News

Presentation of French Scholarship Certificates

H.E. Mr. Christian Prettre, the French Ambassador to Thailand, presided over the presentation of 69 French scholarship certificates on 8 September. Sixty of the scholarships will support students in the School of Management, two for Doctoral students in the School of Civil Engineering, five Master's scholarships and 1 Doctoral scholarship for the School of Environment, Resources and Development and one Master's scholarship for the School of Advanced Technologies.

DISTINGUISHED AITians
PROF. SUPHAT RECEIVES NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED RESEARCHER AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2000

Prof. Suphat Vongvisessomjai, a senior faculty member of the Water Engineering and Management Program, School of Civil Engineering, and an AIT alumnus, (M.Eng.

Senior education official from Vietnam visits AIT

Prof. Tran Van Nhung, Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Education and Training, Hanoi, Vietnam, made an official visit to AIT on 5-6 Sept. He met with School Deans, Program and Field of Study Coordinators, and Vietnamese students.

YOGA Course

The regular YOGA course for adults will resume on Tuesday, 19 Sept, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at the Child Centre
Library. The course will last six weeks (9-10 hours). The fee is Bt600 for non-students and Bt420 for students (please show
your valid ID card on the first day).

The course is for both beginner and semi-intermediate levels.

SCHOLARSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

A scholarship for the Master's Program in Environmental Engineering at AIT was presented by the Union Power Development Co., Ltd. (UPDC) last week. The scholarship which is valued at 1 million Baht was made possible through the efforts of Prof.

Seminars & Workshop @ AIT
RCC User Training Series
In order to familiarize users with RCC facilities and services, the Center will conduct a series of user training as follows:

19-20 Sept. - Email and other Internet applications
21 Sept. - Remote dial-up services
22 Sept.

Mongolian artist
Byambarenchin Bayart-Od
opens art exhibition

An exhibition of paintings in metal, silk and leather by Mongolian artist Byambarenchin Bayart-Od is currently being held at the AIT Center, under the joint sponsorship of AIT and the Embassy of Mongolia.

Japanese astronaut returns to earth with stories from space

Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri regaled a captive audience at AIT with stories from space when he visited the campus on 4 September. Dr. Mohri presented a lecture and a video documentary of his second space voyage.

AIT GAZETTE
Issue No. 11
5 SEPTEMBER 2000
Report of the 22 August 2000 Reform Process Committee (RPC) Meeting

A. Review and Approval of the 8 August 2000 RPC Report

Members reviewed and approved the draft report of the 8 August 2000 RPC Meeting, which will incorporate the comments and suggestions made at the meeting.

Dr. Milton E. Bender Jr.,
first AIT President, passes away

The AIT Community mourns the death of Dr. Milton E. Bender Jr., founding President of the Asian Institute of Technology. Dr. Bender passed away on 12 August 2000 in Sun City, Arizona, USA.

Dr. Bender was the third Dean of the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, serving from May 1963 to December 1967. He played a key role in the transformation of the School into the Asian Institute of Technology and served as its first President from January 1968 to February 1973. He served a second term as President from January 1975 to January 1977.

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