Sem 2 Textbooks!

Hey there ME/DT 109!
It's been a busy week which is why this blog has not been
updated the past few days. Okay, first issue i would like
to address is concerning the batch ordering of sem 2 - related
texts. I've compiled a short list of recommended texts
(recommended by seniors) that i am trying to get the discounted
prices for us from both Emo & Kamal. I should have a final list
of prices ready by early next week and when I do i will post it
up on the batch blog and make an announcement during break
time. So stay tuned.

Below are some more updates for this week. So read on. :-)

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1)

CONTENT:
-M209 orientation starts on the 24th of August 2009 and will last for 2 weeks.
-We are already starting to recruit orientation officers (OO)!
-We are in need of OO s for 12 groups.
-Each group should have between 3 to 8 OO s and in that 8, a maximum of 2
floating OO s only if any.
-Do join the fun and submit your groups to :

ARVINF-0175126812 or ERIN-012-7456924

With regards,
M208 orientation committee.

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hey all,

This is Karmen Long from ME109.

The 30-Hour Famine is a global movement against hunger and poverty. Participants go without food for 30 hours and get a glimpse of the dire conditions that children and families in need endure everyday

We're organising a 30-Hour famine DIY camp in IMU, it's the 1st time ever IMU allow the students to stay overnight, please take on this golden opportunity and help to give the underprivileged children a brighter future.

We are actually still persuading IMU to allow us to stay overnight, they have actually agreed verbally, we just need to gather enough camper to show that IMU students are interested in these kinds of events. Hope u all could GIVE US SOME SUPPORT !

Each school will organized a DIY camp this year for the first 24 hours.

IMU Famine 30 DIY Camp

Date n Time: 22/8/09 12pm to 23/8/09 12pm

Venue: IMU

Camp Fee: RM10

For the last 6 hours (to sum up to 30 hours），all DIY camps will gather in Bukit Jalil. Pop Star Zhang Hui Mei , Amei from taiwan will be counting down with us. She will shared with us her experience in India and also will sing.

* p/s : only those who collect a donation of 80 bucks are entitled to the countdown sessions organized by WORLD VISION MALAYSIA*

Countdown

Date n Time: 23/8/09 12pm to 6pm

Venue: Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil(transportation is provided)

The Famine aims to inspire and empower ordinary people to care for those in need, both locally and globally.

Your participation will give the children a brighter future .

For further enquiry, pls email me or call me at 012-9709663

Kindly waiting for you reply and hope to hear from u soon.

Happy studying.

Cheers,

Karmen

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3)

Hey everyone!

A few announcements for you to take note of :

SRC Treasurer/Acting Treasurer
As both our Treasurer and Acting Treasurer are currently on leave, there will be no issuing of cheque/ claiming until Nirmal (Secretary) is back on the 4th of August 2009. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Sailing Trip
The Ministry of Higher Education is organizing the “IPTS Sailing Adventure2009 ” which is opened to student participants from all private universities. Participants of this adventure will be taken for a sailing journey with the Royal Malaysian Navy vessel MV Fajar Samudera from 6th to 9th of October 2009. The students participating in this event will be exposed to land and sea activities in Pulau Sembilan, Pulau Pangkor and Langkawi. We are currently still short of 2 male participants. The whole trip will be sponsored by the Ministry. Please contact Miss Aznah from SSD for more information no later than 10th of August 2009. Places are based on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Focus Group
from Ashvini, Social Concerns Representative

Dr Mei Ling wants to hear from you! Yes, all of you. Basically, what she wants is a Focus Group, of students representing each faculty (about 2 per faculty) to group together and have a discussion with me.

And our topic will be. . .

What do you think can be done to instill more university pride in you as an IMU student?

That will be the general gist of it. However I will be asking you guys a few more questions regarding what you think we could work on to improve our university's standing in Malaysia for Dr Mei Ling wants IMU to be the number 1 preferred choice of private medical universities in Malaysia.

So guys, this is your chance to be heard. A chance to fix all those broken cracks you've been dying to get to but haven't had the chance. Consider it a survey of sorts.

To those who are interested, drop me a message @ 0123926052 OR an email @ imusrc@gmail.com with Focus Group as the heading

Thank you.

Warmest regards,
Pei Jin
PR Liaison 09/10

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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Buddhist Society

As the first activity after our recent Recruitment Drive, the society will be organizing our first gathering for the second half of 2009.

It has been our tradition of our society to welcome our new members as well as to reunite our current members into a gathering for the sole reason of Fellowship. We have arrange a range of fun-filled activities for everyone to get to know the society's activities, workings and also to help to create a bond between members, a bond of Friendship.

This event will be held in MPH4 (2.07.06) located at 2nd Floor. For those who are not sure how to get there, please refer to the map below:

From 2nd Floor Lift

This gathering will be held on 31 July (Friday) from 1.15pm to 2.15pm (Friday Prayers Time), so please have your meal before we begin and try to be punctual. For more information, please contact Sis. Mar-Jie at 016-3966022.

SEE YOU THERE !!!

Updates

Hi everyone!

Please post the following announcements on your batch blog and announce it to the batch if possible okay. Thanks for your help!

MMS Users Committee
We are currently looking for two students from the Medicine faculty to represent the students in the MMS Users Committee. These student representative will be attending MMS Users Committee meetings to discuss on MMS issues and more importantly, how we can improve the MMS. Anyone interested please contact SRC at imusrc@gmail.com or text me at 014-9215715 by Monday, 27 July 2009.

MMS Heart Models Missing
There are two heart models in the MMS (small ones that for the lung model) missing since December last year. Anyone holding on to it, please return it to SRC or MMS immediately. Don't worry, no action will be taken and all of us will appreciate it very much if anyone returns the models :)

MMS X-ray films
Large number of X-ray plates with legend are available in the MMS Imaging room for study, please approach the MMS counter for the list of X-ray slides available.

Academic Board
The following information is now available on the Medicine Academic Board at the Ground Floor notice boards:

• Academic Calendar (Includes tentative dates of Summatives and EOS)
• PMS Matching FAQ
• Alumni Talk dates & information
  
• Any upcoming Medicine events (e.g. Conferences)
• MCEC Meeting Summary

Library Hours
Library will be opened 8am - 8pm on Saturdays from now until December 2009.

Sowmya/Karim & Chelsea/Eldwin, sorry to trouble but there are some extra stuff I need your help with. Please get 10 students (or more) from each of your batches for the Curriculum Map Review okay? Let me know asap yeah, thanks!

Curriculum Map Review
The 'Curriculum Map' for Foundation 1 and Semester 5 is almost ready for use and we would like to have about 10 representative each from M109 and M207 to view the Curriculum Map for comments. Please nominate 10 students from your batch to review the new Curriculum Map.

The Curriculum Map is fundamentally a system that links together the course objectives for each system/week with all the teaching facilities like Plenary, CSU, MMS, PBL and Hospital Visits.It serves to give students a better guide on their learning objectives and should also facilitate student feedback.

Thanks for the help!

Warmest regards,
Jodie
VP (Med)

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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Hey everyone!

Kindly take note of the following announcements :

Dress Code
The administration has expressed concerns over the lack of students' adherence to the dress code lately. Please be reminded that it is imperative to adhere to the dress code to maintain a sense of professionalism as well as for security reasons. The SRC will have a meeting with first time offenders to discuss the matter. Students who fail to comply by the dress code will then be sent to May Kuan, SSD. A third time offender will be sent to the Dean whereby disciplinary action can be taken and a counseling session may be arranged. Please take this matter seriously as it may affect your record. We are not restricting your expression of individuality but please do so within IMU's policy ie no jeans, mini skirts,etc.

Student ID
Kindly wear your student ID at all times. Students who do not have one will have to register with their IC with the guards.

Lost and Found
SRC is not in charge of Lost and Found. Please proceed to the Facilities and Management Department on the Second Floor, near MPH if you have lost/found something.


MAPCU Foosball competition
from Vice president (Medicine) on behalf of SSD

Registration for MAPCU Foosball team is currently open, anyone interested in representing the university and/or who has a team, please contact Ms Aznah at the Student Services Department by Thursday 23 July 2009.

Thank you.

Warmest regards,
Pei Jin
PR Liaison 09/10

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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Hey guys,

We're organising a 30-Hour famine DIY camp in IMU, it's the 1st time ever IMU allow the students to stay overnight, please take on this golden opportunity and help to give the underprivileged children a brighter future.

DIY Camp

Date n Time: 22/8/09 12pm to 23/8/09 12pm

Venue: IMU

Camp Fee: RM10

Countdown

Date n Time: 23/8/09 12pm to 6pm

Venue: Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil(transportation is provided)

Those who gathered a donation of RM80 and above are entitled to join the countdown along with famous artists including the pop star A-Mei

Strictly NO FOOD allowed

Nutricious drinks are provided

The 30-Hour Famine is a global movement against hunger and poverty. Participants go without food for 30 hours and get a glimpse of the dire conditions that children and families in need endure everyday.
They also raise funds, transforming their hunger into hope for children and families in need. The Famine aims to inspire and empower ordinary people to care for those in need, both locally and globally.

In 2008, the Famine was decentralised in order to widen its reach and empower its supporters.

DIY camps are held all over Malaysia, after which participants attend a star-studded countdown event.

For further info, please view the Famine 30 website below

http://www.worldvision.com.my/famine2009/

or contact

Peiwen pwchiang0223@yahoo.com.tw

Karmen karmen1114@hotmail.com

Updates

Holiday has dwindled down to less than 1 week.
Hope every1's enjoying their holidays... here are
some updates coming your way!

1)

Experience the Culture & Story of Malaysia

An event by the Malaysian Studies Students of M207
featuring sales and exciting performances that
represent the various ethnic groups in
Malaysia, performed by the students
from different cultural backgrounds
exclusively for you in this event,
MALAYSIA: ROAD TO 2009
Don’t miss the show!
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Event Schedule
20th August 2009
(Thursday)
Afternoon (Exhibition & Sales)
at the ATRIUM
11:30am to 3:30pm
Night (Grand Event & Closing)
in LECTURE THEATRE 2 (LT2)
8:00pm to 10:30pm

A Malaysian Studies Project by M207

You Can Be Our Next Model!


That’s right! We’re not joking. In fact, we really need models
to show-case attires from renowned fashion retailers and
receive hair-styling as well as make-up from the
experts! This is a part of our project on 20/08/09
MALAYSIA: ROAD TO 2009
Interested? See details below.

WE NEED YOU!

Please fill in the forms attached.

For more information

Jyun Jyh- jynx87@yahoo.com.my

Wei Ming- ming5275@yahoo.com

Lo Yen- rainnie_yen@hotmail.com

2) Dance Competition

The details are as follows (Subject to change):

The Theme of the competition is GO MAD,

Time would most likely be around 12:30 to 1.30pm

Date is currently the 9th of September, 2009 (09/09/2009/ =D)

Rules and Regulations

1. The competition is open to all full-time IMU students.

2. Each team is allowed a minimum number of 2 people and a maximum number of 8 people. Participants may use any number of songs but each team is allowed a maximum of six(6) minutes to perform.

3. Participants may use any dance form(s). Marks may or may not be given for creativity.

4. Song choices must NOT contain any vulgarities and obscenities.

5. Registration fee is RM3 per person and MUST be handed in with the registration form.

6. Participants must be in the appropriate dance 'dress code' (i.e not too revealing), the Judging Committee reserves the right to bar any participant of the competition, should his/her dress code be deemed unfit.

7. Recycling of dancers to other groups is prohibited.

8. A grace period of 5 minutes will be given to teams who turn up late, after which they will be officially disqualified.

At this point, the deadline for entry is the 31st of July, 2009. The deadline may or may not be extended, so sign up quick!

For further enquiries please do not hesitate to email back to us =)

Registration forms will be coming soon!

Regards,

Arthur

3) USMLE Webinar

5 people attend the USMLE Webinar regarding our special Webprep/online course this morning. Would you be able to send out a reminder that they must enroll before July 28^th to receive the discount?

Also, we are hosting another webinar event for August (see invitation and registration links below).

The August webinar will be held at:

Wed, Aug 12, 2009 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT (9pm in Seoul) Wed, Aug 12, 2009 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDT (8am Thursday 13th in Seoul)

4) UM - Tennis Tournament

Hi,
We are students from Second
Residential College, University of Malaya. We are organizing a Tennis
Tournament - UMIT '09 (University of Malaya Invitational Tennis) at the end of
this year. We'd like to invite you to participate in our tournament, which is
the 14th time this tournament is being organized.

Venue:
University
of Malaya
Date
: 1) 4th, 5th and
6th Dec 2009
Single open (entry fee: RM 50/person) &
team (entry fee: RM400/team)

2) 11th, 12th and 13th Dec 2009
University & secondary students
(entry fee: RM30/person),


The following are the attachments of
the participation form and also the rules and regulation as well as list of
prizes to be given for you as reference.

*For outstation players, accommodation with payment will be provided.

Any enquiries, please do not
hesitate to contact us at:
016-8828596 (Ms. Chong Oi Na), Invitation Director.
012-2538375 (Ms. Rebecca Elise Tan See Lin), Deputy Director

5) IMU Buddhist Society Recruitment Drive

IMU Buddhist society will be having a RECRUITMENT DRIVE to recruit new members from various new batches, namely the BPharm (B1/09), Biomedical Science (BM1/09), Nutrition & Dietetics (ND1/09), Psychology (PS1/09), Medical Biotechnology (MB1/09), Pharmaceutical Chemistry (PC1/09) and Nursing (NU1/09). Despite dedicating this event to the new batches, students from other existing batches are also welcomed to the society.

For this, we will be setting a recruitment booth at the Atrium between 11am to 2pm for both 21st and 22nd of July (next coming Tuesday and Wednesday). Please take the chance to visit our booth for more information on our activities for there will be members to introduce them to you.

Please come CHECK IT OUT !!

May you be Well and Happy

IMU Buddhist Society

Newsletter Manager

Fong Ren Yi

6)

It's time again for one of the biggest event held in IMU -the 2009 IMU Art Festival.

This year, the theme is Healthcare Go M.A.D. (Make A Difference).

The idea of our theme this year is to encourage healthcare providers to broaden their educational perspective and be the catalyst in using the arts to touch lives.

Among the competitions organized are:

Painting & Sketching

Photography

Short Film

Speech

Dance

Attractive prizes include:
Trophies and Certificates

Cash up to RM250!!!!

Participants are allowed to enter more than one category and the deadline for submission is 14th August 2009. Application for all categories is already open, so what are you waiting for? Please proceed to the Student Services Centre to get your entry form now!

IMU Art Festival 2009

Short Film Competition Rules:

• There is no charge to enter a film in this contest.

• Deadline for entries is August 20, 2009.

• Filmmakers must be IMU current students and staff.

• The theme of this contest: Go M.A.D (make a difference). Tell a tale or two regarding how one can lend a hand in changes for the better.

• Films must be original. Entries can be in any video form; short movies, photo essays, music videos, etc.

• IMU reserves the right to use all entries in the future.

• No pornography or over excessive graphic violence, and sensitive issues please. Try to keep productions at a PG13 rating or below.

• Directors are allowed to submit more than one entry, but a separate entry form must be completed for each.

• Entries will be judged by; (ms sheba help us to edit this part)

• Originality
• Relevance to theme
• Creativity
• Popularity (via online voting system)

• Entries will be accepted on DVD, DVD-R, or CD-ROM. Clearly label the film with the title, running time, contact name, batch or staff title and phone number(s). IMU and M&M Club are not responsible for loss or damage. Entry films and accompanying materials become the property of IMU.

• Any enquiries, please contact (preferably SMS/ email)

• Kien Jeen 017 3070650 / kienjeen@gmail.com
• Saira 012 8913597 / asairas@yahoo.com

All film entries need to be sent to:

(ms sheba fill this up J)

For more info, please refer to the entry form or contact Siew Hoon at 012-3958783.

Best Regards,

Mar-Jie