MONDAY, 17 FEBRUARY – The 14^th Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Staff Games which began since 24 January 2014 culminated yesterday at UMS Laman Graduan after 31 events were competed.

The closing ceremony of the games saw 1KAL contingent thumping the other contingents to grab the victor title with a medal tally of 9 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze.

1KAL won gold in kayaking, volleyball, badminton, dart, volleyball (men), table tennis, beach volleyball (men and women) and tug-of-war.

Meanwhile, D’Six contingent took the second spot with a total medal haul of 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.

D’Six collected gold through beach volleyball (Men) event, sepak takraw (Men Veteran), futsal (Senior Men and Women), football 9-aside (Men veteran) and carom.

Twin Towers contingent led by UMS Bursar, Hj. Rizal Othman took the third spot with 4 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze.

Twin Towers contingent collected gold in Run-to-the-Peak, tennis, ten-pin bowling Men’s category and pool.

The closing ceremony of the games was officiated by the Registrar of UMS, Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd. Said. Also present were UMS Labuan International Campus Director, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali and UMS Sports Centre Director, Mohd. Asyraff Fong Abdullah. – ZMD (FL)

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FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY – The Academic and Strategic Management Centre (PPSA) recently held a workshop on MS ISO 9001:2008 Technical Committee at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) at the Senate Meeting Room, Chancellery Building UMS.

Coordinator of the workshop, Hasmi Hashim said the main objective of the workshop was to review and update all 16 General Procedures and 15 Special Procedures and MS ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Quality Manual for the implementation of UMS full-time undergraduate programmes.

“This includes the coordination of Course Procedures for the implementation of undergraduate programmes for Labuan International Campus,” he said.

The workshop will see some changes on the General Procedures and Specific Procedures done including the exchange of 16 nominated names due to internal exchange of university officials.

The workshop concluded with a Technical Committee Meeting No. 1/2014 (12) and improving the documentation of the workshop for the teaching and learning quality guide for university’s undergraduates.

All participants unanimously agreed that the workshop should be held on a regular basis to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of the General Procedures and Special Procedures. (FL)

 
Source: PPSA, UMS

 
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THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY – The Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) level Maulidur Rasul celebration this year was celebrated in a dissimilar way compared to previous years when parade and banner contests were held.
 

Instead, this year it focused on doing community activities in a group in the rural areas which saw some departments combined and divided into seven groups.
 

Among the charity projects undertaken were at Kampung (Kg.) Binsulok, Membakut by Group 1; at SK Poring-poring, Inanam by Group 2; Kg. Tumau, Kota Belud by Group 3, fish trap repair project at Semporna by Group 4; charity project at Masjid Al-Mujahiddin, Kg. Gudon Menggatal by Group 5, community work at Masjid Kg. Marabau, Kota Belud by Group 6, and a charity programme of helping the fire victims of Kg. Tambilaung, Kota Belud.
 

UMS Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah in his speech during the opening ceremony said that charity projects such as these would help enrich cooperation among UMS community.
 

He said this is in line with the theme of the Maulidur Rasul celebration ‘Wasatiyyah Tonggak Kesatuan Ummah’, in uniting the minds and harmonise our actions in striving towards excellence.
 

“If we want to be a community that excels, unity in Islamic morality and good values should be fostered and cultivated.
 

“On the other hand, if we are divided, slanders and in conflict with each other, we are the cause of the failure in planning for ourselves, eventually ruining society,” he said.
 

Group 6 which was led by the Dean of the School of Science and Technology, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baba Musta emerged as the winners in the charity project competition bringing home cash prize of RM3,000. Second place was won by Group 5 led by the Dean of School of Medicine, Prof. Dr. D Kamarudin D Mudin bringing home cash prize of RM2,000, whilst Group 3 led by Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni, Assoc. Prof. Datuk Dr. Hj Kasim Md. Mansur took the third spot earning them RM1,600 in cash.
 

A well-known preacher, Ustaz Haslin Bahrin was also invited to give a talk besides a Qasidah presentation by the Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Hafiz Qasidah Group. – MA [FL]

 
 

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WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah made a working visit to UMS Library to inspect its services, a place that had become the centre for students and for them to meet staff of the library.

On hand to receive him was Chief Librarian, Dg. Rukiah Ag. Amit and more than 50 library staff.

During the visit, he called on staff to give regular attention to the facilities extended by the library. He said this is important to ensure good quality service offered.

“Conduct frequent monitoring of the condition and quality of the facilities and services provided. Report any damage so that repair work can be done immediately,” he said.

He added that staff must always maintain harmony with each other to ensure the quality of UMS library could be improved.

Meanwhile, Dg. Rukiah when met explained that UMS library strived to improve the quality of services to support teaching, learning and innovation in the university.

She added that the Vice-Chancellor’s visit not only gave and example and motivation to the staff but an opportunity for the library to clear any doubts or problems for improvement.

“UMS library over the years has been actively involved in analysing user needs, provide information literacy, public higher learning institution library outreach programmes and carry out community services to improve quality and promote the culture of reading among the public,” he said.

Datuk Harun was brought around the facilities of the library such as the Pre-school collection, Viewing Room, Nobel Laureate Collection and Aseana Collection. – MA [FL]

 

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