Post Graduate Students Society (PGSS) 2023 Strategic Planning Workshop
Day 1 – The PGSS 2023 Strategic Planning workshop organized by the School of Graduate Studies, UTM was held on 12th March 2023 (Sunday) at the SPS Meeting room, UTM Johor Bahru. Around 33 representatives from all 12 faculties of UTM Johor Bahru and UTM Kuala Lumpur attended the workshop. The workshop commenced with Welcoming Remarks from the PGSS UTM President, Ms. Asraful Syifaa’ Ahmad, followed by the News Article Writing Workshop conducted by personnel from the UTM Office of Corporate Affairs. The session’s introduction was briefed by the Deputy Registrar of the Corporate Communications Unit, Ms. Rohaizan Binti Khairul Azhar, followed by officers from the Corporate Communications Unit, Ms. Nur ‘Aina Osman and Mr Mohd Fadthul Ikmal Misnal who shared guidelines and tips of preparing news articles for the UTMNews Hub portal. The News Article Writing Workshop aimed to provide exposure to the PGSS Committee Members on how to write news articles and steps to publish articles on the UTMNews Hub.
Following the News Article Writing workshop, representatives from each Faculty delivered the PGSS Faculty Activities Planning for the whole term including ideas on how to improve PGSS branding strategies and how to increase PGSS YouTube Channel subscribers. It could be seen from the presentations that all committee members plan PGSS programs with detail and curate the content and list of invited speakers according to the needs of postgraduate students from each faculty. The workshop ended for the first day and continued on Monday, 13th March 2023 with the teambuilding session held at the Hutan Rekreasi UTM (UTM Recreational Forest).
Day 1 was truly a reflection of the PGSS motto, ‘From Students to Students’. So make sure to keep updated with the latest PGSS events that have been planned!
