WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY – About 100 staff and students of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Labuan International Campus (KAL) attended the Vice-Chancellor of UMS, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah’s Message, yesterday.
They comprised officers, lecturers, staff and students who listened to the message through video conference which was held at the Lecture Hall, Tower Building, UMS Labuan direct from UMS main campus in Kota Kinabalu.
The event which began at 8.30 am was attended by UMSKAL Director, Associate Professor Dr. Murnizam Haji Halik and Senior Deputy Registrar, Zamri Mohamad Tuah as well as President of the Student Representatives Council (MPP), Peter Amos.
In his message, Datuk Dr. Harun hoped that all staff and students of UMS will work hard to put UMS to international arena, and not only at national level.
He said, all staff and students of UMS were responsible to realise the vision and mission of making UMS an innovative university of international standing.
At the same time, Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun also reminded students not to tarnish the name of UMS by organising demonstrations and activities that violate the laws and regulations set.
“I want to see UMS become an agent of knowledge sharing and agent of change to the community and a sense of dedication to religion, race and our beloved nation,” he said. – SS (fl)
Source: Azri Onn
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TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY – More than 30 students from three schools; SMK Bundu Tuhan Ranau, SMK Sungai Damit, Tamparuli and SM St. Michael Penampang were honoured at a Form Three Assessment (PT3) Excellent Award Presentation Ceremony for the Council of Academic Publishers Malaysia (MAPIM ) Adopted Schools for the year 2014 for their outstanding achievements in the PT3 Assessment last year.
The annual event organised by MAPIM in collaboration with UMS Publisher and the Association of Science and Mathematics Malaysia (PERSAMA) was held at the Mini Hall, Kg. Bundu Tuhan, Ranau.
UMS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah at the ceremony said, UMS was passionate with community programmes like this.
In addition to reaching out to the community, UMS strives to establish engagements between community and industry, which is one of the items under the Key Result Areas covered by the University’s Strategic Plan for 2013-2017.
“These programmes clearly contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this university,” he said.
The programme was organised for the third time, a continuation of the effort and commitment of MAPIM that began in 2012 after selecting the three schools in Sabah as their adopted schools.
Present at the ceremony was the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia cum Member of Parliament P179 Ranau, Datuk Ewon Ebin who also officiated at the event. – NB (fl)
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TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah sets the target for foreign students enrolment to UMS at 700 for 2015.
At present, international students studying in UMS for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses stood at 617 recorded in 2014, an increase by 101 from the 516 registered in 2013. These foreign students are from 28 countries.
“We have 15 students from Timor-Leste who registered into the Diploma of Oil and Gas programme at the Faculty of Engineering, UMS.
“We also need to improve on the accommodation for international students as well as transportation, thus the need to purchase new busses ” he said today at the Vice-Chancellor’s Message or ‘Amanat’ for the year 2015.
Datuk Harun also mentioned that UMS currently had 125 international lecturers from 21 different countries. This was an indicative of the university’s resolve to create an academic body from diverse background, and would enhance UMS’ acceptability at international level.
Of late, UMS has become a destination of choice for international students seeking tertiary education. – FL
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TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY – Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah called on all staff and students of UMS to aim for UMS excellence as their main agenda.
According to him, it was necessary for them to strive and contribute to society and nation to ensure high productivity and quality output.
“The responsibility on the vision and mission of UMS do not only lie on the shoulders of the Vice-Chancellor but is a collective commitment that should be planted in ourselves to achieve UMS’ aim.
He said this when delivering his message or ‘Amanat’ to all staff and students of UMS at the ‘Vice-Chancellor’s Message 2015’ held at the Main Lecture Hall Complex 2, today.
He also reminded staff of the University not to treat UMS merely as a rice bowl.
“Consider each day of work as your last, and execute each task well. Human resource is the pulse of UMS. The body acts according to the thoughts,” he said. – ZMD (fl)
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MONDAY, 23 FEBRUARY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) administration has given class exemption for tomorrow's lectures so as to give staff and students a chance to attend the 2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Message.
According to a statement issued by the Chancellery Department, the university has agreed to approve the exemption to make way for students to attend the message which will be delivered by Professor Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah.
CPD and SDP points will be awarded to staff and students respectively who attend the event.
The 2015 Vice-Chancellor Message will be held at the Main Lecture Hall Complex 2 starting at 8.00 am.
As such, class exemption is for lectures held between 8.00 am and 12.00 noon. – ZMD (fl)
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