Nineteen years of residential life, told alongside the research.
Student development is often filed apart from academic work. On the ground it has run the same nineteen years as the research: a college principal’s term, an ongoing fellowship, escorted expeditions from Everest to Guizhou, and a body of published work built from that service itself.
Principal, then fellow.
Nine consecutive years as College Principal, followed by an ongoing fellowship that continues today.
College Principal, Kolej Perdana
Four consecutive appointment terms.
Acting Principal, Kolej Perdana
Fellow, Kolej Perdana / Pejabat Hal Ehwal Pelajar
Fellow, Kolej Tun Hussein Onn
Renewal in progress.
Member, Persatuan Felo Kolej Kediaman UTM
IPF, and a college that leads on student activity.
Kolej Tun Hussein Onn received the Bintang Kejora Kolej award for the highest volume of student development activity among UTM’s residential colleges in 2023.
Member, Institusi Pembangunan Felo
Recognised at Majlis Apresiasi IPF (MAIPF23)
Alongside KTHO’s Bintang Kejora Kolej award.
Interview panel and selection committee
Jawatankuasa Kolej Pelajar (JKP) KTHO 2025/2026.
Strategic planning workshop and annual targets presentation
KTHO student development.
Escorted expeditions and camps.
From a base camp on Everest to leadership camps in the Cameron Highlands, escorting students beyond the campus has been a recurring role.
Program Misi Perdana UTM De’Everest
Gunung Everest, Nepal.
Kembara Ilmu Perdana Palembang
Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia.
Pegawai Pengiring, Mobility Outreach Visits Exchange (MOVE’24)
Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia.
Pegawai Pengiring, Borneo Resilience through AI and Sustainability
Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia.
Pengiring, Global Outreach Program academic visit
Guizhou & Kunming, China.
Leadership camps and committee-building retreats
Cameron Highlands, Malacca, Merlimau.
Community service expeditions
KACOMS, UCOS, Girl Power Johor, Hydrocheese Reef.
Cross-Malaysia cycling tours
Kayuhan Merdeka, Kayuhan Kibar Jalur Gemilang.
Kunming–Guiyang Global Outreach Program, at Huawei Cloud — Sept 2025
Global Outreach Program to Padang, departure — Aug 2025
Student development, at national scale.
Organising and chairing the conferences that bring student-development practice into the open.
Lead, International Conference on Student Development (ICOSD) 2023
Funded project, RM49,319.
Parallel Session Chair, ICOSD 2019
Committee member, National Student Development Conference (NASDEC)
Where residential life became research.
This service was not left undocumented. It produced its own line of published, peer-reviewed work.
| Publication | Year |
|---|---|
| Implication of Global Outreach Program Organizing in Student Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Academic Performance: Kembara Ilmu Perdana Palembang 2019 Case Study | 2020, corresponding author |
| Patterns of Internet Use among Students Universiti Teknologi Malaysia: Kolej Perdana Case Study | 2020, corresponding author |
| Kem Pemantapan Jawatankuasa Kolej Mahasiswa (JKM) Kolej Perdana: Kepimpinan dan Pembangunan Sahsiah | 2018 |
| Realiti Kelangsungan Hidup Pelajar Prasiswazah UTM dari Aspek Perbelanjaan Makanan | 2018 |
| SHAFEX Problem Checklist: Sistem Online Pengesanan Kategori Masalah Pelajar | 2016 |
| Fostering Team Effectiveness among Young Leaders through Outdoor Experiential Training | 2016 |