The school, being both small in area and located a fair distance from the city of Taichung, has attracted a large concentration of small businesses which border the campus. This proliferation of restaurants, shops, pool halls and movie theaters has been affectionately dubbed 'University Town'.
李根道坦承，當時選擇逢甲任教，是因學校地處台中，使他能與兄長﹘﹘中興大學校長李崇道時相往還；此外，逢甲是當時中部各大學中唯一能允夫妻同校任職的。