Stamford to offer
University of Tasmania degrees
Dr Martin Grimmer
(centre) with a plaque from Stamford
Professor Dr Victoria Wise
and Ms Merry Joyce (with laptop)
A memorandum of Understanding was signed
recently with the University of Tasmania (UTAS) to offer two
degree programmes, Bachelor of
Business majoring in Accounting and Bachelor in Business majoring
in Business Management. This is a significant development in the
stable of programmes offered by Stamford College as Stamford
will now be able to provide degree programmes from one of the top
universities in Australia, and one with a long
history.
Two delegations recently visited the Stamford
College campus at Jalan 223. Dr Martin Grimmer, Head of School,
School of Management and the second delegation comprised of Ms
Merry Joyce, Associate Dean (international) Faculty of Business
and Professor Dr Victoria Wise, Head of School, School of
Accounting and Corporate Governance.
International Students experience Chinese
New Year at Stamford
The famous duet
belting one out!
Stamford College recently
celebrated Chinese New Year with great revelry. Celebrations
started off with students and staff gathering to watch a lion
dance around the college.
The guest of honour for the
night was MCA Public Services and Complaints Department Head Datuk
Michael Chong. Over a hundred and fifty Stamford international
students from a number of countries attended the
function.
In his speech, Datuk Michael
Chong thanked Stamford College for inviting him to the annual
event and mentioned how he was proud to be associated with
Stamford College.
To some international
students, it was their first time watching a lion dance and they
were delighted. Jamila Said, an international student from Kenya,
said, "the lion dance is very interesting and quite different from
our usual African dances. It is very colorful, coordinated, loud
and certainly very entertaining."
Zhang Qing Xia, an
international student from China who was the co-emcee of the
event, said that she was glad to see a great turnout that night.
"Stamford College is doing a good thing with this event by
bringing the students and staff closer together. Not only are the
Chinese students here to celebrate Chinese New Year, but also
other international students from many different countries."
The students and staff were
treated to a dinner that was specially prepared by staff members.
They were entertained throughout the night by a karaoke
competition by students and staff who wanted to show off their
singing skills.
Following the tradition of
�Lou Sang� with the Stamford College senior management executives,
Datuk Michael Chong performed a duet with Dato� Halim, singing
�Only You� by The Platters.
'Ang
Pows' were also given by Mr Andrew Choo to all
students and staff present during the event.
'OPEN DAY' AT SCPJ AND SCKL
GROUP
The 'OPEN
DAY' for SCKL Group and SCPJ will be held on
Wednesday 21 March ( from 10am to 5pm) and
Thursday 22 March (from 1pm to 5pm)
respectively.
All staff are urged to introduce as many potential
students to the college. The Student-Bring-Student scheme is
applicable for new students who register with the
college.
Occasional Speakers
Series
The Stamford Business School
- MBA Occasional Speaker Series
"Innovation
Management"
Wednesday, 28 March 2007,Stamford College (PJ) Jalan
223
Ali Munawar bin
Zakaria
Director
of Marketing, IBM
Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Ali Munawar has been involved in the
Information Technology industry since the early 1980s. During that
period, he has served in broad range of technical, operational,
managerial and executive positions in IT Systems Engineering,
Marketing and Sales supporting clients in many industries.
His experience includes a 7-year
international stint managing business units in ASEAN and Asia
Pacific countries for IBM. In his last regional role, he led the
marketing function for a multi-billion US dollar division unit
within IBM Asia Pacific and was responsible for overall business
planning, strategy and marketing execution.
On completion of his regional
assignments, he returned to Malaysia in 2003 to take up the
current role of Director of Marketing in IBM Malaysia and is a
member of the Senior Management Council.
Stamford Toastmasters International
Speech and Table Topics Contest
Jasmine with her trophy and
certificate-presented by Mr Andrew Choo, President of the Stamford
Toastmasters Club
Jasmine Leong, a Diploma in Corporate
Administration student at SCPJ Jalan Barat, walked away with
both prizes at the 1st Toastmasters International Speech and Table
Topics contest held on 13 March at the Stamford College Jalan
Barat campus. Jasmine clearly delighted the judges with her
ability to articulate and present her prepared topic,' Power of
self confidence.' Besides this she also won the Table Topics
contest on the topic, 'Children today lack discipline. Do you
agree?'
Second place in the speech contest was Mr Albert
Pelcian Paul and third place went to Ms Geetpal Kaur who is a UEL
Business undergraduate.
Over 50 people attended the contest, many of them
representatives from other Toastmasters Clubs in the state. Mr
Miniru Tamura, Division D Governor of the Tokushima TMC in
Yoshinogawa City, Japan was also present for the
meeting.
In his closing address, DTM S K Ratnam, Division
C3 Governor praised the level of quality of our presenters and
urged more students to join the Club saying that communication
skills was now needed more in the working place.
Visitors from
Vietnam
Students from Hoang Dieu � Victoria School
Vietnam visit Stamford Jalan Barat
Over 40 students from the Hoang Dieu - Victoria School visited
Stamford College Jalan Barat, on Saturday 10 February 2007. The
purpose of the visit was to familiarise students of Victoria
School with Stamford College.
The delegation was welcomed by Mr Teo Kok Seong
(IMPD) , who gave them a brief of Stamford College and the
courses available. Mr Matthew Keough, Head of the SELC, later
briefed the delegation on the English courses available at the
Centre. Plans to provide short summer courses to the Victoria
School were also discussed.
Professor Vu Duong Thuy, President and Headmaster
of the School, in his address to the College said, " We are very
proud to be here at Stamford as we have heard that this is one of
the more reputable institutions in Malaysia. Your track record is
well known, not only in Malaysia but also around the world. We
have currently around 1,000 students enrolled in this school and
many of them are interested in furthering their studies in this
country. We would therefore like to collaborate with Stamford to
provide academic avenues to then to complete their tertiary
studies here."
Hong Dieu-Victoria School is a private school
that provides primary and secondary schooling in Hanoi.They
provide education to students between the ages of three to
eighteen.
Dato Halim's
Birthday
Senior management staff of Stamford College
held a simple birthday for Dato Halim, Executive Chairman of
Stamford College, on 1 March 2007. Dato Halim who was born on 29
February gets a chance to celebrate his birthday once every leap
year.
Well - wishers with the birthday
boy
Stamford School of Education
and Law
Law Preview
The Stamford College Law
Society and SoEL staff successfully organised a Law
Preview on 10 February 2007 including an exhibition and talks on
'Why Study Law' by Ms Gurmit Kaur, 'Life as a Practising Lawyer'
by Mr Baljeet Singh, 'Importance of Criminal Law in a Chaotic
Society' by Dr Tan Seng Teck and 'The Legal Relationship between
the Government and its Citizens' by Encik Wan Azlan bin Wan Ahmad,
with Law Society President Ms Mae Flor Caballero as Master of
Ceremonies.
From left to right:
Karume from Tanzania, Mariyam from Maldives, Koveladavei, Aishath
from Maldives, Kong, Mae Flor from the Philippines, Wong, Ziyadha
from Maldives, Kavitha, and Qing Qing.
Certificate in Teaching
Course - March 2007
Seven participants,
including one from outside Stamford College will be attending The
Certificate in Teaching Course (CITC) in SCPJ Jalan Barat from
10th March to 14th April 07. Stamford College and non-Stamford
College staff without any formal teacher training qualification
are cordially invited to register for the next CITC to be
conducted on Saturdays - 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th June
07.
