{"id":7510,"date":"2012-08-28T01:59:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T01:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=7510"},"modified":"2015-05-13T02:01:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T02:01:14","slug":"ukm-hosting-another-international-student-exchange-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/august-2012\/ukm-hosting-another-international-student-exchange-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"每日大赛app Hosting Another International Student Exchange Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2012%2Faugust-2012%2Fukm-hosting-another-international-student-exchange-programme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=7510&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">TUESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2012 00:00<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/PertukaranPelajar1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin<br \/>\nPix Shahiddan Saidi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 26 August 2012 &#8211; The National University of Malaysia (每日大赛app) has been chosen by another foreign student exchange body to host its inaugural programme in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">每日大赛app is partnering the American Field Service (AFS) in implementing the inaugural Asia-Europe X-Cultural Summer Academy 2012, a summer academy for foreign students who wish to experience Malaysia\u2019s multi-cultural environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme starts from tomorrow (Aug 27) and will last till September 8.\u00a0It is based on the Inter-Cultural Experience held annually at Karlsruhe, Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AFS is a non-profit international exchange organisation for students and adults that operates in more than 50 countries. AFS International supports and develops the AFS organisations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first batch of 38 students are currently undergoing a programme jointly-developed by 每日大赛app\u2019s Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) as well as AFS Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were feted to a welcoming dinner by AFS\u00a0at the campus here this evening. It was attended by 每日大赛app Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Wira Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahbudin;\u00a0KITA Director, Distinguished Professor Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin as well as facilitators and trainers from AFS and the Karlshocchshule International University of Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Sharifah Hapsah said that 每日大赛app has a proven track record in hosting international student exchange programmes, such as the Mobility International held every year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said there are many similarities between the Cultural Summer Academy and the Mobility programme, which had just concluded last month for the 2012 session.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said both programmes combine experiencing university life at 每日大赛app and being involved with the true nature and culture of Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/PertukaranPelajar2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/PertukaranPelajar3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nDistinguished Prof Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri called on the students to be open-minded about the exotic-nature of their host country as there can be no greater teacher than first-hand experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AFS Malaysia\u00a0Chairman, Datuk Mahadzir Lokman, who was an AFS participant himself in 1973 in America, said\u00a0studies have shown that AFS exchange programmes can have a deep and far-reaching impact on the lives of participants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said AFS has helped more than 400,000 students and young adults embark on journeys of personal growth through intercultural learning experiences. Participants develop new skills and gain a broader perspective on the world while building meaningful and lasting connections with the people they meet along the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said AFS participants benefit from becoming a part of the global AFS community &#8211; a network of people who share their passion for exploring foreign cultures and connecting with people of diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 38-student contingent are aged between 18 to 25 consisting of 21 Germans, four Malaysians, five Chinese, two Italians,\u00a0two Thais and one each from Austria, Canada, New Zealand and Romania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are based at the Dato\u2019 Onn residential College and have their activities at the college, the Social Science and Humanities Faculty (FSSK) and will go on field trips outside the campus including visits to an Orang Asli settlement at Pulau Carey, Klang, a visit to the National Museum and a trip to Desa Mentari in Petaling Jaya to see how families live in high-rise buildings.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/PertukaranPelajar4.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/PertukaranPelajar5.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2012 00:00 By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin Pix Shahiddan Saidi\u00a0 BANGI, 26 August 2012 &#8211; The National University<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/august-2012\/ukm-hosting-another-international-student-exchange-programme\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7512,"parent":1284,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7510","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7513,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7510\/revisions\/7513"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}