Thammasat University is a public University of Bangkok in Thailand. It is the second oldest university and one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand. It was formerly known as the University of Moral and Palitical Science. It's motto is 'I am proud to be Thammasat's since Thammasat teaches me to love the people'. The word 'Thammasat' is romanised from the Thai promunciation of 'Dharmasastra'. More that 70 years since its establishment in 1934, the University has produced more than 240,000 undegraduate and graduate students. The University's alumni include prime ministers, top-level politicians and officers, 'Bank of Thailand' governors, as well as most of the city's governors. Its school of business, law, economics and political science have been ranked among the top in Southeast Asia. Thammast University was established on June 27, 1934. During is infancy, the University was run as an open academic institution. This University began by initially offering four major fields of study- law, commerce and accauntancy, political science and economics. These were later expanded to other disciplines as social work journalism and liberal a arts, with the last being the oldest of its bind in the country. The history of political development in Thailand cannot be understood in isolation from the significant role that Thammasat University and its students have played. This univesity is a member of Links to Asia by Organising Traineeship and Student Exchange (LAOTSE), an international network of lading Universities in Europe and Asia. It also cooperates with some of the top Universities around the globe as well. A regional operation is maintained with the 'Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network.' The University has six campuses across the country, but the main campus is at the Phrachan, Where all the social science fields remain. It has 18 faculties and those are law, commerce and accountancy, political science, economics, social administration, liberal arts, Journalism and mass communication, sociology and anthropology, science and technology, engineering, medicine, dentistry, allied health science, nursing, architecture and planning, fine and applied arts, public health, the Sirindhorn International Institution of Technology (SIIT) and the college of Innovative Education. The faculty of commerce and accountancy is the oldest business school in Thailand. This faculty is recognised Internationally. In 2005, a team of students from the Master's of Sciences Degree programme in Marketing (MIM) of this faculty, won, for the second time, the world's renowned 'Global Moot Cap' a venue for business plan compition, held at the 'Mccombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin'. The faculty of Economics is considered to be one of the strongest programmes in Thailand. Its graduates have normally attended the prestigious departments of Economics such as Harverd, Chicago, UC Berkley, Cornell, Oxford, Cambridge, LSE. SIIT has the highest members of research publications(both in raw quantity and per graduate student heads), compare to other academic units in the university and when compare to other. universities, each SIIT faculty member produces turce the highest value of national range for international journal publications (0.74 Vs 0-0.41, academic year 2004).

Photo by Jerry Toscholog Several Indiana University East students were recognized on Thursday, April 16 during the Honors Convocation in Vivian Auditorium. Chancellor Nasser H. Paydar presided over the program. Chancellor’s Scholar Awards are campus-wide awards, presented to the highest achieving seniors, by academic school. Chancellor’s awards were presented to: Marisa Crist, of Milton, Ind., School of Business and Economics Travis Miller, of Eaton, Ohio, School of Continuing Studies Jennifer Wetherell, of Richmond, Ind., School of Education Troy Mantle, of Richmond, Ind., School of Humanities and Social Sciences Amanda Clarkson, of Richmond, Ind., School of Natural Science and Mathematics Jennifer Bath, of Liberty, Ind., School of Nursing Anita Scott, of Fishers, Ind., School of Social Work Outstanding Student Awards were given to individuals in their degree programs who displayed outstanding academic achievement at IU East. Students receiving awards are the following: School of Business and Economics Alison Walker, Aurora, Ind., Outstanding Student in Accounting Jennifer Fleagle, New Madison, Ohio, Outstanding Student in Finance Brian Graham, Hagerstown, Ind., Outstanding Student in Management School of Continuing Studies Casie Bowsman, New Castle, Ind., Outstanding Student in General Studies School of Education Donna Jones, Fountain City, Ind., Outstanding Student in Elementary Education Kara Woofter, Eaton, Ohio, Outstanding Student in Secondary Education Denice Williams, Fountain City, Ind., Outstanding Graduate Student in Education Megan Delk, Greenville, Ohio, Indiana Association of College Teacher Educators Outstanding Student Teacher Award-Elementary James Noe, Arcanum, Ohio, Indiana Association of College Teacher Educators Outstanding Student Teacher Award-Secondary School of Humanities and Social Sciences Larry Rittenhouse, Winchester, Ind., Outstanding Student in Humanities Dion Hinze, Hagerstown, Ind., Outstanding Student in Psychology Nichole Mann, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Sociology Kevin Holley, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Communication Julia Owens, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Criminal Justice Michael Willhite, Connersville, Ind., Outstanding Student in English Ranae Allen, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Fine Arts School of Natural Science and Mathematics Brian Duff, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Biology Corey White, Lynn, Ind., Outstanding Student in Biotechnology Aaron Hill, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Chemistry Stephanie King, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Mathematics School of Nursing Caroline Pyle, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding BSN Student Ron Martin, Parker City, Ind., Outstanding RN to BSN Student School of Social Work Jessica Osborne, Brownsville, Ind., Outstanding Student in Social Work Purdue University College of Technology Gregory J. Furtaw, Dayton, Ohio, Organizational Leadership and Industrial Technology Caleb Hale, Springport, Ind., Computer Graphics and Engineering Technology