Visit from Institut Pendidikan Guru

Group photo at UTAR Heritage Hall

A group of lecturers and students from Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) Kampus Ipoh visited UTAR Perak Campus on 13 Aug 2014.

The IPG delegates were Deputy Head of the Department of Languages Kuan Kar Foong, Head of Department of Chinese Studies Chin Yook Moi, nine lecturers from the Department of Chinese Studies and its students.

On hand to welcome them was the UTAR Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) team which comprised ICS Deputy Dean Assoc Prof Dr Wong Wun Bin, Dr Lim Chee Men, Head of Department of Chinese Studies for Perak Campus Mok Tuck Hau, other ICS members and students.

In addition to the campus tour, the IPG Ipoh delegates aimed to foster closer ties with the University through exploring possible collaborations and to know more about educational opportunities especially at UTAR-ICS.

In his welcome address, Dr Wong shared nuggets of advice gleaned from his teaching experiences and elaborated on professional dedication in teaching and learning. He added, “IPG Ipoh is near our Perak Campus, so interaction and exchange between the lecturers and students of both schools can be more frequent.”

Dr Wong welcoming the members from IPG Ipoh

Representing the IPG Ipoh group, Kuan said that, “UTAR has a good reputation in academia and industry. We are glad to have the opportunity to visit UTAR Perak Campus to know more about the programmes, lecturers and campus environment.” She added that both parties; UTAR and IPG Ipoh could collaborate for mutual benefits and cited an example whereby ICS graduates who are keen to teach can do their diploma in education at IPG and IPG graduates who wish to pursue post graduate studies can do so at UTAR.

Both Mok and Chin each did a presentation on their respective departments. Their presentations covered the common topics on overview of the department, programmes, student activities, publications and others.

The Q&A session that followed after the presentations saw lively interactions and sharing of thoughts which paved the way for effective communication and closer ties between both parties.

Students from both parties showcased their talents by putting up superb performances in music, song and poetry which garnered thunderous applause from the audience. The ICS student performances included the zither playing, opera vocal performance and the peacock dance. For the IPG Ipoh students, their performances included poetry recitation, sign language and singing performances with Ukulele accompaniment.

Dr Wong presenting a souvenir to Kuan

Chin presenting a souvenir to Mok

Zither performance by ICS student

Singing performances by IPG students