IMU's M.A.D. event

Dear all,

It's time to go MAD...make a difference! We have lots of activities lined up from 1st to 10th September, 12.30pm-1.30pm at the Atrium for you. Please do come and enjoy and appreciate the artistic side of the IMU students and staff.

1 Sept. 12.30pm @ Atrium
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming address - Prof Ong
Opening and Commemoration - Tan Sri Abu Bakar Suleiman
Theme song "It's Now"
Special presentation by academic & corporate staff *** guess who?
Presentations by students
Viewing of exhibits - Photographs/Painting& Sketching and Art Therapy pieces by Dr Shane Varma's patients
*Packed lunch will be served

2 Sept. 12.30pm @ Atrium
Speech Competition - 'I want to Go MAD'

3 Sept. Photography Exhibition @ Atrium

7 Sept. 12.30pm @ Senate Room
Talk by Mercy Malaysia 'Be a Volunteer'

8 Sept. 12.30pm @ Atrium
Dance Competiiton

9 Sept. 12.30pm @ Atrium
Music appreciation

9 Sept. 5.00pm @ LT2
Movie Screening - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' starring Brad Pitt (free admission)

10 Sept. 12.30pm @ Atrium
Closing Ceremony
Presentations by winners of each category
Special Presentation by Senior Management *** guess who?
Speech by Dr Mei Ling Young
Prize giving
*Packed lunch will be served

Your presence will make a difference!

Sincerely,
Sheba
on behalf of organizing committee

Bioscience class test feedback

The Bioscience class test feedback will be held
on 28th August 2009 (Friday)
at 11.30am
in LT3

It will be a short feedback session.

BM class (For Group A and B only) Week 11

No BM class(For group A and B) on Wednesday.

The BM class (For group A and B) will be held on
27th August 2009 (Thursday)
at 3.30pm to 6.00pm
at MPH4 (2.07.06)

Merdeka Day Celebration Sketch‏

Hello all! As you guys might have already heard, IMU will be celebrating Merdeka Day on the 27th of August (this coming Thursday!). I know this is pretty last minute, but I would like you guys to spread the word to your respective batches that we need a group of people to perform a short sketch (around 10 minutes) based on the theme of the celebration which is 'One Malaysia Down Memory Lane'. If anyone would like to volunteer to put together a short sketch for the celebration, do send in an email to imusrc@gmail.com by Tuesday (25th August). Thank you!

Regards,
Nirmal Randhawa
Secretary

IMU cup opening ceremony

IMU Cup Opening Ceremony will be on

Tuesday the 25th August 2009!

Come along during lunch time and show your support for your house!


IMU Cup 2009: Make It Yours.

Announcement from SRC (week 10)

For those who missed the news clips on Jul 7 - Dialogue with Tun Dr Mahathir, you may now check it out at: K:\IMU - Share\News Clips - Jul 7

Hey dears,

It's been a long time since I've sent one of these! Here are a few announcements to make to your batches.

1. Patch Adams in Malaysia (Again!)

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Sunway Convention Centre
Street: Sunway
City/Town: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia


Come and experience the REAL & ONE and ONLY Patch Adams as he steps foot for the first time in Malaysia, on Oct 24th @ 'Live and Inspire' conference. He'll be accompanied by a few other keynote speakers - including Masami Sato, Edwina Chiu and Karriem Ali.




PRIORITY BOOKING DISCOUNT!
----------------------------------------------

ONLY RM500 for a VIP Seat!
**seats are on a first come first serve basis!




(BUT BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO DO IT FOR IMU , we get like RM500 but its buy 1 free 1 - hence its like RM250.
Still trying to arrange a meet and greet session, but its highly probable lah (With DR.PATCH ADAMS)


for more information : -
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56811864402


Thank you :)

Anyone who is interested, please contact Pamela (M208) 019-7118907 or email her at lifeis2enjoy22@gmail.com

She needs to know by Thursday, so please do let her know ASAP :)

2. B107 Malaysian Studies Project


Hey everyone! We, B107, will be holding our Malaysian Studies Project cum Merdeka celebration themed “Down Memory Lane” . Here’s our promo video for the event:









Details of our event are as follows:-

Date : 27th and 28th of August 2009

Time : 12.00 – 2.30 pm

Venue : IMU Atrium

Theme : Down Memory Lane



There will be good food, performances and much more so do come support us. Cheers!



Let's experience Malaysia...




regards,

david

3. Clinique Roadshow at IMU


For the fiscal year 2009, MYC will be continuing our series of workshop and road shows for our client Clinique. Clinique has been conducting the above nationwide in 2007 and 2008.



We would like to invite IMU students for an opportunity to participate in the event with your kind consent. We hope to be able to organize this road show at your campus on 14thSeptember 2009. Our workshop will encompass



Basic Skin Care and Make Up Presentation (2 sessions) (Proposed Time: 11am-12pm, 3pm-4pm)

Display booth for Clinique products and Discounted Student Set.

All participants will be given a Goodie Bag with compliments from Clinique worth RM 200.


Minimum participants is 100 students but we can cater up to 200 students


Pre Event Publicity

1. Posters and leaflets to announce the event

2. Assistance in recruitment of participation.

3. All lecturers and staff are welcome to participate.

4. Location / room to conduct the workshop and display venue (preferably nearby)



Event Proper

1. MYC will organise and manage the entire event (9:00am - 5:00pm).

2. MYC is open to working with your college Club and Societies to tie in this event with your own.

3. Trainers and Assistants will be from MYC and Clinique.





Should you have any queries, please kindly contact me at 016-7948362(Jacinta) or any of the persons below, should I be unavailable to answer your queries.



Zoe: 016-3927 559



Warmest Regards,
Jacinta Goh
Salient Information Sdn Bhd (MYC!)
(O) 03-7955 0006
www.myc.com.my


Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10
--
Student Representative Council
International Medical University

Volunteers for the H1N1 screening for Convocation Day (19 Aug)‏

Hey everyone,

In conjunction with the Convocation Day on 19 August 2009, there will be a H1N1 Temperature Screening at all entrance points, similar to the one previously done for the new intake of the BPharm and Health Sciences batches. We would be recruiting around 30 volunteers to conduct the temperature screening, so for those of you who are interested, kindly hand in your names and contact numbers to your respective batch reps by Monday (17 Aug). We are very sorry for having to inform you in such a short period of time.

And by the way, Dr Ranjit who is in-charge of the event would want to meet the volunteers on Tuesday (18 Aug). Anyhow, we'll keep you posted. Thanks for your time and attention.

Warmest Regards,
Hiew Wee Kiat.
VP of Pharmacy.


--
Student Representative Council
International Medical University

IMU Buddhist Society meeting

Date: 14th August 2009, Friday
Time: 1.15pm - 2.15pm
Venue: SR5

There'll be a video sharing and hymm singing.

Influenza A (H1N1) - MSPTM Mid- Year seminar‏

The Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (MSPTM) will be holding a Mid-Year Seminar on Influenza A (H1N1) on Thursday, 20th August 2009, 3.00 - 5.00pm at our IMU Dewan Cancelor, Level 4, Bukit Jalil. The seminar is opened to all staff members and students. Enclosed is the programme for your reference.

Those who wish to attend, kindly confirm your participation with CtME.

Light refreshment will be served at the end of the seminar.

Please inform the students to sign up with the batch reps and hand us the list of students attending by the 19th of August.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President
SRC BJ 09/10

HEP-IPTS debate competition

I'm Melody, PR rep for debate club. Could you please post the bold words in your batch blog and post up the poster attached along too. Thanks.


We will be organising a HEP-IPTS debate competition this Saturday which is 15 August 2009. It will be held in Lecture Theatre 3 (NOT Auditorium B as previously mentioned). Please note the changes. The theme is "Book Smart Vs Street Smart." Preliminaries will start at 8 am. Free lunch will be served at 12pm and semi-finals will commence at 2pm. We greatly welcome everyone to join us at 12pm for lunch and then watch the semi-finals debate. Dinner will also be provided. It's going to be a HUGE event with the Ministry of Higher Education backing us up. Other participating universities such as Taylor's University College, HELP university college and MMU will be there.


Hope to see you guys there!

Extended Deadline for Art Competitions!

Hey all,

This is to inform you that the deadline for submission of all 5 Categories:
Painting & Sketching
Dance
Speech
Short Film
Photography

have been extended to 21st August 2009 (Friday).

There will also be a talk by Mercy Malaysia, on 7th Sept (Monday) and a list will be passed around tomorrow for you to register.
Please come for the events as it is the biggest annual festival held in IMU!

Thanks.

speech competition

I am Kyi Saw Tin from ME2/08 and I am doing publicity for speech competition on 2nd of September organised by speech club. We would like to promote this event by advertising the event on your respective batch blogs as soon as possible. Speech competition is a part of the Arts Festival and so, the deadline for submission is 14th of August. I know I am kind of late to ask for your help at this stage. We will be very greatful if you could update your blogs about the speech competition as soon as possible in your free time. Thank you very much for your help.
The followings are the details of the speech competition:


Title: GO MAD (Make A Difference)

Deadline for submission of entries to SRC :14th August 2009. ( Forms are available at SAD )

Venue: Atrium

Date of event: 2nd of September, 2009

Duration of each speech: 5 to 7 minutes

Prizes

Best speaker: rm 250

1st runner up: rm 150

2nd runner up: rm 100

Any enquiries, please contact

Amirahwaty Abdullah

President/ 017 338 1452

dr_mhirah@hotmail.com



With regards,

Kyi Saw Tin

Group A English Class

English Class for group A
will be held on
11th August 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.45am - 10.15am
Venue: SR3

Additional Info for Physiology 2- Statistic Analysis Workshop

Please add the details below to your timetable:

Week 9
11 August 2009, 1.30pm-4.30
Group A and B

14th August 2009, 2.45pm - 5.45pm
Group C and D
___________________________________________________
Week 12
2nd September 2009, 10.30-12.30pm
Group C and D

4th September 2009, 8.15am-10.15am
Group A and B

EXTRA CLASS TODAY!

TO all P109 students,
Briefing by Ms. Susan Stevenson from Strathclyde
Date: 6th August 2009 (TODAY)
Time: 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Venue: LT1

ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY!! She wants to see all of us....

M207 Malaysian Studies Project 'MALAYSIA: ROAD TO 2009

Hello Guys!! I'm Karim from M207 Malaysian Studies Class. I want to inform you all that we're having a major event for our project entitled 'MALAYSIA: ROAD TO 2009'

Details of events are as follows

Date : 20th August 2009
Afternoon : Time : 11.30am – 3.00pm
(Officiating Ceremony) : Venue : Atrium
Night : Time : 7.45pm – 10.45pm
(Malaysian Night) : Venue : Lecture Theatre 2

In the afternoon, we're having a carnival with lots of FOODS, GAMES, AND EXHIBITION. Besides that, there'll also be a variety of cultural performances including traditional dances, chinese flute and singing performance. To cap it off, there'll be A FASHION SHOW, with IMU students as the models. They'll be showcasing sponsored clothings, hair-style and make-up.

We'd also like to request that everyone wears their traditional clothes to make the event livelier and more colourful

And for the VERY FIRST TIME, IMU will have a MALAYSIAN NIGHT~ You can have the opportunities to watch and enjoy multi-cultural performances by our students. We'll have dikir barat, sketches, silat, Bhangra dance and many other performances. Make sure you'll come and be entertained!!

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT US!! YOU'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING OUR NATION! THANK YOU!

p/s : Attached to this email is the poster for the event. Pls help me make this announcement to your classmates and upload it in the blog. Thank you sooo much

Music & performance club announcement

Hey guys!

We’re gonna have a CASUAL ACOUSTIC JAMMING NIGHT!

The details are:

Date: 14th AUGUST 2009

Day: Friday

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Dance room


You guys can bring snacks, drinks, pillows, throw rugs, fangirls/guys, boyfriends, girlfriends, lyrics, chords, guitars.

What songs?! We don’t care = ) It can be originals. covers. anything goes.

Just come and have a good time. = )

Brought to you by the Music & Performance Club

BM Class (Group A and B Only) for Week 8

BM Class will be held on
6th August 2009, Thursday
from 3pm till 5.30pm.

The venue: Room 1.07 (SR 1)

GC

BM Class (Group A and B Only) for Week 8

Tentatively, the BM Class will be held on 6th August 2009, Thursday from 3pm till 5.30pm.

The venue is not confirmed.

Will update when I know.

GC

Announcements from SRC (Week 8)

Hey everyone!

A few announcements for you to consider :

Health Wellness Workshop
IMU will be organising a 'Healthy Weight, Healthy Life' workshop on the 31st of October 2009. The event will be held in the IMU Bukit Jalil campus.

The objective of the event is to provide participants with the current medical, surgical and healthy lifestyle changes in diet as well as physical activity essential for a healthy weight and healthier life.

The learning outcomes include :
1. To gain knowledge on the current medical and surgical interventions available for healthy weight control.

2. To gain knowledge on basic dietary, food preparation methods and exercise strategies for healthy weight control.

The fees offered are as follows:
IMU Alumni RM 50
IMU Student RM 40
IMU Corporate Staff RM 50
IMU Faculty Member RM 80

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact :
Ms Danielle Ho/ Dr Low Bee Yean
Tel : 603 - 2731 7358/7533
Fax : 603- 8656 7299
E-mail : danielle_ho@imu.edu.my
beeyean_low@imu.edu.my

Conference - Harnessing The Resource
The National Population and Family Development Board is organising a conference with the above mentioned title on the 10th and 11th of August 2009.
The event will be held at Menara MATRADE, East Wing, 3rd Floor, Jalan Khidmat Usaha, Off Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.
Registration fee for this event is RM50.

For more information regarding this, please see Miss Aznah from SSD.

Rules and regulations of the dance competition

Greetings Batch Reps, this is Arthur of the Dance Club once more.

Touching on the rules and regulations of THE DANCE COMPETITION, here is an UPDATED list of rules and regulations from Ms Sheba. Please post it up on your batch blogs/emails to let everyone know ya? =)


Category E – Dance

1. The theme of this contest is : Health care Go M.A.D ( Make A Difference ).

2. The competition will be conducted on 8th September 2009 .

3. Each team is allowed a minimum number of 2 people and a maximum number of 8 people. Participants may use any number of songs but each team is only allowed a maximum of 6 minutes performance time.

4. Participants may use any dance form(s).

5. Song choices MUST NOT contain vulgarities and obscenity.

6. The dateline for registration is 14th August 2009. Late entries will not be entertained.

7. Participants must be in appropriate “Dance” dress code (i.e. not too revealing), the Judging Committee reserves the rights to bar any participants of the competition, should his/her dress code be deemed unfit.

8. Recycling of dancers to other groups is STRICTLY prohibited.

9. A grace period of 5 minutes will be given to teams who turn up late, after which they will be officially disqualified