Andrew Wong: DIT Achiever (2009)

Our own DIT graduate, Andrew Wong has been awarded full scholarship to pursue his Bachelor in Information Technology in Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Andrew is an exemplary student in Diploma in Information Technology at IICP. His constant A grades, positive attitudes, and determination has open up his ways to achieve great thing in life.

Andrew says: "The IT lecturers are incredibly professional as they have vast industry experience and do not teach straight from textbooks. The Diploma in Information Technology is well rounded which covers subjects as challenging as programming to interesting animation.

The School Of Computing and Information Technology wishes him all the best for his higher studies. We hope that there will be more DIT students who can follow the foot step of Andrew Wong in years to come. Great Success comes from ongoing effort and determination.

Charity Drive to Children Protection Home

E-Learners club from SOCIT had organized Charity Drive in INTI college to raise fund and useful items to be donated to the orphanage. We set up a booth at the 2^nd floor main entrance for a week. The booth operated from 10 am to 5 pm so we can collect the items easily from the student. A lot of student donated generously and we managed to collect RM480 in cash and books as well as clothes. We gave a special bookmark designed by our members as a token of appreciation to the students who donated. After the charity drive ended, we gathered all the items and hand it to the Children Protection Society which is located at Jalan York. The management of the orphanage accepted the items with a warm heart. This event was organized to show that college students also can involve in social activity as well as can contribute to the community. We take this opportunity to thank whoever donated during the charity drive week.

Career Exposure Series 2009

INTI International College Penang recently organized Career Exposure Series 2009 (27th June 2009)t o prepare students for the working world. Two (2) external speakers were invited namely Mr Tan Chia Lih from Jobstreet.com and Mr Bernard Hay from Asia Internet Marketing Academy.

Mr Tan gave a very insightful presentation on the current state of the job market in Malaysia. Among the points presented were that many fresh graduates find difficulty securing jobs because of poor English, unrealistic salary expectations and lack of communication soft skills. A simple tip for prospective job seekers is to simply SMILE during the interview!

Mr Hay shared his experience on becoming an entrepreneur and starting an internet marketing business. Among the startling revelations were that internet commerce is an extremely lucrative business and you do not need even need to know IT to be in it!

Mr Wong Teik Aun, Head of American Degree Transfer Program co-organised this event together with Mr Krishnamoorthy Kumarasamy, Head of School of Computing and Information Technology.