From left: Ms. Nguyen Thu Le Hang, Head of the Education Management Section (EDS), AITCV; Prof. Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, AIT Acting President and Ms. Do Thuc Uyen, Assistant Accountant, AITCV

AIT Renews Cooperation with Vietnam

Aimed to enhancing the capacity of scientific and technical staff needed for the industrialization and modernization of Vietnam, AIT and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have recently agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement for a collaborative education program.

Nobel laureate Blumberg lectures at AIT

Nobel laureate Baruch S. Blumberg (left) will be the lecturer-ender in March 2005 on the 2nd and final 'Bridges' event series to be held at the AIT Conference Center, AIT. He will lecture on Monday, 21 March 2005, 2:00 p.m. on the topic 'Science and its relevance to international cooperation and a peaceful society'.

Prof.

Forging A Stronger AIT Presence In a Large Market-Indonesia

Indonesia has over 200 million people. In 1998 alone, almost 3 million Indonesian students were registered in programs of higher education. Of this, an estimated 1.4% studied overseas. It was also estimated that a total of US$2.2 billion was spent by students and their families on tertiary education, of which US$766 million or 34.8% went to foreign institutions.

Senior alumni and the President of AITAA-Taiwan Chapter visits AIT

On 16 March 2005, AIT Acting President and Provost Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon received the President of the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) Taiwan Chapter Chung-Yih Lin (WRE'75) who was accompanied by other 10 senior AIT alumni from Taiwan and their spouses.

AIT Conference Center Functions
14 - 20 March 2005

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 14 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B204

Management and Implementation of Agricultural Development
c/o K. Wichit, AITE, Tel. 5277

8:30-17:00
B115
Traffic Management and Enforcement (TME)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel.

AIT Conference Center Functions
14 - 20 March 2005

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 14 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B204

Management and Implementation of Agricultural Development
c/o K. Wichit, AITE, Tel. 5277

8:30-17:00
B115
Traffic Management and Enforcement (TME)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel.

Agre, Friedman next in the 'Bridges' event series
Prof. Peter Agre and Prof. Jerome L. Friedman comes next in the Nobel laureate lecture 'Bridges' event series to be held at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium

Visiting AIT

On 3 March 2005, a delegation (above left) from the Office of Higher Education Commission visited AIT. The delegation was led by Dr. Suchart Muangkaew, Deputy Secretary-General, Office of the Higher Education Commission.

During the visit, Dr. Suchart (above left) met with Prof.

Agre, Friedman next in the 'Bridges' event series
Prof. Peter Agre and Prof. Jerome L. Friedman comes next in the Nobel laureate lecture 'Bridges' event series to be held at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium

Visiting AIT

On 3 March 2005, a delegation (above left) from the Office of Higher Education Commission visited AIT. The delegation was led by Dr. Suchart Muangkaew, Deputy Secretary-General, Office of the Higher Education Commission.

During the visit, Dr. Suchart (above left) met with Prof.