Located at IPB Building, the programme was participated by 40 Upper Form 6 students accompanied by their teachers from four schools namely La Salle Secondary School, KK High School, SMK Tambunan and Kinabalu International School.

The one-day programme was officiated by the director of IPB, Prof. Dr. Clemente Michael Wong Vui Ling, followed by a briefing on Genetic and Immunology Engineering and Vaccinology by the academic staff of IPB.

The students were also taken to laboratories in IPB, in addition to several activities related to the handling of high technology tools.

The programme, held bi-annually amongst others aimed to expose and nurture students’ interest in science especially in biotechnology, whilst introducing Biotechnology Research Institute to outsiders. – (fl)

Source: Biotechnology Research Institute

The 82 staff included 23 who were promoted to the post of senior lecturer, a language teacher to grade DG44, 14 management and professional staff category, and 44 support staff.

The staff were feted at a presentation of promotion letter ceremony No.1/2016 at the Gallery, yesterday, which was presented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Dr. Shahril Yusof.

Earlier in his speech, he said that ‘simplifying’ could be a good keyword for university staff in carrying their services.

He said that if each task was performed on the basis of simplifying things, it would ease students and public as this translated to better service delivery.

“Thus, this is a challenge to the administrative staff who are promoted to think or do anything that facilitates the process of their services,” he said.

Present at the ceremony were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Associate Professor Dr. Ismail Ali and UMS Registrar, No’man Hj. Ahmad. – MA (fl)

Photo: Musaab Umair

UMS sixth gold haul was contributed by UMS Karate-Do athlete, Christina Ederis in the Women 68kg Kumite category by beating the participant from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Siti Hajar Mohd Azhar with 2-1 points.

The medal was the second personal gold medal for Christina, after contributing a gold medal in the
Pencak Silat.

This success increases UMS medal tally to six gold, four silver and ten bronze and finishing sixth among the contingents participating.

UMS contingent still has the chance to add more medals through athletics that would see its men and women athletes compete in the 200m final, in addition to the women’s 3,000m steeplechase final. – MA (fl)

Photo Credit: Eddy Jamilih

This was stated by the Head of Chancellery Department, Darwis Awang in a briefing to all drivers of UMS at the Galeri, this morning.

He said, the responsibility of a driver was not only to drive the university’s vehicle but also act as an agent in portraying the good image of UMS especially towards VVIPs or guests of the university.

“A driver is the first person who will meet guests of the university when they pick the guests at the airport and so on, thus maintaining a good image is very important to avoid negative perception of the guests towards UMS staff.

“Keeping the image does not only include their appearance, but also taking into account the attitude and manner of the driver,” he said.

Citing answering of phone calls while driving, this act could not be taken lightly as it may cause a bad perception towards the driver, thereby damaging the image of the entire drivers.

He also reminded the drivers to be kind to students who were their daily passengers, in addition to asserting that the university would not tolerate any driver who misbehave.

“Drivers also need to undergo physical preparation before starting with their work, and to always instill a positive attitude towards working for UMS,” he added.

A knowledge-sharing session, “Senior Driver” was also shared by Abdul Ghani, including briefings on work ethics and the role of drivers in UMS vehicle safety were presented by Assistant Registrar, Syahrul Hazizi Asmat and Darwis Awang himself. – MA (fl)

Photo: Ernest Berinus