On 16 December 2013, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Achara Chittaladakorn, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and a group of School of Agriculture and Cooperatives faculty members welcomed Dr. Eric Simonne and Dr. Amarat Simonne from the University of Florida (UF) in the United States of America on the occasion of their visit to Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) to discuss academic collaboration and to exchange knowledge and experience with faculty members and graduate students of the STOU School of Agriculture and Cooperatives at the faculty meeting room on the 3rd floor of Academic Building 3 at STOU.