12 June 2022 – The “STOU RUN 2022” mini marathon was co-hosted by STOU Trang Students Club, STOU Trang Alumni Club and the STOU Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center – Nakhon Si Thammarat, at Khao Chang Hai, Na Yong, Trang, to raise awareness for forest conservation.

The event was joined by STOU administrators, students, alumni and the general public, including Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wittayatorn Tokeaw, the Advisor of STOU Trang Students Club, who presided over the opening ceremony and joined the race. The program featured fun run (5 km), and mini marathon 10 (km). There were also mobile exhibitions on “Forest is life” and “STOU: sustainable university.” To promote the awareness towards forest conservation, all runners were given away a forest seedling to be planted back home.

The STOU Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center – Nakhon Si Thammarat also held a parallel activity that is an online speech contest on the topic of “Forest is life.” The activity made ‘forest conservation’ mindfulness reached out to a wider range of people, focusing on younger generation.

STOU has strongly committed to sustainability and set national and international goals to become a sustainable university.