Running for Breast Cancer Awareness

Run for Her Life, this was the theme for the charity run organised by Sunway University’s Diploma in Events Management students. The run held in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month managed to raise RM11,000, the proceeds were donated to the Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia (BCWA).

More than 1,600 people turned up to support the 5km run, among them the management and staff of Sunway University Centre for Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Management upholding Sunway’s Leading with Passion culture together with Dr. Zaharah Aiyub, members of BCWA and 7 breast cancer survivors.

(From left to right) Anisha Chai, Head, Centre for Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Management, Katherine Liau and Prof. Dr. Zaharah Aiyub

Running to Make a Difference

1,000 supported the Sunway University Business School (SUBS) Student Concilium’s “Run for GOLD” event last year. The 7-km run flagged off by YB Hannah Yeoh, Speaker of Selangor State Legislative Assembly and Associate Professor Dr Foo Yin Fah, Head of Accounting and Finance Department, SUBS, took participants around the Sunway Resort City which started and ended at the Sunway Campus grounds.

Rubeinthiram came in first, clocking in at twenty-nine minutes and forty seconds with Chan Jhan Yong and Deva in second and third place respectively in the Men’s Category. Chi Mei Fen clocked in at forty-one minutes and forty-six seconds to win in the Women’s Category followed by Nur Ati Kha, second and Wong Fu Yong, third.

Jane Poh, Administrator, Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Puan Hajjah Juairiah Haji Johari, Founder and Coordinator of GOLD, Low Veen Zhen, Run for Gold Event Manager, Associate Professor Dr Foo Yin Fah, Head of Accounting and Finance Dept, SUBS and Johnny Ho, President of SUBS Student Concilium with the special students from GOLD

Up-Close and Personal with FST Alumni

The Sunway University Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) held their very first Up-Close and Personal with FST Alumni gathering in October this year. The gathering saw alumni members coming back to share their working experience with current final year students.

Alumni members who shared their working experience were Nicole Lee, Registered Staff Nurse at ICU, Sunway Medical Centre, Chong Kim Phui, Registered Staff Nurse at Sunway Medical Centre, Gerard Goh Nai King, Benchmark and Development Specialist at D’Jungle People, Amanullah Abdur Rahman, Business and Systems Integration Analyst at Accenture and Jagadesan Chandra Mohan, Technical Support Engineer at F-Secure and Group Operational Director of Mitra Interiors.

Sunway FST students and members of the alumni during the Q & A session at the Graduate Centre