Pada 16 Oktober 2015, Majlis Penghuni Desasiswa Tekun telah mengadakan Majlis Pembubaran dan Watikah Perlantikan MPDT bagi sidang 2015/2016. Majlis ini bertujuan bagi memberi penghargaan kepada mantan-mantan Majlis Penghuni Desasiswa Tekun sidang 2014/2015 dan memberi mandat baru kepada barisan kepimpinan yang baru bagi sidang 2015/2016.

Majlis tersebut turut diserikan dengan kehadiran pihak pengurusan Desasiswa Tekun yang menjadi pendorong utama dalam membantu dalam kepimpinan Majlis Penghuni Desasiswa Tekun. Mantan YDP bagi sidang 2014/2015 turut diundang bagi memberikan kata-kata semangat bagi kepimpinan baru sidang 2015/2016.

Berikut merupakan barisan kepimpinan baru Majlis Penghuni Desasiswa Tekun bagi sidang 2015/2016 :

Yang Di Pertua : Siti Zurianah binti Ismail

Naib Yang Di Pertua 1 : Mohamad Luqmanul Hakim bin Abd Rahman

Setiausaha Agung : NurJannah bt Yasuni

Bendahari Kehormat : Wan Nurul Syairah bt Wan Md Zain

Naib Yang Di Pertua 2 : Nur Syakilla bt Ramli

Naib Yang Di Pertua 3 : Norhalimah bt Kamaruddin

Naib Yang Di Pertua 4 : NurShafiqa Shuhada binti Mazlan Azhar

Setiausaha Kerja : Zulaika binti Muhammad

Timbalan Bendahari : Ng Yi Xiang

Ketua Hubungan Luar : Muhammad Syafiq bin Muhd Satar Yip

Tahniah diucapkan kepada kepimpinan baru sidang hadapan 

PENANG, 25 April 2015 - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) graduates were urged to exemplify the motto We Lead in serving the king and country.

This call was expressed by the USM Chancellor, the Raja of Perlis H.R.H Tuanku Syed Siirajuddin Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail during the first session of the 51^st Convocation this morning. Prior to his speech, His Royal Highness had presented the scrolls to 262 PhDs, DBAs and PhDs in Public Health graduates.

“Producing a large number of graduates is not the true measure of our success, for success also depends on the extent of our contribution to the nation and to society. As such, the success of our university should be viewed from the extent to which we are able to produce graduates who go on to become leaders in various organisations, institutions, the corporate sector or even world leaders. We should consider whether or not our graduates also embody the motto “We Lead” in the personal domains of community and family,” His Royal Highness stated.

His Royal Highness elaborated, “We Lead should be steadfastly applied in tandem with strong religious belief, high integrity, wisdom and mental fortitude in facing challenges besides high entrepreneurial values in seeking out opportunities for success in various endeavours.

His Royal Highness also urged the graduates to hold steadfastly to values of compassion, respect, the institution of the family, care for the elders, respect for others, good manners and tolerance in daily life because an individual who neglected his/her responsibility to the parents and the less fortunate could not be considered as truly educated. Knowledge is a blessing bestowed on the individual from the prayers of one’s parents.

"We must be sincere in volunteering our services to all, and respect diversity for a sustainable and prosperous society and world. By applying knowledge gained at university and assimilating it with strong life values, we will create leaders of tomorrow who place the needs society, the nation or even the world above personal interest. Such leaders understand the importance of a balance in development, between the material and the mental and social wellbeing,” His Royal Highness added.

The Vice-Chancellor of USM, Professor Dato’ Dr. Omar Osman exhorted the graduates to contribute their views and ideas as part of the strategic thinkers for USM by providing feedback, suggestions and ideas on how to face challenges for the future.

“As part of the knowledge community produced by the university, graduates shoulder a huge responsibility to preserve the good name of USM, and the people’s trust to play a role in creating a knowledgeable generation that can contribute to the development of the country and its people, besides becoming leaders in the community and driving excellence in any endeavour be it for institution, society or personal,” said Omar at the same ceremony.

Graduates should become role models for society as learned and educated individuals who have foresight in the face of overwhelming development in current technology and life in general.

He stressed that, what was previously considered relevant was now obsolete hence if we lived in the past we would be left behind in the onslaught of the present fast paced development, what with knowledge available to all online, at their fingertips so that people are becoming cleverer and the abundance of information that needs to be processed and digested every day.

“Nevertheless, there are many life values that need to be protected to ensure a quality life that is sustainable and inclusive, and even in the push to achieve developed nation status, this should be carried out on our own terms by upholding our own principles and values,” added the Vice-Chancellor.

This is the true challenge facing the university in ensuring its continued relevance to become a tower of knowledge that produces balanced graduates and holistic scholars who are aware of their role for the future, able to lead in the drive for excellence in the context of an APEX university.

Also present at the ceremony was the Raja Perempuan Perlis H.R.H Tuanku Tengku Fauziah binti Al-Marhum Tengku Abdul Rashid. Other dignitaries present at the USM convocation were the Pro Chancellors, Tan Sri Dr. M. Jegathesan and Tan Sri Datuk Mustafa Mansur, members of the Board of Governors and members of the USM Senate. - Translation: Dr. Nurul Farhana Low Abdullah/Text: Mohamad Abdullah