The Orchid Ceremony is a tradition of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FHMS), UNIMAS to celebrate the final year medical students successfully passing their Final Professional Exam (FPE). The annual ceremony, held this year on October 8th, was organized by FMHS and Kelab Perubatan UNIMAS (KEPUMAS) led by Associate Professor Dr. Aini Fahriza binti Ibrahim in a hybrid method after the completion of the FPE, with limited numbers of student representatives attending in accordance with the latest Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) whilst the rest of the students and their parents attended via online conferencing.

The event was graced by the UNIMAS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Mohamad Kadim bin Suaidi accompanied by the Faculty’s Dean, Professor Dr. Asri bin Said, Deputy Dean (Graduate ,Research & Commercialization) Professor Dr. Chew Keng Sheng, Deputy Dean (Undergraduate) Associate Professor Dr. Nariman Singmamae and Deputy Dean (Student Affairs and Alumni) Associate Professor Dr. Nor Aliza binti Abdul Rahim, Phase 1 Medical Program Coordinator, Professor Dr. Dayangku Norlida bt Awang Ojep and Phase 2 Medical Program Coordinator, Associate Professor Dr. Sabrina Lukas and various Head of Departments.

The total number of 108 students passed this FPE and were celebrated during the auspicious ...

Our students have proven themselves to be resilient during this COVID-19 pandemic by winning in regional and national competitions.

In June, final year students Chai Zi Jian, Christopher Chee Chin Fung and Chang Yee Heng were top 3 winners at the Innovate Sarawak competition organised by Dreamcatcher Asia and Sarawak Development Corporation (SDEC). Chang Yee Heng was later selected to compete at the national level, Innovate Malaysia and won consolation prize for Sarawak Energy Design Challenge.

In August, TEGAS Pre-Accelerator Bootcamp was held and Nur Huda binti Hamka came first for her start-up project, Kompia House. Anyone interested to try her product, her business is situated at No 203, Lorong 6, Matang Jaya.

Recently in early October, two teams made it to the top 5 in Senior Category at the NASA Space Apps Sarawak challenge, a two-day hackathon, organised by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research (MESTR) and Realfun Learning Centre, Miri. Wan Muhadzdzib bin Wan Habib, Mohd Haidil Idris and
Muhammad Kamal bin Hassim from Team Rockspace earned 2nd place while, Michellia Elma Mancha, Melvin Jangga, Angeline Sambun, Betsy Pati and Jacky Lee Ngan Kong from Team Dirty Bits won consolation prize.

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Isu kesihatan mental bukanlah sesuatu yang baharu, tetapi dengan kehadiran pandemik yang berpanjangan dan seakan berterusan tanpa henti ini menimbulkan keresahan kepada golongan masyarakat yang terkesan. Keperluan adaptasi terhadap perubahan daripada pelbagai aspek akibat daripada pandemik ini menjadi punca yang boleh mengundang tekanan sehingga ada yang memilih jalan keluar singkat dengan membunuh diri.

Bersempena dengan World Suicide Prevention Day 2021 yang disambut pada 10 September setiap tahun, Unit Psikologi dan Kaunseling UNIMAS (PsyCon UNIMAS) telah menganjurkan satu webinar yang bertujuan mewujudkan kesedaran tentang tingkah laku serta langkah-langkah pencegahan kes bunuh diri. Ini sejajar dengan objektif untuk mengurangkan jumlah kes serta percubaan bunuh diri di seluruh dunia.

Webinar yang bertajuk ‘Sinar Harapan di Penghujung Jalan’ tersebut menyaksikan perkongsian daripada panel jemputan yang memiliki pengalaman mendalam dalam bidang psikologi berkenaan tips menjaga kesihatan mental, cara-cara untuk mengesan ciri-ciri tekanan dalam diri sendiri dan orang lain, serta cara-cara mengelakkan atau mengurangkan tekanan. Panel jemputan adalah terdiri daripada Dr Rosliwati Mohd Yusoff, Pengarah Hospital dan Pakar Perunding Psikiatri, Hospital Sentosa Kuching, dan Dr Nor Mazlina Ghazali, Pensyarah Kanan Program Kaunseling daripada Fakulti Sains Kognitif dan Pembangunan Manusia, UNIMAS.

Program tersebut dirasmikan oleh Naib Canselor UNIMAS, Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim bin ...

Kota Samarahan, 18 August 2021- The Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT), UNIMAS initiated the Disease Modeling Workshop (DMo) in 2014 with the initial aim to bring together researchers in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Public Health in one platform to share knowledge and current research activities mainly in facilitating the eradication and control of infectious diseases. Organized annually, the structure of the workshop evolved into a problem-based learning and summer camp concept whereby the participants will work in a group project and present it at the end of the workshop.
The 7th run of DMo was supposed to be in 2020 but due to COVID19 it was done virtually this year. July 27th – 29th 2021 were the first three days of the workshop which consists of lectures on disease modeling and hands-on training on R programming. 21 participants from Sarawak State Health Department, Sarawak General Hospital, Selangor State Health Department, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Majority of the participants are students from Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree programme.
The finale of the workshop was held on the 18th August which started off with talks from Associate ...

Maulana Hanapi, on the right, is grateful. Being 1 out 540,000 hopeful Hajj applicants, Maulana is extremely lucky. The odds are as low as 12% as the Saudi government strictly permits 60,000 pilgrims this year. Pre Covid-19, when the quota was available for other countries, the number was in the region of 2 to 2.5 millions.

A Class of 2002 graduate, Maulana studied Mechanical and Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS. This ambitious engineer’s career pursuit led him to work in the petrochemical industry in Sabic – one of the world’s most prominent petrochemical manufacturer company – based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are all so proud to see our local Dalat boy succeed internationally.

Following the pandemic, this year’s Hajj quota is not granted to other countries. Despite this, Maulana insists that there is no special story behind his miraculous opportunity. Pure luck – it was as simple as that.

“Considering the application number and the quota, I am very grateful to Allah.”

The Saudi government offer came to him after rigorous screening to make sure that the selected pilgrims are fit. Even so, there are unfortunate cases of COVID-19 infections.

The Hajj ritual ...

Sempena sambutan Hari Raya Aidiladha, Naib Canselor UNIMAS, Profesor Datuk Mohamad Kadim bin Suaidi bersama isteri, Datin Kartini binti Ahmad, telah menyampaikan buah tangan kepada para petugas dan sukarelawan di Pusat Pemberian Vaksin Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (PPV IPT) UNIMAS pada hari ini.

Buah tangan berbentuk bekas Tupperware dan makanan ini diberikan kepada para petugas dan sukarelawan PPV IPT UNIMAS yang bertugas pada hari perayaan tersebut sebagai menghargai jasa dan pengorbanan mereka dalam membantu kerajaan mencapai imunisasi kelompok.

Pastinya ingatan ini akan membakar semangat para petugas dan sukarelawan di PPV IPT UNIMAS untuk terus berbakti kepada negara dalam usaha untuk memerangi pandemik Covid-19.

Pusat Pemberian Vaksin Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (PPV IPT) UNIMAS beroperasi seperti biasa meskipun hari ini merupakan cuti umum Hari Raya Aidiladha demi mencapai sasaran imuniti kelompok dengan kadar segera.

Para petugas barisan hadapan dan para sukarelawan di PPV IPT UNIMAS tetap menjalankan tanggungjawab dan tugas mereka seperti biasa pada hari ini.

Para petugas lelaki kelihatan segak berbaju Melayu manakala petugas wanita pula anggun berbaju kurung meskipun hakikatnya masing-masing menyambut Aidiladha di pusat pemberian vaksin.

Orang ramai yang mempunyai janji temu vaksinasi hari ini juga tidak ketinggalan mengenakan busana raya sempena sambutan hari raya korban ini, memeriahkan lagi suasana PPV IPT UNIMAS.

Salah seorang sukarelawan yang juga staf UNIMAS di Pusat Pembangunan dan Khidmat Teknologi Maklumat, Alhadi bin Bujang berkata, dia tetap turun bekerja walaupun cuti umum untuk memberi semangat dan sokongan padu kepada petugas-petugas di PPV IPT UNIMAS.

“Saya tidak berasa terbeban malahan bersemangat untuk turun bekerja pada Hari Raya Aidiladha, walaupun sepatutnya cuti umum, dengan mengenakan baju Melayu supaya nampak lebih ceria," katanya.

Manakala salah seorang Polis Bantuan UNIMAS, Inspektor Polis Bantuan Ismail bin Dan berkata, pengalaman pertama kali bekerja pada Hari Raya sangat menyeronokkan kerana dapat menjalankan tugas-tugas menjaga keselamatan bersama ...