An International Partnership-Student from Xavier Learning Community Thailand Completed His Master’s Program from Sanata Dharma University
At the end of the Even Semester 2021/2022 Academic Year, an international partnership-student between Sanata Dharma University and Xavier Learning Community, Thailand successfully completed his Master’s degree from the English Education Master’s Program. He is Sumit Choemue, who has studied at Sanata Dharma University for the past 1.5 years, from August 2019 – July 2021.
Sumit Choemue is an international partnership-student from the Xavier Learning Community in Thailand, who completed his Master’s degree of Education from the English Education Master’s Program at Sanata Dharma University. Xavier Learning Community (XLC) is an educational institution located in Mae Chan District in Chiang Rai, which has a mission to uplift and empower youth. It is aimed at educating young people, especially in northern Thailand, based on the Jesuit tradition.
The Scholarship Program that Sumit Choemue participated in is the result of a partnership between Sanata Dharma University and the Xavier Learning Community, which was started in 2016. One of the partnership areas is to provide a scholarship for teachers in the Xavier Learning Community to continue his/her education to a higher level. Among other candidates, Sumit was one of the English teachers at Xavier Learning Community who had the opportunity to study at Sanata Dharma University.
The basis for the formation of this partnership between the educational institutions of Sanata Dharma University and the Xavier Learning Community are the shared aspirations in supporting the sustainable growth and development of each country in this globalizing environment. Sanata Dharma University and Xavier Learning Community are educational institutions of the Society of Jesus in the Asia-Pacific that have the same mission goals, one of which is to support the development and implementation of learning service programs.
While studying at the Sanata Dharma University, Sumit had a very extraordinary experience and learned many lessons that he could use in the future. Besides that, he also felt welcomed by everyone in the Sanata Dharma University.
“One year and a half as a Master’s student has become an astonishing experience and unforgettable moment of my life. I am wholeheartedly welcomed and embraced by everyone as a part of the community to build a robust rapport and support each other in this USD family.”
Sumit also added that while at Sanata Dharma University, he not only nourished his knowledge but also learned and prepared himself to become an active ‘Agent of Change’ in society.
Sumit is an easy-going person and could easily adapt to studying at Sanata Dharma University. His supervisor, Mr. Barli Bram, M.Ed., Ph.D., described Sumit as an international student who has Four Quality Features, namely he is Bright, Diligent, Independent, and Resourceful. According to him, Sumit has enriched himself with knowledge and succeeded in obtaining a Master’s degree in Education from the Postgraduate Program of English Education at Sanata Dharma University. Mr. Barli Bram, M.Ed., Ph.D., also added that now he can share the knowledge and skills he has acquired with his students at the Xavier Learning Community in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
(DDJ & LJ)
