By: Faezah Mohamad Dun

KOTA KINABALU: Hospital Universiti Malaysia Sabah (HUMS) has received RM1.5 million in aid from the state government.

The aid was presented by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Mohd Noor at the Chief Minister’s office in the Sabah State Administrative Centre (PPNS).

During the handover ceremony, UMS was represented by Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Associate Professor Ts Dr Ramzah Dambul and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Professor Dr Mohammad Saffree Jeffree.

The aid was aimed at providing assistance to HUMS in conducting Covid-19 tests and in turn curbing the spread of the virus.

Also present was State Secretary Datuk Safar Untong and Community Development and People’s Wellbeing Minister Ir Shahelmey Yahya.

Source: https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/02/18/hospital-ums-gets-rm1-5-mln-covid-19-aid-from-sabah-govt/

KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will be receiving 6,396 students in stages starting March 1 amidst the Covid-19 pandemic's new norms.

For four days of the registration, 6,022 students will be checking into the main campus, 205 at its Sandakan branch and 168 at its international campus in Labuan.

As for its five hostels, UMS Kota Kinabalu can accommodate 7,834 students, while its Sandakan and Labuan campuses can accommodate 954 and 1,739 students, respectively.

"All students have to fill up the UMS-Shield form, an in-house online application developed by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in collaboration with the Faculty of Computing and Informatics.

"Students from Sabah have to undergo (Covid-19) swab tests during the registration.

"All students, whether they are local or from outside Sabah, have to undergo a 10-day isolation period," said UMS in a statement.

It said these measures are to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

It said through these risk assessment screenings, people who are categorised as high risk will be isolated at the treatment centre.

Others who are in the low and medium risk group would be allowed on campus but are required to do QR code scanning at all locations.

"UMS has also identified isolation and quarantine areas should there be any symptomatic cases, should they require further monitoring and follow-up swab tests."

Prior to entering campus, students have to register at the main gate and scan the QR code for MySejahtera and UMS Smart Hadir applications.

Smart Hadir, which is downloadable via Android and iPhone platforms, is another application developed by UMS to track students' attendance and locations.

As for lecture sessions, it said these will be held through physical and online-based methods based on the requirements of the respective courses.

UMS said it will impose the standard operating procedures of frequent hand-washing, wearing face masks as well as physical distancing, while also not allowing any large-scale activities.

Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/02/666548/6396-students-expected-return-ums-campuses-march

By: Mohd Affzanizam Mohd Amin

KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) was conferred two awards in the category of Finance and Education during the Public Sector Innovation Award ceremony held at the Sabah State Administrative Centre (PPNS) here.

UMS Treasury Department through its team, Momentum, captured the attention of juries with their innovation in setting up an online payment system which won them the Innovation Award for Finance under the federal category.

The university also received the Innovation Award for Education under federal category through its PPST STEM Warrior team under the Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology (PPST) which demonstrated their innovation in cultivating interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among school students using problem-based learning.

UMS’ victory was broadcast live on the Sabah government official YouTube channel and Zoom application.
The results were also witnessed by UMS representatives for both categories, who received RM3,000 cash prize and a trophy each.

The event, jointly organized by the Deputy State Secretary (Administration) Office and Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) Sabah, received 163 entries for the eight awards under state and federal categories, as well as three special awards namely the State Federal Secretary’s Award, State Secretary’s Award and Chief Minister’s Award.

The ceremony was officiated by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Noor.

Also present were State Secretary Datuk Safar Untong, State Federal Secretary Datuk Samsuni Mohd Nor and State Public Service Department director Datuk Datu Rosmadi Datu Sulai.

Source: https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/02/16/ums-conferred-two-public-sector-innovation-awards/

By: Mohd Affzanizam Mohd Amin

KOTA KINABALU: Two Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students who represented the university for the ‘Talk-Show Mahasiswa Indonesia-Malaysia 2021’ won several awards in the competition.

Science and Natural Resource faculty’s student, Muhammad Iman Azhar and Social Science and Humanity faculty’s student, Martika Muhamad Rezuan emerged as champions for the best presentation category while the innovation programme ‘Digital Hero’ presented was also selected as the Best Innovation winner.

UMS also won the second prize for the ‘innovative campus’ category in the competition that was held via the internet and participated by several other tertiary institutes in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Those participating from Malaysia are Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and Kolej Universiti Polytech Mara Kuala Lumpur (KUPTM).

Meanwhile, those participating from Indonesia are Universitas Syiah Kuala (USK), Politeknik Caltex Riau (PCR), Universitas Widya Kartika Surabaya (UWIKA), Politeknik Aceh Selatan (POLTAS), Politeknik Perkapalan Negeri Surabaya (PPNS) and Akfar YPPM Mandiri Banda Aceh.

Source: https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/02/15/ums-students-win-awards-for-malaysia/