UTP Alumni with full support from the Advisor, Tn Hj Mohamed Noor Rosli bin Baharom had started to realize the dream of publishing the first UTP Alumni Magazine on 25th November 2009 with the first kick-off meeting. The committee had worked out to gather information, materials and etcetera. A few other meetings were held to discuss and organize the materials for the magazine.

At last, the final draft of the magazine had finally completed on 7th May 2010, and the launching ceremony is to be held on the 4th UTP Alumni AGM 2010. All the hard work was now 'transformed' into a real printed magazine. Special thanks to UTP for the support they provided in terms of financial as well as advice for the first publication of UTP Alumni magazine. It is hope that it will become a platform to connect UTP graduates and give us the sense of belonging to the university.

We are committed in providing services to UTP and UTP students within our capability. Realizing this, we have contributed a one-day donation to UTP Majlis Iftar in Ramadhan 1430H which was held at Masjid An-Nur UTP. The event was attended by around 400 UTP students.

In conjunction with UTP Minggu Aluan Siswa (MAS) Programme, UTP Alumni had organized the "Sharing Session with UTP Alumni" which was held at Chancellor Hall on 6th June 2009 and 17th July 2009. The objectives of this half-a-day programme were to share our past experience and university life with UTP new students, as well as to introduce the association to our new associate members.

The programme on the 6th June 2009 began with a short speech and introduction by our President, Mr M Hilmi Hasan. This was followed by a "University Life" sharing session delivered by Mrs. Putri Nurizatulshira Buang, alumni member who is currently working at UTP as a lecturer. The programme continued with specialization sessions where all participants were divided into engineering and technology groups. In this session, they were exposed to the academic structure and challenges of both engineering and technology programmes as well as the related job fields. The session was conducted by Miss Sharifah Zahira Syed Iedin (R&T Division, PETRONAS) and Mr. M Hairi A Razak (PCSB, PETRONAS) for engineering group and Mr. Yew Kwang Hooi (Lecturer, CIS Department, UTP) for technology group. Meanwhile, another programme on 17th July 2009 was conducted by Mrs. Mazlina Mehat (Lecturer, CIS Department, UTP).

UTP Alumni once again attained a noteworthy milestone after successfully conducting its inaugural UTP Alumni Futsal Challenge. The event which was held at the Kelab Komuniti Taman Tasik Cyberjaya on the 23rd May 2009, had gathered 80 alumni from almost all of the graduation batches. The objective of the event was to gather alumni while promoting and delivering the news and updates of UTP Alumni Association and UTP. This event was jointly organized with UTP Career Advisory and Alumni Relation Unit, which was led by Mr M Farizal M Shawal.

There were ten teams participating in this meaningful event, which was full of excitement especially when some of the participants brought their spouses and children together. They met up with some of their colleagues who they have not met for a long time. The event was even more exciting when some of the teams named their teams with the names that resemble their fond memories in UTP such as "V4A", "Taman Maju Kembali Lagi" and "Bawahtangga" (place they used to always hang around under the staircase of Metana hostel block).

The ten participating teams were:

• Bawahtangga A (Graduation year: 2003)
• Bawahtangga B (Graduation year: 2003)
• Deng United (Graduation year: 2002)
• MARA Tigers (Graduation year: 2002)
• Galacticos (Graduation year: 2005)
• Stylo (Graduation year: 2005/2006/2007)
• V4A (Graduation year: 2003)
• Superjohk (Graduation year: 2009)
• Taman Maju Kembali Lagi (Graduation year: 2003)
• UTP's Extended Edition (Graduation year: 2003/2004/2005)

These teams were divided into two groups of which the best two teams from each group qualified to the semi final matches. The list of the winning teams is as follows:

• Champion: Deng United
• 1st Runner-up: Galacticos
• 2nd Runner-up: Bawahtangga A
• Fourth place: V4A

After the prize-giving ceremony, Tuan Haji Mohamed Noor Rosli Baharom, Director of UTP Students Services also took the opportunity to express his appreciation and pleasure in his speech for the active participation from the alumni in this event. In the nutshell, the set objective had successfully been achieved while we had also received a lot of suggestions and recommendations from the participants especially in empowering the UTP Alumni Association and contributing towards realizing UTP aspirations.

UTP Alumni Association in collaboration with UTP Career Advisory and Alumni Relation Unit had successfully organized an engagement session on Friday 15th May 2009 at PETRONAS Twin Tower (PETT). The main objective of this event was to meet UTP graduates who are currently working at PETT and neighbouring companies to share UTP past and present development as well as to get feedback from UTP graduates. UTP Alumni Association also provided the graduates updated information on alumni activities and established its local branches during the events.

Below are the details of the events:

• KL Branch
  Day/Date: Friday/15th May 2009
  Branch Chairman: Sharifah Zahira Syed Iedin
  
  
• Bintulu Branch
  Day/Date: Monday/20th May 2009
  Branch Chairman: Mohd Fadzlee Hassan
  
  
• Miri Branch
  Day/Date: Wednesday/22nd July 2009
  Branch Chairman: Tan Ming Huat
  
  
• Labuan Branch
  Day/Date: Wednesday/22nd July 2009
  Branch Chairman: Mohd Khairul Hashim
  
  
• Kota Kinabalu Branch
  Day/Date: Thursday/23rd July 2009
  Branch Chairman: Asmadib Yusoff - Adnan
  
  
• Kerteh Branch
  Day/Date: Sunday/2nd August 2009
  Branch Chairman: Harun Al-Rasyid Sahirin
  
  
• Perak Branch
  Day/Date: Wednesday/9th September 2009
  Branch Chairman: Azizi Ahmad
  
  
• Northern Peninsular Branch
  Day/Date: Thursday/25th March 2010
  Branch Chairman: Wan M Termizi Sulaiman

We hope alumni members will participate more in the association's activities and programs through their respective branch.

With the aim to help in nurturing research and innovation cultures among UTP scholars, UTP Alumni has introduced the UTP Alumni Award for the Best Department in UTP Engineering Design Exhibition (EDX) 23, which was held at the Chancellor Complex on 22-23 April 2009. There were a total of 111 projects participated in the exhibition from all academic departments. The inaugural winner for this award is Mechanical Engineering.

UTP Alumni in collaboration with Student Support Service Department and UTP Alumni Relation Unit has successfully conducted a motivational and sharing session for the Gold Program students in January 2009 semester. For information, the students are categorized into three groups namely Platinum Program, Gold Program and Silver Program according to their academic standings and achievements. With the theme "How to Utilize Study Week", the session was successfully carried out by the inspiring and motivating talk given by UTP alumnus Miss Ainol Rahmah Shazi.

UTP Alumni in collaboration with Rakan Masjid UTP, MPPUTP and RCSU UTP has organized a program called 'Mission to Padang, Indonesia' on 16 January – 19 January 2010. One of UTP Alumnae involved in organizing the program and some amount of money was also contributed for the mission. Objective of the mission is to help the society in Padang after the earthquake disaster. A number of delegates were sent to Padang to lend a hand to the society and also contribute in term of money and materials. The mission was a success and with a little help from us, it helps to lessen some of their burden.

Realizing the importance of International graduates, the UTP Alumni committee has taken the initiatives to set up International Chapters, with the aims to gather our foreign graduates, and help in promoting UTP and PETRONAS in their respective countries. The efforts began in July 2008 which was initiated with our members in Sudan and South Africa.

As a remark, the first UTP Alumni International Chapter was established in Sudan on November, 2nd 2008. The establishment was officially done by our Honorable Datuk Dr. Rosti Saruwono, Vice President of Education Division, PETRONAS. The event was also attended by UTP delegates including our Honorable Datuk Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim, UTP Rector and Mr. Almuataz Mohamed Gasim Elseid, the President of the Sudan Chapter of UTP Alumni.

The success continued with the second International Chapter officially established in Turkmenistan in January 2009. The officiating ceremony was done by our Honorable Datuk Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim, UTP Rector. Furthermore, we have also successfully established the committee in Indonesia (President: Hexi Bimba Andale), Vietnam (President: Nguyen Huu Phuoc Nguyen) and Cambodia (President: Kauv SethPisal).

We hope these successes will continue and at the same time will try our best to realize all aims and missions.

Since 2005 public universities in Malaysia have, on a rotational basis, been holding a conference highlighting issues of contemporary importance concerning alumni welfare and development. The Alumni Conference for Excellence 2008 (ACE‘08) extended the participation to the private sector education providers in Malaysia. The theme for ACE'08 is Empowering Alumni for Financial Sustainability. As the title suggests, the main thrust of the conference is to explore ways and means how an alumni organization can tap funding support and remain financially sustainable.

The objectives of ACE '08 are to:

• To address the perennial problem faced by many alumni bodies pertaining to sustainable funding.
• To enable participants to learn about successful funding methods.
• A platform for participants to interact and network.

The conference was held at Parkroyal Hotel, Batu Ferringhi, Penang, 10-12 October 2008. Three representatives from UTP Alumni had attended the event which is Mohd Hilmi Hasan, Norlaili Amir and Khairul Nisak Md Hassan. Besides that, also attended the event was Tn. Hj. Mohamed Noor Rosli Baharom, Director of UTP Student Support Services.

We are committed in providing services to UTP and UTP students within our capability. Realizing this, we have contributed a one-day donation to UTP Majlis Iftar in Ramadhan 1429H (August 2008) which was held at Masjid An-Nur UTP. The event was attended by around 400 UTP students.

UTP Alumni in collaboration with Society of Petroleum Engineers Kuala Lumpur Chapter (SPEKL) had successfully organized the inaugural Annual Oil & Gas Career Awareness Seminar which was held on Sunday 10th August 2008 at UTP Undercroft. The objectives of this seminar were to create awareness among the graduating students on their choice of career in Upstream and Downstream businesses and to have a discussion session with alumni and Society of Petroleum Engineers. In addition, this was also part of UTP Alumni’s continuous effort in contributing to UTP students as well as in promoting UTP Alumni to our prospective members. More than 100 students participated in this half-a-day seminar, which consists of five informative talks from professional guest speakers from the reputable companies, namely PETRONAS, ExxonMobil, Baker Hughes and Delcom Services Sdn Bhd.

In order to boost the membership levels and ensure the continuous supply of manpower of UTP Alumni in the future, the committee has taken an action to propose the associate membership. Moreover, this initiative is also expected to help in promoting UTP Alumni amongst the UTP students, to attract more participation in our activities and programs as well as they can get numerous membership benefits. Every student who registers their study at UTP is automatically gains the membership and Alhamdulillah the process has been running since July 2008 new students intake.

As usual, we opened up registration counters for UTP Alumni who graduated in the UTP Convo 2008. Congratulations to all graduates!