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YONOK UNIVERSITY, LAMPANG THAILAND

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Category:	Alumni, Schools and Education
Created:	Oct 10, 2007
Type:	Public
Members:	408
Owner:	cAsanOvii nïCky Piyatida
Language:	English
Country:	Thailand

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Yonok's continuing success is a result of its unique vision for Thai education. In a nation where most of the leading universities are large public institutions, Yonok follows another path. It intends to remain small and personal, adding programs and facilities only where it can excel and maintain the intimacy of a small private University. Yonok is committed to providing its students with a quality education that will produce competent, ethical graduates who will play a vital role in the development of their country while staying attuned to the needs of the local community. These goals are combined with a learning environment that promotes global integration and cultural understanding.

Yonok University is a comprehensive, private four year institution of higher learning located in the beautiful mountains of Northern Thailand overlooking Lampang, the second largest city in the North. It was founded in 1988 by the current president Dr. Nirund Jivasantikarn,a native of Lampang. He became interested in concerned with establishing a University in his home province while pursuing his doctoral degree at Baylor University (Waco, Texas). In 1980, a proposal for building a new University was presented to the people in Thailand and in America, and it was widely accepted. Soon thereafter, support was received from Baylor University, USAID, and private individuals who founded the American-Thai Foundation for Education, the American-Thai Christian Foundation, and the American-Thai Education Development Foundation. Finally, funding was received in a series of grants from ASHA (American Schools and Hospitals Abroad). The project was lead by Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, who took responsibility for bringing the project to completion. The expertise of Plan Architect Co., Ltd. produced a design which won a gold medal award from the prestigious Siam Architectural Association. In 1988 Yonok University opened its doors and welcomed students into the School of Business Administration as the first class to study under the motto "Wisdom enriches life". And, most importantly, at this time the school benefited from the gracious presence of HRH Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who presided over the opening ceremony.