Saturday 20 October 2012

TYT'S DAY AT UMS TAMU GADANG






EXPLAINING...21 year old Yeoh Chin Ean (left) from the School of Engineering and Information Technology, explaining her smart car design to Head of State Juhar Mahiruddin. Accompanying him on the tour is Prof. Dr. Felix Tongkul (2nd left), Director of the Centre for Research Management & Innovation and Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah (right), Vice-Chancellor of University Malaysia Sabah.

By : SHALINA R

HELD for the first time in 1999 in conjunction with the UMS convocation day Tamu Gadang is one of the highlights of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Tun Juhar, who is also the Chancellor of University Malaysia Sabah, officiated the launch of this year's 14th Tamu Gadang.

This year's Tamu Gadang will last 8 days, starting from the 17th till the 24th October 2012. Over 15,000 UMS students, their families and the general public will be able to shop for gifts and souvenirs, clothing, accessories and many more at the tamu. 89 booths are rented out to 97 local businesses, which also include a Perodua section and the KKFM radio broadcast booth.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosazman Hussin, 52, Head of Ethnography & Development Research Unit said the organisers expect a lot of people from Kota Kinabalu and other districts in Sabah to visit the tamu this year. He also hopes that the event will help the local tamu participants renting the booths earn some profit.

He added, besides being an event that celebrates the graduates' success after years of hard work, the tamu also serves as a platform for the university to showcase their research findings through the Academic and Research Exhibition. The exhibition will also put on display the university's many achievements to the visitors.

According to Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student and Alumni Affairs), Dr. Kasim Md Mansur, much success has been achieved by UMS students at the national as well as the international level since the establishment of UMS in 1994.  

He said amongst the achievements is the success of Jufazli Shi Ahmad from the School of Social Science, who not only received the Young Historian Award but also won the Best Debater award in the Prime Minister's Cup competition on the 10th of October.

Other achievements, Kasim added, were the 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals won by UMS students at the World Championship of Performing Art Competition held in Hollywood, Los Angeles in June this year. In July, 13 students took part in the 12th Yeosu International Youth Festival in Yeosu, South Korea, with their performance of a local traditional Sabahan dance and the "Malaysia Truly Asia" dance.

3 UMS students were also chosen to represent Malaysia in the World Universities Taekwondo Championship in Puchoen, Korea. Most recently, UMS students who participated in the Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE UMS) Programme were selected to represent the country in the World Cup Competition held in Washington D.C. America after emerging champions in the national-level championship last month in September.

Meanwhile, back home, the UMS uniformed body was crowned the parade champion recently on the 6th of October held in conjunction with Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin's, official birthday celebration.

2nd year students, Ainaa and Mahani, who are the student representatives for their respective schools and for the university will attend the  UMS convocation this year for the first time.

As  two of the 28 student representatives in UMS Kota Kinabalu, they provide a liaison between more than 15 thousand students in the campus and the management. They reckon having this responsibility has led to a deeper understanding of the difficulties that the students face in their studies.

Both students  look forward to attending the convocation ceremony as they have friends who are graduating and are very  excited for them. They said they couldn’t wait for their turn to be called on stage on their own convocation day. (Insight Sabah)

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