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Her Royal Highness Pr incess Maha Chakr i Sirindhorn graciously
presided over the 25th Graduation Ceremony for the 2010 academic
year during April 23 –25, 2012 at the audi tor ium of Rajamangala
University of Technology Thanyaburi, Phrathumthani province. There
were 2,416 graduates from 4 campuses of RMUTSB who were conferred
the degrees on April 24 in the morning. For this year, RMURSB
nominated four dist inguished persons to receive Honorary Degrees
for their achievement and their contribution
to the university and society.
- CELEBRATING RMUTSB’S 6th ANNIVERSARY - RMUTSB PRESIDENT
HONORED FOR “PRA KINAREE” ROLE MODEL AWARD - ENGINEERING SKILLS
COMPETITION - ROYAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BOARD CAMP
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- TRAINING FOR THE TRAINERS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY - DAIRY BUSINESS
PLAN AWARDED
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- A WARM WELCOME TO THE DENMARK’S LION CLUB INTERNATIONAL - LION
CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DENMARK YOUTH CAMP AND EXCHANGE 2012
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CONTENTS :
January – April 2012 Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 1
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O F F I C E O F I N T E R N A T I O N A L R E L A T I O N S R A
J A M A N G A L A U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E C H N O L O G Y
S U V A R N A B H U M I
THE 25th GRADUATION CEREMONY
Honora ry Doc to ra te Degree i n Business Administration
(Marketing) was conferred upon Dr.Sunthorn Arunanondchai, Vice
President of Pokphand Group for his great success in Business
Management. Honora ry Doc to ra te Degree in Science and Technology
(Information and Techno logy) was gran ted to Mr . Anan Leetrakul,
Ex-Director of IBM Thailand, for his achievement as a leader in
Business Computers.
Honorary Masters Degree in Liberal Arts (Tourism and Hotel) was
awarded to Ms. Ammara Huntra, for her specialization in History of
Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya and her great contribution to society.
H o n o r a r y M a s t e r s D e g r e e i n E n g i n e e r i
n g (C iv i l Eng ineer ing) w a s granted to Mr. Sanchai Chuepat
for his expert ise on Civ i l Engineer ing and his dedication and
social support to the country.
- GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY VISITS RMUTSB - A NEW CHINESE
VOLUNTEER TEACHER FROM THE OFFICE OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION COMMISSION
- MOU Between AGRO-ON (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. And RMUTSB -SIGNING
MOU BETWEEN RMUTSB (THAILAND) AND LSBC (LAO P.D.R)
-TVET TRAINING COOPERATIVE PROJECT BY TEMASEK 0FOUNDATION -THE
2nd TAIWAN-THAILAND HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM
-THE 2nd TAIWAN-THAILAND HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM
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Assistant Professor Chariya Hasitpanitkun, the President of
RMUTSB, has recently been chosen to receive the “Pra Kinaree” award
2012 as the role model in “Good People, Good Thoughts, Good
Society, Following the K i ng ’ s Foo t s teps ” campa ign , o rgan
i zed by Broadcaster and Journalist’s Assembly of Thai land
(BJ.AT), together with press members, organization networks,
association and clubs from across the country. She received the
award from H.E. Air Vice Marshal Kamthon Sindhavananda, a privy
counci lor at the meet ing hal l of the Government Public Relations
Department on January 31,2012.
ENGINEERING SKILLS COMPETITION The student representatives of
the Faculty of Engineering and A r c h i t e c t u r e j o i n e d
t h e 4 t h a c a d e m i c c o m p e t i t i o n o n Engineering
skills held at RMUT
Sriwijaya in Songkla province during January 19 -22, 2012. In
this event, the team of students consisting of Mr. Chawalit
Kongsiha, Mr. Phanupong Romphikul, Mr. Suphakit Sorkprasert and Mr.
Theerapat Chatarop, under the supervision of Mr. Warawit Saengkaew
was the second winner and the team consisting of Mr. Thawiporn
Limsakoon, Mr. Nithat Pornphraraksa and Mr. Korndhanai Thongsuwan,
under Mr. Narongdej Y o u n g s u k a s em was the fifth from ten
teams.
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NEWS&EVENT
R M U T S B s e n t s t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
w h o w e r e s e l e c t e d b y O f f i c e o f R o y a l
Development Project Boards, Royal Development Pro ject to jo in the
project of the 2nd RDPB Camp during January 5 -7, 2012. Miss
Nattcharo Janakul, a student of Marketing Department in the Faculty
of Business Administration and Information Technology, Suphanburi
campus was awarded as the Outstanding Agriculturist and Mr.
Jakkrapun Onnjai, and Miss Waraporn Mali-ong, were selected to
receive the Tour Guide Award for the project.
ROYAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BOARD CAMP
RMUTSB PRESIDENT HONORED FOR “PRA KINAREE” ROLE MODEL
CELEBRATING RMUTSB’S 6th ANNIVERSARY
RMUTSB organized the celebration of its 6th anniversary of the
founding at Huntra campus on January 19, 2012. In this
event, Assistant Professor Chariya Hasitpanitkun, the President,
presided over the celebration to continuously mark this auspicious
occasion particularly in the year of
2 0 1 2 to revere His Royal Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, our
beloved king. The administrators, lecturers
and students attended the ceremony. In addition, “Thod Pha Pa”,
activity of fund raising for students who need financial
assistance, w a s a l s o o r g a n i z e d .
Honorary awards were granted to the contributors to the
university and the scholarships were offered to deserving honor
students.
January – April 2012
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TRAINING FOR THE TRAINERS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY
On March 19, 2012, Assistant Professor Chariya Hasitpanitkun,
RMUTSB President, was invited by Dr. Anek Charoenphakdee, Dean of
Faculty of Science and Technology t o p r e s i d e o v e r t h e t
r a i n i n g p r o g r a m b a s e d on“Nanotechnology” at
Sripittayakarn Building, Huntra campus.
The program was specialized for the personnel in scientific
fields with the objectives of providing the concept of
Nanotechnology research and disseminat jng the knowledge of
Nanotechnology to young people and industrial sectors.
NEWS&EVENT
RMUTSB sent Miss Praweena Whancha-aim, Miss Charinthip
Thepsathit and Mr. Thanes Karnsom-mor as the student
representatives from the Marketing Department in the Faculty of
Business Administration and Information Technology under the name
of team as “Idea New Generation” to join the competition in the
event of Dairy Farming Festival 2012 hosted by Dairy Farming
Promotion Organization of Thailand, Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives at Muak Lek District, Saraburi province during January
11 -17 , 2012. The activities in the festival included academic
exhibition for many interesting topics, meeting and sharing views
on dairy farming industry and a lot of competitions for Her Royal
Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s Trophy .The students had
proposed their project: “Dairy Business Plan” and won the 1st
runner -up.
DAIRY BUSINESS PLAN AWARD
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On January 2012 Assistant Professor Pimonpan Thanarak, Assistant
to the President , Miss Niramol Chanyam, Dean, Assistant
Professor.Dr . Dhida Dhithabhaya, Deputy Dean and Lecturers of the
Faculty of Liberals Arts gave a warm welcome to Mr.Soren Birch
Rasmussen, Director of Lions Clubs International and his staff
consisting of Assistant Professor Opha Yingheng and Miss Naraya
Siraphanuwat, on their visit to RMUTSB. The purpose of the visit is
to meet the faculty and have a talk about the opportunity of
students joining Lions Clubs International Youth Camps in Denmark
from July 7 to August 8, 2012.
A WARM WELCOME TO THE DENMARK’S LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
LION CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DENMARK YOUTH CAMP AND EXCHANGE
2012
M r . S o r e n B i r c h -R amu s s e n , t h e M D o f L i o n
C l u b s I n t e r n a t i o n a l Denmark kindly provided 4
scholarships for RMUTSB s tudents to jo in the activity of academic
and cultural exchange among students from foreign countries for the
second year in the Lion Clubs International D e n m a r k Y o u t h
C a m p a n d Exchange 2012.
On February 8, 2012, Office of International Relations in
association with the committee from the Liberals Arts Faculty and
the Agricultural Technology and Agro-Industry Faculty organized the
testing to select the students based on their English language
ability and Thai cultural performance. Four smart students from
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Faculty of Science and Technology had
passed the selection process namely Mr. Narin Pinthong, Miss
Manatchaya Laykanukit, Mr. Asawarak Rachanonpoungmanee and Miss
Nampen Plianma. They are going to spend one month joining the
camp’s activities in Denmark from July 7 to August 8, 2012.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
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Associate Professor Napat Wat janatepin, Dean of Facul ty of
Engineer ing and Architecture of RMUTSB, together with the
faculty’s administrators welcomed Professor Chul -su Kim and the
delegate from Gyeongsang National University of Technology, South
Korea on his official visit to RMUTSB in the Faculty of Engineering
and Architecture in Nonthaburi campus on February 27, 2012. On this
occasion, they also had a discussion on academic cooperation
between the two universities in the future and talked about a
cooperative plan of holding the 1st Engineering and Technology
International Symposium entitled “International Symposium in the
Fusion Technologies between Korea and Thailand 2012 ISFT” which
will be organized at GNU in South Korea from June 28 to July 2,
2012.
GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY VISITS RMUTSB
Miss. Niramol Chanyam, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, gave
a warm welcome to Miss Su Xiang Rui from Jilin University of China.
She is the Chinese volunteer teacher from the cooperative project
between Office of the Higher Educat ion Commiss ion and Off ice of
C h i n e s e I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n
Commission (Hanban). During the period of 10 months of volunteer
service, she will b e t e a c h i n g C h i n e s e L a n g u a ge
a t Nonthaburi campus from June 2012 until March, 2013.
A NEW CHINESE VOLUNTEER TEACHER FROM THE OFFICE OF CHINESE
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSION
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
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Assistant Professor Chariya Hasitpanitkun , RUMTSB President
together with Assistant Professor Kitti Boonlertnirun, Assistant to
the President and Assistant Professor Thitima Chinowat, Dean of the
Faculty of Agricultural Technology and Agro-Industry welcomed Mr.
Prapas Pinvises, the President of Sales and Marketing of AGRO-ON
(THAILAND) Co., Ltd for his visit and signing of MOU at Kalahom
Meeting room, Wasukri campus, Rajamangala University of Technology
Svarnabhumi on April 30,2012. In this event, they had a meeting and
discussed about the academic collaboration in future. They also
focused on the cooperative agreement in the MOU under the following
objectives: to support and develop agricultural industry, to
increase the competitive ability and food safety , to support and
facilitate the development of education management, research and
academic services on agriculture and agricultural industry, and to
support and facilitate learning resources and information
technology on agricultural industry in RMUTSB.
On April 4, 2012, Assistant Professor Chariya Hasitpanitkun,
President, accompanied by Associate Professor Dr. Montanee
Sestapukdee, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Miss Niramol
Chanyam, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, warmly welcomed Mrs.
Vilaikam Bouddakham, Pres iden t and the s taf f of Laos -Singapore
Business College (LSBC) for their official visit to
SIGNING MOU BETWEEN RMUTSB (THAILAND) AND LSBC (LAO P.D.R.)
MOU BETWEEN AGRO-ON (THAILAND) CO., LTD. AND RMUTSB
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi. There was a
discussion of future cooperation between the two institutes. After
the meeting they jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with the purpose of mutual cooperat ive academic support in the
form of t r a i n i ng and resea rch facilities including staff
exchange.
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Temasek Foundation, Singapore and the group o f n i ne Ra j
amanga l a Universities of Technology cooperatively organized a c o
- f u n d i n g T V E T Tra in ing Project . This
project , which has been approved by the Office of Higher
Education Commission, aims at offering education assistance on
Engineering and Industrial Technology fields in higher education in
Thailand. The first pr ior i ty of the project is on Human Resource
development which was divided into three programs: 1) One – week
Senior Management Programme which provides participants an overview
of Singapore’s and NYP’s technical manpower training and
development , 2) Two-week Executive Programmes which aimed at
providing participants with an overview of Singapore’s and NYP’s
technical manpower training and development and help them better
manage a modern technical education institution and develop
relevant and useful programmes for the industry, and 3) Six-week
Specialist Teachers Training Programmes with the aim to help them
deepen and widen their expertise and thereby enabling them to
better develop training programmes that will meet industry
needs.
TVET TRAINING COOPERATIVE PROJECT BY TEMASEK FOUNDATION
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
During March 19 -21, 2012, Rajamangala University of Technology
Suvarnabhumi assigned Associate Professor Dr. Montanee Sestapukdee
, RMUTSB Vice President for Academics together with Assistant
Professor Duangruedee Supatimasro, Assistant to the President for
Research, Associate Professor Napat Watjanatepin, Dean of Faculty
of Engineering and Architecture, Miss. Niramol Chanyaem, Dean of
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Assistant Professor Joompot Pumsipanon,
Deputy Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology and Assistant
Professor Tosporn Namhong, Deputy Dean of Faculty of Agricultural
Technology and Agro-Industry to participate in the 2nd
Taiwan-Thailand Higher Education Forum 2012 hosted by Ministry of
Education of Taiwan. This forum was organized at National Taiwan
University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei.
THE 2nd TAIWAN-THAILAND HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM
Ass is tan t Professor Duangruedee Supatimasro, Assistant to the
President for Research was nominated to attend the first program at
Nanyang Polytechnic International in Singapore during April 26 –
May 2, 2012. The program focused on Techn ica l Voca t i ona l
Education Management System by the model of Nanyang Polytechnic
International as the best practice. In addi t ion , the trainees
were t r a i n ed abou t cu r r i c u l um and ac adem i c
development , creating strong relationship and close collaboration
with industries, and creating a culture of organization
excellence.
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The forum was honored by Prof. Wei-Ling Chiang, Minister of
Education Ministry, Taiwan for his opening remark and also by a
number of distinguished speakers from both Taiwan and Thailand
including Associate Professor Napat Watjanatepin , Dean of Faculty
of Engineering and Architecture who spoke in the parallel session 2
on the topic of “University and Industry Cooperation” and Assistant
Professor Dr. Janjira Wongkhomthong, President of Christian
University was the chair of the session. There were more than 300
administrators of Ministry of Education of Thailand, Office of
Higher Education Commission, universities and experienced leaders
who attended the forum. The forum was d iv ided in to a two -day of
academic discussion and a one -day of education visit at leading
universities. The discussion part focused on sharing academic view
and cooperation between Taiwan and Thailand including developing
collaborative research, joint degree programs, and staff and
students exchange between universities of both Taiwan and
Thailand.
THE 2nd TAIWAN-THAILAND HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM
Advisor Asst. Prof. Chariya Hasitpanitkun Editors Asst. Prof.
Pimonpan Thanarak Assoc. Prof. Udomlaksana Muchjajib Asst. Prof.
Duanchan Sinpho
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The education visit started on March 21. I n th i s event ,
RMUTSB admin is t ra tors had a s t u d y v i s i t t o t e c h n o
l o g i c a l l e a d i n g Taiwanese universit ies to learn their
policies, perspectives and education system at Lungwa University of
Science and Technology, National Taipei University of Technology,
Tamkang University and Nat ional Pingtung University of Science and
Technology. The outcomes from this forum are fruitful to interact
more closely to develop and strengthen the collaboration between
universities in Thailand and Taiwan through exchanges and
cooperation in related fields.
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