UUM ONLINE: The School of Technology Management and Logistics (STML) organised its annual symposium known as the STML Go Green Symposium recently. This symposium acted as a platform for the final year students to present their final project and it also served as the knowledge and experience sharing avenue for the members of the faculty and industry.

The Go Green Symposium highlighted the theme, - "Green Innovation on Technology, Operations, Logistics and Transport Safety" and it was held concurrently with the 1st National Conference on Transport Policy and Safety 2017. This joint programme is known as the Go Green-Transport Safety 2017.

ANJUNG TAMU ONLINE: Mengakui kanak-kanak perlu didedah dengan pelbagai aktiviti pendidikan bagi melatih fungsi perkembangan mental & fizikal mereka, pihak pengurusan Little Caliphs Jalan Pegawai, Alor Setar, Kedah mengadakan lawatan ke UUM sebagai salah satu cara untuk menjalankan penilaian melalui pemerhatan. Pendek kata, pemerhatian merupakan kaedah biasa digunakan dan terbukti berkesan digunakan untuk menilai pertumbuhan, perkembangan serta pembelajaran kanak-kanak.

Kata guru pengiring, Munirah Mohd. Nordin, “Memberi pendedahan awal kepada anak-anak yang berusia 6 tahun tentang universiti serta menanam minat dalam menuntut ilmu. Menunjukkan kepada mereka keseronokkan alam semulajadi yang terdapat di UUM.”

UUM ONLINE: A total of 200 volunteers produced 17,920 notebooks, thus setting another entry in The Malaysia Book of Records as the Most Number of Booklets Produced in a Day, at UUM Sintok, recently.

This record was previously held by the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) with 10,114 notebooks. This year, UUM managed to break the said record by 77.2%.

According to the Project Director, Thum Wei Mang, this project was organised by the Bursa Young Investor Club (BYIC) UUM in collaboration with the Bachelor of Philosophy, Law and Business Thinkers, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Changlun, Kedah-Perlis AIESEC Association and Enactus UUM.

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), baru-baru ini ditawarkan perkhidmatan perkongsian basikal atau lebih dikenali sebagai 'o Bike' yang sedikit sebanyak mengubah suasana di kampus. O Bike adalah perkhidmatan perkongsian sewa basikal tanpa stesen yang kebiasaannya perkhidmatan perkongsian basikal ini akan berada di bandar besar seperti Kuala Lumpur.

Seorang pelajar Ijazah Sarjana Muda Komunikasi, Muhammad Asri Mohamed @ Abdul Rahim berkata, kewujudan o Bike di UUM merupakan satu langkah yang amat bagus. “Kedatangan o Bike ke UUM, secara tidak langsung menjayakan tagline UUM sebagai Universiti di Rimba Hijau yang dikelilingi flora dan fauna,” katanya.

Ketibaan kami disambut pemandangan sawah menghijau, malah teruja berpeluang memancing ikan menggunakan buluh, mandi-manda di sungai dan mengepung itik di bendang. Saat itu suka menyeronokkan.

Kenangan manis itu sukar dilupakan mahasiswa universiti Rangsit, Akkarawee Thirapongsaphak yang menyertai program Passage to ASEAN

Musibah banjir kilat yang melanda Pulau Pinang baru-baru ini sehingga meragut tujuh nyawa dianggap bencana alam terburuk yang pernah berlaku di negeri tersebut. Malangnya dalam keghairahan pelbagai pihak berganding bahu membantu mangsa yang terlibat, masih wujud ‘pengulas siaran’ tidak berbayar yang cuba mempertikaikan segala bentuk bantuan yang dihulurkan.

UUM ONLINE: 19 November - The TISSA-UUM Edu-Charity Nite Run 2017 (TECHERun 2017) received an overwhelming response when it attracted 1,400 participants to take part last night at the UUM Sports Centre. The two categories contested in the TECHERun 2017 were the 10 km Competitive Run which attracted 300 people and the Fun Run (5 km) which was open to students and the outside communities.

Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng, who was the sponsor of the Platinum TECHERun 2017, said the charity run organised by the Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School (TISSA-UUM) was held in conjunction with UUM's 30th Convocation Ceremony to raise funds and assist in students' activities and welfare as well as to encourage the community to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

KUALA KEDAH – Hanya 30 peratus bangunan dan tapak warisan sejarah di Kedah masih berpeluang untuk dipulihkan bagi tujuan pemuliharaan dan pemeliharaan.

Pensyarah Pusat Pengajian Bahasa, Tamadun dan Falsafah Kolej Sastera dan Sains, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Prof Madya Dr Rohani Ab Ghani berkata, selebihnya kini dalam keadaan terancam.

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) berjaya menghasilkan arang dari tempurung kelapa menerusi projek Co & Coal sekali gus mengurangkan lambakan bahan buangan tempurung kelapa yang mencecah 80,000 tan setahun dalam negara.

Pasukan Enactus dari Institut Pembangunan Keusahawanan dan Koperasi (CEDI) UUM itu mendapat idea pada tahun 2014 selepas melihat pembaziran tempurung kelapa di kawasan Kedah lalu memberi inspirasi kepada pasukan berkenaan.

UUM ONLINE: The provision of the 1Malaysia electric bicycles (SER1M) to the various Centres of Authority (PTJ) and Student Residences (Inasis) is expected to greatly help generate more income for the university.

The Vice-Chancellor of UUM, Prof. Dato' Seri Dr. Mohamed Mustafa Ishak, said that the electric bicycles, or Sikal Elektrik Rakyat 1Malaysia (SER1M), could be used to help the university generate wealth through their sale, or rental, to students at a set price, or schedule of rental rates, respectively.