{"id":19279,"date":"2017-03-20T11:17:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T03:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/facelift\/?p=19279"},"modified":"2017-05-03T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T03:49:28","slug":"durps-students-sharing-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/facelift\/2017\/03\/20\/durps-students-sharing-session\/","title":{"rendered":"DURP\u2019s Students Sharing Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DURP\u2019s Students Sharing Session -23 February 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0monthly seminar for the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>semester 2016\/2017 of DURP was held on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0of February 2017 (Thursday) at Seminar Room B03, Faculty of Built Environment (FAB).The seminar was accomplished in two (2) parts.\u00a0The 1<sup>st<\/sup> half featured, Miss Nadzirah Hosen, a Post Graduate Student who attended the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1-10 September 2016. Nadzirah\u2019s attendance at the Congress was funded by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)\u2019s\u00a0WCPA (The World Commission on Protected Areas) Young Professionals Fund. The Congress provided her the opportunity to meet, interact and share knowledge and ideas with current and future champions<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in world conservation. At the WCPA Members Assembly and Young Professionals Introduction (YPI) session, a highlight of the WCC Opening Ceremony, Nadzirah had to introduce herself, UTM and Malaysia to the Congress delegates. \u00a0The Congress featured a workshop, exhibition, knowledge caf\u00e9, poster presentation and pavilion activities. Amongst the places visited whilst in Honolulu are Waikiki Beach, U.S Army Museum of Hawaii, and Armed Forces Recreation Center. Nadzirah concluded the sharing session by highlighting the benefits of attending WCC which were the networking opportunities, the face to face with experts, the awareness of new trends, the \u201cenergy\u201d of like-minded individuals, the expansion of resources, the \u201cbreaking out\u201d of the comfort zone and last but not least, having fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 2<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0half saw, Ellida binti Samsudin, a 4<sup>th<\/sup> Year, Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning student from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), Faculty of Built Environment (FAB), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, share her experience away from home and UTM. She was on the exchange students program under the ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) 2016 programme at Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), Japan.\u00a0 The programme was sponsored by The Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. Ellida highlighted the procedure and request for<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">credit transfer, securing funds for her living expenses and other needs that she had to undertake prior to her departure for TMU. The one semester (1<sup>st<\/sup> September \u2013 30<sup>th<\/sup> January 2017) stint away from UTM exposed her to a different academic setting and environment, intriguing and fascinating places visited during the academic field trips, for example, Totoro Forest, Ota Open Factory, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo City, Odaiba, Shunjuku, Shibuya, Chiba, Akihabara, Fukushima, Enoshima-Kamakura and Yokohama City, the interesting culture, for example, Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2016, Asakusa Geisha<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Show and kimono experience, the unique food and the cold wintry weather. Ellida described the Japanese people as very kind, helpful and respectful. Given all the hard work prior to her departure, the enriching and unforgettable experience, to Ellida, is no match at all, it was worth it. 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