24 Hour Race

On Saturday, 19th of November a team of 7 CIMP students ran the 24 hour race supported by SUKA Society. It was held at IGB International School in Sungai Buloh. Buona Vista's team leader, Nicholas Yap, helped to lead the team to the end. Other members included, Swarna Selvaraja, Luqmaan Khan, Joshua Alfred Myat, Marian Yeow, Vaibhav Malu and Pua Yen Li. Prior to the race, the team had to raise a total of RM 2000 as donation funds to the 24 Hour Race group in order to register and all money raised and collected would go to stopping human trafficking and slavery and raising awareness for the cause. The first fundraiser held was a water balloon event. Selected CIMP teachers would be voted in by students who had to pay to keep their teacher on the leaderboard. The top 5 teachers were to be struck with a water ballooned on the day of the event, with each bucket filled with water balloons sold at an auctioned price to the highest bidders. The event raised a considerable amount of money for the team and was largely successful due to the cooperation and support received by the teachers for volunteering and students for voting. Our second event, was an open mic held at W_are_house, a small cute cafe in USJ dedicated for open mic events. We had invited several feature artists and other CIMP performers to sing and showcase their talents! A good turnout of a crowd made the event a successful one and definitely memorable for the audience. Lastly, our third and final fundraiser was a bake sale. Each team member brought baked goods and it was sold at very reasonable prices for very delicious goods! In total, we managed to raise RM 2050 on the dot!

Canadian International Matriculation Programme at Sunway College celebrated their 50th Graduation Ceremony

“The Canadian International Matriculation Programme at Sunway College celebrated their 50th Graduation Ceremony on Friday June 17th 2016. The group of 200 graduate join over 6000 alumni from the Canadian program who have gone on to study around the globe as the programme celebrates its 25th anniversary at Sunway. CIMP Graduates go on to study and work in Malaysia and abroad with 79 of this semesters gradates planning to attend University in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

CIMP wide selection of subjects favoured

“Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) was my preferred choice because I liked how the programme incorporated subjects from various fields of study in one programme,” said eighteen year old Nichole Gan Min Huey.

The former student of Chempaka Assembly of God (AOG) decided to enrol in the CIMP programme upon her mother’s encouragement for her to study at Sunway College.

Nichole Gan – Nichole received the Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah Special Entrance Scholarship

Springboard to a Brighter Future with the CIMP

The Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) at Sunway College is a rigorous academic programme leading to university studies. The programme provides students the opportunity to grow socially and culturally through involvement in many of the extra-curricular activities offered.

18 year old Lok Huey Ning who has completed the CIMP at Sunway College said her most important takeaway from her studies was, “To be open and receptive to different opinions and ideas. CIMP showed me that it was alright, if not better, to break away from stringent structures and instead infuse your work with innovation, as long as the innovation has the backing of sound logic and reasoning!”

Lok Huey Ning with John Mackle, former Director of the Canadian International Matriculation Programme at the Harvard Prize Book Award Ceremony

Sunway students attend their very first Model United Nations Conference

Students from Sunway International School (SIS) and the Canadian International Matriculation Program (CIMP) recently attended their very first Model United Nations (MUN) Conference in Singapore. A total of ten students attended as delegates, four from SIS and six from CIMP. The students were accompanied by Heath Kondro, Communications Technology lecturer with CIMP and Brendan Narancsik, Dramatic Arts and History teacher with SIS.

The three-day conference, the first hosted by United World College, South East Asia-East Campus saw the participation of two hundred and forty delegates from eight schools around the region. For the first two days of the conference, delegates were grouped into their different committees which addressed a wide array of issues related to Disarmament, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Human Rights, Politics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Security Council. On the third and last day of the conference, all delegates were grouped according to the country they represented for the simulated General Assembly. This provided an opportunity for them to work together with other delegates from different committees.

Sunway delegates with Heath Kondro (back row, first from left) and Brendan Narancsik (back row, first from right)

Exemplary students in the CIMP graduation in Sunway

The recent year-end 2012 graduation for the Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) at Sunway College Kuala Lumpur showcased a number of outstanding students. Malaysian, Cherlyn Tong Ka Lyn emerged as a nominee for the Governor General’s Academic Medal for achieving an average of 98% in her marks which was the highest in her cohort. For this, she was also given the Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Award. There will be another nominee for the award in June 2013 and out of the two nominees, the one with the higher average will receive the medal in the June 2013 CIMP graduation.

Cherlyn, who is awaiting replies from a few UK universities said, “The CIMP was a great experience. It gave us room and flexibility to pursue our diverse interests and tapped our potentials. The lecturers who were approachable and wonderful were integral to the experience. I was always able to turn to them for guidance. I’m really grateful for my time in CIMP.”

Cherlyn Tong (right) receives her award from Mr Robert Burley

Sunway CIMP student wins Apple iPad for best essay

The music and lyrics to Black Eyed Peas’ ‘Where is the Love’ was what inspired Farhana binti Farhan Menon’s essay on climate change that won best essay from Sunway College in the Monash Prize Essay Competition. “This is the song that touches my soul every time someone talks about climate change,” she wrote in her essay.

“This war of human against nature has to stop. Most people think that the earth is going to be around forever. But what they fail to realise is that the more we take from earth, the more we lose something, especially when no measure has been done to replace it. We must stop wastage and take responsibility of our own actions,” said Farhana from the Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) who regularly recycles, reuses, and repairs in her daily life.

Farhana receiving the Apple iPad from Aananthi Seventhy, Country Manager, Offshore – Future Students, Monash University, Australia.

Learning about business and charity

72 students of the Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) of Sunway College donated RM4,600 to WWF Malaysia. The amount was raised from a two-day product sale at the Energy Hub in Sunway College in which students applied knowledge of five management skills from their Business Leadership Management Fundamentals (BOH4M) class to come up with their own unique products and services to elicit purchases from their fellow students.

The BOH4M class with Brandon (4th from right, first row)

Class representative, Lee Ee-Anne said “We are proud to donate, even in this small way to WWF Malaysia, an organisation which makes a significant contribution to Malaysian wildlife. Thanks for all the great work you do”

From left to right, John Futa, Brandon Liu (receiving cheque), Liz Erskine, Ee-Anne and Dave Leonard

Fellow student, Christine Tan said “We had a fun experience raising the money and it feels good to help society and the environment”

Mr John Futa, Director of the CIMP and lecturers Liz Erskine and Dave Leonard as well as Ee-Anne presented the cheque to WWF Malaysia’s Youth Outreach Executive, Brandon Liu at Sunway College.

Harvard Prize Book and RM 2,000 for 3 Sunway College Students

Chong Lip Yi, Pauline Ann Loh and Daniel Fong Zhen Yong were thrilled when they were announced the Harvard Prize Book Winners recently. The three students, an Australian Matriculation Programme, Canadian International Matriculation Programme and A-levels students respectively are from the Pre-University Programmes of Sunway College. They each received RM 2,000 cash prize, a copy of the Harvard Prize Book, an opportunity for internship in the Harvard Club of Malaysia throughout the duration of study at Sunway College and a certificate endorsed by the Harvard Club of Malaysia.

From left to right: Ng Hon Soon, Chong Lip Yi, Pauline Ann Loh, Tan Sri Lin See Yan, Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director Sunway Education Group; Nicholas Khaw, Daniel Fong Zhen Yong and Nadiah Wan

Sunway College students accomplishing the Canadian Dream

3 Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) students each received a Maple Leaf Bursary worth C$1,000.00 during the Canada Day celebrations from the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E Randolph Mank at Canada House, Kuala Lumpur, recently.

Houman Nejad Bagher Lahiji, Alireza Fataei Bolourchi and Joy Chrystal Ng Seet Wan were CIMP students in Sunway College are preparing to pursue their studies in Canada. Besides producing excellent grades, these students were also in need of financial assistance.

Alireza Fataei Bolourchi receiving his bursary from Canadian High Commissioner Randolph Mank

Honesty within students in Sunway College

Yong Geok San all smiles after her smart phone was returned to her by Mahmoodreza Mirzakhalili with Mr Gopal Kandasamy (center), Manager of the Security Department.