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CELEBRATING SUCCESS: Awards & Scholarship recipients¡¯ group photo with Yang Berbahagia Dato¡¯ (Dr) Haji Mohamed Karim Haji Abdullah Omarn (in black suit), Chairman, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University Trust and Assistant Professor Sylvester Lim (in red suit), Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE: Students from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University¡¯s School of Music performing a few songs for the ceremony.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­) Award & Scholarship Presentation Ceremony ¨C themed, ¡®Celebrating Success¡¯ ¨C this year will see more than 270 prodigious students presented with various awards and scholarships.

These include the Presidential Award, the Overall Achievement Award, the Industrial Partners Sponsorship Award ¨C that has been awarded to many precocious students of the University¡¯s Co-Operative Education Programme ¨C and the DULUX Emerging Talent Awards, to name a few.

Notably, the annual event honours students whose achievements illustrate a sustained level of excellence.

Take for example Ling Sook Shian, who will be awarded a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University Trust Scholarship to pursue her B.A. (Hons) in Psychology at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­. A charity-minded scholar, she initiated and is spearheading a community project titled, ¡®Hands of Hope¡¯ that will see scholars teaching children ¨C from a refugee learning centre, a children¡¯s home and a community centre ¨C academic subjects and general interest activities like arts, dance and sports, among others

Ecstatic about her scholarship, she is happy and grateful that Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ recognises the achievements of students.

She goes on to add that students should not only excel academically but also take some time to ¡®step outside the classroom¡¯.

¡°Learning and applying a skill to practice are two very different things,¡± she says. ¡°And as a student, I believe extracurricular activities help us gain additional skills and network with people from all levels, which will give us a boost in our careers later.¡±

Other noteworthy students include Chan Mei Xuan ¨C also a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University Trust Scholarship recipient ¨C who became the first Malaysian pianist to win a gold award in the prestigious Asia Piano Competition in Taiwan and Song Yee Kai, the leader of a four-man team that is representing Malaysia as a finalist in the World Engineers Summit 2013 Young Engineers Competition.

According to Tan Sri Dato¡¯ Seri (Dr) Musa Mohamad, chairman of the University Council, these achievements successfully illustrate that Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­¡¯s student community is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and lifelong learning

¡°The nation is at the brink of its economic growth and this is why Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University is committed to create an environment that emphasises more than academic learning; an environment that ensures our students have every opportunity to fulfill their potential,¡± he says in his speech.

¡°I take great pride in seeing the abundance of talents within our University and today¡¯s ceremony is an excellent showcase of the new generation¡¯s dynamics to take the nation to greater heights.¡±

Anticipating a crowd of approximately 400 people, the event is jointly organised by the Trust ¨C that has awarded scholarships and financial assistance amounting to more than RM38 million in total, to date, to approximately 1,400 undergraduates at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ ¨C and the Student Affairs and Alumni Division,

The ceremony will be attended by other Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ senior management and academics such as Dato¡¯ Peter Ng, founder and chairman of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Group; and Senior Professor Dato¡¯ Dr Khalid Yusoff, vice-chancellor and president of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, among others.