{"id":4351,"date":"2026-08-06T10:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:57:48","slug":"4351","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/archives\/4351","title":{"rendered":"Triumphant on the Global Stage! SPU Digital Media Student Claims Prize for Excellence at GDSC 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"10\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/703434604_1511907244279801_1685880906158527576_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/703434604_1511907244279801_1685880906158527576_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/703434604_1511907244279801_1685880906158527576_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/703434604_1511907244279801_1685880906158527576_n.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"10\">Reinforcing Excellence in Digital Innovation: Second-Year Student Ekkapop Seethon Earns International Acclaim in 3D Digital Game Art at the Global Digital Skill Competition 2026 in Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"11\">Sripatum University celebrates another outstanding milestone on the global stage as Ekkapop Seethon (Taro), a second-year student from the Interactive and Game Design (IGD) program, School of Digital Media, secured the &#8220;Prize for Excellence&#8221; in 3D Digital Game Art at the prestigious Global Digital Skill Competition 2026 (GDSC 2026) held in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"12\">This remarkable accomplishment highlights SPU&#8217;s continuous commitment to fostering practical learning and advanced technical skill development beyond traditional classrooms. This aligns with SDG 4 Quality Education, specifically supporting sub-goal 4.3 Lifelong learning measures and sub of sub-goal 4.3.2 Public events (lifelong learning) by empowering students through competitive public learning platforms and future-ready digital literacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"13\">Furthermore, SPU&#8217;s emphasis on career readiness and real-world application equips students with competitive industry standards, directly contributing to SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth through sub-goal 8.4 Proportion of students taking work placements and sub of sub-goal 8.4.1 Proportion of students with work placements. This approach prepares young talent to thrive in global creative industries and evolving digital economies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"14\">The success at GDSC 2026 also underscores the power of international collaboration and cross-border knowledge exchange, reflecting SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals under sub-goal 17.2 Relationships to support the goals and sub of sub-goal 17.2.2 Cross sectoral dialogue about SDGs by connecting student capabilities with global professional standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-path-to-node=\"15\">Sripatum University warmly congratulates Ekkapop Seethon and remains dedicated to empowering students to unleash their creative potential and drive sustainable digital innovation worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reinforcing Excellence in Digital Innovation: Second-Year Student Ekkapop Seethon Earns International Acclaim in 3D Digital Game Art at the Global Digital Skill Competition 2026 in Hong Kong Sripatum University celebrates&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,26,52,1],"tags":[492],"class_list":["post-4351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goals-highlights","category-goals-4","category-goals-8","category-goals-17","tag-spu-spusdgs-3ddigitalgameart-gdsc2026-digitalmedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.th\/sdgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}