MASISWA By Anita Leong

Karnival Sukan MASISWA Zon Utara 2014

By Anita Leong Su Juan, Foundation/2nd, CE

UTP Sports Complex, 9^th November 2014 –Held from 7^th of November till 9^th of November, nine universities and colleges gathered to compete 7 different sport activities at the MASISWA Sports Carnival (Northern) 2014.

The private educational institutions that participated includes :

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 

UniKL MSI, 

Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman Kampar Campus, 

Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman Penang Campus, 

Kolej Poly-Tech Mara Alor Star, 

UTAR Kampar, 

UniKL MIMET, 

Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah and 

Kolej Professional Mara Seri Iskandar 

with the overall champion decided through the most collection of gold medals from the various categories. 

Delighted to announce that Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS crowned the overall champion with 7 golds, 6 silvers and 7 bronzes altogether, followed by UniKL MSI with 3 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes and the third placing goes to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman who managed to win 3 golds and 2 bronzes. Last but not least, HOT team would like to congratulate all the winners as well as other athletes for making MASISWA a remarkable sport event. Below are some pictures from selected games.

 All players in full focus.

Supporters cheered out loud to motivate the players.

During the volleyball match, players tried hard to defend.

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CONVOFAIR 2014

               CONVOFAIR 2014

                     By Teh Wei Qian, Foundation 2^nd, PE

Tronoh, 16 - 19^th October 2014 - Our annual UTP CONVOFAIR had been held in Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in conjunction with the Convocation Ceremony which fell on the 19^th October and the Sekretariat Rukun Negara.

The main purpose of having a CONVOFAIR is to attract the family members of UTP students to come and visit UTP as well as providing platform to conduct their personal family day to strengthen the bonds among each family member. This year, more than thousands of family had come to celebrate this annual event.

During these four days event, up to 60 booths were set up mainly food stalls, clothes stalls, PETRONAS merchandise stall, games and activities, and many more. There were variety of local food such as laksa, curry mee, ayam madu, burgers, fried rice, claypot mee, nasi lemak and so on. For games and activities, there were FIFA 15, The King of Guitar Hero, water ball, water boat, inflatable castle, wall climbing, water futsal and many more. Congratulations to Ahmad Syahiran who had won the title of “King of Fifa 15”. There were also exhibitions displaying antics vehicles.

At night, UTP students entertained the guests with performances. The performances include UTP Chinese Orchestra, Malay Dance, our most favourite dance - Bhangra Dance, Silat Melayu, International Dance, Rock Songs, Taekwondo, Caklempong, Gamelan and so on. The performances were splendid as proven from the big applaud by the audience after watching it.

On the last day of this event, a special talk, titled “Tentang Cinta” had been given by Ustaz Kazim Elias, who is a very famous religious icon in Perak. The talk was attended by many elderly and young people.

CONVOFAIR this year was a successful one and for that, we express gratitude to the committees of CONVOFAIR for the effort and commitment.

Some of the food stalls during the CONVOFAIR.

Some of the games and activities such as water ball, rock climbing and inflatable castle at Village 4 field during the CONVOFAIR.

Performance – before “Tentang Cinta” talk: Nasyid by Muhandis.

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UTP's 14th CONVOCATION

UTP’s 14^th Convocation Ceremony

By 

Anita Leong Su Juan, Foundation/2^nd, CE

 

Chancellor Hall, 19^th October 2014 – “For the graduates, we wish you success in your future careers, knowing that your success will also be the University’s success,” words spoken by our very own Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, Chancellor of University Teknologi Petronas (UTP) during the 14^th annual Convocation Ceremony in Chancellor Hall, UTP. Convocation is held annually, celebrating the hard work and excellence of its newly minted alumni.  This year, there were a total of 1278 students graduating from various programmes.

The ceremony was divided into two sessions; one in the morning officiated by our beloved Chancellor and one in the afternoon officiated by the Pro Chancellor of UTP.

The Gold Chancellor Award, awarded to the highest achieving undergraduate student was presented to Norazwan Wahid from Petroleum Engineering, while the Silver Chancellor Award was awarded to Vivian Lim Zher Yee from the Mechanical Engineering programme. As for Final Year Project Award, one of the grantees was Lok Chen Chuang from Chemical Engineering program.

The Best International Undergraduate Student Award was presented to Tran Duc Chung, a Vietnamese student from the Electrical and Electronic Engineering program.

This year’s UTP Alumni Awards for Best Researcher— which were first introduced in the 12^th Convocation Ceremony as a recognition for the contribution by postgraduate students for propelling the university to achieving the Research University status; went to Ali Samer Muhsan from Iraq who achieved his Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, and Norzaireen Mohd Azmee from Malaysia who completed her Masters of Science in Civil Engineering.

  

 Friends and family trying to spot for their graduating loved ones.

Waiting to finally receive their graduation scrolls.

Friends and family watching their loved ones receive their degrees via the live-stream at the Undercroft. 

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An Introduction to Effective Stress Management

An Introduction to Effective Stress Management

By: Arthur Eliseus (Chemical Engineering 2^nd Year, 2^nd Semester)

Lecture Room 7, 22^nd November- Studying in university is undeniably very stressful with assignments, tests and events abound. To combat this stress, the Academic and Career department of Student Representative Council Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (SRCUTP) (managed by Sharina binti Mohd Yusak, Business Information System 1^st Year 2^nd Semester) conducted a stress management exercise for students. 

The aim of this programme was to help students to develop techniques to manage stress effectively through the talk techniques presented by two stress management, Senior Lecturer Dr. Ahmad Shahrul Nizam bin Isha and Pn Haryanni binti Harun, both from the Management & Humanities department. 

Participants included both staff and students of UTP, with activities like ice breaking, dancing, and quizzes to judge their levels of depression and stress. The second session of the day dealt more directly with how to handle stresses as well as testimonials from the two speakers. The event ended with everyone participating in a dance before having their lunch together.

Dr. Ahmad Shahrul Nizam bin Isha sharing techniques on how to manage stress effectively

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RAISE YOUR GAME (SEDEX 34 PRE-EVENT)

RAISE YOUR GAME
In Conjunction With
34^th Science and Engineering Design Exhibition - SEDEX 34
By Teh Wei Qian, Foundation 2^nd, PE 

Pocket D, 15^th October 2014 - Raise Your Game V1.0 is a biannual community project aimed at helping tertiary education students to train their leadership and business skills SEDEX pre-event.This year, ambassadors from Leaderonomics graced the programme as special guests.

 Raise Your Game V1.0, which was previously known as Youth Social Responsibility (YSR) involves the participation of students from primary schools and this time, foundation students from various universities in Perak. The students were split into two workshops provided by Leaderonomics on the topic of business and marketing.

The 34^th installation of SEDEX will be held on the 8^th and 9^th of December.

Introduction session for the students from various universities.

Kirenraj Doraiselvan, Project Manager of Raise Your Game (RYG) event.

Adeline from Leaderonomics giving a workshop to the students.

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