Awards and Competition Winners 2008

The results of the award recipients and winners of the poster and thesis competitions can be found in the download section. Congratulations to all recipients and winners.

Thank you everyone

The Centre would like to thank everyone who has taken part and contributed materially or in kind. Also to our sponsors. We would like to thank all the speakers who delivered their talks. To avoid doing injustice to those whom we do not mention, it is best that we do not mention any names lest we miss someone.

The 4th Graduate Month was definitely a success. The month was filled with talks, theses writing and proof reading activities, student poster and faculty/centre booth competitions, and various other events.

One snag though. Unfortunately, the Supervision Workshop was cancelled at the eleventh hour due to unforseen circumstances. Apart from that glitch, everything went well.

Oh yes, we also had a last minute change in the guest of honour and managed to pull off a good closing ceremony and dinner with the presence of Y.Bhg. Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Noh bin Dalimin. He was sporting enough to even sing two songs during the dinner. Thank you Datuk Mohd. Noh.

We look forward to putting a good show next year and welcome all comments to improve the event.

Closing Ceremony and Graduate Awards Night

Y.Bhg. Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Noh bin Dalimin was the guest of honour during the memorable event. The event started off with a doa' followed by the welcoming address by the Chairperson of the Graduate Month 2008, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maizam Alias.

The guests were treated to a sumptious dinner of laksa johor and corn rice.

Mr. Baithan and the university's combo entertained the guests with renditions of evergreen and new songs. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Noh wooed the guests with his "Getaran Jiwa" and "Biar Bulan Bicara". He was backed by the dean of the Centre on the saxophone.

The winners for the night were the graduate students and their supervisers for whom the event was held. They went away with prizes and awards. The awards and prizes were given away by the guest of honour.

Datuk Mohd. Noh, a Parit Raja local, gave a speech and officially closed the Month. He was very impressed with the efforts put in by the Centre and all the staff and students who lent a hand to make the Graduate Month a success.

Datuk Mohd. Noh visits the Graduate Exhibition

Y.Bhg. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Noh bin Dalimin visited the Graduate Exhibition on July 25, 2008 at 3:30pm. He visited all the booths and chatted with personnel from the faculties and centres that exhibited during the program.

He also spent time going over the posters. Some of the posters caught his attention as being neat and easy on the eye. There were posters that were "out of league." Overall, he was happy that the students spent time making the posters.

Publishing in UTHM's Journal

Prof. Mohd. Imran Ghazali gave a presentation on the rudiments of publishing in the University's Journals on July 24, 2008. He was assisted by Dr. Yusri Yusof.

His passion for publishing in journals can be seen in his seriousness in putting the message across to the audience.

Interested readers can download the presentation at the usual section in this blog.

Be Healthier, Be Happier

The guest speaker for this talk is none other than Associate Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elshayeb. His talk is based on the healing power of water, food, and exercise.

The key to being healthy is to have a healthy stomach, body, and mind. The work presented was based on studies made in the USA and Canada.

The immune system of the body will be very much affected by emotions and psychological state of the mind. Fear, anger, grief, depression, and hate, among others will reduce the body's immune system making it susceptible to various diseases.

The revealing talk inspired a lot a questions and discussions. Interested readers can get a copy of the presentation at the download section.

Poster Exhibition

The posters are up. As posted earlier, 40 posters were submitted by students. This is an overwhelming response, so much so that there were not enough poster boards to put the poster.

The posters will be evaluated by a panel of judges. Among the criteria are creativity, design, and attractiveness. There would be three main categories; Ph.D., Masters by research, and Masters by coursework.

Winners will receive their prizes during the Graduate Awards Night on Friday, 25 July, at 8:30pm. Good luck to all the students who submitted.

Graduate Awards Night 2008 and Official Closure

For the first time, graduate students will be having their own awards. The awards will be based on their performance reports. This is done to enhance proper evaluation and commitment of the students to complete their studies with flying colours.

Y. Bhg. Dato' Mohd Nadzmi bin Mohd Salleh, a member of the Board of Directors of the University, has graciously agreed to officiate the event and present the awards. He is the executive chairman of Nadicorp Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and was the Malaysian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award recipient for 2003. He currently serves as the president of Badminton Association of Malaysia.

Graduate Month Activities, July 21 to 25

The month is into its final week. An exhibition will be held from July 21 to 25. All faculties and centres will exhibit their graduate activities. A poster competition will be held simultaneously. More than 40 posters were submitted, this year. This is a 100% increase from last year.

Various talks that will be held are as follows:

July 21: "Scholarship and Funding Opportunities" by the Centre for Research and Innovation.

July 23: "The Al-Falah Education Loan" by Bank Rakyat, Batu Pahat Branch, in the morning.

July 23: "Graduate Supervision" by Dr. Christopher Hill of the University of Nottingham Malaysia, in the evening.

July 24: "Journal Writing" by Prof. Mohd. Imran Ghazali and Dr. Yusri Yusof, Publications Centre, in the morning.

July 24: "Weight Management and Body Transformation" by Prof. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Faizal Mohd. Zain, Centre for Graduate Studies, in the evening.

July 25: "Be Healthier Be Happier" by Associate Professor Dr. Mohamed Elshayeb, Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, in the morning.

July 25: "Sponsorship and Financial Opportunities" by a representative of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, in the evening.

All activities will take place at the Examination Hall, F2 Building. Everyone is cordially invited. Hampers and prizes are available for quiz winners.

Come one, come all

Graduate Month 2008

This year marks the fourth Graduate Month which begins on 30th June, 2008 to 25th July, 2008. Many activities have been slotted for the month. As usual, there will be the exhibition booths where all faculties will promote their research and graduate students activities. The month will be filled with the theses competition, poster competition.

There will be theses workshops, supervision workshops and several talks slotted in.

This year will debut the international cultural gala and the graduate awards night. The month will be tentatively officiated by a board member of the University.

Be part of the month, come and participate.