽時，成員看待事情以及表達的方式都因文化背景而異，也因此激盪出更多層次的想法。在思考解決環境議題的辦法時，商學院的相關課程讓他們可以持續接觸ESG議題，進而提出適當做法。在參與霍特獎比賽期間，商學院更提供國際交流學習獎學金，贊助團隊全員機票、補貼部分生活費，在擬定創辦人協議（Founders Agreement）時，創新創業辦公室亦協助邀請教授提供團隊在財務、法律面的諮詢。這些有形與無形的資源，對於上根團隊不管是參與競賽，或是設立公司，都帶來非常大的幫助。

一直以來，政大商學院以「培育多元學生族群成為具備國際視野、創新活力、專業素養和倫理思維的未來領導人」為使命，我們希望培育出來的商管人才，不僅具備解決未來問題的能力，也能夠從更宏觀的角度思考商業策略，包括省思對於利害關係人應肩負的責任，或是對社會與環境的影響，讓企業能夠與社會和環境共榮，朝向永續發展。責任商管教育獎的目的，是肯定全球商管學院對社會責任教育的貢獻，未來政大商學院將會繼續鼓勵學生積極參與各項活動，為環境、社 會帶來正面影響力。

The 2023 Hult Prize OnCampus Competition at NCCU was without a doubt an impressive success. The collaboration of NCCU students, the NCCU administration along with the brave organizing committee made it possible.

Hult Prize challenge is an initiative that vows to encourage students around the world to innovate and create social enterprises to solve the world's most pressing social issue, it is an open platform for social welfare. This year's challenge is to create an innovative social venture in the clothing and fashion industry to make it more sustainable. The NCCU students proudly responded to this call for the challenge with their innovative business ideas. With a total of nine participating teams, the NCCU challenge this year was welcomed greatly by the students.

The OnCampus Program at NCCU was organized from October 3rd, 2022 to January 14th, 2023 where the finals were held together with 4 other universities in Taipei. The OnCampus Program was divided into different phases; we had the competition orientation to guide students about the challenge; we had 3 workshops and lectures where different professors and scholars of different backgrounds such as marketing, business development, and startup experts came and delivered lectures to competing teams. There was also a mentoring session where teams were matched on a one and one basis with a mentor to guide them with their business proposal and answering any lingering question. Lastly, the preliminary round, where 6 teams were retained, who eventually went on to represent NCCU at the finals held at NTUT (National Taipei University of Technology) on 14th January, 2023. 

The 2023 Hult Prize Challenge finals were organized along with 4 other Universities which comprised of; National Taiwan University, National Taipei University of Technology, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Taipei University. A total of 30 teams from the respective schools participated in the finals. The NCCU teams who took part in the finals were Enshade, Sustainia, COSET, Rhyme, and Fabreco. Fabreco would eventually be crowned as the winning team for NCCU and will move on to the quarterfinals in March and then to the regionals that will be held later this year. The Fabreco team expresses their gratitude to a number of stakeholders namely: to the organizing team, NCCU OIE (Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, College of Commerce), and other partners and individuals for their help. Angelica, a candidate for Ph.D. in political science and sustainability at NCCU and the CEO of Fabreco wanted to express how happy she felt: “It feels unreal, we worked so hard for that. At the beginning, we were lost and then we went step by step, we asked almost 20 different people for help and we made it”. She revealed that teamwork made the dream work and this is proof that together and with good determination, we can make great things.

Of course, the 2023 OnCampus Program would not be possible without the help of a strong team, composed of 10 members of the organizing committee: The Campus Director – Bolortungalag Enkhjargal, Logistics team – Brianna Deterville and Christinne Jean Louis, Public Relations team – Maria J. Reyes, Emely Villars, Marketing & Design team – Isabela Hernandez and the Activity Management team – Maria Fernanda Ramos, Eric Chen, Adneissa Christy Aleezy and Christina Jean Louis. We also had the support of our brave ambassador team composed of Tseng Pin-Hua, Chang Chia-Chieh, Chuang Yung-Chun, Chen Wen-Hsi, and Lee Yun.

The Campus Director, Bella, a Sophomore in International College of Innovation at NCCU conveys: “I am feeling so accomplished right now and I am grateful that this competition has been a success, couldn't ask for more. Always trust in your team and build a common objective and that will be the key to your success”. She also took time to thank the NCCU administration, in particular, the OIE and ICI office administration for their support, and of course the best organizing team ever, determined, disciplined, and bound to a common objective and for sure the student ambassadors who played an important role in accompanying the organizing committee.

The 2023 Hult Prize competition crew at NCCU would like to congratulate the teams on their massive efforts and express congratulations to Fabreco for winning first place and wishes good luck to Fabreco and other teams who will be participating in the quarterfinals and regionals this year. Fabreco has great examples of previous NCCU teams who has made it far in the competition such as in 2015 where “IMPCT” was the Hult Prize Global Finals winner, in 2021 “MAMAFU” qualified for the Global Accelerator and in 2021 “Uproot” was the Global Finals winner, and we hope that again in 2023, Fabreco and other NCCU teams will make history and win the 1 million USD prize at the Global Finals that will be held in Paris this year.

On stage at the final competition. NCCU participating team: enshade.

The first stop of in Eastern Taiwan trip was to enjoy authentic cuisine at Shi Yuan Restaurant(石園古早味餐廳). Although some of the exchange students were too afraid to give the five spice powder squid (白灼五味小卷) a try because of the look, Amadis from Bocconi University shared that the specific cuisine was his favorite. Speaking of the most memorable cuisine, Kimrun from Aston Business School voted for Gao Jha (糕渣), the jelly texture, the blend of chicken soup and shrimp amazed her and reminded her of the popular hot dish from her home town, fish and chips. Moreover, she mentioned that it was rare to see the whole chicken with head in European cuisine, which made the chicken with fermented bean curd (豆腐乳雞) a very interesting dish. However, you would never know if you didn’t give it a try, the sweet and salty flavor amazed her so much.

In order to make the exchange students feel more involved, the considerate Office of International Programs (OIP) also arranged a bamboo rice DIY at Ama Zhangmei Farm. (張美阿嬤農場) During the hands-on process, they got to know more about Asian ingredients like dried mushrooms and dried shrimp while learning the aboriginal cooking method. Later on, was the highly expected animal feeding session, the exchange students were all thrilled to take selfies with the fluffy sheep and capybaras in person.

As a must-visit tourist attraction in Yilan County, Luodong Night Market conquered Monica from Prague University with the variety of cuisines that it could offer, especially the bubble milk tea with brown sugar. She explained that there are actually many Taiwanese restaurants in her home country, Czech Republic, however, the price is much more expensive than that in Taiwan. As a consequence, the night market of cheap and tasty snacks left her an impressive memory.

Caroline Wu (吳冠葶) the ambassador from Department of Risk Management and Insurance mentioned that the tour trip not only aimed to create a memorable time for exchange students’ first adventure in Taiwan, but also wanted to provide them an opportunity to get along and feel at home by knowing each other before the semester get started. As a result, they could fit in well in Taiwan and enjoy the rest of the semester in NCCUC.

Jessika from Aalto University who used to be a vegetarian out of love for animals also shared that she is not going to go veg in the rest of her exchange duration for fear of missing any must-eat. After all, who can resist this exotic country with a verity of amazing cuisine and culture!