MSU PRIMARY FAREWELLS YEAR 6 STUDENTS

 On April 4 MSU Demonstration Primary School Director Dr. Maliwan Tunapan welcomed MSU President Dr. Supachai Samappito to assist in presenting certificates and diplomas to Year 6 students who have just completed their final year of primary schooling.

Students were presented with leaving certificates, awards and diplomas for outstanding performance.

Many of the students will go on to attend MSU Secondary and then move on to Mahasarakham University.

MSU Primary Demonstration School runs two strands of education. One is where subjects are taught in Thai with optional subjects in English and the other as a complete primary education taught in English.

MSU Primary is considered one of the leading public Primary Schools in the province and students regularly win awards from national competitions. 

MSU VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS & RESEARCH DR. PREECHA PRATHEPA GRANTED FULL PROFESSORSHIP

On January 24 MSU President Dr. Supachai Samappito had the pleasure of congratulating MSU Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research Professor Dr. Dr. Preecha Prathepha on attaining the status of full professor.

Dr. Preecha was appointed a full professor in genetics in the field of Biotechnology. The announcement was officially published by the Prime Minister in the Government Gazette on January 11. Only four other civil servants were appointed professors of higher educational institutions in the announcement. Besides being Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Preecha is now a full professor in the field of genetics, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology at MSU.

Professor Dr. Preecha is to be congratulated on his dedication and hard work in achieving his professorship. He provides a fine example to current and future students of Mahasarakham University.

Dr. Supachai and the full executive committee of Mahasarakham University were on hand to heartily congratulate Dr. Preecha in a ceremony held in the conference room of the President’s building.

MSU TO HOST 2ND QS MASTERCLASS ON INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

On March 2^nd Mahasarakham University and QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Asia will be hosting the 2nd QS Masterclass seminar on Internationalisation of Higher Education at the elite JW Marriott Hotel in Bangkok.

Three keynote speakers, Professor Yongyuth Yuthavaong, former Minister of Science and Technology (Thailand), Mandy Mok, Managing Director of QS Asia and Dr. Kevin Downing, Senior Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance of University of Hong Kong will address the seminar. There will also be a panel discussion on the internationalisation of higher education in the afternoon.

The seminar will provide invaluable information and networking opportunities for tertiary educational institutions on sharing knowledge and in the promotion of their universities at an international level. The QS Asia organisation has an excellent reputation in assisting in the establishment of cooperative relationships between universities on a global scale.

After the success of the 1^st QS Master Class held on campus at Mahasarakham University last year which was attended in the main by Thai Universities, this 2nd QS Masterclass seminar has quickly developed internationally through putting into practise lessons learned from the 1^st QS Master Class.

MSU’s World Class quality has been made clear as, in 2011, a number of international organizations including QS World University Ranking, SCImago Institutions Ranking (SIR) World Report, UI Green Metric World Universities Ranking, Webometric, 4icu Web Popularity Ranking, and Alexa Web Ranking, have considered MSU a fast-growing, world-class-recognized university.  

This success implies that in the near future, MSU will establish increased recognition on a national scale and globally. Moving forward towards the future on the world-class stage, MSU will continue its close partnership with QS-Asia to co-organize World Class Seminars and/or QS Master Class events.

  

Mahasarakham University will be the first Thai university to be considered under the new QS Star Rating system.

The seminar is also hosted in partnership with Guangxi University for Nationalities, China, University of the Free State, South Africa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and University of the Philippines Diliman.

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MSU HOSTS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

On October 15 MSU President Dr. Supachai Samappito had the pleasure of welcoming fellow Presidents of Thai Universities to the University President’s Annual General Meeting held in the conference room of Mahasarakham University President’s Building.

The Minister for Education, The Honourable Woravat Auapinyakul (pictured right) gave the opening address entitled ‘Policies of Higher Education.’

Key points under consideration at the meeting included discussion on future policy developments, preparations for 2015 and international education with other ASEAN tertiary institutions and meeting the needs of the market place through human resources development.