In a virtual corporate meeting last June 6, officials from PSUโs Office of the Vice President for Local and International Affairs (OVPLIA) convened with faculty members of the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) of Malaysia for potential academic partnerships.
UiTM is the largest comprehensive university in Malaysia, boasting 34 campuses, 4 colleges, 14 faculties, and 9 academic centers nationwide. It provides more than 500 academic programs spanning Foundation, Pre-Diploma, Diploma, Bachelorโs, Masterโs, and PhD levels, along with Professional Programs.
In his message, Dr. Ian D. Evangelista, Vice President for LIA, expressed his gratefulness and excitement for the possibility of collaborating with UiTM. โ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ,โ Evangelista stated. He also took the opportunity to invite the guests to PSUโs 45th Founding Anniversary in September which will highlight a weeklong ASEAN Festival with stakeholders and partners from neighboring countries participating as well.
The said meeting paved the way for the discussion of the content and signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two universities which could open various activities such as teaching and research collaborations, and international conferences and trainings, among others.
Along with VP Evangelista in the meeting were Ms. Leizel M. Del Castillo, Director for International Relations, Mr. John Joseph D. Zarate, OIC Director for Continuing Professional Development, Dr. Jesusa B. Sanchez, Head for International Extension Partnership, and Dr. Krigher C. Simbulan, Head for Faculty and Student Mobility. Meanwhile, UiTM was represented by Dr. Rafidah Kamarudin (Department Head), and Prof. Mazliyana Zainal Arifin (Liason Officer) of the UiTM Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Pilah Campusโs Academy Language Studies.
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