SRC Half-term Accomplishments

Dear all,

The following is what we have accomplished so far as a Student Representative Council by our half-term. Of course we have a lot more to work on for the next 5 months! I will soon be sending a copy of what we plan to accomplish by the end of our term as well.

1. Set up the SRC Blog as a platform of communication between students and SRC.
2. Students Choice Award.
3. Sweeping of the clubs – removing those that are inactive and ensuring the active ones are running smoothly.
4. Bought a Microwave for students to reheat food in the Student Lounge.
5. Organization of the notice boards at the atrium.
6. Extension of library hours.
7. Employment of 5 part time staff for library and ICT Department each.
8. Maintenance of part time employment project.
9. New batch of computers for ELL.
10. Wireless in the Lower Ground floor.
11. Printing of certificates of previous committees of clubs and of events.
12. Inter Religious Forum with the title ‘Science & Religion’ involving all religious clubs and societies.
13. Merdeka Celebration in collaboration with B107.
14. IMU Art Festival in collaboration with the IMU Art Competition committee.
15. Tan Sri Abu Bakar & Mei Ling Young Cup.
16. IMU Cup House system implementation along with SSD.
17. The Buddy System Meet.
18. Talks concerning social welfare – Love and Relationships and Sex Education talk.
19. Improvement of safety at the hill-top carpark with the addition of 3 new security cameras and banners on who to contact immediately.
20. Handled the Lost and Found items from 2008 by informing the students for final claiming, sold the remaining items and donated the unsold items.
21. Worked with the administration to organize the Tun Dr Mahathir dialogue session.
22. Represented IMU in attending the Malaysian Higher Education Student Council Conference 2009.
23. Organized the ME209 Pledge of Professionalism.
24. Provided a water fountain for the Lower Ground.
25. Responded to feedback regarding the Student Lounge as well as other facilities in IMU.
26. Held several canteen meetings with the canteen committee.
27. Organized budgets for IMU CUP, MAPCU, clubs & societies.
28. Dealt with May Kuan & Ms. Aznah regarding ECA sponsorships.
29. Meeting with the audit team to improve book-keeping skills.
30. Community Medicine:
    a. Improved module timeline arrangements
    b. Reduced the timing for household and clinical survey
    c. Lengthened the time given for the written report
31. Integrated Medical Seminar:
    a. Made logistic arrangements to improve IMS
    b. Allow students to participate as an audience
    c. To have groups from different themes for presentation instead of congregating groups of the same theme
    d. Increase the weightage and reduce frequency of IMS, progressively make IMS formative.
32. Clinical Skills Center
    a. Provide suggestions to standardize CSU teachings & include student feedback in modifying CSU Curriculum
33. AIR topic
    a. Provided suggestions for markers to provide feedback
    b. Raised issues of anti-plagiarism mechanism
    c. Suggestion to have topics that requires more thinking and opinion forming instead of regurgitation
34. Selective
    a. To have more non-academic options
35. Coordination of student involvement in Professional Education Advisory Committee (PEAC) meeting.
36. Coordination of 1st Malaysian International Medical Students Conference Delegates from IMU Bukit Jalil.
37. IMU BJ Nominations for Society for Malaysian Medical Students EXCO.
38. Alumni Talks for Seremban Clinical School, Dundee and Dundee vs. Edinburgh.
39. Matching FAQ.
40. Academic Calendars.
41. DCEC - Dental Curriculum & Exam Committee
    a. conveying dental students requests to the deans and lecturers
    b. revising academic calendar for dental students
    c. requested for longer study break for EOS 4 and EOS 5 (one week to 2 weeks)
    d. longer study break for students who need to resit the exams
    e. longer holiday after EOS 4 (end of semester 4 holiday)
42. Dental Students Tutorials.
43. Coordinate for Oral Health Week.
44. Liaised with AAD and semester coordinator regarding timetable issues.
45. Liaised with module coordinator to improve module curriculum.
46. Submitted proposal for Medical Society.
47. Looking into alternative study venues during examination periods.
48. Coordinated Convocation Student Volunteers.
49. Managed to get permission for Biomedical Science IMU as the only IPTS who will be co-organizing the National Biomedical Science Symposium next year.
50. Orientation of the new batches.
51. Senior Junior Night.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10