FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY – The celebration of Maulidur Rasul 1437H Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) level will be held on 24 February 2016, at Dewan Resital.

To celebrate the occasion, various activities have been planned by the Islamic Centre of UMS that includes Nasyid and Tilawah Al-Quran.

A Maulidur Rasul talk will also be held and will be presented by the Chairman of the Darul Ilmi Educational Centre, Sandakan, Pencetus Ummah (PU) Azihal Bangsawan.

UMS Press will also hold a book expo and an Islamic Civilisation Exhibition from 22 February until 12 March 2016 at UMS Library.

This year, UMS chose ‘Perpaduan Nadi Transformasi Negara’ as its theme for the Maulidur Rasul 1437H celebration. – (fl)

THURSDAY, 18 FEBRUARY – The Administration and Finance Sector, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources (FSSA), Universiti Malaysia Sabah recently organised a FSSA Money Management Briefing 2016 for the first time.

Held at the Seminar Room, Science and Technology Complex, FSSA, the briefing was held to discuss the topic on zakat, insurance, Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) and property was presented by four speakers, Jaludin Dullah from the Sabah Zakat Centre; Sabhi Che Ros from MMA Insurance; FSSA lecturer, Awang Ahmad Mohd Yunus and Azali Saudi from the Faculty of Computer and Informatics (FKI), UMS.

According to FSSA Dean, Prof. Dr. Baba Musta, the briefing aimed to provide an understanding and awareness on the concept of zakat payment and insurance coverage, and at the same time the issues on the need and importance of effective financial planning were also discussed.

Meanwhile, Awang Ahmad who delivered a lecture on ASB said such programmes was especially relevant at a time of global economic uncertainty, which required everyone to have an intellectual change in improving their financial management in an effective manner.

“We can also learn strategies and ideas that can be implemented in finding opportunities to generate finances wisely,” he urged.

A total of 40 participants from the academic and administrative staff at FSSA attended the programme. – (fl)

Source: Kenny Uwai, FSSA

KITA Carnival, an acronym from the words Keharmonian (Harmony), Integrasi (Integration), Toleransi (Tolerate) and Asimilasi (Assimilation) will be held at Padang Kawad, UMS from 4.00 pm until 10.00 pm.

The carnival among others, are intended to highlight the uniqueness of the 1Malaysia concept and local culture to students of various races here in UMS.

The KITA Carnival will include food stalls, exhibition, games, shows and many more.

The three-day carnival is open to the public, and the local community in particular UMS community is invited to attend the carnival. – (fl)

Source: Mandarin Language Club, UMS

WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY – Faculty staff were urged to diversify their skills in addition to their core duties in the office.

Dean of the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources (FSSA), Prof. Dr. Baba Musta said, employees should take advantage of sharing opportunities and improve their skills in tandem with current technological advances.

He said this when opening the Media Technology Applications Course Series 1, organised by FSSA held at the Computer Room 1, FSSA.

Regarding the course, he praised the efforts of the Administration and Finance Sector of the faculty headed by Hasmi Hashim for their efforts and concern on the development of skills among staff by organising opportunities among staff of different schemes.

Hasmi Hashim when met by media said, through this course, programmes and activities could be carried out in a prudent manner by disseminating information through visual aid using smartphone.

“This is also one of the faculty’s efforts in supporting the call made by the university to be prudent, as stated in its policy,” he said.

The course was attended by 20 staff and was conducted by Assistant Information Technology Officer, Redzuan Abdullah.

The course among others touched on the use of Microsoft Publisher to create visual graphics concept for flyers, backdrop, story-books and banner that could be shared using social interactive application found in smartphones of individuals who would like to organise any activities. – (fl)

Source: Kenny Uwai, FSSA