Convo mag Photoshoot and IMU Alumni registration

P109,
Please discuss with your friends about CONVO MAG PHOTOSHOOT: hand in names of groups (max 6 or 7) and the location of your picture by TUESDAY to Tracy, May Hwa, Chiew Vien or Kai Xin.

Also, please remember to sign up as an IMU Alumni member ASAP as it takes two weeks to be verified.
website: http://www.imu.org.my/
Batch: MP1/09 or MQ1/09

Thanks,
GC

Convo mag: Week 2 schedule

29th April 2010: Batch Photoshoot at Atrium, 9am:: Bring lab coat

30th April 2010: Hall of Fame nominations, 11.45am, LT2

Announcements from the batch rep

1) Timetable changes
Health Promotion Spider quiz (Week 11:: 2pm-4pm)
28th June: Group A
29th June: Group B
30th June: Group C
1st July: No lectures

2) Check I -drive for:
Health Promotion grouping for essay assignment
Biopharmacy 3 grouping for MP students
Please refer to I-drive:
I:\TIMETABLE & NOTICES\ PHARMACY\MPHARM\SEMESTER 4\Student List

3) Convo mag committee

On the right side of this page, you will see a column with the Convo mag committee roles, head of deparments and editors.

If you are interested to be part of the committee, please give your name to the batch reps or head of departments.

DEADLINE to join the committee= 26th April 2010 (Monday)

Thank you.

GC

Futsal for females

Female Futsal Club will be organising a Futsal Clinic especially for GIRLS!

There will be a brief introduction about the game and the basic skills involved before we start playing. Food and refreshments will also be served.

Best of all, it's all free!

Please RSVP as soon as possible. See you there =)

P/S Female Futsal Club training is on every Tuesday @ the Greenzone from 6 - 8 pm.

UPDATED: MQ student meet up with travel agent, Mr. Hira

To the MQ students,
I have asked Ms. May Kuan to arrange a meet up between us and Mr. Hira, the MSL travel agent.

Date: 7th May 2010 (Friday)
Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
Venue: SR5
I was told that there will be some new changes to the UK student visa application procedures. Therefore, please keep yourself free on the date stated above to listen to what Mr. Hira has to say.

Thanks,
GC

ORAL HEALTH WEEK‏

In conjunction with oral health month, the dental faculty would be organizing a 2 day oral health promotion event:

Oral Health Week
11.30am - 2.30pm
Atrium
21st April to 22nd April

"Your Mouth Matters. It's not a hassle if you wanna dazzle!"

We have interesting facts, exciting games and attractive prizes to be won!
All participants will receive a goodie bag with lotsss of freebies and lucky draws! =)

So what are you waiting for? Come and join our event, bring more friends!

* All Day Exhibition. Games & Prizes from 11.30am-2.30pm on both days.

thanks a bunch
brian

Revive Student Event‏

39-2, Block C, Jaya One,

Jalan Universiti, Section 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya

T: 603-7955 0006 F: 603-7955 6005 W: www.myc.com.my


Dear all,
Re: REVIVE is conducting a CSR project to TEACH, FUND & SUPPORT (1) Chosen
Student Event per Campus

We at MYC! – Malaysia Youth Community Network – are very pleased to introduce to your goodselves an exciting SMART Partnership with the leading Isotonic drink brand – REVIVE.

The objective is simple, select a number of Universities or Colleges.
Choose (1) Great student event idea out of many submitted by the students themselves – from every Campus.

Teach, guide and show the students – the basics of Project Event Management.

Students are challenged to real life Work experience:
* Teamwork
* Business Acumen
* Creative Communication Development
* Corporate Reporting
* Event Cash Reporting Management

Student groups are challenged to “REV UP” their Campus Event with REVIVE.

Where they will be taught how to run a successful event & be provided RM 5,000 in seed funding
+ product sponsorship that is donated to their Campus for sampling purpose.


This platform supported by REVIVE - is about encouraging students to plan and actively explore their Creativity & Business Marketing & Project Management Skills with REVIVE..

“Do you have what it takes to start a SUCCESSFUL CAMPUS EVENT
supported by REVIVE?”

Should you have any enquiries, please call us at our office 03- 7955 0006 (6 lines), Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm or my mobile @ 012 231 7059.

Thank you very much for your kind support.
Best Regards,
Sasirehka
Public Relations Executive
Salient Information Sdn. Bhd. ( MYC! )


“We do Everything for Students .. except Study!”

Notice board in IMU‏

IMU has designated a few notice boards in the campus for the students to post their announcement. Please inform them not to post any announcement on Marketing & Communications Dept's notice boards especially those near the lifts.Thanks and have a great weekend ahead!RegardsChiew Yeong

5th Ehipassiko Camp‏

The IMU Buddhist Society will be organising an annual camp this coming June 2010.
There'll be fun games, inspiring talks, leadership workshops.
Not forgetting good food and a fully air-conditioned venue as well.

The details are:
Date: 24-27 June 2010
Venue : Sau Seng Lam Temple, Petaling Jaya (transportation will be provided)
Fee: RM 40 only! (includes accomodation, transportation, food, and a camp t-shirt!)

So grab a place before 25th May 2010!
If you're interested, please email
or contact us for the registration form:Chen Yeh: 012-7177411 > scy88@hotmail.comEng Hong: 012-2824550 > nicholas_4550@hotmail.com

The form is also available online!
Just click the link below:
REGISTRATION FORM
***

What you need to do is to print it out and fill in your details. Then you can submit the form together with the fees to Chen Yeh or Eng Hong.If you have a Facebook account, it would be nice to make an RSVP at this link so that we can estimate the number of participants.

RSVP
Thank YouRen YiCamp Publicity

Sem 4: Day 2

Things to accomplish:
1) Electing MP batch reps @ 11.30am

2) Sem 4 Batch photoshoot @ 11.30am

3) Those who have not collected their Sem 4timetable/CD, can do so from Ho Liaug.

4) Those who have not pay for the Module Notes, pay to GaikCheng.

5) Those who have not collected their Module Notes, can get it from Jo Lene.

6) GC is still waiting for the passport numbers from MQ students. Please email it to her.

Sem 4: Day 1

P109,
You can collect your Timetable and CD from AAD today.

Module notes: Photostated

PS: To those who were on holiday and didnt get a chance to read the batch blog or were internetlesss the entire sem break, please scroll down, on the right side of this page, and search for a column named 'LABELS" and click on 'Class info' to keep yourself updated.. coz if u ask me a question( through sms) that is already in the batch blog, u will NOT get a reply from me...tqvm

TO whom it may concern,
Module notes price:
MQ(no biopharmay)= Rm20.90
and MP(with biopharmacy) = RM26.70...
Bring the money on Monday and pay to Gaik Cheng... u can collect the notes tmr outside Atrium at 12.45pm.. tell your friends.. Also, bring exact change if possible

MQ students do not need to attend ANY biopharmacy lectures!

Extension of IMU library Hours

Hello everyone!

I am very pleased to announce that starting in May till December this year, the library will be open on Sundays from 12 pm to 6 pm. I do hope that everyone will benefit from this extension of operating hours.

Have a great week ahead! :)

Regards,
Nirmal Randhawa

Announcements from SRC

1)IMU Cup committee
Its time to elect the IMU Cup Core Committee!
IMU Cup happens August-October period usually.
The IMU Cup Committee election forms are being placed near the escalator on the ground floor.
the forms will be available there until 23 APRIL 2010.
all positions are open.
President, VP, treasurer, secretary, all their vices and games coordinator.
the job scope of each position stated in the form.
closing date for application to be in the IMU Cup Core Committee will be 6pm, 23 APRIL 2010.
please hand-in the filled-up form to the SRC room at the student lounge between 9-6pm Monday-Friday.
place it in the designated box inside the SRC room.
thanks for participating!

from, Hannah (Sports Rep)


2)IMU Open Carpark at Parcel D‏ -IMPORTANT!!

Dear all,

With the recent car theft incident early this week, we will take the following counter measure to tighten security check for the Open hill top car park on parcel D.

1. Security guards will only grant access to students or staffs with proof of
their IMU identification card.

2. On leaving the car park, drivers need to show their identification card to
drives the car out of the car park area. Those unable to show IMU ID will
need to show their MyKad. Details of MyKad will be taken down for
reference.

3. Security will start to take down detail of the owner of the vehicles. Please
cooperate to give details eg. Name, Student No. ,Contact No. and
vehicles registration No.


This will also help the guards to alert the students/staffs if vehicles are
found not locked, vehicles with light on, flat tyre or in any case of
emergencies.

4. Follow up with the repair work for the current faulty CCTV.

Apart from what is proposed, we also need cooperation from the students to alert us if they find suspicious person lurking around the car park. The contact number is published on the banner in the car park area.

We hope to get the full cooperation from all students and staffs. Thank you.

Facilities and Management,
IMU

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3) Free Admission to Motivational Talk by TONY CHRISTIANSEN - RACE YOU TO THE TOP‏
Dear Vice Chancellor/President,
Free Admission to Motivational Talk by Tony Christiansen “RACE YOU TO THE TOP” 24 April 2010 (Saturday) 9.45 am - 12.00 noon at UTAR (PJ Campus).

The Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in collaboration with Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement (MMLM) will be organising a public talk on “RACE YOU TO THE TOP” by Tony Christiansen. Tony Christiansen is the renowned inspirational speaker and author of best-selling books “Attitude Plus!” and “Race You to the TOP”. He is humorous, bold and straight talking, as he brings you stories you will never forget. He tells of the adversity he has faced since the age of nine, when a horrific railway accident left him with real challenges and how he races to the TOP.

We take pleasure in inviting you and your lecturers and students to come and listen to Tony Christiansen and gain an insight of what can be achieved with determination, belief and a burning desire to succeed and accept the challenges in life!

Twenty (20) complimentary places are provided. Programme leaflet and registration form are enclosed.

The details of the public talk are as follows:

Title: RACE YOU TO THE TOP
Date: 24 April 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 9.45 am – 12.00 noon
Venue: Auditorium, Centre for Extension Education
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
11 Jalan 13/6 Petaling Jaya


Please contact Andy / Odie at Tel: 603-7955 5181 Ext 8266 / 8273 / 603-7957 2818/
Mobile: 6016-2233 563 Fax: 603-7957 3818 Email: ceetalkpj@utar.edu.my

We look forward to welcoming you and members of your organization to the programme.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Prudence Goh
Director


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4) Invitation to 1st National University Conference on Anti-Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol (NUC) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS‏

Hi!
Sorry for the late email,due to some miscommunication.

Attached here is the invitation letter to NUC Universiti Teknologi Petronas

It will be held on 16-18th April.

The participants will be staying at Akademi Pembangunan Belia Negara, Batu Gajah. We will provide the bus for the participants' movement to and fro UTP.

The fee is RM80 per head which include t-shirt,lanyard, meals( 5times per day), acommodation and Grand Dinner at Heritage Hotel Ipoh.

Officers are welcome to join us also.

Thank you for your time.

Regards,
Alia
Head of Public Relation Dept
1st National University Conference on Anti-Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Re: Renewing passport at 50% off

To those (MQ) who need to renew their passport and want to get a 50% off using the offer letter,
ask Ms. Santha(ext 2210) personally for a letter.
Ms Santha(person in charge at AAD) said she will prepare a letter for u as proof to renew the passport with the special price.

PS: MP students, keep this in mind too.

Also,
I have confirmed with AAD that MQ students DO NOT have to take Biopharmacy 3 in sem 4.

Grouping List & other reminders

1. The P109's Sem 4 grouping list is out on I-drive now.
2. Anyone else who wants to go for the portfolio talk, Please tell me.
3. MQs, I'm still waiting for your passport numbers.
4. To those who have not passed up their MUET/IELTS results, please do so soon.

-gc

RE: Passport number

*u need to make a new passport ONLY if your passport expires while u r studying in Uni of Strathclyde.

Dear Gaik Cheng,

UoS need the *new passport number to be written in the Offer Letter. Please advise your friend to renew their passport latest by June 2010 as UoS need to process all the information by then.

Please liase with Ms Santha as she'll in-charge the MPharm Sem 4.

Thanks & regards,

Sarina

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

1) The Sem 4's timetable and Module notes can be found in I-drive now.

2) to P109's MQ students, please email me(gaik_cheng@hotmail.com) your passport number ASAP!

Thanks,
gaikcheng

Portfolio Talk

Dear All,

A lunch-time talk on Portfolio in Undergraduate Curricula by Dr Colin J Lumsden, Senior Teaching Fellow, University Of Manchester Medical School has been scheduled for Wednesday, 14 April 2010 from 12.00 -1.00pm in Auditorium 2, Level 4, Bukit Jalil. A synopsis of the talk is enclosed for your information.

This talk is opened to all faculty members and students.

For those of you who wish to attend, kindly confirm your participation. Please note that packed food will be provided after the talk.

Catherine
CtME

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The Use of Portfolio in Undergraduate Medical Curricula

Portfolio’s are increasingly being used in United Kingdom Medical Schools. They have become ubiquitous amongst postgraduate trainees and medical practitioners. This has been driven by the need for doctors to not only be competent but to be able to demonstrate this to regulatory bodies such as the General Medical Council.

All foundation trainees in the United Kingdom must maintain and produce a satisfactory portfolio as a record of their training and progress. Almost all postgraduate trainees are required to maintain portfolios which are used in their competency assessments. All general practitioners in the UK must again maintain a portfolio and all Consultants will begin the process of revalidation this year which again will require the production and maintenance of a portfolio to demonstrate continuing competence and professional development.

Medical students are increasingly being asked to keep portfolio’s mainly for formative purposes but a number of medical schools are using these as part of summative assessment. Students at Manchester must complete a satisfactory portfolio to pass their final examinations and be eligible for graduation.

This seminar will aim to explain the theory behind the use of portfolios. We will hope to elucidate existing beliefs about portfolio and explain how portfolio could be used in your programme. We will discuss how portfolios can be structured and how they can be used as learning tools and in assessment.

We will also demonstrate the use of critical reflection and how this can be used to help students in identifying their own learning needs and encourage them to address these issues independently.



Dr Colin J Lumsden
Senior Teaching Fellow and Honorary Consultant
University of Manchester Medical School

IMU Taurus House Meeting

hi guys. there will be a house meeting to discuss about IMU CUP 2010 as well as to select the new committee and new sports/batch reps. so please be there!

Date: 15th April 2010 Thursday
Time: 6.30 PM
Venue: LT1

EOS 3 Results r OUT!

Ways to get your results:
1) Through your tutor. You can call him/her.

2) Through AAD. But, you must go personally to get the results. DO NOT CALL AAD TO ASK FOR YOUR RESULTS.

3) Results (pass/fail) are out in you IMU mail. Use your Sem 1 password OR 123456

UPDATE on EOS 3 results

Prof Peter says the results will be out today at 5.30pm!

URGENT: EOS 3 RESULTS

EOS 3 RESULTS WILL NOT BE RELEASED TODAY (7th April)
Because Uni of Strathclyde has not approved the results yet.

IMU will send your results through either your personal or IMU email when it is ready.

Griffin House Meeting and Election for New Committee‏

Hello guys,

Can u please make this announcement to your batchmates by tomorrow.

"GRIFFIN HOUSE OFFICIAL HOUSE MEETING & ELECTION FOR NEW COMMITTEE"
Time : 6pm - 7pm
Date : 8 April 2010, Thursday
Venue: LT 2

*compulsary to Griffin members

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Abdul Karim
Griffin House Captain

SRC announcements

Firstly,

Attention to those who have worked for IMU Open Day(Feb),

Sorry for the delay! You can collect your IMU Open Day payment from SRC office at this period of time:

8 April (Thursday): 2-5pm

For full day shift: RM30
For half day shift: RM15

Secondly,

SRC 09/10 have subscribed 1 year Magazines for Student Lounge for students to read starting from May 2010-May 2011! The magazines include TIME, FORTUNE & READER's DIGEST! Hopefully all the students will like it!

Thirdly,

"Save Our Earth" Week by SRC 09/10 have come to the end on last week. However, I do hope that students will continue to play your roles to Save Our Planet Earth! Keep bringing your containers for take away food instead of using polystyrene which will harm the environment! Go Green T-shirt & Badges are still available for sales!

T-shirt: 2 Designs (Black & White), RM20 each
Badges: 3 Designs-RM5 (Bigger Badge), RM4 (Smaller Badge)

Do drop by SRC office or don't hesitate to contact any SRC members if you would like to have a look and purchase any one of them!

Fourthly,

Cafe Meeting will be held on 19 April 2010. So any complaints regarding the cafe caterers (especially the new caterer-Impian Rasa) can be brought up to either the treasurer (Ickes) or the president (Zia) so that we can discuss with the cafe committee in the meeting!

Fifthly,

Regarding the Vending Machines, it was still pending as IMU is still finding the best Vending Machine Company for the students. So be anticipated and we will try to bring them in as soon as possible!

Sixthly,

Regarding the Astro in student lounge, we are so regretted that it went inactive for few weeks as we are in the process of changing it from family package to commercial package. Regards to that, we are no longer able to afford all the channels as they are too expensive. We have increased our budget from around RM300-400 per month to RM750 per month, hopefully the channels we have chosen will benefit the students.

The channels available now are:
1) Sports Package – RM550

Most students hanging out at student lounge are usually very active in sports; in contrast, nerdy students would be reading books at home.

Thus, sports channel is viewed rather often.

2) Star World – RM60

A lot of series are shown here (e.g. heroes, ugly betty, American Idol) and I believe most students will like to watch it.

3) AXN –RM40

I have noticed students like to watch reality series for example, Biggest Loser in Asia, Amazing Race and etc. We can have it here on AXN.

4) Discovery Channel –RM 40

Among all the learning channels, I found discovery channel to be most informative and interesting (history channel is boring, while Nat Geo focuses too much on wildlife).

5) MTV Channel-RM60

MTV channel is relaxing, and enlightened with musics. I found that a lot of students will prefer to watch this channel.

Total Fee per month for Astro: RM750

Lastly,

Just a kind reminder about ECA Form, please submit it to my possible new treasurer (Yeh Fong) before 28 May 2010. Don't submit at the last minute and please submit it fast. Delayed submission will result in cutting of funds and if possible clubs being abolished! I will be stepping down and pass most of my treasurer works to my new possible treasurer starting from 8 April 2010. So, clubs will be working & meeting with new treasurer soon. However, the official hand-over ceremony will be around in May. Be informed!

Any questions feel free to e-mail me at ickes_angelo88@hotmail.com!

Regards,
Ickes
Student Representative Council
International Medical University

De Brio's promotion

De Brio; LG is promoting a better taste and more varieties Chee Cheong Fun Now.
You can get a cheaper price RM0.60 each from now till 30th April 2010.


De Brio;library is having a promotion for the Birthday cakes from 1st April 2010 till 30th April 2010.


Our customer will get a 20% discount as stated in the attached poster with the order made 2 days in advance.

Regards,
Ickes

--
Student Representative Council
International Medical University

Royale Chulan Hotel Room Booking‏

Dear batch-reps,

Please convey the following message to your respective batches especially to those who are attendees of the IMU Ball 2010. It is regarding the hotel room offers by our event host, Royale Chulan. This offer only stands on that night and it is important that you pass this message on as this is our only way of communicating with our attendees.


For deluxe room, the price is RM260++ (This would amount up to RM300 nett)
You will get 1 free parking (usual price RM8). This also includes one complimentary buffet breakfast worth RM46 nett.



For Junior Suite- This is actually reserved for the lecturers but we will be releasing it if the lecturers do not want it. (Limited number)
price RM260++ (This would also amount up to RM 300 nett) and as usual you will get one (1) free parking


Here's the link if you want to see how the hotel room looks like
http://www.theroyalechulan.com/roomrates.php


Please feel free to contact Jade Liew or May Lau if you have any inquiries at 017-2137178 or 012-2997876 respectively.

Thank you for your cooperation. It is much appreciated.


Cheers!

Ian

[Important] Planned Maintenance - Library System Upgrade‏

Dear All,

We would like to inform all staff that ITS & VTLS will be doing a Library System Upgrade. The migration will involve :
1) Moving the Old Data to the New Server
2) Moving the Old WebServer to the New Server
2) Migration of Oracle 9i Database Data to Oracle 10g Database Data
3) Upgrading of VTLS Clients for library Staff in BJ, SB & BP

Due to this Upgrade, Library System will be unavailable for 3 days.

Although ITS Dept have taken all possible precautions, we cannot deny that there are risks higher than in normal operations and would recommend that all staff take the necessary measures to prepare for this maintenance period.

The following are the details of the Planned Maintenance window period:

Planned Maintenance Start Date : 06th April 2010 (Tuesday)
Planned Maintenance Start Time : 12:00 am
Planned Maintenance End Date : 08th April 2010 (Thursday)
Planned Maintenance End Time : 9:00 pm

We apologize in advance for any possible inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks