“Medal for Educational Achievements” Being Awarded to Professor David Wood
November 26, 2010, at SEAMEO RETRAC, on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Training, Mr. Tran Ba Viet Dzung, Director General, International Co-operation Department, presented the Medal for Educational Achievements to Prof. Dr. David Wood, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Curtin University, Australia.
The award is to recognize Prof. Wood’s continued contributions to educational co-operations between Vietnam and Australia in general, and between Curtin University and Vietnam’s educational institutions in particular.
On the same day, the Graduation Ceremony for the graduates
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The 1st SEAMEO RETRAC Council of Advisors (COA) Meeting was convened on November 26, 2010, at the Center Headquarter. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Tran Ba Viet Dzung, Director General, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam, and Chairman of SEAMEO RETRAC Governing Board.
The 33rd SEAMEO High Officials Meeting (HOM) was convened at the Sheraton Orchid Royal (Bangkok, Thailand) from November 22-24, 2010 with the participation of more than a hundred education officials and representatives from the 11 SEAMEO Member Countries, associate and affiliate members, and other international organizations such as UNICEF, UNESCO Bangkok, the British Council, World Bank, SIL LEAD Asia and ASEAN Secretariat.
On November 19, SEAMEO RETRAC held a seminar on the Role of Motivation and Cognition in Assessment of 21st Century Skills for 40 university lecturers and administrators from higher education institutions in Ho Chi Minh City.
SEAMEO RETRAC welcomed a new member, Dr. Dennis F. Berg, Emeritus Professor from California State University – Fullerton (CSUF), USA, to its family. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Berg served as the Chair of Department of Sociology, Associate Dean of College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Associate Vice President of Academic and International Programs and Dean of Graduate Studies; he has been a professor at CSU, Fullerton for more than 40 years.