9 October – Around the Oath Taking Ceremony of New Student for 2022/2023 Session. A total of 253 students of the Bachelor and Diploma programmes as well as the second intake, Pre Diploma of Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak Campus (UPMKB) pledged in front of Dato Professor Dr. Mohd. Roslan Sulaiman, Vice-Chancellor of UPM. The Oath Taking Ceremony was attended online simultaneously with the students at UPM Serdang.

Vice-Chancellor of UPM, YH. Dato' Prof. Dr. Mohd Roslan Sulaiman said the initiative is to help B40 students to continue their studies and survival while on campus.

"This assistance I hope will be a catalyst for new students to strive to study hard and be harnessed during their studies on campus to succeed in the future," he said. Putra Voucher is a food purchase aid concept by using an app on the phone at a café within the UPM campus to B40 students of various years of study.

UPM also donated 100 units of laptops to 100 B40 students worth RM300,000.00 as a result of the contribution of UPM staff through the Wakaf, Zakat and Endowment Management Centre (WAZAN), UPM.

In addition, the Data Assistance to UPM B40 Students is worth RM500,000.00 to 600 students as a result of the Information and Communication Development Centre (iDEC) initiative, UPM amounting to RM300,000.00 and the initiative of the Student Affairs Division (BHEP), UPM worth RM200,000.00.

Also present at the ceremony was Prof. Dr. Shahrul Razid Sarbini, Director of UPMKB Campus, Management Member and lecturer of UPMKB.

Date of Input: 11/10/2022 | Updated: 11/10/2022 | lanz