ANNOUNCEMENT FROM:     ECOCAMPUS MANGEMENT CENTRE

SUBJECT:     THE SCENIC ECOCAMPUS RUN 2017 

Borneo International Social Work Symposium (BISWS) 2017 is the first symposium organized by the Social Work Program, Faculty of Psychology and Education, UMS. The BISWS will be held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia is a multicultural country of which the population is made up by different types of ethnic groups that included Malays, Chinese, Indian and the Native. State of Sabah as part of Malaysia is a multicultural society with more than 40 ethnics and other subethnic groups. With diverse cultures, languages, customs, norms and conventions represents new and different challenges for social work practitioners. One of the challenges is that to examine the experience of working with clients from diverse backgrounds, cultures and nationalities and how social workers responded to the challenges that they facing. It is agreed that social work promotes interpersonal relationships that sensitive to ethnic background, human services and social work practices at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels. Issues of races, cultures, ethnicities, social classes, gender, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability status, religions, regions and national origins that can be used to distinguished groups of people are quite important in social work practices. Thus, historical and cultural experiences in shaping the current reality of the client must well understood by social workers.

Social work had long and extensive experience in relation to the issues associated with diversity and multiculturalism. While the arguments for and against acceptance of multiculturalism as an organizing and systemic principle for our society continues to be debated, social work values diversity and promotes cultural competence as one of the important social work tools. The profession has been taught to understand and respect various cultures, and provide culturally relevant programs and services.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: LIBRARY UMS

SUBJECT: ROV 101: QUADCOPTER (DRONE) WORKSHOP

 

American Corner, UMS Library is delighted to invite Students of UMS to participate in an interesting workshop;

 

Date/Time: 18-19 September / 8.00am-4.30pm

Venue: UMS Library

 

ROV 101: Quadcopter (Drone) Workshop is a course designed to introduce participants about Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).  Participants of this workshop will comprise of students who wants to learn on how to construct their own quadcopter and to increase their technical skills.

The Workshop is divided into 3 parts:

1. Participants will learn about the different modules of a quadcopter and their functions. 

2.   Participants will assemble said modules into a working quadcopter unit.

3.   Participants will try to fly their newly assembled quadcopter unit. 

 

In essence, this workshop will enhance and familiarize participants about the basic and most important parts of a quadcopter which is assembling the parts and operating it.  

 

Please help to share with your friends who will be interested to this workshop. We look forward for your participation.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: FACULTY OF COMPUTING & INFORMATICS

SUBJECT: JOINT CONFERENCE COMPUTING AND INFORMATIC (UMS - WASEDA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN & UKM)  ON 21-22 JULY 2017