When her university was facing exceedingly low enrollment numbers, one university student took on the daunting task of saving her school’s news group by running the paper, recruiting new staff and eventually producing the school’s first-ever magazine.
Shih Chien University Press was established more than 20 years ago, but last year its operations nearly ended as the school faced an enrollment crisis.
At the time, only Kuo Fang-wen (郭芳?), then a second-year student in the school’s Department of Risk Management and Insurance, remained on staff at the paper. She voluntarily became its president and worked to protect her “one-person organization,” seeking like-minded enthusiasts to join her.
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The press was slowly revitalized and last month published the school’s first magazine, Cross Time.
“We chose the name Cross Time for the magazine, because these are fast-paced times in which we define our own culture and values. Whether in employment or in study, in all spheres of knowledge we have to transcend the barriers of time and institutions. It is because students have the ability and mindset to transcend these boundaries that they are well-prepared for what comes after graduation,” university accounting student Ho Ching-yuan (何敬圓) said.
Kuo said the news group now has students from the social sciences, accounting and finance departments — none of them come from a background in communications.
Kuo said they met with much doubt in the process of making a newspaper, but are deeply grateful for the assistance of professors in realizing their dream to produce the magazine.
The debut issue of Cross Time explores 10 topics, including the popularity of overseas travel among university students and the recent trend among young people to return to their hometowns.
Kuo said the magazine is a manifestation of school culture and values.
“Many schools have their own publications. It would be quite sad for Shih Chien to be the only school without one. It is my hope that people will see the value in our publications,” Kuo said.
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