KU-UTIA Student Exchange Program 2003

UT Students At Kasetsart University, Thailand  

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2003 was the fourth consecutive year for the KU-UTIA student exchange program.  Prior to their departure to Thailand, the UT students participated in an intensive orientation program that had covered a wide range of topics, including the technical program, travel procedures, cultural cues and clues, food and personal security issues.  While the technical program focuses on topics of agriculture and natural resources, the overall program includes a substantial emphasis on social and cultural context.   The program's heart, however, comes from the relationships and understanding that develop between the KU and the UT students following the KU students' arrival in Knoxville on April 25 for their four week study tour in Tennessee. We hope that this web page will convey to you some of the excitement and intensity of this learning experience and the warmth of personal feelings that grew in Tennessee and in Thailand. It is a program of friends and colleagues working together for mutual benefit.

 
Thursday May 29
11:20 A.M.  Depart Knoxville for a really long day of travel. 

 

  

Listing of Program Participants

    
Friday May 30

Midnight    Arrive Bangkok. Overnight at KU Home.

 

 

 

Saturday May 31
Morning: Visit the National Museum
 

Afternoon: A visit to the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Keow (Temple of the Emerald  Buddha)

 

Sunday June 1
Morning: Ayuthaya Historical Park
Afternoon:   Visit  Bang Pa-In Palace.  

 

Monday June 2
Morning:  Courtesy meeting with the President of Kasetsart University, Dr. Viroch Impituksa.
Afternoon:  Visit Kasetsart Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute (KAPI).  Dinner hosted by KAPI, with a birthday party for:  Jenni, Jennifer, Amy and Katie.

 

Tuesday June 3
Morning:  Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and KU's Animal Hospital. 
Afternoon:  Visit Faculty of Agro Industries.

 

Wednesday June 4
Check out of beautiful KU Home and travel to Kamphaengsaen (KPS) Campus.  Along the way, visit the Golden Jubilee Agricultural Museum at Pathumthanee Province and Fresh Meat Company.

 

Thursday June 5
Introduction to KPS Campus, meeting with campus administrators.  Visit "Cowboyland" and the Rice Gene Discovery Center.. 

 

Friday June 6
Visit the Tropical Vegetable Research and Development Center and the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science. 

 

Saturday June 7

 

 

 

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