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WHAT SUNWAY OLLEGE MEANS TO ME
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Sunway College was established in response stage. T h i s will aid a student in preparing
to the pubUc's plea for more educational to acclimatise himself/herself overseas after
opportunities. It offers numerous twinning completing his/her course here.
degree courses f r o m Australia, United I n meeting the standards set by the
Kingdom and the United States of universities, the College provides first-class
America. Monash University, T h e Univer- faciUties to accommodate the needs of the
sity of Western Australia, C u r t i n Univer- students. Sunway College has an impres-
sity of Technology and T h e Flinders sive library, which stores a wide range of
University of South Australia, Western books and an auditorium which is useful
Michigan University in the United States for lectures and other non-curricular
of America and Leicester University in the activites. T h e cafeteria serves a wide variety
United Kingdom complete the six univer- of cheap and delicious food and the
sities located in our college. I n addition, student lounge provides indoor games and
Sunway College also offers the T E E pro- exercise for students. We even have a gym
gramme a n d an intensive E n g l i s h for the fitness fanatics.
programme. Courses such as engineering,
computer science, business administration, A s a student at S u n w a y College, I feel
accounting and economics, which are con- very lucky that it has provided me the
sidered the elite courses are now available opportunity to continue m y tertiary
to an average Malaysian student at education. I never once doubted that this
minimal cost. I n addition to cost savings, college has given these opportunities to
by spending one or two years at Sunway other students as well. F i n a l l y , I hope that
College, students are not exposed to the all those students out there w h o wish to
cuhural shock and nostalgia at an early continue their tertiary education, come Ooi Kok Aun
grab this opportunity at S u n w a y College. Curtin University of Technology

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given the re-assurance by the eminent T h e presence of our academic visitors
university personalities that courses run in and the meeting of the Board of Governors
Sunway College are on par in all respects have served to remind and reassure the
to similar courses run in their universities public that Sunway College in particular,
abroad. Also, the degrees conferred upon and T h e SungeiWay G r o u p in general, have
Curtin University of Technology was students reading for part of the degree a strong commitment to providing quality
unable to participate in the deliberations of course in Sunway College is no less education to the Malaysian public at
the Board of Governors.
prestigious than similar degrees awarded to affordable prices.
Currently, Sunway College is linked up undergraduates who took their course
with six universities in the U K , the U S A and fully in the campus abroad.
Australia. T h e inaugural meeting of the
Board of Governors served to emphasize to Sunway College Board of Governors
the public that our students, by enrolling Meeting. The chairman YAB Tun Hussein
in Sunway College, become a c t u a l under- Onn with the other distinguished members
graduates of one of the following universit-
ies: Leicester University, Western Michi -
gan University, T h e University of Western
Australia, Monash University, T h e Flinders
University of South Australia and C u r t i n
University of Technology. A p a r t from
being briefed by E n c i k Mutalib, the
Director of Sunway College, on the progress
of the various programmes of study and the
future enrollment of the College, the A surprise birthday cake was presented to
members of the Board discussed ways by YAB Tun Hussein Onn after the Board of
which the universities could collaborate to Governors meeting
rationalise the management and teaching of
certain courses in Sunway College.
The presence of the Vice-Chancellors
was seen by Sunway College as a unique
opportunity for our d i s t i n g u i s h e d
academics to meet the public. I n response
10 our invitation, about 150 parents and
students attended the briefing and panel
aiscussion given by D r Edwards, Vice-
c h a n c e l l o r o f Leicester U n i v e r s i t y ;
JTofessor L o g a n . V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r o f T h e
umversity of Western AustraUa; Professor
r'^^nberg, Dean, International Education
Programs and D e a n , College of
vAc-/^' Studies, Western Michigan U n i -
Tan T' Associate Professor Gerald
Aust 1- ^'in^lers University of South
fruitf I ^ ' '^^^^^ consequence of this
Drn meeting was that parents and
J'fospective students in the audience were