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8 UMP staff invited to perform pilgrimage this Haj season

A total of eight staff from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) has been invited to perform their pilgrimage this 1440 Hijrah Haj season.

The eight would-be Haji and Hajah are couple Ts Dr. Nafrizuan Mat Yahya from the Faculty of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (FKMP) and his wife Ts Dr. Azlyna Senawi from the Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology (FIST); Dr. Fadhlur Rahman Mohd Romlay from FKMP; Nadiatul Adilah Ahmad Abdul Ghani and Hasmanie Abdul Halim from the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources (FKASA); Syahrulnaim Mohamad Nawi from the Faculty of Engineering Technology (FTeK); Paridah Mohd Ali from the Department of Student Affairs & Alumni (JHEPA); and Dr. Khairul Salleh Abdul Basit from UMP Health Centre.

The university’s Registry held a Safe Journey & Farewell do at the Banquet Hall of the Tun Abdul Razak Chancellery at its main campus in Pekan on July 1, 2019.

The religious ceremony was graced by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), Professor Ts Dr. Kamal Zuhairi Zamli, who also presented the eight staff with contributions from the university.
 
According to Professor Ts Dr. Kamal Zuhairi, the fact that UMP holds an annual farewell celebration for would-be Haj pilgrims is a reflection of the university management’s appreciation of the accomplishments its staff have made, both in excellent service and personal achievements.

“Making it to the selection and listing of would-be Haj pilgrims for each Haj Season is a personal success, and such achievement carries a special meaning and weight,” he said, emphasizing that the selection and offer process by the national Pilgrimage Fund Board, or popularly referred to as Tabung Haji, takes a long while, especially when the waiting list is also very long.

Now that the eight have made it to list, Professor Ts Dr. Kamal Zuhairi advised them to perform their Haj to their utmost best, and be wary of their well-being and safety while in the Holy Land.

For would-be Hajah, Ts Dr. Azlyna, 38, said she is thankful for the contribution and safe passage prayer she received from UMP.

She truly did not expect to be selected to perform her Haj with her husband this Hijrah year, as they were originally scheduled for the 2021 season.

“Am hopeful that all the travel, accommodation and Haj arrangements will go smoothly, and that we are bestowed with a mabrur haj (Haj that is accepted by the Almighty, in which the pilgrim observes the conditions that validate the deed and make it accepted),” she prayed.

Prior to the farewell do, all the eight staff underwent a Haj Intensive Seminar – highlights of the important guidelines in performing haj – conducted by Dr. Muhamad Hilmi Mat Said and Ustaz Abdul Kamil Jamaludin, both of whom lectures at the Centre for Modern Languages & Human Sciences (CMLHS).

Research and Innovation

Indonesian undergraduates learned about fertigation system at UMP

By: ROZANA SAHADAN, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP & COMMUNITY RELATIONS (ICoN) AND NUR SA’ADATUL AFZAN JUSOH, CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIVISION

Twenty one undergraduates from Universiti Andalas, Padang in Indonesia and volunteers from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) were involved in a community service programme involving UMP Technology Sdn. Bhd. (UMPT) eggplant fertigation site that was located at its Gambang Campus.

The programme was held for two days - July 9 and 10, 2019 and undergraduates who took part in the programme were from various faculties including medicine, science and politics and agriculture.

There were briefing sessions that highlighted works to be carried out throughout the programme and among the activities were cleaning of the site, pruning of the leaves and harvesting the eggplants.

The participants were also taught on how to separate the eggplants according to the grades and learned about how to build a nursery site.

According to one of the participants, livestock management course student Muhammad Fiqi Hermanto said the programme was a hands-on experience where they got to apply lessons learned in the classroom and practice it with the outside community.

“It makes the knowledge gained more significant and at the same time, brought about benefits for the people,” he added.

He was also touched by the warm response from his friends from UMP and planned to invite them over to Universiti Andalas.

Another participant and communications undergraduate Salsabila Utama, said she was very excited about joining in the programme and that she got to make new friends here.

“I also got to know more about UMP and exchanged a lot of information and gained valuable experience from this trip,” she added.

UMPT General Manager, Dr. Nur Aainaa Syafini Mohd Radzi said the participants were really enthusiastic about being able to work at the fertigation site that had produced some 15,000 eggplant trees of different sizes.

“The eggplants are now being harvested,” she said, adding, staff from ICoN also showed their support by going to the field to help the students with the community service work.

She hoped that through programmes such as this, participants would be able to gain knowledge and experience about the fertigation system which had been successfully implemented in UMP Gambang Campus.

She also said UMPT had entertained other parties such as Etiqa and that there were interests expressed by certain quarters on acquiring the university’s expertise in fertigation technology.