{"id":9201,"date":"2013-10-26T22:24:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T22:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=9201"},"modified":"2015-05-21T22:25:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T22:25:49","slug":"ukm-confers-phds-to-444-people-the-highest-number-in-its-history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2013\/october-2013\/ukm-confers-phds-to-444-people-the-highest-number-in-its-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UKM Confers PhDs To 444 People \u2013 The Highest Number In Its History"},"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-2013%2Foctober-2013%2Fukm-confers-phds-to-444-people-the-highest-number-in-its-history-2%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=9201&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--><h2 class=\"contentheading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"newsitem_tools\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\"><span class=\"createdate\">SATURDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2013 17:52<\/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\/Campus2013\/Robing2013-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Shahfizal Musa<br \/>\nPix Shahiddan Saidi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 25 Oct 2013 \u2013 The National University of Malaysia (UKM) will confer PhD degrees to 444 people during its 41<sup>st<\/sup>convocation beginning here tomorrow, the highest number in its history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recipients attended a robing ceremony today where their supervisors helped them to try out their robes. The feeling of confidence is obvious on their faces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All their hard work and sacrifices has now paid off by them earning the title doctor and will henceforth be looked upon as credible experts in their fields to also assist in the development of the nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vice Chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Seri Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin in her brief speech said the robing ceremony signify the passing down of scholarly mind from their supervisors to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She reminded them the title they earned is not a privilege but a trust that must be handled with sincerity and care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On their shoulder now rest the responsibility to work towards ensuring the wellbeing of society while helping to generate wealth for the country with their intellect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the third year in succession that such robing ceremony was held for UKM\u2019s PhD recipients. Faculty Deans, Directors of Institutes and other senior officials attended the ceremony.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2013\/Robing2013-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2013\/Robing2013-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SATURDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2013 17:52 By Shahfizal Musa Pix Shahiddan Saidi BANGI, 25 Oct 2013 \u2013 The National University of<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2013\/october-2013\/ukm-confers-phds-to-444-people-the-highest-number-in-its-history-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9201","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9202,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9201\/revisions\/9202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}