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MAGAZINE / VOL 01 ISSUE 03 / 2007 / www.sunway.edu.my

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Tan Sri Jerey Cheahis the FoundationChancellor oSunway UniversityCollege

The Grant of Arms Students stageGlamour-with-a-Purpose night

An alumnusreminiscence ofSunway UniversityCollege

Sunway AusMatstudents sweepchemistry awards


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Cover Story

4 Sunway University College Receives aFoundation Chancellor and Begins Aliationwith Lancaster University

Features

6 The Grant o Arms

7 Victoria University MBA Students: Makingan Impact on Society

8 20 Years o Achievement atSunway University College

9 Fortune Smiles on Candy and Jega

14 A Day to Remember in the History oSunway University College

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Alumni News

24 An Alumnus Reminiscence oSunway University College

Hallmarks

19 Yenni and Hon Shuen Stand Out romDeans List

20 MUFY Sunway University College FithTime at the top

21 The Sunway CIMP - Putting Adventure intoLearning

22 Sunway AusMat Students SweepChemistry Awards

23 Grant or Perorming Artist -TheoristRay Langenbach

25 Sunway Students Edge First Runner-UpPlace in Business Plan Competitiion

Sports Scene

26 Who are the Skater Boys?

Environment

18 A Mountainous Task Completed

Happenings

10 Students Stage Glamour-with-a-PurposeNight

12 Perorming Arts Star Students Assembled

15 Korean Students Learn English at Sunway

17 Sel-Help Books on Childrens Issues romSunway Psychologists

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Sunway University CollegeReceives a FoundationChancellor and Begins

Afliation with LancasterUniversity

COVER STORY

YBhg Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr Jerey Cheah was ocially installedas Sunway University Colleges rst Foundation Chancellor, on19 September 2006. It was the rst time ever or a corporatechie to be given this singular honour.

He took advantage o the occasion toshare his vision or the Universitys role

in the uture o education in Malaysiaand globally.

The hour-long ceremony, steepedin tradition, was ociated by HisRoyal Highness Sultan o Selangor,Sultan Sharauddin Idris AlHaj andwas witnessed by a large number odistinguished guests, members oaculties, scholars and sta.

It was in the early 1980s that the originso Sunway University College begantaking shape in the imagination andcourage o this visionary individual.Known or his active and distinguishedbusiness career, Tan Sri Jerey has

demonstrated a long time interest inHigher Education.

He ounded Sunway College as it wasknown then in 1987 with 200 students.Today, 20 years on, Sunway UniversityCollege has a total student populationo 7,000, pursuing 17 dierentacademic programmes or courses.In Tan Sri Jerey Cheahs own words:Higher education remains vital tothe growth, sovereignty and progresso Malaysia. Our singular purpose isto make Sunway the premier privateUniversity in the Asean Region.

We must have a global outlookand display leadership qualitiesin competing in the internationalarena. We must continually benchmark ourselves against internationalstandards. Together we will inspiregreat achievements and together wewill elevate the human spirit throughlearning and discovery. Moving words,indeed.

Historically, the mace was a weapon carried intobattle by knights and warlike bishops, refecting

their status and prowess in the eld. In theUniversity context, it was carried as a weapon

to protect the Chancellor, but it has now evolvedinto a purely ceremonial device signiying thedignity and authority o the Chancellor. The Mace,designed by Royal Selangor Pewter is 4.5 t inlength and made o teakwood and pewter with 24carat gold-plating.

The newly-robed Foundation Chancellor makes hisspeech as HRH Sultan Sharauddin Idris Shah AlHajlooks on.

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FEATURES

The Grant o Arms

The Acting Vice-Chancellor o Sunway University College,Proessor Jarlath Ronayne spoke o the use o a Coat o

Arms in universities, as a symbol o independent authorityand high prestige, going back to the Middle Ages, whenthe colleges o the ancient universities were granted Arms,usually based on those o their ounders.

Over the past 20 years, SunwayUniversity College has producedstudents with outstanding potential,and well-regarded academiccredentials. In 2004, Sunway Collegewas elevated to the status o aUniversity College.

It is essential or Sunway UniversityCollege to adopt a unique, memorableemblem both as an identier, and asymbol o the authority it holds asan institution o higher learning. Theindependence o the universitiesand their powers to award their owndegrees in all subjects has, historically,been represented by the granting othe Coat o Arms.Sunway University College is the rstand only private university college inthe region that was granted the Coato Arms by the College o Arms inLondon. The Coat o Arms has threeelements, namely the Crest, the Shieldand the Motto. The Arms, which wasdevised by the Richmond Herald o the

College o Arms, containsthree geometric shapes,known as piles, eachcharged with a goldensun. Together, the piles,orm a W and with thethree suns, suggests the

name Sunway.

The Coat o Arms wasunveiled on September 19,2006 during the Installationo YBhg Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr)Jerey Cheah as the rst FoundationChancellor o Sunway UniversityCollege by His Royal Highness SultanSharauddin Idris Shah, the Sultan oSelangor.

Proessor Jarlath highlighted the actthat a Coat o Arms was given by theSupreme Authorities o a country asan indication o importance o theinstitution and the authority it holds togrant its own degrees.

The Crest, which is placed on topo the Shield, consists o aMalaysian tiger, grasping atorch, symbolizing learningand teaching at the institution.

The motto or the Coat oArms Fortuna Eruditis Favetderives rom Louis Pasteursamous phrase dans leschamps de lobservation,la chance ne sourit quauxesprits bien prepares, whichtranslates as in the eld o

observation, chance avoursthe well prepared mind. Inother words, serendipitousdiscovery arising out o anunexpected observation isnot a random event; onehas to have a preparedmind in order to recognizethe implications o theobservation.

Handpicked by Proessor Jarlathhimsel, he believed that the UniversityCollege deserves a motto that carriesan implication that the purpose o ahigher education is to prepare mindswell or a ullling and ortunate lie. Itwas decided that the motto should bein Latin, the language o learning andscholarship in medieval times. Thephrase was translated by ProessorThomas N. Mitchell, Provost andProessor o Latin at Trinity College,

Dublin.

Being granted the Coat o Arms, isindeed a signicant recognition, as itsignies Sunway University Collegeshigh standing in the international arena.It is a distinction granted only to thoseindividuals, amilies or organizationswho are judged by the College o Armsto be worthy o it. Its uniqueness inthe private higher education sector oMalaysia refects Sunway Universitysachievements as a pioneeringinstitution that sets quality andintegrity above all else in the deliveryo its educational programmes said

Proessor Jarlath.

Sunway University College combinesthe best o long-established traditionswith a rontier spirit o originality andinnovation.

The Grant o Arms by the College o Arms in London.

Sunway University College Coat o Arms.

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FEATURES

Victoria University MBA

Students : Making anImpact on Society

What better way to learn something than to actually experience itrst hand. This was just what students o the Victoria University,Melbourne (VU) MBA programme at Sunway University Collegedid. The students, who are all working adults and members o the

VU MBA Club have organised many events, including communitysupport and eld trips to actories and corporations.

As part o management in a modernenvironment, corporate socialresponsibility (CSR) is an issue oincreasing importance. CSR alignsthe interests o the corporation to thato society. As such, the VU MBA Cluborganised a charity event recently atthe Rumah Hope in Paramount Garden,Petaling Jaya. The objective was toremind students o their responsibilityto society.

Rumah Hope provides shelter, love,care, peace and security or 60orphans, abandoned and/or abused

children. It is managed by a group odedicated volunteers rom all walks olie.

Despite the VU MBA students busywork schedule, 13 o them took time oto participate in this worthy event whichincluded planning and conductingvarious childrens games, distributinggoodies and oodstus, and evenproviding a ree hair-cut service to thechildren!

Henchard Too, President o the VUMBA Club, said, Remembering theless ortunate and giving back tosociety is an essential part o being agood person. Even as working adultsin the corporate world, there is alwaysroom to help the less privileged. Thebusiness world must not orget that itowes its living to society. Organisingthis event helps our members puttheir education and work objectivesin perspective vis--vis those osociety. Support to charity homesand charitable activities by the Club isorganised at least twice annually.

The VU MBA Club students at the Asian CompositesManuacturing Sdn Bhd, in Kedah.

Where education is concerned,eld trips enhance learning. In thisregard, the VU MBA Club recentlyorganised a visit to Asian CompositesManuacturing Sdn Bhd in Kedah,which manuactures compositematerial products or the aerospaceindustry. Students had the opportunityto observe a lean manuacturingset up; how parts fow in single partorders along moving lines in lay-upcells through autoclave, trim, paint,assembly inspection, test and nally toshipping. There was also a brieng onthe Companys quality and operationsystems.

Jeannie Ng, Vice-President o the VUMBA Club, said that This visit was veryinormative and relevant as it gave usa practical perspective to the theory

we learnt in class. It contextualised ourlearning, in terms o understanding andapplication o knowledge, in a practicalscenario.

The Head o the VU MBA programmeat Sunway University College, StanleyYeow, said that nurturing the MBAstudent into a holistic person, bothin terms o academic education andbeing a responsible citizen, is what isneeded today. He added that learningat the MBA level needs to be orientatedtowards the discovery and practicalapplication o new knowledge withinthe ramework o CSR. This has beenthe aim o the VU MBA programme atSunway University College rom theoutset.

VU MBA Club members with the Rumah Hope children.

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FEATURES

Sunway University College, havingachieved much in the past 20 years,is taking this anniversary as anopportunity to refect on its successesand to careully contemplate howto surpass itsel in the uture.Essentially, the spirit embracedduring the anniversary is continuousimprovement.

Ms Elizabeth Lee, the ExecutiveDirector, and Proessor JarlathRonayne, the Acting Vice-Chancellor

o Sunway University College, unveiledthe anniversary logo and tagline in asimple ceremony recently.

Mr. Lee Weng Keng, CEO o theSunway Groups Education andHealthcare Division, commented duringhis speech, Sunway University Collegemay be only 20 years old, but it doesnot necessarily take many years tobecome a high quality institution.

The National University o Singapore ismerely 50-years-old, but it ranks withinthe top 20 in the world, he pointed out.

Sunway University College aims tourther elevate the academic statuso its sta through encouragingthe pursuit o Masters and PhDdegrees. There are plans or moresta involvement and participation in

research, workshops, conerences andlecturer exchange programmes withUniversities overseas.

For 2007, approximately RM1 millionhas been allocated or research work,training and development o sta.

New programmes would includethe honours degree in BusinessStudies, Bachelor o Science (Hons)International Tourism Management,Bachelor o Science (Hons)

International Hospitality Management,Bachelor o Science (Hons)International Conventions & EventsManagement and Bachelor o Science(Hons) Retail Marketing Management,

In the pipeline are the honours degreein Accounting & Finance, honoursdegree in Law and a Diploma inNursing.

Other 20th Anniversary celebrationactivities include a Treasure Hunt in

April, a Community Carnival in Mayand a Gala Dinner in October. AnInternational Academic Conerence willbe held in 2008.

20 Years oAchievement atSunway UniversityCollegeSunway University College is moving orward in time withthe unveiling o its 20th anniversary logo and tagline:

Achieve, Refect, Surpass. These three action-orientedwords signiy Sunways year-long celebrations which

dot 2007.

Proessor Jarlath Ronayne (let) and Ms Elizabeth Lee (right) launched the

anniversary logo and tagline.

Students rom the Department o Perormance +Media presented an abstract interpretation o the

tagline: Achieve, Refect, Surpass.

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FEATURES

Ms Lee Siok Ping, Director o StudentServices Department, who assiststhe Sunway Education Trust Fund

to disperse scholarships said Thiscategory o scholarships helps thoseindividuals who are marginalised bysociety to be accepted and nourishedto thrive in their own unique way.

21 community scholarships have beengiven out so ar. Jega and Candylook like typical University students inaded jeans and backpacks but bothare not strangers to working to supportthemselves at a young age and arenow community scholars at Sunway.

For Jega or Jagadesan ChandraMohan, who is currently pursuing theDiploma in IT and soon the Bachelorin Inormation Technology, his arrival atSunway has opened a new world orhim. Coming rom a amily where helost his ather at the age o 11 and hismother being a cancer patient, he isgrateul to his lecturers. The lecturershave been very helpul and encouragedme to participate in the Business Plancompetition as well as allowing me towork part-time at the ICT R & D Centreo the School.

Jega believes in involving himsel inmany extra-curricular activities suchas the Student Council, organising theYouth@Research and the World Cyber

Games competition. I eel that theseactivities help broaden the mind anddevelop my leadership skills. Despitebeing busy I like to keep ocused onmy studies and I hope to be gainullyemployed and nancially securesomeday so that I can give back to thecommunity.

For Candy Lee Pik Shin, who lives withher grandmother, the scholarship hasenabled her to pursue the ACCA at

Sunway. The environment at Sunwaysaccounting division, Sunway TESwhere I study, is an inspiring one. Mosto the lecturers are dedicated whichdrives me to work hard said Candy.The scholarship has also helped medevelop in character Like Jega, Candywould also like to get a headstart inan accounting career and eventuallyhelp others like hersel to realise theirdreams.

All community scholars are welllooked ater by qualied counsellorsat the Student Services Department.Workshops and sessions on topicssuch as sel-esteem and coping skillsin time management, adaptation, goalsetting and emotional quotient (EQ)are imparted by Lees team to help thescholars realise their ull potential anddreams.To-date 24.6 million has been givenout by the Sunway Education TrustFund o Sunway University College.All surpluses rom Sunway UniversityCollege are ploughed back into theTrust to be used or scholarships,upgrading o acilities and or research.Sunway University College is the onlyprivate University College to operateunder a Trust.

Those interested in the CommunityScholarships may apply throughSunways appointed coordinator,Malaysian CARE at (03)-90582101(Esther) or through the CounsellingUnit at the Student ServicesDepartment at (03)- 74918622.

Fortune Smiles onCandy and Jega

Candy Lee and (let) Ms Lee Siok Ping.

Among the scholarships givenby Sunway University College,perhaps the ones that are themost satisying to award arethe Tun Dato Seri Omar OngCommunity Scholarships. Thesescholarships are not or academicachievers, nor or the kingsand queens o sports or extra-

curricular involvement. This little-known scholarship welcomes theorgotten youth who live in Homesor come rom the impoverishedcommunity.

Jega with (let) Ms Lee Siok Ping.

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HAPPENINGS

Students StageGlamour-with-a-PurposeNight

Diploma in Conventions and Events students o the Schoolo Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Management (SHTLM) oSunway University College transormed ideas, talents andclassroom learning into reality when they organised a glittering

charity ball Gala des Oscars.

No eort was spared to come up witha glitzy programme that includedperormances by hip hop groups,pop bands and a Moroccan bellydance perormance. The dcor or theevening stayed true to the theme o aHollywood and a glamourous OscarsNight set complete with the HollywoodWalk o Fame star-studded walk, ared carpet entrance and images oOscar himsel.

The charity dinner was in aid o theGenerating Opportunities or theLearning Disables (GOLD), a classo special students with LearningDisabilities run as a volunteerprogramme under special needsteacher and Coordinator Puan HjhJuairiah Bt. Hj. Johari within SMKBandar Sunway. The objective was toraise unds or equipping the new artsand crats room or the special studentsat the school.

The event itsel provided an opportunityto instil and hone organising skillso the students o the Diploma inConventions and Events Managementand the Diploma in Hospitality, takingthe Special Events Managementmodule. It gave them a chance toexperience working rst hand with thecommunity and to interact with specialstudents, to learn positive values and tobe more aware o the challenges acedby these special students.

Like the Oscars, Special Awards weregiven by the SHTLM to recognise thoseinvolved with GOLD. They were givento Coordinators Puan Hjh. JuairiahBt. Hj. Johari and Mrs Mary Chen,Outstanding Volunteer o GOLD, MrsNancy Thoo, who despite her disabilityby a stroke, oers her tireless supportat the GOLD Street Bakery and Caand Outstanding Student, 22 yearold, Syed Norsyaq bin Syed AhmadMarzuki.

Following the path o Hollywood celebrities

The red carpet entrance.

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A pledge to provide unds to equip thenew arts and crats room or the GOLDstudents at SMK Bandar Sunway wassymbolized with handprints in clay. Acheque o RM5,000 was also presentedby the SHTLM to GOLD. The amountraised represented proceeds rom thesale o tickets or the dinner and in undraising activities leading up to the eventsuch as the Charity Car Wash held atSMK Bandar Sunway. The Car Washinvolved 10 special needs studentsand 30 Events students who ran a briskbusiness o washing 55 cars usinga buddy system o events studentsteaming with special students.

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Oscarwinner,SharenGill(left)receivingtheMost

StylishFemaleAward,fromMrsMaeTan(right)

Silver Glam.

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Although this play has been stagedrequently in Singapore since itpremiered in 1993, this was its rst-everproduction in Malaysia. At the helmwas three-time BOH Cameronian Arts

Award winner Zahim Albakri (whodirected the sold-out Puteri GunungLedang: The Musical).

The young actors poured their heartsinto the quirky roles which had a widebreadth o emotions and thoughts,during the two months o rigorousrehearsing. At times, with tensionsrunning high, the cast createdexplosions on set. The our hadno doubt given the roles their ownpersonal stamp.

Perorming Arts StarStudents Assembled3 Fat Virgins Unassembled pokes un at a group o women attemptingto ree themselves rom the at virgin syndrome or the expectationsby society o women as career persons, daughters, girlriends, wivesand mothers. It is a liberating comedy that reveals how women thinkand thereore act. Graduating Perorming Arts students Helena Foo,Nurul Ain Mohammed Jamlus, Joylynn Teh and Cindy Tey o theDepartment o Perormance + Media, Sunway University College, gavean impressive perormance o this popular satire written by Singaporeanplaywright Ovidia Yu.

The Debutante actors (let to right) Cindy Tey, NurulAin Mohammed Jamlus, Joylynn Teh and Helena Foo.

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On top o acting, Helena, Nurul, Joylynnand Cindy have had to be involved inthe production aspects o the project,especially publicity and marketing.Despite the short period o time givento pull o the production, the our wereas close to nalising the project as anyproessional theatre company.

Proessionals rom the theatre industrygave their support as guest lecturers orthe Career Management module whichran concurrently with the project. Theguest lecturers included Head o SaltMedia Consultancy, Fatimah Abu Bakar(a ormer New Straits Times editor),producer Adeline Tan, and publicistLennard Gui.

3 Fat Virgins Unassembled wasproduced by playwright Leow PuayTin, who wrote and starred in thecritically-acclaimed Ang Tau Mui. Leowcurrently co-heads the Department oPerormance + Media with perormanceartist and theorist Dr Ray Langenbach.The Department was started by theatrepractitioner Rey Buono in 2004 withthe objective o nurturing students orproessional careers in theatre, lm andtelevision.

The 2.5 year Diploma in Perorming Artsoers students a strong oundation inthe theoretical and practical elementso theatre and video production throughclassroom interaction, the ostering ocritical thinking, mentoring, and hands-on creative and research projects tocultivate knowledge and mastery o thecrat.

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A Day to Remember in the History

o Sunway University College19th September 2006

A royal luncheon.

The newly installed Foundation Chancellor leaves the stage.

HRH Sultan Sharauddin Idris Shah Alhaj fanked by Tan Sri Jerey Cheah (let) andDatuk Razman M Hashim (right).


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The macebearer, Dr Khatijah Khalid,Registrar leads the distinguishedprocession.

Let to right, Puan Sri Datin Seri (Dr) Susan Cheah,Proessor Sir David Williams and Dr Goh Cheng Teik.

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KoreanStudentsLearn Englishat Sunway

The 17 students were accompanied bya teacher and their principal, Mr LeeWon Young. As English is not widelyspoken in Korea, the English languageprociency o the students was low. Itis understood that the students weregiven a three-week crash course beorethey arrived. However, their enthusiasmlevels were high as they were veryeager to practise their spoken Englishwith others.

The Korean students with similarEnglish prociency levels were placedinto groups or their written classes,which were held in the mornings andthe students combined together asa whole or oral classes which tookplace beore lunch. The aternoonswere dedicated to workshops andthe students were given access tocomputers.

As a break rom routine, the Korean

students were taught English throughthe singing o English songs andthe reading o English poetry aswell as role-play. Sunways Schoolo Hospitality, Tourism and LeisureManagement treated the students totwo workshops on Dining Etiquette &Wine Appreciation and Pastry Making.The purpose was to encourage them touse the English language in practicaland amiliar contexts.

There was alsotime out or restand relaxationor the Koreanstudents whenthey were takento SunwayPyramid and to alocal Pasar Malam(night market)by studentambassadors.Theseambassadors,current studentso the IntensiveEnglishProgramme atSunway UniversityCollege, hailrom Uzbekistan,Indonesia, Koreaand Malaysia.They added an

international favour and enrichedthe Korean students experience atSunway.

The Vacation English School endedwith a graduation during which theKorean students and the Sunwaystudent ambassadors put up animpressive concert to show o thestudents newly acquired Englishspeaking skills.

The students thoroughly enjoyed theirtime at Sunway and their condencein the use o the English languagehas been boosted through this uniqueexperience. Said Mr Lee Won Young.We hope that more Korean studentswill take advantage o such a wonderulprogramme here at Sunway, headded.

Su Won students in a role play during theirgraduation concert at Sunway.

Su Won Baking & Cooking Academy students with their shopping at thePasar Malam in Bandar Sunway.

Students rom the Su Won Baking and Cooking Academy in Su Won,

Korea made a trip to Sunway University College not to holiday but tolearn English. The three-week residential programme was held duringthe students semester break, and was run by Sunways Language andCompulsory Subjects Centre. It was certainly worthwhile as an eye-opener or the Korean students to be in Malaysia and to experience itsrich multicultural heritage while learning English.

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Sel-Help Books onChildrens Issues romSunway Psychologists7 more books in the popular Advice Over a Cup o Tea series byDr Teoh Hsien-Jin, Head o the School o Health & Natural Sciencesand Ms Janet Cheong Sau Kuan, Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer,Department o Psychology rom Sunway University College, werelaunched recently and will complete the popular 28 volume series.

The new titles include Depression- Helping and Caring, The Art oTalking and Playing with Children,Recognising and Overcoming Stress inChildren, Dealing with Bullying, CrisisManagement, Anger Managementand Improving Your Childs LearningAbility. The title o the latter 3 books arejointly authored by Ms Janet Cheongand Dr Teoh while the others are solelyauthored by Dr Teoh. The paperbackbooks are written in a clear stylethat can be easily understood by lay

persons.

Dr Teoh and Ms Cheong presentedthe complete series o books to 10secondary schools, the Mental HealthAssociation and the Tun Hussein OnnLibrary (THOL) o Sunway. We hopethat the books will be an invaluableresource and guide on many issuesconcerning children today and issuitable or secondary students,teachers and sta, parents, those withyounger siblings and people who haveto work with children said Dr Teoh.

The books are available at majorbookshops such as MPH, Times,Popular and Kinokuniya and costRM17 each.

Dr Teoh (let) presenting a set o books toElizabeth Lee, Executive Director o SunwayUniversity College, or its library.

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Setting o early and ater two hours o hiking, the group spent a good part o themorning cleaning and scrubbing paint o boulders and collecting an endless arrayo waste rom empty wine bottles, cans, mineral bottles, cigarette butts, wrappersto ootwear, cutlery, buckets, a sports bag, caps and even a ring!

One way to change the mindset o students is by getting them to go on trekslike this as we want to instil in them, sensitivity to the environment and to actresponsibly said Tan Meng Chwen. I we all work together, we can make adierence to the world we live in added Tan.

The garbage was just too massive to be cleaned up in one day but we still did agreat job and the place looked better said Muhammed Ikhwan one o the CIMPstudents who joined the clean-up. Its unbelievable how inconsiderate somecampers can be and this exercise is denitely a wake-up call to trekkers not toleave anything behind and take their garbage back with them he added.

Tan hopes to incorporate mountain clean-ups as a regular eature o the studentscommunity activities that they have to ull in their curriculum. We dont mind thework however the only problem is that the cost o purchasing the materials or theclean-up can be quite high. We certainly hope a sponsor will come orward in theuture to help in this great cause.

Students o the CanadianInternational Matriculation

Programme at Sunway UniversityCollege decided to take mattersinto their own hands in a missionto make the world a better place.The exact spot they wantedchanged? Gunung Datuk inNegeri Sembilan, a populartrek with a summit that oersspectacular views, however thecamp areas are deaced with thebane o human apathy garbageand gratti. Led by their lecturers,Tan Meng Chwen and Nancy

Litman, the 16 students Judith,Farah, Stephani, Nini, Aloysia,

Arie, Dicky, Ikhwan, Kourosh, Edi,Naseem, Joanna, Amir, Nisita,Nee On and Amos (presentand ormer) were mobilised upthe mountain, bearing 5 litres othinner, 20 pairs o gloves and 60garbage bags.

The cleanup crew did amountain o a job with

their 26 bags o trash,

Tan Meng Chwen (inred), Nancy Litman(5th rom let) andstudents.

A MountainousTask Completed

Patiently scrubbing grati o.

Checking out the rocks.

A student going to great lengths to clean up.

ENVIRONMENT

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Chen who hails rom Pekan Baru, Indonesia was aDeans List honoree too on all the occasions it wasoered. She plans to transer to WMU soon atercompleting the ADTP at Sunway, to read or a degreein Industrial Engineering.

Hon Shuen ascribes his academic achievements toaculty sta. I am thankul or the lecturers who tooktheir time to encourage and guide us. They weremost helpul and I appreciate their eorts to make ourlectures enjoyable he said.

Chen noted the unique nature o the ADTP in Sunway.The fexibility o the course and the small studentcommunity has created a riendly atmosphere whichhelped me to grow intellectually and become a moremotivated person said Chen.

Yenni and Hon

Shuen Stand Outrom Deans List

Among the students who have made an indelible mark inthe ADTP at Sunway University College recently are HonShuen and Yenni Chen. Both had a Cumulative GradePoint Average (CGPA) score o 4.0 Honor Points. Hon,who was taking the prerequisites in Biomedical Sciencescompleted his sophomore year in Sunway in December2006 transerred to the University o Michigan, Ann Arbor,to pursue a degree in Biomedical Engineering. He made itto the Deans List every time it was awarded since joiningthe ADTP in Sunway in Jan 2005.

Yenni (right) holding her DeansList certicate with Dr Liew.

Hon Shuen (let), receiving his cer ticate rom MsCathleen Fuller (right), Director o Overseas Programsor the Oce o International Aairs, WMU, at Sunwayrecently. Looking on is Dr Liew Yoke Ying (centre), Head o

the ADTP at Sunway.

HALLMARKS

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The Monash Top Scorer is a studentwho achieves the highest total scoreamong all the providers o the MUFYProgramme worldwide namely atcampuses in Sunway UniversityCollege Kuala Lumpur, SunwayCollege Johor Bahru, Taylors CollegeMelbourne, Taylors College Perth,Vientiane College Laos and MUFYJakarta.

Cheng was also awarded a 100%scholarship to urther his studies atMonash University, Malaysia. Chenghas decided to pursue a degree inBusiness/Commerce majoring in

Accounting & Finance and hopes tobecome an Accountant. Fiteen (15)other MUFY Sunway University Collegegraduates were oered scholarships atMonash University, Malaysia.

MUFY Sunway University College alsoswept ve out o the nine MonashSubject Awards in Accounting,Computer Science, Economics, Englishand Physics. The Monash Subject

Awards are presented to studentswho score the highest marks in eachsubject among all the MUFY providersworldwide. Cheng Yuan Xiang againproved his academic might by toppingthe world in Accounting, Economicsand English. Joanna Khoo Sook Wingwas tops in Computer Science andCheong Tien Ming won the award orPhysics.

Cheng Yuan Xiang said Iam very honoured to be theMonash Top Scorer and Iattribute this to God, myparents and the dedicatedlecturers at MUFY SunwayUniversity College who nevercease to encourage and helpstudents in all manner o ways.

Ahmad Ikmal Omar bin Omar was

given the MUFY Achievement Awardor impressive academic achievementand or his signicant contribution andleadership qualities demonstrated inhis extra-curricular activities. AhmadIkmal Omar will be pursuing a degree

in Economics and plans to own amusic-related business someday.

One o the eatures o the MUFYSunway University College programmeis the preparation o students to bea part o the community. Among theactivities carried out yearly is theSharity Carnival a day dedicated tothe less ortunate and through whichstudents must make all eort to raiseunds or charitable organisations.During the event this year, MUFYSunway University teamed up with theStudents Services Department to raisea total o RM20,000, the surplus owhich was donated to various charities.MUFY Sunway University College madea donation o RM7,000 to the MontortBoys Town during the graduation

dinner.

The MUFY Sunway University Collegeis a holistic programme that teachesstudents to be adaptable in variousenvironments and to expand their wayo thinking, shaping them to act as amore socially aware and responsiblehuman being said Elizabeth Lee,Executive Director o Sunway UniversityCollege.

MUFY Sunway

University CollegeReaches the Top orthe Fith TimeMonash University Foundation Year (MUFY) graduates atSunway University College made their mark on the worldrankings among all MUFY providers as it clinched theMonash Top Scorer Award again. The award has been

won by a MUFY Sunway University College student on allthe ve occasions that it was oered. The award went toSunway University Colleges Cheng Yuan Xiang.

The MUFY Awards Night Souvenir Programme.

Cheng Yuan Xiang with all his awards.

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The CIMP at Sunway is the largestin Malaysia with more than 600students. 80% o the teaching sta areCanadian certied, thus providing atruly Canadian learning experience.Students study an identical syllabus tothe Grade 12 in Ontario and graduatewith an Ontario Secondary SchoolDiploma.

Dr. Rosemary Gannon, Director othe CIMP at Sunway said, the CIMPoers ormative and summativelearning with 70% o the syllabi basedon coursework and 30% on the nalexams. Students may choose subjects

without locking into a particularstream while thinking and enquiry,communication and application are themain approaches to learning.

Among the graduates were 15 SubjectAward winners or a total o 18subjects. 43 students achieved 80%in their marks and were awarded thestatus o Ontario Scholars. Amongthem, three students achieveddistinctions. The favour o the CIMPprogramme is leaning towards beinga cosmopolitan one, as about hal othe students come rom as many as 44dierent countries.

The Class Valedictorian or theDecember 2006 graduation, Ali Anjumwho hails rom Pakistan said, the CIMPallows students to experience learningat its best, with dedicated teachers whobring lessons to lie, with activities andclass projects that open the mind tomake learning an adventure

Ali Anjum, who had 7 As, was active

both in and out o the classroom. Hewas President o the CIMP StudentCouncil, played rugby and basketballand helped raise unds or variouscharitable causes including creatingmore awareness or the ght againstanimal abuse. Ali will be pursuingMedicine at the International MedicalUniversity in Kuala Lumpur. He hopesto become a neurosurgeon in theuture.

Gan Peck Jin was presented with theTan Sri Dato Seri Dr. Jerey CheahAward which recognises high academicachievers. Gan achieved 7 As and

managed to obtain a Diploma in SoloPiano (Associated Trinity College oLondon) privately while studying in theCIMP at Sunway. She and her grouprepresented Malaysia in the 4th WorldChoir Games in Xiamen, China wherethey won one gold and two silvermedals.

Musically gited Gan will be pursuinga Degree in Perormance rom theUniversity o Adelaide in February.CIMP has taught me how to workwith others as a team, communicatemore eectively while overcominglanguage and cultural barriers and

it has improved my speaking skillstremendously said Gan.

The Sunway CIMP

Putting Adventureinto LearningIt was an occasion that rocked or 196 students as they graduatedrom the Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) atSunway University College. For young people, brimming with bright-eyed enthusiasm, CIMP provides a rewarding year o mind-bogglingclass discussions and presentations, extra-curricular involvement andassignments. Ali Anjum (right) and Gan Peck Jin (centre), awaiting

their turn.

Students guitar talents impressed the audience.

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Out o the 266 Sunway AusMatstudents who sat the November 2006examinations, 30 students (11%)achieved a TER o 99 and were inthe top 1% in the world. 90 students(33.8%) had TER above 90 and werein the top 10% worldwide. 4 Sunway

AusMat students had an almostperect TER o 99.90. Overall 55% o allSunway AusMat students had a TERo 85 and above. There were a totalo 20,382 students enrolled in AusMataround the world who sat the sameexaminations.

Two Sunway AusMat students, ChelChua Zhi Fei and Chong Wen Khangwere Special Subject Award recipientsor being the highest scorers orChemistry among all WA schoolsand overseas providers. Chel will bepursuing Pharmacy at the Universityo Queensland and Chong will bestudying Medicine at the University oMelbourne.

8 other students, Chew Li Suan,Christina Ooi Chel-See, Ho Yun Ying,Ivy Chiang Kim Ni, Lim Li Ping, NgEe Liang, Ravind Singh Pandher andSharon Wong Leh Ing were in thetop 0.5% in the world or Chemistryand earned Special Certicates oDistinction. Sunway AusMat was theonly institution with this unprecedentedrecord o receiving the highest numbero awards and certicates amongall AusMat progarmme providers, inChemistry.

Arjun Sivanesan, Han Yuet Lingand Lim Sue Lyn received Special

Certicates o Distinction Awards inAccounting which is in recognition orbeing within the top 0.5% worldwide orthe subject.

Arjun also participated in the 2006Business Educators o Western

Australia (BEWA) Year 12 AccountingCompetition in Western Australia andemerged joint First Place winner orhis eorts. Lim Sue Lyn was in SecondPlace. The level o competition washigh as it was extended beyondWestern Australia to AusMat students inSouth East Asia as well.

Not surprisingly, Arjun and Han YuetLing will be pursuing Actuarial Scienceat the Australian National Universityand Lim Sue Lyn will read Economicsat the University o Melbourne.

Christina Ooi Chel-See was the topstudent worldwide or English as aSecond Language and she will bestudying Medicine at the University oMelbourne. Kong Yue Jin and ArahBinti Mohd were in the top 0.5% or

Malay Advanced and had SpecialCerticates o Distinction or thesubject, among the world providers or

AusMat as well.

89% o Sunway AusMat students othe graduating class qualied or someo the best universities in the worldto do a course o their choice. Othercourses avoured by top studentswere Pharmacy and Biotechnology.Overall 32 AusMat graduates haveaccepted places to read Medicine allover the world, out o these, 12 placesin Medicine were oered to Sunway

AusMat students at Monash University.

The Year 12 Australian curriculumwhich started at Sunway in 1988 isoverseen by the Curriculum Councilo Western Australia, on behal o theGovernment o Western Australia. Themain advantage o the Sunway AusMatis that 80% o the programme isapplication based to encourage criticalthinking. The world is a classroomand learning is acilitated through theexchange o ideas and views. Studentsare encouraged to question and theircreative and analytical talents arerefected in the high quality o theirresults and assignments.

Mr Hugh Alguire, International Ocero the Curriculum Council o Western

Australia who was at the recentgraduation dinner was most impressedwith the exceptional orecast resultso the students. He said The goodperormance o the students may be arefection o the synergistic relationshipwhich has evolved over the many yearsbetween Sunway AusMat and theCurriculum Council.

Sunway AusMat

Students SweepChemistry Awards

The recent graduates o the Australian Matriculation (AusMat)pre-University programme achieved excellent results amongall the AusMat providers worldwide in Western Australia (WA),Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Malaysia

Arjun Sivanesan (right) was one in the top 0.5% in the world or

Accounting with Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director, Sunway UniversityCollege, admiring the trophy.

Chel Chua Zhi Fei (right) receiving her certicaterom Mr Hugh Alguire, International Ocer,Curriculum Council, Western Australia (let) and MrsRuma Lopes, Director o Sunway AusMat (centre)looking on.

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The Krishen Jit-ASTRO Fund attracted 80 applications or grants rom artspractitioners. O these only three were selected. Dr Ray Langenbach, the Co-Heado the Department o Perormance + Media at Sunway University College receiveda grant o RM16,000. Two other recipients were video installation artist Au Sow Yeeand visual artist Sharon Chin, who received RM8,400 and RM9,600 respectively ortheir projects.

Dr Langenbach will use the money or his Malaysian Video Archives Project

which documents the directorial works o Krishen Jit and other Malaysian theatreperormances and perormance art events over the period 1988-2006.

The projects three objectives are to preserve, annotate and develop publicaccessibility to these valuable perormance works.

Dr Langenbach said, The documentation would be an important training tool orour perorming arts students as it is an interace between theatre and media. I wishto thank ASTRO and the Five Arts Centre or this grant as the need to documentand preserve this great body o works is necessary to enable the youngergeneration o actors, not only in Malaysia but in South East Asia, to benet romthese archives.

Grant or Perormance

Artist-TheoristRay Langenbach

A und has been established tohonour the legendary theatredirector Krishen Jit. It was initiatedby ASTRO and administered incollaboration with the Five ArtsCentre.

Langenbach ater he was presented with the Krishen Jit-Astro Award.

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In year 2002, Albert completed the Australian Martriculation (AusMat) course atSunway University College. Consecutively, he continued on to Sunways twinningprogramme with Australias Victoria University (VU).

I remember Ms Elizabeth Lee,the Executive Director, said whenaddressing us reshies that Sunwayis the way to the sun. That we shouldgrow continuously towards our ultimategoal, or there is where success lies,he reminisced Those words motivatedus to work as a team to reach that goal.

And most o these people I know have

already obtained some o their dreams.Some have climbed to even greaterheights.

Barely a year passed by sincecompleting his degree on an exchangeprogramme to Australia, he is alreadya ounder and CEO o a company inMelbourne that specialises in artistemanagement, events management, marketing and promotions. His company alsomanages deejays, a new job description unheard o beore this. I saw a need orsuch a position to be created and I decided to create it, he said, matter-o-actly.

Despite having a ull-time job o running his own company, he is also the marketingmanager o a modeling agency, a part timer at a radio station and the musicaldirector o a high-class restaurant. He even doubles as the restaurants pianist on

a weekly basis. To add to that, he is currently pursuing his Master o Business inEvents Management degree.

This hardworking lad made a trip back to his homeland Malaysia mainly orbusiness purposes. However, he couldnt resist dropping by Sunway UniversityCollege to rekindle memories.

It was not my choice to study in Sunway, this straightorward lad admitted Butmy parents decided to send me here ater completing my high school educationbecause they knew Sunway was a platorm to excel internationally. And so it was.

Albert claims that his wide network o contacts began when he participated inactivities while at Sunway. Up to date, he has engaged with ormer Sunway coursemates on several business arrangements.

One o the lecturers, Mr. Zain Augustin, discovered that I could play the piano andasked me to perorm during VU Night, Albert recalls He encouraged us to get outthere, get it done and just do it!

With this attitude, Albert boldly approached a luxury hotel in Bandar Sunway duringhis short visit back and asked i he could play a ew gigs at their lounge just or theun o it. The hotel management welcomed this sel-driven young man and a ewSunway lecturers proudly witnessed his perormance.

Its the nurturing o such attitude during my time at Sunway that taught mepersistance, courage and hardwork. And these qualities are what carried methrough to make me the success that I am today, he concluded.

An Alumnus Reminiscence

o Sunway University College

As most educators would attestto, it is most rewarding when theirormer students visit them andregale them with their successstories. Albert Lim, alumnus oSunway University College whonow has a new nest down under,recently paid a visit to his lecturers

at the Sunway campus - a placelled with ond memories or him.

Albert masterfully tinkles on the ivory at the Atrium,Pyramid Tower Hotel.

Albert in front of his alma mater, SunwayUniversity College.

ALUMNI NEWS

I you wish to join the SunwayUniversity College Alumni, youmay call the Students ServicesDepartment at 74918622 Extn: 8021(Adelene Goh) or 8069 (Elisa Dass).

You may also email your details [email protected]. Moreino can be ound at www.sunway.edu.my under Alumni.

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The students, Dexter Wong Kum Theen, Susmitha Burra andLim Tou Ee are in the nal year o the Bachelor o InormationTechnology (Computer Science). Their business ideawas entitled Blue Alarm and or their eorts they receivedRM2,000 in cash and a RM1,000 voucher which was sharedamong them.

The team leader, Dexter Wong said It has been an invaluableexperience. The competition sharpened our businessthinking, research and statistical analysis skills but moreimportantly, it gave me a chance to lead and to work as ateam. We had to have strong nerves to be able to makea presentation in ront o such a large audience on threeoccasions. But we are all the more, wiser or it. I wouldlike to thank the Sunway lecturers or their advice andencouragement without which we would not have made itthus ar he added.

Dexter and his team are working closely with the ICT R & DCentre at the School o Computer Technology to look intocommercialising their business idea.The Merit Award winners were lecturers Dr Cheng Fan Faho the Australian Universities Programmes, Dr Loh Joo Pin othe American Degree Transer Programme and Dr Lee ChiuSze o the Monash University Foundation Programme, atSunway. Their business plan was entitled E-value. The teamwon RM500 cash.

The objectives o the Business Plan Competition, organisedby the Multimedia Development Corporation (Mdec), are toinculcate a culture o technopreneurship in Institutions oHigher Learning and to provide exposure & knowledge okey competencies required o a successul technopreneur. Toencourage students & researchers rom diverse backgroundsto share their business ideas, to work in teams that willleverage on technology and business competencies and toidentiy commercially viable ideas & compelling intellectualproperty. The competition has been running every year since2004.

Sunway University College oers honours degrees inthe areas o Inormation Systems (E Business/EnterpriseResource Planning), Inormation Technology (ComputerScience), Inormation Technology (Networking/Communications) and Multimedia Systems. These

programmes are oered in aliation with collaboratingpartner Lancaster University.

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Sunway StudentsEdge First Runner-Up Place in BusinessPlan Competition

Ater winning two pre-qualiying rounds o the MSCBusiness Plan Competition late last year, studentsand sta made Sunway University College proud bywinning the First Runner-up Award in the BusinessIdea category and the Merit Award in the BusinessPlan category respectively. This took place at thenals o the national level MSC-IHL Business PlanCompetition in Putrajaya recently.

Dexter (let) and Susmitha on the right.

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In the 6th Asian Winter Games 2007 that took place inChangchun, China which wrapped up early February, wewere thrilled to witness the rst Malaysian ice hockey teamcompeting on an international level.

Now, the rst question that mightimmediately leap to ones mind is, Howmany westerners were on the team?That query is understandable. Aterall, ice hockey in Malaysia is relativelyunheard o. But happily the answeris, None. The team consisted o 18locals rom dierent background andages, who have been playing less than8 years in local ice hockey leagues.

An even lesser known act is that onethird o the team either are or werestudents o Sunway University College.Even the Deputy Che De Mission,Steven Tan, is the Programme Assistanto Sunways Canadian MatriculationProgramme (CIMP).

Moi Jia Yung, the Assistant Captainhappens to be pursuing an EventManagement major at Sunway. He andellow team member, Ian Daniel Tracy,an ex-student o Sunways AmericanDegree Transer Programme (ADTP),would traipse rom the Universitycampus ater classes to SunwayPyramid nearby or training.

Who Are theSkater Boys?

Khoo Seng Chee was rom the ADTP.

Chew Jeen Sern was rom the CIMP.

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When there are no upcomingtournaments, they train about 3 timesper week on average, and actualtraining hours can only start late atnight. Sunway Pyramids Ice Rink isthe only ice skating rink in Malaysia andwe can only begin the training sessionsater the rink is closed to the public,said Steven It is an inconvenience, but

we make the best o it.

Even bued and strong youngsterslike Jia Yung and Ian had to admit thatit is strenuous to have to train late intothe night and then wake up early thenext day to attend classes. To them,however, it is worth the eort andsacrices, which undeniably paid owhen the team won in their rst ace oin the Games, beating Hong Kong 7-3.

Other team members, Adrian Chowand Chew Jeen Sern, are ormerCIMP students, and Allan Yeohand Khoo Seng Chee were ADTPstudents. Adrian and Seng Chee arechildhood riends who started out inthe somewhat similar inline skating andeventually made the switch to the icyversion o the sport.

When the Asian Games Ice HockeyEvent drew to an end, Team Malaysiamanaged an eighth ranking out o 11,not bad at all or boys who hail rom acountry that is undoubtedly too hot tohave natural ice.

Moi Jia Yung, the Assistant Captain o theteam, is currently pursuing his diplomaunder Sunways School o HospitalityTourism and Leisure Management.

MalaysiaBoleh!

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