Se7en

Se7en, an appreciation event to acknowledge the tireless and endless hardship of the clubs and societies’ leaders was held on 7 July 2017 at Sungai Long Campus. It was organised by the Student Representative Council (SRC) Sungai Long Campus 2016/17 and sponsored by Hong Leong Assurance, MYC!, Hajimeru and Mix-mix Catering.

Organising committee with 2016/17 and 2017/18 SRC members and clubs and societies student leaders

Invited to grace the ceremony were UTAR President Ir Prof Academician Dato’ Dr Chuah Hean Teik, Registrar Yim Lin Heng, Department of Student Affairs (DSA) Head Loh Nyuk Leung, SRC 2016/17 Chairperson Ng Zi Kent, SRC 2017/18 Lee Jing Heng, DSA staff and clubs and societies’ advisors.

Se7en Organising Chairperson Andrik Nge Hau Shuen welcomed all the audience to the event and said, “Se7en, means Sustainability, Efficiency, Visionary, Enthusiasm and Nobility. This is the reason why we call this event SEVEN. It is an inaugural event in the campus to recognise and reward the hard work of student leaders in improving the students’ university experiences. This is also the first event in the campus to gather all the outgoing and incoming leaders of the clubs and societies to meet each other, to discuss the future plan for more collaboration opportunities and to handover to the next term of leaders. It is an evening of discovery, appreciation and celebration. On behalf of the organising committee, I would like to express my gratitude to all the leaders for their support throughout the years. Today’s event will be the first step to strengthen the communication and relationship between clubs and societies. Being part of the outgoing leaders, we also have the chance to inspire upcoming leaders with our experiences and ideas.”

Lee Jing Heng thanked 2016/17 SRC members for their efforts in the last term and said, “It will be a challenging term for the new SRC members. We will be receiving a lot of feedback, opinions and judgements from now onwards, but SRC 2017/18 will always be ready to serve all the clubs and societies’ leaders and UTARians. I hope SRC and all the clubs and societies can bond up and support the student community hand by hand in future.”

Prof Chuah expressed his gratitude to the 2016/17 SRC for bringing the students closer to the management and said, “There is no perfection in our life and we learn as we go along. I am glad that 2016/17 SRC has shown their professionalism on building a good relationship with the students. Clubs and societies play an important role for any university. I thank all the clubs and societies’ members for their contribution and time for serving our students. There were a lot of wonderful events held last year and they brought UTAR to a greater height. I urge 2017/18 SRC to continue the good work and effort for the betterment of the university. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the two winners of Student’s Choice Award for their utmost performance and I hope this would be a benchmark for other students to look up to.”

The list of winners is as follows:

Student’s Choice Award

Event of the Year

Give Project

Club and Society of the Year Award

Wushu Club

Prof Chuah (middle) gracing the handover ceremony

From left: Andrik, Prof Chuah and Yim

Performance by UStar Champion Chua Yi Xieng and guitarist Tan Jun Yee

SRC 2016/17

SRC 2017/18

Se7en photo booth with all the participants’ signature