It has become something of a tradition at Sunway University College for the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY), a pre-U programme, to consistently produce outstanding students. The Monash College Group, Melbourne, the examination and awarding body for MUFY Worldwide recently announced that Leanne Ho Su Yee, a MUFY August 2006 student at Sunway University College achieved the highest overall score among all the MUFY providers worldwide in the recent June examinations. She also received the Monash Top Scorer Award. In…
Wong Chee Ming was looking set to pursue his undergraduate degree programme in the West when he enrolled to do his Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) at Sunway in June 1998, but then circumstances changed when the Asian Financial crisis hit; instead, he is now happily pursuing his Master of Business Administration at one of China’s top MBA schools.
After completing the matriculation programme a year later, although he had to give up every hope he had to pursue his degree abroad…
Blaze spoke to alumnus Evan Cheah, General Manager of one of the companies in the Sunway Group and son of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, Founder and Chairman of the Sunway Group and Founder and Chancellor of Sunway University College.
B: What year were you in Sunway College (then) and what programme did you read?
EC: I did the AUSMAT pre-university course before joining the Monash Sunway twinning programme in 1997. I then got a double degree in Commerce…
Jacqueline M. Lim got to know the real Kid Chan and how he found his niche in the world of photography.
Meeting Kid Chan who today is probably the most acclaimed wedding photojournalist in Malaysia, I was a little apprehensive about photographing him but soon put at ease when we talked about Kid Chan, the former Sunway student. “That was twelve years ago in 1995 when I was in the Canadian Matriculation Programme” he said. “Back then Sunway was quaint,…
It is the dream of every educator to receive a call from a former student who has made a notable impression
on the world. Such a call was received in April this year by Sunway University College. It was City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, the Mayor of Karachi expressing a desire to visit his alma mater.
Staffs were in a state of excitement and looked forward to meeting this former student. Any apprehension that may have been building up was…
This year’s second Scholarships & Awards Presentation at Sunway University College awarded close to RM2 million in scholarships through the Sunway Education Trust Fund to 285 recipients. Earlier this year in May, Sunway awarded a total of RM3.1 million in scholarships to 785 students. The total that the Trust has dispersed since it was incepted in 1997 is RM50 million in numerous scholarship ceremonies.
The Sunway Education Trust Fund has recently been converted to the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation to further…
Sunway University College’s Young Entrepreneur Society (YES) emerged as the overall winner in the Inter-Universities Business Tycoon Simulation Game 2010 recently. The competition was organised by the Wall Street Society of The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. YES who fielded three teams comprising 3 students each, contended against teams from other private universities such as Taylor’s University College, Monash University and HELP University College among others.
Participants had to apply their economic knowledge to analyse fluctuations of prices and demand…
Sunway University Students emerged the champions of the Business Challenge event in the CIMB Group and Wall Street Journal Asia Malaysia Future Leadership Program 2008/2009 held recently. The team made up of four students, Chan Jinn Yep, Chan Yung Mun, Joyce Oo Pui Yee and Chang Mei Yan beat teams from 8 other private and public universities and colleges. The four are pursuing B.Sc (Hons) joint degrees in collaboration with Lancaster University at Sunway.
The Business Challenge comprised the submission…
16 final year students from Sunway University College were privileged to be chosen for the Prudential Young Talent Programme which aims to develop the professional and personal growth of young talents or top students of higher learning establishments. This programme, by Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad which is part of Prudential plc (UK) one of the largest financial services organisations in the world, is an extension of its Leadership and Management Review programme which develops top talent within the Prudential company….
Sunway University College’s School of Computer Technology (SCT) was proud to see 4 of their undergraduate students clinch the 1st runner-up position in the SAS Programming Competition 2009 held recently at UiTM, Shah Alam. The competition was jointly organised by SAS Malaysia and UiTM.
Sunway University College fielded three teams who were coached and guided by SCT academic staff, Ms Angela Lee and Ms Ling Mee Hong. Two of Sunway’s teams beat 9 other teams in the…
After winning two pre-qualifying rounds of the MSC Business Plan Competition late last year, students and staff made Sunway University College proud by winning the First Runner-up Award in the Business Idea category and the Merit Award in the Business Plan category respectively. This took place at the finals of the national level MSC-IHL Business Plan Competition in Putrajaya recently.
The students, Dexter Wong Kum Theen, Susmitha Burra and Lim Tou Ee are in the final year of the Bachelor…
700 graduating students of 2008 were presented degrees and diplomas for their achievements in wide-ranging disciplines in Sunway University College (Sunway). These were in Business, Computer Technology, Creative Arts & Communications, Health & Natural Sciences and Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Management.
The University also celebrated the first graduation of its batch of students who earned the collaborative Psychology degree from Sunway and its partner Lancaster University. It was also the first time that Sunway saw 6 scoring first class…
(Original article written by SUZIEANA UDA NAGU taken from NST Online)
AT first sight, actress Liyana Jasmay looks too young to be wearing make-up. But the starlet’s petite stature and youthful features — baby-faced and doe-eyed — belie the fact that she will be old enough to vote come March 28.
This month is shaping up to be a good one for Liyana as she not only celebrates her 21st birthday but has also bagged one of the beauty industry’s…
Sunway University College’s Shalei Yazmin Hamid Fulgencio, 18, a Graphic & Multimedia Design student won a Top 10 Designs Award at the 1000+7 Designs: World of Eco Bag Design Competition held in conjunction with KL Design Week 2009 Festival recently. The competition organised by BECOME “Be an Eco friend like Me” environmental community organization featured 1007 reusable bags with messages aimed at raising the awareness of conserving the environment and minimizing the use of plastic bags.
Shalei who hails from…
(Original article is taken from The Star Online; written by Ian Yee)
CINDY Tey would be forgiven for thinking that her life is like a TV script – the beautiful girl-next-door who triumphs against all odds and has her life changed forever.
She had auditioned for last year’s Malaysian Dreamgirl (MDG) online reality modelling competition “just for fun,” but ended up winning it even though she wasn’t the most fancied in the finals.
“I auditioned because I had just graduated…
Gan Soon Bing, a student in Graphic & Multimedia Design diploma programme at Sunway won First Prize in the Tanjong Heritage Art Competition 2008 (watercolour category) organised by the Tanjong Public Limited Company. He received a cash prize of RM3,000 for his pointillism (a technique known for its tediousness) painting of a Chinese temple scene.
Gan’s peers from the same Graphic & Multimedia Design programme, won First Prize in the “My Life My Way Video Competition” organised by…
Recognising the acute shortage and increasing demand for nurses in Malaysia and internationally, and in tandem with the government’s call to provide better health care services to the general public, Sunway University proudly announced the signing of a Nursing Training Agreement between Sunway Medical Centre (SunMed) and Sunway University College (Sunway), to work in partnership to improve the calibre of nurses and meet the shortage in the country. The signing ceremony was held at Sunway University College recently. The Government…
Five Sunway academic staff are keeping on par with their colleagues in the United Kingdom.
They received their Certificate in Academic Practice (CAP) Module One, which makes them eligible to become Associate Fellows of Higher Education Academy in the U.K.
According to Dr Tony Luxon, who presented the certificates, it was an impressive achievement considering that the staff achieved this while teaching and carrying out research, simultaneously.
In his capacity as Continuing Professional Development Advisor, Dr. Luxon and his colleagues from the Centre Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) of Lancaster University recently conducted the workshops at Sunway….
In the 6th Asian Winter Games 2007 that took place in Changchun, China which wrapped up early February, we were thrilled to witness the first Malaysian ice hockey team competing on an international level.
Now, the first question that might immediately leap to ones mind is, “How many westerners were on the team?”
That query is understandable. After all, ice hockey in Malaysia is relatively unheard of. But happily the answer is, “None.” The team consisted of 18 locals from different background and ages, who have been playing less than 8…
This year’s second Scholarships & Awards Presentation at Sunway University College awarded close to RM2 million in scholarships through the Sunway Education Trust Fund to 285 recipients. Earlier this year in May, Sunway awarded a total of RM3.1 million in scholarships to 785 students. The total that the Trust has dispersed since it was incepted in 1997 is RM50 million in numerous scholarship ceremonies.
The Sunway Education Trust Fund has recently been converted to the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation to further…
700 graduating students of 2008 were presented degrees and diplomas for their achievements in wide-ranging disciplines in Sunway University College (Sunway). These were in Business, Computer Technology, Creative Arts & Communications, Health & Natural Sciences and Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Management.
The University also celebrated the first graduation of its batch of students who earned the collaborative Psychology degree from Sunway and its partner Lancaster University. It was also the first time that Sunway saw 6 scoring first class…
For the first time ever, Sunway University College Chess Team emerged as Champion of the International Chess category at the MAPCU IMU International Chess Competition 2009, organised by International Medical University, Bukit Jalil recently.
Last year, our International Chess team was in third placing, while the Chinese Chess team won the First Runner-up, a position which they maintained this year at the MAPCU IMU Chinese Chess 2009.
An exhilarated Chess Club advisor, Khoo Boo Hin of A-levels department said he was excited…
Sunway University College was abuzz with excitement with the ‘iGlow’ Health & Beauty Charity Exhibition, organised by its Diploma in Conventions and Events students from the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Management (SHTLM). The exhibition was attended by some 1,000 visitors on 26 March 2007 at Sunway.
The one-day event was packed with fun-filled activities including latin and break dance performances by the exhibitors, make-up and hairstyling demonstrations, martial arts display, quizzes and a lucky draw with the…
Sunway University College and Le Cordon Bleu, an internationally renowned institution synonymous with culinary excellence, signed an agreement on 22 March to mark the Joint Venture and Validation arrangements between the two institutions.
At a ceremony officiated by Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah AO, Founder and Chairman of the Sunway Group, and Dr André Cointreau, President and CEO of Le Cordon Bleu International, the Sunway-Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts, will be launched.
The Institute, which will…
Dr Anindita Dasgupta, a senior lecturer with the American Degree Transfer Programme at Sunway University College has been awarded the Asian Scholarship Fund (ASF) Collaborative Works Grant funded by the Ford Foundation and administered by the Asian Scholarship Foundation in Thailand.
Dr Anindita who teaches Pacific Asian Studies, will use the grant valued at USD16,000 to produce a landmark
edited book titled ‘Resurgent Democracies: Experiences of South and Southeast Asia’. Seven scholars from around the world including Dr Maung Zarni from…
12 students of the Sunway University College American Degree Transfer Program (ADTP) have each been awarded Presidential Scholarships worth USD8,000 per annum from Western Michigan University (WMU). Among them is the past President of the ADTP student committee Foo Kok Seong, who has chosen to study engineering. Foo played a large role in organizing the ADTP Twilight Carnival 2009 which raised funds for the Vivekananda Home in Rembau. WMU has been a twinning partner of the Sunway ADTP since 1987….
39 students from the Sunway University College American Degree Transfer Program found themselves on the Dean’s List recently which hailed students who achieved a GPA of 3.5 to 4.0 in the August to December 2008 semester.
9 students achieved an almost perfect GPA of 3.9 to 4.0 (Summa Cum Laude). The program which has been offered at Sunway University College since 1987 provides two years of study before students transfer their credits to US universities to continue for another two…
“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…
It was a day that will be remembered for a long time for 538 students who were honoured for their outstanding achievements academically, socially and in the sporting arena during the annual scholarships and awards ceremony at Sunway University College this year.
Six (6) top scoring students were RM2,000 richer for being the recipients of the prestigious Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah Scholastic Award, given at the end of a course at Sunway University College. Among those who…
Sunway University College and Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad proudly present the first ever Sunway Apprentice Challenge (SAC), an especially competitive four-month programme designed by the educational leader in partnership with the established bank. SAC aims to identify Sunway students of outstanding caliber and prepare them for the competitive business world by challenging them with real life business tasks.
The two competing teams, comprising of five students from undergraduate programmes (Team Fuxion) and five from pre university programmes (Team Edge), were…
A senior lecturer with the Victoria University (VU) Bachelor of Business twinning programme at Sunway University College, Ms Greeja De Silva and her VU counterparts in Australia, Ms Fiona Henderson and Mr. Alan McWilliams, have won a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning awarded by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Australia. This was the first time a VU Sunway lecturer has been in a team that won a Carrick award.
Alan McWilliams, Unit…
As most educators would attest to, it is most rewarding when their former students visit them and regale them with their success stories. Albert Lim, alumnus of Sunway University College who now has a new nest down south, recently paid a visit to his lecturers at the Sunway campus – a place filled with fond memories for him.
In year 2002, Albert completed the Australian Martriculation (AusMat) course at Sunway University College. Consecutively, he continued on to Sunway’s twinning…
22 year old Lai Kar Jun, an outstanding student at Sunway University College, was selected for the Ernst and Young Best Graduating ACCA student Award at the recent ACCA/CAT Graduation ceremony. And quite rightly so because his track record tells it all.
Lai outshone 110 others who sat for the Professional ACCA examination. From Kuala Lumpur, he is an accomplished all-rounder and matched all the criteria required for the award both academically and in off-campus activities.
Packing a punch…
In the first ever Inter-varsity martial arts tournament organised recently, Sunway University College successfully defeated five other higher institutions to reach the top of the medals tally with 7 golds, 7 silvers and 6 bronzes.
The standard of competition was intense with many participants impressing the judges as they competed in good form. INTI College (5 golds, 5 silvers and 6 bronzes) were the runner up and Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI) came in at third…
The recent ACCA Graduation at Sunway University College managed to put another feather in Sunway TES cap – 3 top ACCA students whose entire marks surpassed all the world’s candidates. The ACCA is an accounting qualification that is the largest and fastest growing professional accounting qualification from the UK.
“Never before have we had three students achieve this distinctive placing” said Mr Teo Ee Sing, Director of Sunway TES. Sunway TES has produced a consistent stream of world prize winners…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and Sunway TES, the financial courses arm of Sunway University College, co-hosted the second annual ICAEW Award Presentation on March 10 to honour 16 students who were awarded their Professional Accountancy Certificate as well as to celebrate the achievement of one of its outstanding students, Ms Chew Shee Ghee who won first place in the world for the Taxation Paper. This paper is part of the highly sought after premier…
In 2001, Mark Ng Kok Yew was in the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY), a pre-university programme at Sunway College before it became Sunway University College. He then went to do an engineering degree at the Monash University, Sunway campus.
In just eight years, he made news, when he became the first graduate from Monash University campus in Bandar Sunway to be conferred a PhD in engineering.
Mark is currently an engineering lecturer at Monash University Sunway Campus and is…
(Original article written by SUZIEANA UDA NAGU taken from NST Online)
AT first sight, actress Liyana Jasmay looks too young to be wearing make-up. But the starlet’s petite stature and youthful features — baby-faced and doe-eyed — belie the fact that she will be old enough to vote come March 28.
This month is shaping up to be a good one for Liyana as she not only celebrates her 21st birthday but has also bagged one of the beauty industry’s…
Former A-level student at Sunway University College, Liana Mohd Nawi is among the three Malaysian students to graduate with first-class honours at the Lancaster University Management School, UK recently.
Liana, now 21, who hails from Bukit Jelutong Shah Alam, joined Sunway in January 2004 to do her Cambridge GCE A-levels programme then. She was conferred her BSc (Hons) in Accounting and Finance by Lancaster University’s Chancellor, Sir Christian Bonington, CBE at a colourful ceremony held in July 2008.
Liana was…
Smiling warmly and dressed in a dark suit with her mane of long hair tamed neatly into place, her successful demeanour masks the bitter roots of life that Candy Lee Pik Shin once tasted as a child.
Coming from a poor family with her grandma as her closest relative, Lee never dreamt of going to university. “My initial plan was to work while studying part time,” she said.
After she learnt about the Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin Community scholarship through Malaysian Care, the rest was history. She joined Sunway in 2003…
Dr Anindita Dasgupta, a senior lecturer with the American Degree Transfer Programme at Sunway University College has been awarded the Asian Scholarship Fund (ASF) Collaborative Works Grant funded by the Ford Foundation and administered by the Asian Scholarship Foundation in Thailand.
Dr Anindita who teaches Pacific Asian Studies, will use the grant valued at USD16,000 to produce a landmark
edited book titled ‘Resurgent Democracies: Experiences of South and Southeast Asia’. Seven scholars from around the world including Dr Maung Zarni from…
For the first time, a fund has been established to honour the legendary theatre director Krishen Jit. It has been initiated by ASTRO and administered with the collaboration of the Five Arts Centre.
The Krishen Jit-ASTRO Fund attracted 80 applications for grants from arts practitioners. Of these only three were chosen. Dr Ray Langenbach, the Co-Head of the Department of Performance + Media at Sunway University College received a grant of RM16,000. The other two recipients were video installation artist…
Head Chef (and lecturer) Patrick Siau from Sunway University College was in the team that clinched 2nd Runner-Up at the Asian Pastry Cup 2010 held in conjunction with the Food & Hotel Asia Culinary Challenge (FHA CC) 2010 in Singapore recently.
The biannual Asian Pastry Cup 2010 is also the official competition in which the best four teams are selected to compete at the World Pastry Cup. The next one will be in Lyon, France in January next year.
Chef…
Sunway University College’s School of Computer Technology (SCT) lecturer, Lyon Laxman has a knack for lifelong learning and the inner drive for bigger tasks that even the Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University College, Professor Jarlath Ronayne is personally impressed with.
Lyon was awarded the certificate of “Exceptional MSc Project” by Rinicom Ltd, a privately owned technology company in the United Kingdom, for his outstanding M.Sc project paper.
Besides winning the prestigious industry award from Rinicom Ltd, Lyon also…
Sunway University College lecturer and its head of the School of Health and Natural Sciences, Associate Professor Dr. Teoh Hsien-Jin received the Outstanding Child Psychologist Award 2009/2010 in the Association of Professional Early Childhood Providers Malaysia (APECP) Excellent Child Contributor Awards 2009/2010 recently.
The award recognises individuals who have made significant contributions towards improving quality and providing excellent services in early childhood education, care and development in Malaysia. The APECP Excellent Child Contributor Awards also accorded awards to businesses, non-profit…
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri (Dr) Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling, Founder of the Sunway Group was officially installed on 19 September 2006 as the University’s Foundation Chancellor, the first time ever for a corporate chief to be given a chancellery position.
During the ceremony steeped in tradition and witnessed by honorary and distinguished guests, members of the faculties, scholars and staff, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah was bestowed the honour in the presence of HRH Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah…
22 year old Lai Kar Jun, an outstanding student at Sunway University College, was selected for the Ernst and Young Best Graduating ACCA student Award at the recent ACCA/CAT Graduation ceremony. And quite rightly so because his track record tells it all.
Lai outshone 110 others who sat for the Professional ACCA examination. From Kuala Lumpur, he is an accomplished all-rounder and matched all the criteria required for the award both academically and in off-campus activities.
Packing a punch…
The University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) hailed students who achieved “Top in the World” and “Top in Malaysia” placings from their June 2008 Cambridge examinations.
Sunway University College (Sunway) once again revealed high achieving students who had astounding results. Yeo Jun Hau was awarded second placing in the world in the “Best across Three A-Level Subjects” and he was also “Top in Malaysia for Mathematics at A-Level”.
Yeow Xinyan and Nurul Azeem Bte Abd. Jamil were both awarded, “Top…
