The Department of Geography organized a team of “knowledge volunteers for global development” that traveled to the Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu to conduct a one-month geographic survey project at the end of the summer of 2008. Known as South Pacific Islands Research and Inquiry Team (SPIRIT), the volunteer team made its trip in coordination with the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ International Cooperation and Development Fund, Ministry of Education and NTU’s Office of International Affairs and College of Science.
