Celebrating Malaysia: An Astute & Indulgent Forum on the Orang Asli community

Sunway’s MOHE Compulsory Subjects Department chose to honour and remember our Independence Day by conducting a Forum entitled: “Celebrating Malaysia” with its perspectives on “Orang Asli at the Crossroads.” The Forum was put together to educate urban Malaysians on the life, culture and plight of the Orang Asli community.

The Forum was honoured with the presence of 3 distinguished speakers and was moderated by Dr Colin Nicholas, founder and coordinator of the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC). The first speaker was Tijah Yok Chopil, an indigenous woman of the Semai tribe who has devoted her life to empowering and uniting the once scattered Orang Asli community of Peninsular Malaysia. The second was Siti Z Kasim, a consummate human rights lawyer who is currently involved in many of the land rights issues affecting the Orang Asli community and finally, Bob Manolan, a social activist who also represents the people in land issues in the state of Pahang.

Dr Colin Nicholas, founder and coordinator of the COAC moderating the forum.

Supporting deserving youth

The Jeffrey Cheah Foundation awarded scholarships and awards amounting to RM11.7 million to 1700 students of Sunway University and Sunway College recently.

Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah (in suit) with the 13 Jeffrey Cheah Foundation Community Scholarship recipients

Sunway’s 2nd Pre-University Conference, education beyond the classroom

Back for the second time, Sunway Education Group’s 2nd Pre-University Conference was bigger and better. The conference themed “Learning within and beyond the classroom,” saw the participation of many internal as well as external institutions in conjunction with Sunway’s Silver Jubilee celebration.

Professor Dr. Morshidi Sirat, Deputy Director-General, Department of Higher Education (Public Sector) Ministry of Higher Education presented the keynote address and officiated the conference while the plenary address was presented by Prof. Dr. Moses Samuel, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya.

Cheng Mien Wee,Mr Lee Weng Keng; CEO of the Education and Healthcare Division, Professor Dr. Morshidi Sirat, Elizabeth Lee, Senior Executive Director, Sunway Education Group and Dr. Khatijah Khalid, Chief Executive,Sunway College

Sunway’s eWaste campaign gets you thinking green

The widespread use of electronic gadgets and gear without a corresponding channel developed for their proper disposal is an issue that the Sunway Education Group (SE Group) is concerned with. As its IT Services department has pressed forward to deploy better technology to all the Sunway education institutions, they are also conscious of the dumping of used electronic items (eWaste).

Staff member placing his e-waste into the e-waste bin on Sunway campus

Understanding the Cambridge Experience

Sunway College received tremendous response from pre-university students and parents as they attended a talk on the Cambridge Experience held at its campus recently. The talk was presented by Professor David A. Cardwell from the University of Cambridge and Associate Professor Dr George Lee from the Oxford and Cambridge Society Malaysia. 

Professor Cardwell giving a talk on the Cambridge experience to students and parents.

Sunway’s AUSMAT students explore career paths

Sunway College’s Australian Matriculation Programme (AUSMAT) recently hosted a Career Exploration Week where its students from the AUSMAT pre-university programme visited various universities and organisations to get a bigger picture and a better idea of courses and career paths. The students visited International Medical University (IMU), Melaka Manipal College, Monash University and organisations such as MEASAT Satellite Systems (Cyberjaya), Sunway Medical Centre, Deloitte Malaysia and Westport.

Dr Shah Yasin presenting his speech during the career forum.

Sunway’s MUFY shines again

Shum Pey Ling, a student of the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) at Sunway College made the institution proud when she bagged the Monash Excellence Award with an impressive average score of 98.75%. The Monash Excellence Award is presented to the student who achieves the highest overall score among all MUFY providers worldwide. This cohort of students also won 19 out of the 22 MUFY Subject Awards, for emerging top in their respective subjects among all providers of MUFY globally. On top of that, this year marked the largest number of MUFY students at Sunway College who qualified for a Monash Entrance Scholarship with 51 students obtaining an average score of 91.25% and above. According to Lee Thye Cheong, Director of MUFY at Sunway College, these are the best results ever achieved since Sunway College began offering MUFY in 1999.

Valedictorian Samuel Sii presenting his speech