Curtin Malaysia hosts visit by Yayasan Sarawak staff and sponsored students

Miri – 13 September 2017 – Curtin University, Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently hosted a visit by 42 secondary school students and six staff from Yayasan Sarawak as part of the latter’s Exchange Student Programme.

The students comprised high-performing students from SM Sains Miri, Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang Miri, SMK Agama Miri, SM Sains Labuan, Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah Kuching, SM Sains Kuching and SM Sains Kuching Utara.

During the visit, the students and staff attended a public speaking and oratory workshop aimed at encouraging logical thinking and building their self-confidence. Conducted by Curtin Malaysia students Hasham Waheed Rajput, Bernice Lim Sen Sen and Nguyen Quang Minh, who are members of the Curtin Oratory and Debates Society, the workshop included sessions on Thinking and Phrasing, and Mannerism and Body Language.

The workshop started with a welcoming speech by Senior Marketing Officer Nicholas Lau who thanked Yayasan Sarawak for choosing Curtin Malaysia as a partner for the student exchange programme.

Lau also spoke about the importance of selecting a reputable university for further studies, particularly one with professionally-accredited courses and a good reputation in the global rankings of universities, as this could be crucial when seeking employment in the future.

Hasham, in his briefing for the visitors, also touched on the significance of the world university rankings, including Curtin University’s most recent achievement in the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2017, in which it has been placed in the top 200 or top one percent of universities worldwide.

In addition to attending the workshop, the group was taken on a tour of the campus and participated in other activities such as ‘Mad Men Dates’ and ‘Action Story’.

According to Lim, the objective of the ‘Mad Men Dates’ activity was for the participants to get to know each other better while the ‘Action Story’ activity allowed them to apply concepts learned in the workshop.

Visiting staff and sponsored students of Yayasan Sarawak with Curtin Malaysia representatives.