After succeeding in helping turn a campus club into a company, Shih Chien University said it will continue with its efforts to transform students’ enthusiasm for club activities into entrepreneurship after graduation.
Extra-curricular activities instruction division head Chen Mu-tsung (陳慕聰), the driving force behind the initiative, said that when he returned to the school in 2012 to take up his current post, he was motivated to do something different.
After careful observation of students’ activities, Chen said he noted the enthusiasm that they had for club activities, which made him think.
Photo courtesy of the Shih Chien University cooking club
Many students never actually look for a job that corresponds with their majors, he said, so he thought on-campus clubs could be a platform to help students prepare for their future careers.
“The initial hope was to make the clubs more than groups that foster diverse interests, and in doing so, encourage students to develop their enthusiasm for clubs into motivation for entrepreneurship,” he said.
Pointing to the university-based Cool Magic Corp founded in 2012 by alumnus Cheng An-ting (鄭安廷), who serves as its executive manager, Chen said that senior Yao Tai-chun (姚岱均) and first-year students Hsu Cheng-chih (徐正直) and Tseng Shun-wei (曾舜韋) are employed by the company.
Yao, who said he wants to work full-time at the company after graduation, said he remembered feeling awkward when the company only performed magic shows once a month.
However, the school has been supportive and helped them look for performance opportunities, Cheng said, adding that the company’s business ranges from teaching magic and paid performances to setting up balloon apparatuses at performance venues.
The company cooperates with more than 60 schools, Yao said, adding that not only is the company stabilizing, it is providing him with a stable income.
The school hopes its on-campus coffee club and cooking club might be able to achieve the same level of success as Cool Magic.
The two clubs have set up trial stalls on the campus, and the university has promised funding to acquire necessary equipment and cover the initial material expenses.
The school is also looking for more instructors who can help the clubs improve the quality of their products.
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