UMS lecturer appointed panel member to ISCN
Published on: Friday, June 24, 2016
Kota Kinabalu: A senior lecturer from Universiti Malaysia Sabah's (UMS) Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting (FPEP), Dr. Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul has been appointed as a member of the advisory committee to the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) for two years starting June this year.The appointment made UMS the first Malaysian university to be appointed to a committee consisting of 20 ISCN members from among the world's leading universities.According to Dr. Hassanal, the committee would act as a think-tank for world campus sustainability, based in Zurich, Switzerland.
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"One of the main tasks of all elected members includes the setting up and leading organisational development and programme content of ISCN," he told reporters when met after attending a three-day meeting of the Advisory Committee of ISCN at University of Siena, Italy recently.Dr. Hassanal also expressed his appreciation over his appointment and was proud that ISCN recognised UMS as a sustainable campus with global standing."Executive Director of ISCN, Zena Harris also conveyed her felicitations to UMS and hoped that UMS will work hand in hand with ISCN to be innovative and inclusive at global level through the establishment of the ISCN Advisory Committee," he added.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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UMS continues to be active in sustainable campus activities, particularly with the Regional Conference on Campus Sustainability (RCCS) each year and is now ranked 173rd as a sustainable university in the UI-GreenMetric World University Ranking.
