Archives for October 29, 2017

JOHOR BAHRU, 28 october 2017 – The UTM Night Run For Hope 2017 organized by the Bioprocess Student Society (BIOSS) has managed to obtain sponsorship of around RM100,000 including prizes for the winners.

Its president, Muhammad Andika Mohd Yunus said, the 10 kilometer run held on 21st October managed to gather nearly 2,000 participants from all over Malaysia, and was held at Stadium Azman Hashim, UTM.

“The companies that sponsored the event were Beyond Ultron Sdn Bhd, Belinked Enterprise, Eleven Sport Malaysia, Printcious Gifts (M) Sdn Bhd, IM4U, Southern Rubber Works Sdn Bhd(Jazz Star), Salient Information Sdn Bhd (MYC), Shoon fatt Biscuit & Confectioney Factory Sdn Bhd, Allexcel Trading Sdn.Bhd (Warrior Energy Drink), Dato’ Khoo Soo Seang (Johor Chung Ling Alumni Association) and and students.

“Some of the donations were in terms of facilities essentials to give support to cancer survivors, in which RM 3,000 will be given to the Children’s Home of HOPE,” he said.

Muhammad Andika said, the main objective of the event was to enhance and promote a healthy lifestyle while showing support for children who had cancer as well as survivors under the Children’s Home of HOPE and to raise awareness on children’s cancer among the communities in Malaysia.

“The collection of the UTM Night Run for Hope fund will be donated to the Home of HOPE, which is located near Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL).

“We really hope that the donation can be helpful for them in terms of financial support and also facilities in the home,” he said.

The UTM Night Run For Hope 2017 was the third charity run program organized by BIOSS after UTM Run with Pride 2016 and UTM Night Run for Makna 2015.

The UTM Night Run For Hope 2017 was a collaboration between BIOSS and UTM Sport Excellence in order to raise funds for the Children’s Home of HOPE which is one of the charities associated with the National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM).

Home of HOPE is a non-government charity body that aims to help children from poor families by providing temporary shelter while receiving cancer treatment at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The charity run was officiated by the Chairman of MCA Gelang Patah, Dato’ Jason Teoh Sew Hock.

He was very proud of the achievement of the organizers of the UTM Night Run for Hope 2017 because this program was fully organized by the students themselves.

“This UTM night run is meaningful as it not only carrying the mission in raising awareness about the National Cancer Society, but also channels its fund to the Children’s Home of HOPE under the National Cancer Society Malaysia, helping them to achieve a better and brighter future, nurturing these seeds of hopes to shine in their future days,” he said.

The officiating programme were attended by the Head of Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Associate Professor Dr. Roshanida A. Rahman and advisors of BIOSS Professor Ida Idayu Muhamad and Dr Liza Md Salleh,

Meanwhile, Dr Liza expressed her gratitude to the whole organizing committee for  Ewing involved and making the program a success.

She said, the program achieved the target of having more than 1,800 participants and she also expressed her gratitude to UTM Sports Excellence for providing a platform to organize the event.

Source: UTM Night Run for Hope 2017: A Marathon for children’s home of hope | UTM NewsHub

JOHOR BAHRU, 24 October 2017 – Two Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D) students, Ana Haziqah and Kew Si Na from Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), had successfully undergone one-month research attachment programme organized by King Mongkut’s Institute of Ladkrabang (KMITL) in Bangkok, Thailand, last month.

They joint the programme together with another selected participant from the United States of America, Jonathan R. Puhl.

A number of meaningful academic activities were involved by them to acquire new knowledge, such as basic Thailand language lesson, postgraduate classes and talks related to research and publications given by various experts and lecturers from Thailand, the United States of America and Malaysia.

Besides that, several trips to visit well-known places in Thailand were also joined by them with different Thailand lecturers and postgraduate students, including Wangklaikangwon Industrial and Community Education College (WICEC), King’s farm in Hua Hin, Thailand Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaeo) as well as Pattaya floating market to explore the cultural richness of Thailand.

Moreover, each of them was also assigned an experienced Thailand advisor to conduct a research in Thailand to enhance their research skill.

Through this fruitful programme, they had exchanged research knowledge and culture as well as it helped to enrich their learning journey.

Source: Research visit to King Mongkut’s Institute Technology of Ladrabang (KMITL) | UTM NewsHub

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 October: – The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) has opened up the opportunity for international students from School of Education, UNMC to improve their language proficiency in order to obtain the required band of Malaysian University English Test (MUET) as set by UNMC. The learning takes place through face-to-face interaction and online learning in MyLinE portal developed by UTM MyLinE Task Force, Language Academy, UTM. The MoA and MoU were signed by the Provost and CEO of UNMC, Prof. Graham Kendall, and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) of UTM, Prof. Dr. Azlan Bin Abdul Rahman, and witnessed by the Head of School of Education, UNMC, Prof. Dr Ganakumaran Subramaniam, and the Dean of Language Academy, UTM, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Abdul Raof, and observed by the Director General, Ministry of Higher Education, YBhg Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Binti Tapsir.

According to MyLinE Manager, Associate Professor Fatimah Puteh, MyLinE portal is not only used by students of public institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, but also accessible to the public and private institutions, including international users. MyLinE’s popularity has sparked initiatives for the MyLinE Task Force to expand its functionality to meet the current needs of users and the nation. MyLinE started as the provider of online learning materials for use among students of public universities in Malaysia to enhance students’ English language proficiency. In responding to the needs of the nation, MyLinE offers MUET online materials through its microsites known as MyLinE MUET to assist candidates who are sitting for MUET. At present, MyLinE is the only language learning portal in Malaysia that offers MUET online materials. The portal helps users improve and master the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) tested in MUET.  This initiative receives strong support from the Malaysian Examination Council (MPM). MPM has supported MyLinE’s efforts in conducting a pilot study on MUET online materials on students who were sitting for MUET. At the ceremony, the UTM MyLinE Task Force also presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Pn Norsheila Md Sheh, who was representing the CEO of MPM, Tn. Hj. Mohd Fauzi Bin Datuk Hj. Mohd Kassim.

The MoA and MoU will benefit both parties. For UNMC, this collaboration helps graduate students from Bangladesh who have been selected to join the Bangladesh College Education Development Project (BCEDP) to master English and to meet the required level of MUET Bands. This collaboration involves face-to-face trainings as well as online assistance for 1000 UNMC international students. In addition to enhancing the visibility of the two world-class universities, staff mobility will strengthen the expertise and competitiveness of UTM instructors. It could also indirectly strengthen cooperation between MyLinE and MPM in meeting the needs of MUET candidates.

With the signing of this collaboration, MyLinE is now at par with other global online learning service providers. MyLinE welcomes all parties who are interested to collaborate in areas concerning teaching and learning of English. MyLinE can be accessed at http://myline.utm.my. For more information, please contact myline@utm.my or 075537928.

Source: Collaboration Between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus | UTM NewsHub