{"id":4435,"date":"2025-04-28T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/global.stou.ac.th\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:47:02","slug":"352","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/?p=4435","title":{"rendered":"STOU signed MOU with Saengtham College Xavier Chiang Rai Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" data-id=\"4438\" src=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-2-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-2-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-2-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-2-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-2.jpg 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saengtham College Xavier Chiang Rai Campus on expanding an academic service network and expanding educational opportunities for the underprivileged throughout Thailand, including students from neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Laos, with the aim of making undergraduate education more accessible in a convenient learning format for everyone. The signing ceremony was held at Saengtham College Xavier Campus Chiang Rai on 25 March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STOU team who joined the signing ceremony included;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanompatt Smitananda, Acting President of STOU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Narathip Sriram Acting Vice-President for Education, Learning Support, and Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khajornsak Sitthi, Director of the Office of Educational Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 Mr. Banchong Somsri, Director of Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center \u2013 Lampang&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u2022 Mr. Tamphong Wongchan, Director of Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center \u2013 Nonthaburi Saengtham College Xavier Chiang Rai Campus team who joined the The signing ceremony included;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 Father Dr. Winai Boonlue, Vice-President for Saengtham College Xavier Chiang Rai Campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u2022 Father Dr. Pichet Saengtien, Dean of Faculty of Liberal Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STOU is the first open university in Thailand that provides distance education, with the concept &#8220;Anywhere, Anytime, Anyone Can Learn\u201d by using variety of learning material and channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Text Book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 STOU Online Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2022 TV Chanel and Video Clip<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u2022 Consultation at STOU Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MOU is an important step for expanding educational opportunities to students in remote areas, including populations in border regions of Thailand and neighboring countries, so they can access higher education without having to relocate. Furthermore, the MOU also lead the future plan to develop and expand educational opportunities to the Upper Mekong River area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4439\" src=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-3.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4440\" src=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/352-4.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saengtham College Xavier Chiang Rai Campus on expanding an academic service network and expanding educational opportunities for the underprivileged throughout Thailand, including students from neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Laos, with the aim of making undergraduate education more accessible in a convenient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedantic-wozniak.14-207-142-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}