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Golden Jubilee Convention Hall, Khon Kaen University
This splendid Golden Jubilee Convention Hall (GJCH) in the campus of Khon Kaen University first caught my eyes when I jogged around the campus in the morning, and I took a first photo of it, with bright sunshine on that day.
Afterwards, I took quite a few photos of it with different angles, at different locations, at different times, and in different weather, whenever I passed by it in my morning jogging. I suppose this GJCH should be the landmark and an inspirational symbol of Khon Kaen University. It looks to me this GJCH is unshakable and humble. In addition, if you jog around its circle, you’ll find all its structure is symmetrical in both axes of x and y. Its side entrances are in the north and south, facing a forest and a big lake, respectively. In the east and west sides, there’re two major entrances with ascending steps leading to the public Hall area inside.
After I further searched for information from the website, Golden Jubilee Convention Hall has the following history:
"In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of His Majesty the King of Thailand's accession to the throne, Khon Kaen University constructed The Golden Jubilee Convention Hall. Beginning with the laying of the corner stone, presided over by His Majesty the King, the Hall quickly became the pride of northeastern Thailand. Located on Maliwan Road, and with magnificent manicured grounds, the Hall is just 4 km from the airport and 1.5 km from the central business district. Khon Kaen is served by some outstanding 4-5 star hotels with neighboring shopping centers, banks, and a regional hospital."
In view of its business operation, "Equipped with functionally state-of-the-art multimedia technology, the Hall provides audio-visual systems that can be tailored to the needs of any client, whether domestic or international. The Hall provides adequate design and appointments to guarantee convenience, comfort and safety. These systems are complementary by 500 on-site parking spaces and additional capacity for up to 30 buses."
In the presented sets of photos, you will see Golden Jubilee Convention Hall in closer view, distant view, night view, and its surrounding plantation phase of Casuarina trees. Note that different sky colours indicate the weather conditions, clear or cloudy. Also when you see the clear reflection of GJCH in the lake, this tells you the weather was not windy. All depending on the weather, it just needs a good timing and chance to have a good photo. But, no matter what kind of weather it will be, each photo has its own beauty, also depending on your feeling and mood.
As I google-serached "photos of Golden Jubilee Convention Hall", there’re so many magnificent photo works out there. Through my effort, I, like a photo-runner, hope mine can also add some more records to reveal the beauty of this Golden Jubilee Convention Hall, which seems embedded behind a mysterious veil of Casuarina tree forest.
Posted on December 25th, 2013
My first 30 days in my sabbatical leave in Thailand
Airport pickup
Imagine I have been here in Thailand for 30 days (November 6-December 5, 2013)!
In Thailand
Well, it’s not quite a long time. But it’s my third longest stay in a country. Of course, Taiwan my home country is the longest one. The second one was in US, and I was there for almost 7 years. Then it came to the third one here in Thailand, in particular, in the city of Khon Kaen. What impressed me most for the past 30 days here?
Leaving comfort zone
First, I felt like I was back into the stage of my undergraduate study once again. I had to rent a condominium, bought some grocery stuffs, and looked around the neighborhood to find food (ไม่เผ็ด) to eat for the first few days. I had to study and worked hard on preparing my teaching material. When you get into a new place, definitely you need some people around to help you out with some awkward situation. These include airport pickup, friendly ride for grocery shopping, and touring you around the campus and the surrounding environment. In addition, I had to restart people networking because I was living in a brand new community. Everything is new, and there’re things taking you time to adapt. New things mean inconvenience, not in your comfort zone. So, such a thought may come up from your mind one day, and say ‘why taking trouble to be here?" But there’s always a time you have to leave your comfort zone and throw yourself into a strange place where you can really leave something behind and get to know yourself more and more. Even, you may begin to think of what is the most important thing ahead to pursue in your life.
Thai traffic system
Second, I need to get used to the new traffic system. One day when I was jogging along the street in the campus and I had to come across the road, I was almost hit by an incoming car from my left hand side. This means I have to reprogram my perceived system of traffic, no longer the one in Taiwan. We follow the right-hand side system in Taiwan, but here it’s in the opposite. Now I have to remind and train myself to watch closely first the right-hand side, when crossing the street, and be careful of the incoming car on my left-hand side when I come to the centre line of the road. This is my own rule of thumb and it seems safer with this carried in mind.
Khon Kaen University
Third, it’s the most enjoyable time when jogging in a huge green forest in the campus of Khon Kaen University. Basically, KKU is a forest university. Even, at noon time in a day of bright sunshine I can walk to my office without sweating because of lots of shades on my walking trails. The whole campus layout is in an axe-like North-to-South stripe on the map. There’re two big lakes right at the major entrance of KKU in the south side. In addition, there’s one smaller lake in the northeastern part of the campus, where you will see people jogging or walking around this lake either in the morning or in the afternoon.
What else
What else is interesting and impressive? Maybe wait for another 30 days, and I’ll see what to write about.
People Networking
KKU Campus on the Map
KKU, a forest university
Posted on December 5th, 2013
Khon Kaen University
Khon Kaen University
See photo album "all about KKU" here.
Vision
A university of health and happiness
Core values
- Caring for the community and society
- Connection with scientific knowledge for social problems solving
- Creativity for work and services
- Happiness in the Greater Mekong Sub-region
Logo
Prospects
International competitiveness
By the year of 2015, the KKU aims to be
- One of the 3 leading universities in the country;
- One of the 80 leading universities in Asia;
- One of the 400 leading universities in the world.
Leading fields
The KKU attempts to excel in the fields of
- Medicine (including public health and tropical health);
- Tropical agriculture and farming (animal science and plant science), bio-diversity in the Greater Mekong Sub-region;
- Arts, culture and social, economic, business and tourism sectors in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Mission
- Education
- Research
- Services
- Art and culture preservation
Facts
History
- Established 1964
Programs
- 340 academic programs
- 43 international programs
Students
- Undergraduate: 30000
- Graduate: 10000
Faculty
- 2200 academic staff; 8500 supporting staff
Area
- 900 hectares of forest campus
Academics
In general, there’re 3 core groups featuring the academic programs in Khon Kaen University, including Science and Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; and Health Sciences. These three groups consist of 17 Faculties, 1 Graduate School, and 3 Colleges, with 51 Departments serving their individual purposes.
Science and Engineering
- Faculties of Agriculture, Engineering, Science, Technology, Architecture.
- Departments of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, Animal Science, Plant Science and Agricultural Resources;
- Departments of Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering;
- Departments of Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Statistics;
- Departments of Biotechnology, Food Technology, Geotechnology, Production Technology;
- Departments of Architecture, Building Technology, Industrial Design, Urban and Regional Planning.
Humanities and Social Science
- Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, Management Sciences, Fine and Applied Arts, Law, College of Graduate Study in Management, College of Local Administration, International College.
- Degree programs of humanities, social sciences, languages, and information management;
- Degree programs of Education: Mathematics Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages;
- Departments of Accounting, Economics, Finance, Hotel Management, Management, Marketing, Tourism;
- Degree programs of Art and Cultural Research Program, Visual Communication Design, Folk Music and Performance Program;
- Degree programs of law and human rights in northeastern Thailand;
- Degree programs of Entrepreneur, Business Leadership, Health Care Management, Industrial Management;
- Degree programs of Public Affairs Management, Local Government;
- Degree programs of Arts in International Affairs, Business Administration in Global Business, Business Administration in International Marketing.
Health Sciences
- Faculties of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health, Associated Medical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine;
- Degree programs of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Community Medicine;
- Degree programs of Nursing Science Program, Nursing;
- Departments of Dental Community, Dental Science, Oral Biology, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Surgery and Jawbone, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry;
- Degree programs of professional pharmacists for careers as health care providers in communities (drug stores), hospitals, and industrial pharmacies.
- Departments of Biostatistics and Demography, Environmental Health Science, Epidemiology, Health Education, Nutrition, Public Health Administration.
- Degree programs of Medical Science Program, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, Biomedical Science Program;
- Degree programs of animal health and sanitation as well as training in ethics, academic work and social services.
Undergraduate
- 101 undergraduate programs
Graduate
- 138 Master programs
- 77 Doctoral programs
- 24 Graduate diploma programs
Campus
Maps
Landmark
In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of His Majesty the King of Thailand's accession to the throne, Khon Kaen University constructed The Golden Jubilee Convention Hall. Beginning with the laying of the corner stone, presided over by His Majesty the King, the Hall quickly became the pride of northeastern Thailand. Located on Maliwan Road, and with magnificent manicured grounds, the Hall is just 4 km. from the airport and 1.5 km. from the central business district. Khon Kaen is served by some outstanding 4-5 star hotels with neighboring shopping centers, banks, and a regional hospital.
Equipped with functionally state-of-the-art multimedia technology, the Hall provides audio-visual systems that can be tailored to the needs of any client, whether domestic or international. The Hall provides adequate design and appointments to guarantee convenience, comfort and safety. These systems are complementary by 500 on-site parking spaces and additional capacity for up to 30 buses. (Source: http://www.gjchall.com/about.html)
In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of His Majesty the King of Thailand's accession to the throne, Khon Kaen University constructed The Golden Jubilee Convention Hall. Beginning with the laying of the corner stone, presided over by His Majesty the King, the Hall quickly became the pride of northeastern Thailand. Located on Maliwan Road, and with magnificent manicured grounds, the Hall is just 4 km. from the airport and 1.5 km. from the central business district. Khon Kaen is served by some outstanding 4-5 star hotels with neighboring shopping centers, banks, and a regional hospital.
Equipped with functionally state-of-the-art multimedia technology, the Hall provides audio-visual systems that can be tailored to the needs of any client, whether domestic or international. The Hall provides adequate design and appointments to guarantee convenience, comfort and safety. These systems are complementary by 500 on-site parking spaces and additional capacity for up to 30 buses. (Source: http://www.gjchall.com/about.html)
Shuttle bus
Though the campus of KKU is in a huge area, there’s free shuttle bus ride to move faculty and students to different campus buildings. Depending on the target places, services are provided by three different transit lines of yellow, red and blue colour.
Though the campus of KKU is in a huge area, there’s free shuttle bus ride to move faculty and students to different campus buildings. Depending on the target places, services are provided by three different transit lines of yellow, red and blue colour.
Featured Building
While walking or jogging along campus roads, some of buildings catch your eyes right at the first glance, especially for the foreigner like me. People tend to overlook the beauty of their surrounding environment when they stay in a place for a longer time. But it’s not for the newcomer. Here are some of my choice:
While walking or jogging along campus roads, some of buildings catch your eyes right at the first glance, especially for the foreigner like me. People tend to overlook the beauty of their surrounding environment when they stay in a place for a longer time. But it’s not for the newcomer. Here are some of my choice:
Food courts
Accommodation
Campus Hotel
Campus Hotel
Campus Flat
Nearby Apartment
Posted on November 5th, 2013