It is indeed a proud moment for all of us when Chairman & Chancellor, Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah received the official letter from YB Dato’ Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education, Malaysia, upgrading us to be a full-fledged University.
Sunway University College (Sunway) and Institute of Bankers of Malaysia (IBBM or Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 2nd December 2010 to establish collaborative efforts to develop academic exchange and co-operation in teaching, training, research and development in the financial services industry.
Our Student Services Department, the coordination unit at Sunway, has been commissioned to undertake the channelling of our graduates to the Financial Sector Talent Enrichment Programme (FSTEP).
Sunway University College (Sunway) took centrestage in the Deloitte Tax Challenge 2010 gala awards dinner recently as they stunned the public when they swept away most of the awards beating other higher institutions such as Monash, USM, UITM, and also UM.
Four out of five finalists were proud Sunway-TES students of Sunway in both the individual and group categories respectively. In the individual category, the champion, 1st Runner-Up, 2nd Runner-Up and Merit award winners were Wong Xinjie, Tan…
Sunway University College received the ‘Human Resources Development Awards 2010 for Big Employer, Services Sector Category’ during the PSMB 2010 Conference held at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre on 19 October 2010. The award was presented by the Honourable Minister of Human Resources, Y.B. Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam.
The Human Resource Development Award is given to employers in recognition of their contribution towards the development of their human resources through training and skills upgrading programmes and activities. Evaluation was based on…
Four enterprising MBA alumni of Sunway University College, Benson Wong, Rodney Toh, Lenny Chiah and Steven Shim have launched their third book, “MBA Edge Unlimited” at Sunway University College recently. The four were among the first cohorts of the Victoria University MBA at Sunway University College in 2004 and early 2005.
Benson Wong said “It was my dream to pursue the MBA which was the pinnacle of my professional life. I believe there are others who yearn to achieve an…
The Sunway University College 4th Graduation Ceremony 2010 was held at the Grand Lagoon Ballroom of Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa recently. The inspiring and dignified ceremony saw the conferment of degrees and granting of diplomas to those who qualified. There were a total of 378 graduates and diplomates at this graduation.
The Chancellor of Lancaster University, Sir Chris Bonington and the Chancellor of Sunway University College, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah AO, were present to give away…
The recent inaugural SAS-EON Bank Group Knowledge Discovery Challenge finals held at Sunway University College (Sunway) which focuses on developing homegrown talent in data-mining (analytical) skills amongst tertiary students saw five qualifying teams competing. The competition had earlier attracted a total of 30 teams.
Leading business analytics solutions provider SAS Malaysia, and EON Bank Group were proud to conclude this competition, a first joint academic-based CSR project, which kicked off two months ago.
The teams were provided with a sizeable…
Oh Coyin who completed her GCE A-Levels at Sunway University College has headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for further studies while Lee Kin Wai has left for Cambridge University.
“Oh Coyin and Lee Kin Wai were our top students and their acceptance into these prestigious institutions is a natural progression. We are very proud of them” said Dr Wong Yoke Chen, Director of the A-Level programme at Sunway University College. Oh Coyin was Top in…
Sunway University College has been placed among the very top institutions in the first ever official rating of all public and private universities and university colleges in the nation when it achieved an EXCELLENT rating in the MQA (Malaysian Qualifications Agency) Rating System for Institutions of Higher Learning (SETARA) 2009. The rating system measures quality of teaching and learning at the undergraduate level in universities and university colleges in Malaysia.
Sunway University College was among the 18 institutions in the…
A true blue city lass, Melinda Wong is an aspiring singer-songwriter.
The 21-year-old, who is currently pursuing her Diploma in Performing Arts at Sunway University College, is expecting to graduate in October this year.
Although music has been her main passion from young, she decided to take up performing arts because she wants to explore her other talents such as acting, directing and filmmaking. The guitar – acoustic, electrical and classical — is her favourite musical instrument, although she also…
The Sunway University College cricket team participated in a one-day cricket tournament hosted by the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) earlier this year. A total of 12 students from various programmes made up the player list and competed against eight other teams at the tournament. They reached the finals but conceded to IIUM clinching the First Runner-Up place.
Some of the Sunway cricket team members managed to bag individual awards. They were Imran Amin (Man of…
“It was known as the Western Michigan University (WMU) programme back then,” he said.
The 27-year-old, who graduated in 2008, is currently learning and following the footsteps of his father, who founded the family-owned business. ‘We are currently Malaysia’s largest range of exhaust manufacturer and distributor,’ he said. ‘I have worked my way up from rank and file. I have done anything from sales, designing, human resources, public relations, import & export as well as training.’
This was the way…
