2008 Thai Sustainable Program at UGA

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Program dates: May 9 - June 20, 2008

Application (download here: word file or pdf file)

Return complete application by February 15, 2008 deadline to:
Pratt Cassity
Founders Garden House
325 So. Lumpkin Street
CAMPUS

Purpose of the Program

Over the past year (Summer 2005 to May 2006) members of the UGA administration and faculty — including Pratt Cassity (Environmental Design), Art Dunning (Vice President for Public Service and Outreach), Ed Kanemasu (International Agriculture), David Knauft (Horticulture), David Gattie (Agricultural Engineering) and Rebecca Mullis (Nutrition) — met with representatives from Chiang Mai University (CMU) in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Kasetsart University (KU) in Bangkok in order to explore and develop a relationship on which to build a sustainable service-learning (SL) partnership.

This service-learning partnership will be reciprocal in that an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students from UGA would visit the Thai universities in May and June of each year, followed by a possible visit to UGA by faculty and students from Thailand in October.

Schedule: UGA-CMU schedules: May 9 – June 5, 2008 and
Bangkok schedules: June 6 – June 20, 2008

UGA-CMU: May 9 - June 5

Date	Activity	Remark
May 09 Friday	Depart USA	(language lesson in Atlanta if possible) Consult with Consulate and Thai Student association
May 10 Saturday	FLY
May 11 Sunday	Arrive Chiang Mai (entire group)	Settle into International Center Walking Street 1st language lesson and cultural orientation
May 12 Monday	Meet at Faculty of AG for orientation Tour of Campus Student-student orientation	Transportation, nightspots, food, shopping, etc. 2nd language lesson
May 13 Tuesday	Doi Suthep and Overview tour of Chiang Mai Special Evening with Soontaree Vechanont	Vans with maps and drop off in the city. Tasks: Back to IC to report out Huan Soontaree
May 14 Wednesday	Buddhism and Thai People (Professor Saeng) Monk Chat	Wat Suan Doak 3rd Language lesson
May 15 Thursday	EXCURSION – Ping River	4th Language Lesson
May 16 Friday	Architecture Lecture @ Faculty of Architecture and excursion to Lanna Architecture Center Cooperate with the group from Georgia State University (Professors Ekkachai and Navith)	(Coordinated evening event UGA, GSU, CMU)
May 17 Saturday	Thai Dance, Puppetry, Theatre and the Arts (lessons and hands-on workshop) (Professor Vilawan)	Art Studio 5th Language lesson and conversational exam
May 18 Sunday	Day OFF
May 19 Monday	Community Nursing Lecture (Prof. Dinlaga) Hill Tribe Lecture (_____________)
May 20 Tuesday	Elephant Training Center and Elephant Hospital (overnight)	Lampang province
May 21 Wednesday	Return to Chiang Mai
May 22 Thursday	OTOP (Prof. Aree), GIS (Prof. Thaworn), Social Science project (Mekong) (Prof. Kosum)
May 23 Friday	Community Service Project with ACE-USA	Speaking in Thai High Schools about Higher Education and Life in the USA
May 24 Saturday	Golden Triangle and river trip to Chiang Rai (overnight)	Chiang Mai – Tha Ton – Chiang Rai
May 25 Sunday	Return to Chiang Mai
May 26 Monday	Sustainable Natural Resource Management Overview of Field Work (Prof. Suree)
May 27 Tuesday	Begin Field Work	Quality of Life and Sustainable Natural Resource Management & Conservation in the Samoeng Watershed
May 28 Wednesday	Field Work
May 29 Thursday	Field Work
May 30 Friday	Field Work
May 31 Saturday	Field Work
June 1 Sunday	Field Work
June 2 Monday	Final Presentations and return to CMU Structured Reflection	Samoeng district è Chiang Mai city
June 3 Tuesday	FREE DAY	Final event at BLAR BLAR Bar
June 4 Wednesday	FREE DAY
June 5 Thursday	Depart for Bangkok

Bangkok: June 6-20 (Bangkok Schedule on PDF> Click here)

Date	Time	Details
Friday 6	9.00-10.00	Orientation at Faculty of Architecture
		- Overview of Bangkok - Site introduction and worked presentation of 4th year student of Arch. KU.
	10.00-12.00	Site visit “Khlong Ladtanod”
	12.00-13.00	Lunch
	13.00-15.30	Depart to Petchaburi Province
	15.30-17.00	Visit Ecosite –Lam pakbeay
	17.00	Check in at Niphon Hotel, Petchaburi
Saturday 7	11.00	Check out
	12.00	Lunch at Pechaburi
	14.00-16.00	Arrive at Ampawa District Visit “Ampawa Market – a 100-year-old market”
	17.00	Check in Home-stay at Ampawa
	18.30	Dinner and Boat Trip
Sunday 8	Morning	Free activity
	12.00	Check out and lunch
	13.00	Depart to Bangkok
	14.00	Visit “Wax Museum”
	17.00	Arrive at KU
Monday 9		Free day – Bangkok City Tour
Tuesday 10	9.00-16.00	Site visit “Khlong Ladtanod”
	17.00-20.00	Lecture – 1 /Eggarin
		Dinner
Wednesday 11	17.00-20.00	Lecture-2 / - EM and the environment by Pinijyos -Egco Group
		Dinner
Thursday 12	8.00-15.00	Field trip “Phoommiruk Center – demonstrations of the King’s initiative projects in Nakhornnayok”
	17.00-20.00	Scrap lab (1)
		Dinner

Friday 13	9.00-10.00	Introduction of the case study by Dr. Suwattana
	10.00	Depart from KU
	12.00-13.00	Lunch at Rayong
	14.30-16.30	Visit Eco-Community, Klang District, Rayong Province
	18.00	Check in Hotel and Dinner
	20.00	Conclusion of the case study and discussion by Dr. Suwattana
Saturday 14	10.30	Check out and depart to Bangkok
	12.00	Lunch
	15.00	Arrive at KU
Sunday 15		Free day
WEEK II
Monday 16	10.00-15.00	EM Lab
Tuesday 17	9.00-16.00	Working on site “Khlong Ladtanod”
	17.00-20.00	Lecture-3/ Biogas by Boonma Panpradit
		Dinner
Wednesday 18	9.00-15.00	Working on site “Khlong Ladtanod”
Thursday 19	9.00-16.00	Working on site “Khlong Ladtanod”
	17.00-20.00	Scrap lab (2)
		Dinner
Friday 20		Seminar
	13.00-13.15	Registration at Arch. KU. - At the main auditorium fl. 3
	13.15-14.00	Opening Ceremony - Welcoming Address - Opening Address - Keynote speech - Presentation of student teams
	14.00-14.15	Coffee break
	14.15-15.30	Workshop presentation and discussion
	15.30-17.00	Roundtable discussion for solving problems in the Thailand Service Learning Program 2 Closing Address
	17.00-18.00	Farewell Party

Costs

Program fees (covers lodging, ground transport, and what
averages out to two meals per day) + Tuition (8 credit hours) + Visa
($60.00) + Personal spending money + airfare (US - Bankok - Chiang Mai
- US)

Payment schedule:

February 15th (application due with 150.00 app. fee - refundable),
Ssecond payment is due on March 15 (1/2 of program costs)
April 15th final payment due

Links:

Educational Visa necessary (60.00 USD)
http://www.thaiembdc.org/index.htm

US State Dept Web site.
http://travel.state.gov/

Kasetsart University Dept of Architecture and Design Web site.
http://www.arch.ku.ac.th/
http://www.ku.ac.th/aboutku/english/

Chiang Mai University general Web site.
http://www.chiangmai.ac.th/

Thailand Tourism (TAT) Web site.
http://www.tourismthailand.org/