BACHOK 15 Disember I Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) melantik Sasterawan Negara Malaysia Ke-10, Dato’ Dr. Anwar Ridhwan sebagai Sasterawan Ikon UMK dalam usaha mengembalikan kegemilangan kesusasteraan Melayu di universiti melalui platform Sasterawan@Universiti.

Pelantikan itu diumumkan oleh Naib Canselor UMK, Prof. Dato’ Ts. Dr. Noor Azizi Ismail semasa Program “Bicara Sasterawan Negara” Siri 2 Bersama Dato' Dr. Anwar Ridhwan bertemakan Keusahawanan Dalam Konteks Sastera, di Auditorium Pejabat Perpustakaan dan Pengurusan Ilmu (PPI), UMK Bachok, Kelantan, pada 15 Disember 2019.

Pelantikan itu juga adalah selaras dengan saranan oleh Menteri Pendidikan Malaysia, YB. Dr. Maszlee Malek yang mahu memartabatkan bidang kesusasteraan negara di tempat yang selayaknya.

Menurut Prof. Dato’ Ts. Dr. Noor Azizi, untuk menjayakan agenda Kementerian ini, UMK telah memilih Dato’ Dr. Anwar Ridhwan sebagai Sasterawan Ikon UMK yang telah dilantik sebagai Sasterawan Negara Malaysia yang ke-10 oleh Mantan Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin di pejabatnya di Putrajaya, pada tahun 2009.

Katanya, semua universiti awam memilih barisan Sasterawan Negara untuk menjadikan mereka sebagai Ikon Sasterawan di universiti masing-masing.

“Dengan pendekatan program ini, UMK mahu mahasiswa dan masyarakat akan didedahkan dengan karya-karya penting sasterawan dan ini akan memeriahkan suasana wacana ilmu di kampus dan menghangatkan kembali persekitaran sastera tempatan.

“KPM mahu menjadikan karya-karya Sasterawan Negara ini tidak hanya terselindung di sebalik rak-rak di perpustakaan sahaja tetapi ianya hendaklah diteliti dan dibedah agar segala isi dan pedoman yang terkandung dalam karya-karya berkenaan mampu memberi impak kepada masyarakat seluruhnya,” katanya.

Tambah beliau, setiap universiti awam juga telah mewujudkan sudut khas bagi menghargai jasa dan pengorbanan Sasterawan Negara untuk memberikan semangat kepada mahasiswa kita dalam menghayati ketokohan dan keilmuan yang wujud dalam pemikiran setiap sasterawan ini.

Justeru, PPI telah mewujudkan sudut khas Koleksi Sasterawan Negara bertempat di PPI UMK Kampus Kota. Walaubagaimanapun Koleksi ini akan dipindahkan ke PPI Bachok setelah bangunan baharu perpustakaan ini diduduki secara rasmi tidak lama lagi.

“Selain daripada itu, KPM melalui Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) akan menggiatkan usaha secara menyeluruh untuk menerbitkan semula karya-karya penting semua Sasterawan Negara agar usaha Sasterawan di Universiti akan dapat diperkukuh melalui keberadaan karya-karya ini.

“Penghargaan kepada sasterawan adalah antara tumpuan KPM untuk mereka terus penting dan relevan sepanjang zaman untuk kita bersama-sama memacu perubahan ke arah pembentukan negara yang lebih baik,” katanya.

Pada majlis itu, Prof. Dato’ Ts . Dr. Noor Azizi menyempurnakan majlis pelancaran empat buku terbaru hasil karya Dato’ Dr. Anwar yang diterbitkan oleh Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) yang bertajuk; Jika Esok Tiba, Parasit & Sesudah Perang, Naratif Ogonshoto dan Satu Tiga Sifar Lima.

Pihak UMK juga melalui Penerbit UMK sedang mengusahakan untuk menerbitkan buku hasil karya Sasterawan Negara pada tahun hadapan.

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RIAU, INDONESIA I Program Pendidikan Keusahawanan yang ditawarkan oleh Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) menjadi landasan penting kepada UMK untuk menarik lebih ramai pelajar dari negara jiran khususnya di Indonesia untuk melanjutkan pengajian mereka ke peringkat yang lebih tinggi di universiti ini.

Selain itu, pendekatan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia yang begitu agresif mempromosikan pengajian di universiti di dalam negara antara faktor utama peningkatan berkali ganda jumlah mahasiswa Indonesia melanjutkan pengajian di Malaysia.

Justeru, Pusat Pengajian Siswazah (PPS) kini sedang giat mempromosikan program pendidikan yang ditawarkan di UMK khususnya di dalam bidang keusahawanan untuk menambah bilangan pelajar antarabangsa pada setiap sesi pengajiannya.

Menurut Dekan PPS, Prof. Dr. Razli Che Razak, satu lawatan kerja ke Universitas Muhammadiyah Riau (UMRI), di Riau, Indonesia pada 22 hingga 23 November 2019 telah diadakan dengan objektif utamanya untuk memperkenalkan UMK di universiti di Indonesia.

Beliau berkata, lawatan itu juga adalah hasil daripada termeterainya majlis menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) antara UMK dan UMRI pada 7 Ogos 2019.

“Kandungan MoU tersebut, pihak UMRI dijangka akan menghantar seramai 31 orang pelajar untuk melanjutkan pengajian di peringkat pascasiswazah di UMK bagi kemasukan pengajian sesi akademik pada tahun hadapan.

“Pada sesi lawatan itu, delegasi UMK juga telah mengadakan perjumpaan dengan pensyarah atau calon pelajar yang mengambil Ijazah Sarjana dan Doktor Falsafah UMK.

Selain itu, turut diadakan pertemuan dan penyeliaan serta pendaftaran sebagai calon pelajar Ijazah Sarjana dan Doktor Falsafah di UMK,” katanya.

Tambah beliau lagi, satu perbincangan telah diadakan antara UMK dan UMRI bagi meningkatkan lagi hubungan kedua-dua universiti secara konsisten memandangkan pasarannya dan peluang pendidikan lebih luas.

“Persamaan budaya dan bahasa , lokasi yang berdekatan merupakan satu kelebihan kepada UMK untuk membuka peluang kepada mahasiswa Indonesia untuk menyambung pengajian di UMK. Menerusi kerjasama ini di harap hubungan UMK dan UMRI dapat menjalinkan kerjasama di dalam bidang-bidang lain khususnya penyelidikan dan keusahawanan,” katanya.

Pada sesi lawatan itu, Prof. Dr. Razli dan delegasi turut mengadakan lawatan di beberapa lokasi dan universiti lain di sekitar Riau.

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PASIR PUTEH December 17 I A graduate from the Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage (FTKW) desire to hold a degree at a convocation finally being realised by Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) when a special Mini Convocation event was held at his family home in Kampung Kiok, Baka, Machang , Kelantan, today.

Abdul Halim Mat Hassan, 25, who was diagnosed with nasal cavity cancer was seen touched and moved sharing his joy on his graduation day when UMK Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dato 'Ts. Dr. Noor Azizi Ismail himself handed the degree scroll to him witnessed by his parents, Mariah Ismail, 59, and Mat Hassan Hamad, 63, and his grandmother, Zainab Sulaiman, 109, who was ill.

Also present were Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Prof. Dr. Mohd Rafi Yaacob, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman Sauli, Dean of FTKW, Assoc. Prof. Ahamad Tarmizi Azizan and UMK Registrar, Pn. Mazula Sabudin.
The Bachelor’s Degree in Heritage Study with Honours (Heritage Literature) scroll giving ceremony was held in full customary ceremony by the master of ceremonies at 3.30pm.

According to Pro. Dato 'Ts. Dr Noor Azizi said the mini-convocation was held on the grounds of UMK's concern and initiative as Abdul Halim was unable to attend the 9th Convocation Ceremony held on October 19, 2019, to receive his degree due to unavoidable health problems.

Following this, the Vice Chancellor's Office (Academic and International) and the Vice Chancellor's Office (Student Affairs and Alumni) as well as the UMK's Faculty of Creative and Heritage Technology took the approach of having a symbolic convocation to celebrate Abdul Halim's graduation day.

“We appreciate Abdul Halim’s efforts who have been working hard to complete his study for a degree.
"I pray that Abdul Halim will continue to be given the strength to fight the disease he has suffered and to be cured," he said.

Meanwhile, Abdul Halim expresses his gratitude and thanks to UMK for realising his dream of wearing a convocation robe and receiving a degree today.

He was excited by the mini-convocation ceremony and thanked both parents and families who have sacrificed so much over the years.

“I will be strong to face all this and will continue this life. The welcoming ceremony of the convocation ceremony at home has to be one of the most memorable moments,” he said.

Abdul Halim said he had to postpone his studies because he was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 after receiving treatment at the Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab (HPRZ) before receiving follow up treatment at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM).

“After being diagnosed with cancer, I postponed my studies to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy”.

"I had to undergo two treatments a year including 36 radiotherapy and seven rounds of chemotherapy to prevent the cancer cells from spreading and at the same time the doctors had to make a hole in my neck for the respiratory tract," he said.
Meanwhile, Associate Professor Ahamad Tarmizi said Abdul Halim was an active and outstanding FTKW student in academic achievement with a Cumulative Grade Average (CGPA) of 3.22.

He also joined the uniformed body and was successfully appointed as the Inspector / KS Kor SUKSIS Universiti Awam at the INSP / KS SUKSIS End of Training and Certificate Giving Ceremony at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).

“Abdul Halim is also an active student in the FTKW Literature Club and has served as an Enumerator and a Tuition Teacher for the B40 group under the programme organised by the UMK Institute for Research and Poverty (INSPEK). Also, he is a Member of the UMK Student Peer Guidance Club,” he said.

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PASIR PUTEH 17 Disember I Hasrat graduan Fakulti Teknologi Kreatif dan Warisan (FTKW) untuk mengenggam segulung ijazah di pentas konvokesyen akhirnya berjaya direalisasikan oleh Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) apabila satu majlis khas Mini Konvokesyen telah diadakan di kediaman keluarganya di Kampung Kiok, Baka, Machang, Kelantan, hari ini.

Saudara Abdul Halim Mat Hassan,25, yang disahkan menghidap kanser pangkal hidung dilihat terharu dan hiba berkongsi detik kegembiraan di hari graduasi apabila Naib Canselor UMK, Prof. Dato’ Ts. Dr. Noor Azizi Ismail sendiri telah menyampaikan skrol ijazah kepadanya dengan disaksikan oleh kedua-dua ibu bapanya, Mariah Ismail, 59, dan Mat Hassan Hamad, 63, serta nenek, Zainab Sulaiman, 109, yang sudah uzur.

Turut hadir, Timbalan Naib Canselor (Akademik dan Antarabangsa), Prof. Dr. Mohd Rafi Yaacob, Timbalan Naib Canselor ( Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni), Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman Sauli, Dekan FTKW, Prof. Madya Ahamad Tarmizi Azizan dan Pendaftar UMK, Pn. Mazula Sabudin.

Majlis Penyampaian Skrol Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pengajian Warisan dengan Kepujian (Elektif Kesusasteraan Warisan) telah berlangsung dengan penuh adat istiadat konvokesyen sebenar dirumahnya dengan pengisytiharan Konvokesyen oleh pengacara majlis tepat jam 3.30 petang.

Menurut Prof Dato’ Ts. Dr Noor Azizi, majlis mini konvokesyen ini diadakan di atas keperihatinan dan inisiatif pihak UMK kerana Abdul Halim tidak dapat hadir menerima ijazah pada Istiadat Konvokesyen Kali Ke-9 Tahun 2019 yang berlangsung pada 19 Oktober 2019 lalu kerana masalah kesihatan yang tidak dapat dielakkan.

Susulan itu, Pejabat Timbalan Naib Canselor (Akademik dan Antarabangsa) dan Pejabat Timbalan Naib Canselor ( Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni) serta Fakulti Teknologi Kreatif dan Warisan UMK mengambil pendekatan ini dengan mengadakan mini konvokesyen simbolik untuk meraikan hari graduasi Abdul Halim.

“Kami menghargai usaha Abdul Halim yang selama ini bertungkus-lumus menamatkan pengajiannya untuk ijazah.

“Saya mendoakan Abdul Halim terus diberi kekuatan untuk melawan penyakit yang dihidapinya dan diberi kesembuhan,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Abdul Halim merakamkan ucapan penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada UMK yang
merealisasikan impian untuk memakai jubah konvokesyen dan menerima ijazah pada hari ini.

Beliau yang teruja dengan majlis mini konvokesyen itu turut berterima kasih kepada kedua-dua ibu bapa dan keluarga yang telah banyak berkorban selama ini.

“Saya akan kuatkan semangat untuk menghadapi semua ini dan akan meneruskan kehidupan ini. Majlis menyambut majlis konvokesyen di rumah menjadi satu momen yang paling indah yang tidak dapat dilupakan,” katanya.

Abdul Halim berkata, beliau terpaksa menangguhkan pengajian kerana dikesan menghidap kanser pada tahun 2017 selepas mendapat rawatan di Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab (HPRZ) sebelum mendapat rawatan susulan di Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM).

“Sebaik disahkan menghidap kanser, saya tangguh pengajian demi menjalani rawatan kimoterapi dan radioterapi.

“Saya terpaksa mendapat dua rawatan selama setahun termasuk radioterapi sebanyak 36 kali dan kimoterapi tujuh pusingan untuk menghalang sel kanser daripada merebak dan pada masa sama doktor juga terpaksa menebuk bahagian leher saya untuk saluran pernafasan,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Prof. Madya Ahamad Tarmizi berkata, Abdul Halim adalah pelajar FTKW yang aktif dalam kokurikulum serta cemerlang dalam akademik dengan memperoleh Purata Nilai Gred Kumulatif (PNGK) 3.22.

Beliau juga menyertai pasukan badan beruniform dan berjaya ditauliahkan sebagai Inspektor/KS Kor SUKSIS Universiti Awam pada Majlis Tamat Latihan Dan Penyampaian Sijil INSP /KS SUKSIS di Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).

“Abdul Halim juga antara pelajar aktif dalam Kelab Sastera FTKW dan pernah berkhidmat sebagai Enumerator dan Guru Tuisyen kepada kumpulan B40 di bawah program anjuran Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemiskinan (INSPEK) UMK. Selain itu, merupakan Ahli Kelab Pembimbing Rakan Siswa UMK,” katanya.

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KUALA KRAI December 14 I Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman Sauli led the gotong - royong programme and cleaned the flood victims' home at the University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Student Volunteer Flood Relief Mission 2019 in Kampung Chuchuh Puteri, Kuala Krai, Kelantan, recently.

According to Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman, the post-flood relief mission, also joined by more than 80 volunteers from the Student Police / Student Volunteer Corps (SUKSIS), the Marine Reserve Officers Training Corps (PALAPES) Civil Defense Corps (KOR SISPA), the UMK Askar Wataniah, Red Crescent Society (PBSM), Community of Volunteers (KOSUM) and Volunteer Malaysia (VM).

He said the two-day gotong-royong programme was held from December 13 to 14, 2019 involving 86 families affected by the floods that hit the area in early December.

“The clean-up operation of the residential area (outside and inside) of the house is divided into four groups according to the flood location plan.

“In addition, there was also flood victims census operation made up of PBSM team led by the University Health Director, Dr. Aswan Ismail with the Student Activities and Development Section,” he said.

He added that as a result of the mission, UMK had collected information on reviewing the number of houses involved, implementing relief allocations and coordinating the distribution of duties to UMK volunteers with the help of the Head of the Flood Transfers Centre, En. Azlan Che Soh.

"The 2nd phase mission will be held at the same location from December 20 to 21, 2019 with the participation of 40 UMK volunteers, Public University (UA) volunteers and a team from the Student Volunteer Foundation (YSS), Ministry of Education Malaysia," he said.

At the ceremony, Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman also delivered relief kits to 86 flood victims families at the Kampung Chuchuh Puteri Community Centre.

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BACHOK December 15 I The Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage (FTKW) became the first faculty at the University of Kelantan Malaysia (UMK) to establish the FTKW Alumni Association with its main objective as a platform to strengthen the relationship between alumni and alma mater as well as a platform for alumni to contribute back to the University.

The establishment of the FTKW alumni association is like Sireh Pulang ke Gagang (at the right place), because with the initiative the graduates of the FTKW are giving back and contributing to the university.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman Sauli said the establishment of the association was an important step in the development of strong alumni to help the faculty and the university in general.
He said the importance of working together with alumni was an important factor in helping to develop the FTKW and UMK.

“The Student Affairs and Alumni Affairs Office (HEPA) itself organises a series of outreach programmes known as Meet N Great through its UMK Alumni platform including FTKW alumni nationwide in an effort to increase UMK graduate employability and university development.

"The objective is to establish a network of UMK alumni, especially for UMK graduates who have been successful entrepreneurs," he said at the 2019 Sirih Pulang Ke Gagang Programme at the Laman Monsoon, UMK Bachok, Tangok, Kelantan, on December 15, 2019.

Also present, Dean of FTKW, Assoc. Prof. Ahamad Tarmizi Azizan and Former Dean of FTKW, Assoc. Prof . Abdul Aziz Shuaib.

Meanwhile, the Dean of FTKW, Assoc. Prof. Ahamad Tarmizi said the 2019 Sirih Pulang ke Gagang (SPKG) dinner was the faculty’s effort to bring back UMK alumni from 2011 to 2019.

He said the main objective of organising the SPKG programme as the main platform for FTKW alumni to share the latest FTKW graduates information and updates with students on campus.

"The SPKG programme is also aimed at raising funds for the establishment of the FTKW Alumni Association to assist asnaf students as well as those in need of assistance at the faculty level to continue their studies," he said.

At the event, there were also donations by FTKW Alumni and donors including former FTKW leaders and lecturers to mobilise the FTKW Alumni Association. Also present was a presentation ceremony for five Asnaf FTKW students by Prof. Ts. Dr. Zaliman.

Also took place were a speech-sharing session by two FTK alumni from the Department of Design and Creative Technology (JRTK), En. Zulkifli Mohd Zan and alumni of the Department of Heritage Studies (JPW), Pn. Sarinah Said.

En. Zukifli is one of the successful entrepreneurs and has been crowned as Kelantan Youth Entrepreneur. Whereas Pn. Sarinah is a lecturer at the Kuala Terengganu Community College who has successfully established a business based on an interactive centre as a heritage tourism centre.

In her speech, both shared experiences that the programmes offered by the FTKW and UMK have made them competitive and creative in pursuing their career as entrepreneurs in the field of study.

In fact, both alumni are able to generate substantial income as a result of disseminating creative ideas and innovating knowledge gained during their studies in the field of entrepreneurship and the creative industry.
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