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Our Year in Review UNIVERSITY EVENTS

LAUNCHING OF UNITEN ELECTRIC bUS

29 September 2019
In support of UNITEN Smart UniverCity, Datuk
Viswanathan Subramaniam, TNB Head of Fleet
Management Department, paid a visit to UNITEN
and launched UNITEN Electric Bus. Witnessing the
event were UNITEN Management, Fleet Management
Department, GoAuto representatives, and UNITEN staff
and students. The guests, then, took to the Facility
Development & Management (FDM) Department to
experience the electric vehicle.

REACH FOR OrANg ASLI: A SOCIAL
INCLUSION ENGLISH PROGRAM

15 November 2019
A total of 83 indigenous students from Pusat Intelek Pelajar
Orang Asli (PIPOA) participated in a CSR English Program
organized by UNITEN KSHAS that involved 18 lecturers
as program advisors and 24 students as facilitators. This
program was aimed to boost indigenous students’ self-
motivation in learning English language, as it could help
them at universities later and broaden their opportunities
in the working world. Mr. Hirudin Mohit, an officer from
the State Education Department officiated the program
which was also attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hj. Amanuddin
Shamsuddin, the Dean of College of Business & Accounting
(COBA) and Mr. Shamsuri Dolah, PIPOA Officer.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DAM
SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING
(ICDSME) 2019
19 – 21 November 2019
The first International Conference on Dam Safety Management
and Engineering (ICDSME) 2019 was hosted by the Malaysian
National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD) and jointly
organized by TNB, Department of Irrigation and Drainage
(DID) and UNITEN at the Wembley Hotel, Penang. The theme
of the conference is “Resilient Dams for Safe Communities”
and it successfully brought together dam professionals and
experts in the various interrelated disciplines from around the
world to share their experience and develop key contacts for
future collaboration on projects and initiatives which ensure
safe and secure dams are constructed and maintained for
the benefit of the community.

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