Yuan Ze University’s "Global Cultural Initiative" program once again earned high recognition from the Ministry of Education, securing a total subsidy of NT$22.5 million for 2024-2026 to continue advancing local education and improving education in rural areas. Professor Huang Yu-Lan, the program leader, stated that the initiative started by addressing the needs of various communities. It collaborated with 17 elementary and junior high schools, one high school under the Education Priority Areas Project, four neighborhood communities, and a rare disease children’s home to provide customized enhancements to educational quality. The program also integrated special education in arts and senior-friendly English programs for older adults, striving to contribute to Taoyuan City’s global education development goals.

Yuan Ze University, led by President Liao Ching-Jung, visited the Army Armored Training Command (Armor Training Command) in Hukou, Hsinchu to strengthen its collaboration with the military in talent development. Accompanying him were Dean Lin Rong-Bin of the College of Informatics, Chair Lin Chih-Lin of the Department of Information Management, and Chair Lee Chun-Hao of the Department of Social and Policy Sciences. Together, they signed a memorandum of strategic intent to jointly enhance the professional expertise and information technology skills of military officers and soldiers.

As the Lunar New Year approached, Yuan Ze University's Student Affairs Office, in collaboration with the Life Counseling Division and the Life Vanguard Volunteer Team, organized the "Year-End Warmth: Spreading Love Far and Wide" Spring Festival Care Event. Yuan Ze faculty, staff, and students joined local elders from the Zhongli community to write spring couplets together, transforming warmth and blessings into the fragrance of ink and adding a touch of heartfelt sentiment and cultural significance to the year-end festivities.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Yuan Ze University held the “Whimsical AI Prompt Poster Contest” in response to the advent of the artificial intelligence (AI) era. The college launched a new mandatory course, "Applications of Digital Humanities," to equip students with computational thinking skills and practical experience in generative AI. At the end of the semester, the course featured the “Whimsical AI Prompt Poster Contest” as a creative and challenging activity. After understanding the principles of generative AI, students were tasked with entering normal human language prompts to create posters. The winning entries were the most absurdly amusing posters highlighting AI capabilities' limitations.

Yuan Ze University actively promotes bilingual education at the grassroots level and has received NT$10.1 million in funding from the Ministry of Education's Bilingual Digital Study Buddy Program.

Students and faculty from Yuan Ze University’s College of General Studies course “Social Care” collaborated with the Spinal Cord Injury Potential Development Center to host the “Warm December Christmas Poinsettia Charity Sale Carnival” at Zhongli Galaxy Plaza.