WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER – Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW, Universiti Malaysia Sabah(UMS) recently sent eight students under its Geography Programme to a Summer Course inIndonesia accompanied by its Senior Lecturer, Dr. Gaim James Lunkapis.

According to a statement issued, the eight students were repicients of the Smart City, Village andRegion (SCVR) Course scholarship offered by UniversitasGadjahMada (UGM), Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

The eight students were ErwinaNuar, Nurshaslinda Abdul Kadir, Brenda Sandan, Nurallyyana Zainuddin, NurIzzahNabilahHaron, Nur Jannah Roslan, Eccaleena Chrissy Latius and ThressaVeneyAnsilmus.

They were among 35 international participants involving 10 countries from the Europe and AsianRegions namely United States of America, Vietnam, Colombia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Germary,Thailand, Cambodia, Palestine and Malaysia.

The course involved 13 other lecturers including two from Malaysia; Dr. Goh Hong Ching and Professor Dr. Lee Boon Thong, who were both from Universiti Malaya.

The statement added, SCVR was a noble effort in improving the understanding on the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the concept of region, village and smart city.

The course also aimed at expanding international collaboration between two higher education institutions; Universiti Malaysia Sabah and UniversitasGadjahMada, Indonesia. – FL

WEDNESDAY, 22 AUGUST – The Supreme Council Members of the Housewives and Women Staff Club (KESUMBA) Universiti Malaysia Sabah paid a courtesy call to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. D Kamarudin D Mudin at the Chancellery Building, UMS, recently.

The Honourable Secretary, Stella @ Nurul Martini Gontol introduced to the Vice-Chancellor the new line-up of the 16-strong member delegation led by its President, Roha Asmara.  The members were chosen during the Annual General Meeting held on 14 July.

The Vice-Chancellor hoped that KESUMBA would continue to be successful and urged its members to maintain its efforts in supporting the activities of the university.

The delegation then paid a courtesy visit to Pusat Minda Lestari (PML), UMS’ childcare centre where they were briefed on the centre’s programmes and activities by the Centre’s Director, Aidah Noordin.  They were also taken round to some of the classes to witness the teaching and learning sessions conducted by trained teachers of PML.

The same day, KESUMBA also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between The Marina Café@UMS management at the location itself.  The documents were signed by the President of KESUMBA, Roha Asmara and the owner and operator of the café, Dayang Halimah Md Yusof. - FL

TUESDAY, 22 AUGUST 2017 – The lone representative from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Jordan Irutheeyanathan would join his counterparts in Kuala Lumpur as part of a 4-member team representing Malaysia in the upcoming debate competition to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-6 September 2017.

Jordan, a third year student of the International Relations Programme (IR), Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW) UMS was selected after a rigorous preliminary selection process last July.

According to Senior Lecturer, Rizal Zamani Idris who would be accompanying Jordan, all lecturers of IR played their role in helping to equip Jordan with the relevant information pertaining to the debate competition on human rights.

“Hopes are high but the most important thing is we try our best,” said Rizal.

Earlier, Jordan accompanied by IR lecturers including members of SUHAKAM paid a courtesy call to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni, Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali at his office at Chancellery Building.

In his message, Prof. Dr. Ismail reminded the group that representing the country is already an achievement.  He also urged them to do their best.

FKSW also thanked SUHAKAM led by Datuk Godfrey Joitol who was instrumental in giving their support and has been collaborating with UMS especially with FKSW in many ways. - FL

TUESDAY, 8 AUGUST -  The UMS Accounting Centre, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy (FPEP), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) recently organised the Accounting Research Seminar 2017.

The one-day seminar was participated by 30 staff and students of UMS and 16 external participants. The external participants consisted of staff from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sabah and University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) and a postgraduate student from University of Malaya (UM).

The seminar started off with a keynote speech entitled “Contemporary Issues in Accounting Research: The Way Forward” by Professor Dr. Rasid Hj. Mail, Dean, Centre for Postgraduate Studies, UMS who is also a Professor in the Accounting field at FPEP, UMS.

A total of nine presentations was made during the seminar comprising of six presenters FPEP, UMS and three presenters from Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS.

The main objective of organising the seminar was to provide an opportunity for researchers in the accounting field to present the findings of their completed and ongoing research. In addition, the seminar was also an avenue for researchers to exchange ideas and network.

The Accounting Centre, FPEP, UMS planned to hold similar seminars on an annual basis involving participants and institutions of higher learning in East Malaysia and the surrounding region.

Source: UMS Accounting Centre