KDU-OBU law student wins prestigious essay writing prize

Whilst most of the students would find studying law challenging, one KDU-OBU student managed to balance her study life and participated in the ASIAN Law Student Association (“ALSA”) International Law Review Competition.

KDU University College Christmas Unplugged: A Night of Thanksgiving

At the registration

On 29th November 2013, KDU University College’s Christian Fellowship club put together a night of thanksgiving and early Christmas celebration night for 116 students as well as visitors to KDU. The club’s main purpose was to bring people together for a night of fellowship and to learn the true meaning of true Christmas. The KDU square, had been redecorated to look like a different venue. Red, green and white cloths were draped all around the square to give the night a Christmas feel.

A “Thor-riffic” Movie Premier by KDU UC Alumni’s CORE

PETALING JAYA, Saturday, 09th of November 2013 – KDU University College has come a long way in its 30 year history from a single dedicated campus in Damansara Jaya. Amongst its most recent and notable achievements was the change in status from KDU College to KDU University College. In light with this milestone achievement, KDU’s Alumni Association also evolved, rebranded and just held its first event under its new identity: KDU University College’s Alumni CORE.

Making Entertainment Happen: Producing in the Entertainment Industries

Associate Professor Christy Collis

14th Sept 2013, KDU UC Damansara Jaya Campus - Associate Professor Christy Collis from Queensland University of Technology is known and celebrated for both her innovate teaching, teaching leadership and research in the fields of the Entertainment Industry and Creative Industry. Suffice to say that one of the most important jobs in the global entertainment industry worth trillions of dollars is that of the Producer. 

The Happiness Project in conjunction with World Mental Health Week

KDU management team and the organizer of the event were getting
ready to leave their thumb print on the tree.

In conjunction with World Mental Health Week, KDU University College has successfully organized the annual event, The Happiness Project on 8th to 10th of October for three days. The purpose of the event is to spread the happiness seeds in the campus to create a healthy and happy learning environment.

 Happiness Project 2013 has fully fit its tagline, “Happiness Brings Success” was the Happiness Project’s theme. The Happiness Project was an effort organized by counseling unit, Student & Alumni Centre together with a total of 50 student volunteers as happiness crews.

1st KDU University College Career Fair 2013

The Big Group

25&26 September 2013 – KDU University College’s Career Fair presents a grand opportunity for KDU UC students and alumni, to network with and seek out job opportunities with leading employers in Malaysia and overseas.

Give Pets A Second Chance!

Halloween Day - The Night After....

Get a top ranked UK Business degree awarded by Keele University at KDU University College

Established in 1983, and a pioneer in Malaysian private education, KDU University College is one of the best universities in Malaysia for business degree programmes. Strategically located in Petaling Jaya with the main campus at Damansara Jaya and the Business School at Section 13, KDU has an impressive alumni of more than 46,000 graduates.

BA (Hons) in Business Management (double major) awarded by Keele University, UK
Students studying at KDU University College are provided the same curriculum and assessment as those at Keele University thus ensuring a consistency in the high standards of education. KDU students will also receive Keele University student IDs with access to the Keele Learning Environment (Blackboard) which is an online learning portal.

Founded in 1983, KDU University College is an
excellent choice for the business programme

Many of the challenges that face the world today demand an interdisciplinary. This dual degree, which gives you the option to combine business management with either finance, human resource management or marketing, will ensure you have all-round education.

With a curriculum that incorporates unmatched business knowledge, as well as hands-on experience and connections with industry leaders, you will acquire critical-thinking abilities and business skills that will ensure your employability in a competitive employment market.

You can choose two majors out of the following: Finance, Marketing & Human Resource Management. The modules are marked at KDU and the results are moderated by the KeeleManagement School. The staff from Keele Management School visit KDU twice a year to meet up with the staff and students ensuring quality delivery of the programmes.

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Red Bull Campus Dodgeball Championship

KDU Ronins

21st September 2013 – It was the fifth Red Bull Campus Dodgeball Championship organised by Dodgeball Malaysia at Summit USJ. KDU University College amongst the other 12 teams from colleges all over Malaysia, proudly participated in this event for the third time.

OPEN DAY for IMI University Centre, Switzerland

The Happiness Project - World Mental Health Week

"Happiness brings Success"!
Come join us to explore your happiness !
Many exciting games and experiences are awaiting for you. You will be able to learn how to live a happy life by brushing up your self-care system.
Don’t forget to grab your free gifts, vouchers, and food too! While stocks last.

 

KDU Pro Ams 2013

The annual debate tournament KDU Pro Ams was held on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of September this year. This is a tournament organised by the KDU where a professional debater is required to team up with an amateur debater in order to take part. This year, 40 teams across Malaysia participated in this event and it was a huge success.

The adjudication core for this tournament consisted of Adrian Cheong from KDU, Emellia Shariff from University Teknologi Mara and Harris Ghazali from International Islamic University Malaysia.

The Finals Winner, Siron Pereira

The eventual winners of this tournament was Sri Permata-KDU consisting of Siron Pereira and Roshan Sivabalan and the runner-up being University Teknologi Mara consisting of Mohammad Mifzal and Muqriz Mustaffa. The overall best speaker award was bagged by Maherrajan Narayanan from International Islamic University Malaysia and the best amateur award was received by Natasha Gideon from University Teknologi Mara.

Mohammad Mifzal from University Teknologi Mara
(Best Speaker)

Also, the best speaker for the final was awarded to Mohammad Mifzal from University Teknologi Mara. Throughout the 3 days of the tournaments, the participants were exposed to a variety of debate topics ranging from politics to economics. 

The motion for the grand finals was ‘Assuming that the technology exists, THW Eliminate the ability of individuals to commit the seven deadly sins’. The main factor of success of organising this tournament was due to the convener for this tournament which was Kelviin Manuel Pillay and also the support from KDU University College. 

This tournament will be held again next year and will be looking to be bigger!

Please check out on the Photo Gallery @ KDU UC Facebook Page!

Career Day - School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts

Maxis & KDU UC Partnership to Benefit Students Through Connectivity and Entrepreneurship Skills

The KDU University College (KDU UC) and Maxis Berhad (Maxis), Malaysia’s only integrated communications service provider, today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the two parties collaborate to benefit students through connectivity, entrepreneurship programmes as well as internship opportunities. The collaboration will also enable KDU UC students to be connected 24 hours a day via Maxis’ WiFi services as well as take advantage of Maxis’ full suite of integrated solutions.

TABLETOP 2013 by MyGameDev

Career Talk by CAREER TOUR @ 25 Sept 2013, Wednesday

2nd KDU UC Leadership Camp

Paper rock scissors were played with emotions

17th & 18th August – 2nd KDU UC Leadership Camp being held at Eagle Ranch, Port Dickson was designed to develop the leadership skills of our students by providing participants with a challenging and meaningful experience while building an understanding of small group leadership techniques, leadership ethics, teamwork, problem solving and effective communication.

The Campus Job Fair: Career Tour

For KDU Alumnus: You are Invited!

Campus breakout: Club & Societies Recruitment Drive

Working Together to end World Hunger

On 17th August 2013, 75 KDU University College students gathered at Bangsar Village 1 for the “Stop Hunger Now” meal packing event, in hopes of ending world hunger. The meal packing event raised RM88,000 in total. Stop Hunger Now is a global humanitarian aid organization that has been fulfilling its commitment to end hunger since 1998. Every year, Stop Hunger Now provides millions of nutritious meals and other life-saving aid to children and families all over the world.

KDU Interschool Debates British Parliamentary 2013

The top ten speakers with the winning team

From the 28th of June till the 1st of July, the grounds of KDU University College heard roars of intellectual argumentation from more than 200 secondary school students from around Malaysia.

The annual KDU Inter-school Debates BP or fondly known as KIDs BP was organized for the Fourth time by the KDU Debate Association with the help of KDU University College. Students took the opportunity to attend this tournament as a means of improving their communication and argumentation skills whilst vying for the title of Champions of KIDs BP 2013. The diverse group of participants were competing in a total of 7 preliminary rounds at the end of which, 32 teams would qualify for the elimination rounds. Nearly a hundred teams had to compete in the British Parliamentary format that included four teams as opposed to the conventional Asian Parliamentary.

KDU is on Bicara Campus at RTM – Entrepreneurship Graduate

KDU University College (KDU UC) was invited for a forum called “Bicara Kampus” with Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) on the 20th of July, 2013 at Studio 1, Wisma TV, Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur. Over 150 students from KDU UC, UNISEL, UTM, UPM and UITM attended the forum as members of the audience. The topic of discussion was “Entrepreneurship Graduate”.

Save the Turtles!

On the 14^th of June 2013, the Murdoch University Commerce Society planned an island getaway to Perhentian Island. The island is very famous for its beautiful beaches and coral reefs. However, one of the main attractions will be for the famous green turtles laying eggs on the beaches.

The students would like to give back to Mother Nature as well as to enjoy a holiday to distress  themselves from the hectic life. There were 25 excited students, ready to save some turtles!

Students ready to depart!

Entertainment Arts Bootcamp 2013!

Weekends. What do school students do on weekends? These students in their Form 4 and 5 participated in a mini boot camp which was organized by KDU University College together with the School of Communication and Creative Arts. So, what about this boot camp? Local celebrities in the entertainment arts scene were invited over to this boot camp to inspire students who are keen in the entertainment industry.

First station: Hunny Madu shared her experiences on hosting

Apart from sharing her experiences on hosting, she also did a role play with the students, demonstrating the right way to interview a guest. To excite the session, she also performed a rendition of "Call Tyrone" by Erykah Badu. Click HERE to hear her sing!

Hunny Madu with participants!

A Molecular Dining Experience!

When it comes to cooking, it is not that simple as how one views it. It takes a lot of brainstorming, patience, tolerance, and a winning attitude. Cooking comes in various forms, and most of you might not be familiar with the molecular cooking concept. Commonly, it is known as cooking with a tinge of scientific discipline. Narrowing it down, the common tools in the kitchen includes sous-vide machine, liquid nitrogen, N20 charges, cream profi whip, smoking gun, and of course, a whole of others.

The culinary students of KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus (Cula 5&6) together with our chef lecturers, whipped out a fantastic molecular dining experience at the Windows of Damansara. We believe, a picture paints a thousand words.

Team Independent Clinched 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medals at HOFEX 2013!

From left: Levin Tung, Fong Wei Loong, Ling Kar Weng, Chef Darren Teoh and Chef Kenneth Kam (School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts). 

SwitchUp TV’s Ambassadors of Change Project!

In conjunction with Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day on May 17^th 2013, Switchup.TV, Star Publications (M) Bhd. worked with students from School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts (SHTCA), KDU UC to explore traditional cooking skills and optimising food resources.

Hey, Dance Lah! - Grand Finale-

The title alone gets us all curious on what the event is all about. As we all know, the "Lah" used is a Malaysian slang. Hey, dance lah!, also meaning, just go ahead and dance! This time around, the MICE students from the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts organized a dance competition amongst the teenagers. 

The event took place at the auditorium of KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus on 11th May 2013. 

The all-girl team burning down the dance floor!

Lunchtime Performance with Dr.Samuel Wong!

Ever had a thing or two for Chinese plucked instruments? We know in today's era, the tradition and interest in these instruments are slowly fading. However, Dr.Samuel Wong inspired a number of students on a Chinese plucked stringed instrument called the Pipa. The Pipa is endowed with a highly expressive character and a sound likened to pearls falling on a jade tray. The KDU School of Communication and Creative Arts invited Dr.Samuel Wong during the Lunchtime Performance. 

Dr.Samuel Wong posing for a group photo with KDU UC students

The lunchtime performance aims to inspire the entertainment arts students as well as those who are interested in the similar scene. The event took place at KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus on 8th May 2013.

The 2013 Power Chef Competition!

It was a weekend, a Saturday. However, it seemed like a busy day at KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus. Few school buses arrived at the venue, unloads a number of students. What's happening?

It was the call of the annual POWER CHEF COMPETITION! All hopefuls and future chef's-to-be tried their luck in the competition to be crowned champion. 

KDU UC & (MRM) Design Council Signs Letter of Intent!

KDU University College and Malaysia Design Council (MRM) have agreed to carry out collaborative education initiatives for the new Diploma Programme in Entrepreneurial Design and existing Bachelor Degree Programme in Visual Communication. This will enable students to look into an in-depth and understanding part of the creative sector.

A formal Letter of Intent was signed in the presence of official guests lead by KDU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Khong Yoon Loong and Chairman of Malaysia Design Council Y.Bhg. Dato' Prof. Dr. Ahmad Haji Zainuddin. The signing observation took place at KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus on 19th April 2013.

Through this partnership MRM agrees to become an affiliate and partner to the KDU Entrepreneurial Design and Visual Communication programmes and support activities in the area of design related to academic and educational interests.

SCCA Entertainment Arts Mini Boot Camp 2013!

Inspiration comes in various forms, be it people, things, or even places. However, the most common inspiration often comes from people whom we looked up to. This time around, the School of Communication and Creative Arts organized a mini boot camp to nurture and inspire to students who are interested in the Entertainment Arts industry.

F-Secure National Inter-Varsity IT Security Competition

KDU University College is invited to participate in the 2013 F-Secure National Inter-Varsity Information Technology Security Competition.

For the past five years, F-Secure has partnered with MDEC and worked alongside many Malaysian public and private universities to transfer and empower high technology skills to the local labor force through education. This competition is one of the initiatives of our partnership with MDEC.

The objective of the competition is to provide an opportunity for all full-time IT undergraduate students enrolled in all Malaysian public and private universities to participate in a friendly competition. This competition will allow them to apply their academic knowledge and personal interest in the field of IT security.

Details for the competition : When? Throughout April 2013, a representative from F-Secure will administer a qualifying test at each participant’s university or at another location on a pre-agreed appointment basis. The final round will be held at the F-Secure Kuala Lumpur office in Bangsar South, where the champion team will be determined. This will be held on the 28th May 2013, at 10.00am. The registration for the competition will be closed on Sunday, 14th April 2013, at 11.59pm. 

Each university will be able to submit up to 3 teams of 3 members each, with a team name and a team leader. 

What’s in it for the students?

 All participants will get an awesome opportunity to showcase their IT security knowledge to their peers in universities across Malaysia, and receive some coverage and exposure in the media.

Each participating team member will also receive a 5-user license for the F-Secure Internet Security 2013 product, which can be used on PCs and mobile devices.

The champion team will be awarded with three branded, high-end Windows 8 laptops worth RM5,000 each, while the 1st runner-up team will receive three Android tablets worth RM2,000 each. The final event will also be widely publicized in the media, giving the participants good exposure that may lead to possible internship or project opportunities with industry partners.

For interested participants, please email to hh.law@kdu.edu.my or elhh82@gmail.com

United Against Crime!

Students, listen up and play your part! We would love your support on this United Against Crime campaign ! The NKRA Reducing Crime team in PEMANDU is heading towards an anti-crime direction.  The United Against Crime campaign was launched, spearheaded by the Home Ministry, which seeks to raise awareness on PDRM’s work in reducing crime in this country, and to also gather community support to tackle this issue.

We believe everyone has a role to play to fight against crime. Click HERE for more info on this campaign, which also acts as a platform for all Malaysians to pledge their support for the campaign. The website also hosts games and safety tips (downloadable in pdf) to help further educate the public, and for them to share with their loved ones for their safety and security.

We would very much appreciate your participation in this campaign! KDU University College is very much on full force supporting this campaign :) 

All you need to do is:

a)       Visit HERE and click on the “Pledge” Tab

b)       Insert your name and location

c)       Pick 1 pledge from the 5 choices available

d)       Click “Pledge”

e)       Share it on Facebook to your friends and family

f)        Explore the website, share the safety tips and test the safety games

Let’s all come together and pledge to stand United Against Crime"

AFO Radio Monstar Truck in the House!

AFO Radio’s Monstar Truck made a visit to KDU UC’s Damansara Jaya campus to rev up the registration drive for the Bald On, Wax Off for Cancer project last

Wednesday, 13^th March 2013 between 12pm – 1pm.  Students and staff alike had loads of fun trying to ‘crack the code’ in order to win attractive prizes.

Ms. Kitty Lee, Head of the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts signed up and volunteered to wax off for cancer for a targeted fund of RM10,000.