(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…
Sharifah Sofia is no ordinary student. When she signed up to do her Diploma in Performing Arts at Sunway University College, she was already in the acting profession for some time. We caught up and had a chat with her after she graduated in October last year.
Q: Now that you have graduated, what are you planning to do?
A: Thank God I have been acting for a while. After graduation, I had immediately got back to work. TV3 hit series Sindarela…
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…
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,…
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…
Brian John Yim does not appear to be your typical Gospel singer burning up the pews in foot-stomping and soulful vocals but delivers songs dedicated to his faith, nonetheless. His latest album “The Time has Come” is brimming with contemporary numbers all written by him over the years, and just released on the market.
The album features “Here I Am” which was aired in Brazil and will be translated into Portuguese. Brian shares duets with Juwita Suwito, Malaysian Idol coach…
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…
Most students lead frantic lives running from class to books and their activities with hardly any time for anything else. A former Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) student at Sunway University College in 2004, and now final year student at Monash University, Sunway Campus, Tan Hai Liang has managed to balance time between his studies to make inroads into the food and beverage industry.
Doing a Bachelor in Business & Commerce degree and only 21 years old, he is…
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…
Mention Chua Teck Boon’s name among the Sunway University College, Victoria University Alumni and chances are that you will get admirable comments about Chua and his success as a budding entrepreneur.
Thirty-one year old Chua recalls fondly his days as a student of the Sunway University College Bachelor of Business twinning degree programme with Victoria University (VU). “There were only 20 people in my class at Sunway then,” said Chua. “We learned many skills which I have used today in…
