2013
has arrived and our Geology students are on their best form. They are
motivated, and were totally refreshed after 4 months long semester break. With
our best form, the Curtin Geology Club & Curtin Sarawak AAPG Student Chapter has received a new fresh breath of hope
and changes to better. The geology club has been an idle club for the past two
years and now it is up to us to rejuvenate the club with much activities and give
it a new look to promote our club to a newer heights. So, the previous
committees of 2012 gathered all the Geology students to have a meeting to
select the committees of 2013 where lecturers and students votes are valued and
considered upon the selection of this committees. After an hour to two of
polling, the selection was so that Marni Amalina Mansor is voted as the
President of Curtin Geology Club & Curtin Sarawak AAPG Student Chapter. Other committee members were chosen to aid
her in running the club.
Board of Committees Curtin Geology Club & Curtin Sarawak AAPG Student Chapter 2013:
After the committee members were selected, the meeting proceeded by diverting the attention to the Geology students as well as the lecturers on the type of activities they expect from the current Geology Club committees. Here deep thoughts were looked into and activities listed below were selected as this semesters must organise club activities.
Board of Committees Curtin Geology Club & Curtin Sarawak AAPG Student Chapter 2013:
President : Marni Amalina Mansor
Vice President I :
Mohd Rasyid Zainol Abidin
Vice President II :
Premendran Manokaran
Secretary : Ching Siu Ru
Vice Secretary : Nur Faridah Yaakob
Treasurer : Harshinee Nyanasegeram
Vice Treasurer : Gan Ying Bein
PR. Officer : Sally Jane
Head of Project Manager : Shantha Kumaran Manogaran
Editor of i-Geology :
Himeraj Ashogan
Assistant Editor : Tai Kui Tong
After the committee members were selected, the meeting proceeded by diverting the attention to the Geology students as well as the lecturers on the type of activities they expect from the current Geology Club committees. Here deep thoughts were looked into and activities listed below were selected as this semesters must organise club activities.
a) Hill Challenge 1: Canada Hill Challenge
b) Foundation Engineering Awareness Campaign
c) Collaboration with Curtin Environmental Club on Earth Day
d) Talk : Cave, Caverns, Crystals and Complexity
e) Hill Challenge 2: Mulu Expedition
This listing of activities marked the ending of the meeting where it was ended with a nice refreshment sponsored by the Geology Club.
On the following week, an Annual General Meeting was organised by Marni Amalina Mansor as the President of Curtin Geology Club to interact with the current club committees and as well as to inform the standings of our club financially and our capabilities in doing the activities in that semester. The discussion heads on to discussing the few changes that the committee members thought it is necessary for the club to progress ahead for this semester. The few of the many changes that we brought by the discussion was to introduce a club T-Shirt and to open the selling of the T-Shirt to the club members as well as the non-members. Besides that, the club registration too was opened to the whole Curtin students who wishes to learn more about Geology. A result from that, our club funding rose up dramatically and became a stable club in Curtin with people coming from different programmes and backgrounds just to learn Geology out of their own interest.
Our first activity was held on the 13th of April, which was the Hill Challenge 1 : Canada Hill. This activity was to promote a good understanding between our club members. Here a lot of mingling could be seen where the club committees were tirelessly aiding to a closer bonding in the group. We finally achieved that agenda by the end of the challenge. Moreover, this hill challenge was also aimed at students from a different programme who wonders how geology fieldtrips looks like. So yea, this small challenge gave them a new light on how proper fieldtrips that geology students often go look like.
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| Hill Challenge 1: Canada Hill Hiking |
Our
proceeding activities are aimed to teach students of different programmes on
Geology. This is to expose the students that Geology is not as easy as it
sounds but nevertheless interesting. So, a booth was set up in business school
on Foundation Engineering Awareness Campaign to expose the foundation students
on Geology. To teach them to choose geology out of interest and not as a last
resort. So a few 2nd year students were chosen to deliver speech to these
foundation students on what to expect in Geology. They were given speech on how
a geology students think where here we brought a few rock samples from the
laboratory to demonstrate to the students on how a geology student work and
think. It was such a delightful scene to see some of the foundation students
eager to know more about geology.
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| Engineering Awareness Day |
Besides
Foundation Engineering Awareness Campaign, we have also collaborated with
Curtin Environmental Club to host the Earth Day. Here, the Curtin Geology Club
set up another booth with a lots of displays from the laboratory as well as
from the Malaysian Nature Society where here Mr. Musa Musbah to be thanked to
bring the MNS to Curtin Sarawak on Earth Day. Geology club gained an enormous
popularity from the public due to its eloquent students who were ready to
explain the details of the displays and to entertain any by-passers who comes
to the booth and as well Mr Musa for explaining the details of MNS samples
using a polarising microscope. The event was ended with a vegetarian
refreshment organised by the Curtin Environmental Club.
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| Curtin Geology Booth during Earth Day |
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| Rocks and Minerals Display |
Our
second last activity to end the semester was the Cave, Caverns, Crystal and
Complexity talk by our very own lecturer Dr. Dominique Dodge-Wan. It was an
hour plus long talk compromising about the different types of caves, the
crystal that were formed from this caves and how complex this caves affects our
daily life. This too was aimed in the visualisation on the type of lectures
that a geology student undergoes every day in a semester. Many found it
interesting and it nevertheless attracted quite a number of participants into
understanding Geology in a new limelight. This event too was ended with a
refreshment sponsored by Curtin Geology Club.
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| Academic Talk: Caves, Caverns, Crystal and Complexity |
Semester
1 2013 was ended with the 2nd Hill Challenge which is Mulu
Expedition, held on 29th June to 2nd of July at Mulu
National Park includes long boat ride, visit to 5 different types of caves in
Mulu which is the Deer Cave, Lang Cave, Clearwater Cave, Wind Cave and Lady
Cave and last but not least to challenge the Pinnacles which is a limestone
covered hill with an elevation of 40-90 degree. 8km trekking was covered first
in order to reach the camp where the Pinnacles hiking challenge begins. The
purpose of the event which are to enhance awareness in preserving nature
heritage and practice active and healthy lifestyle is successfully attained.
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| In Front of Caves in Mulu |
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| Boat Ride |
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| At the jetty |
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| The Pinnacles |
Much activities are planned for this semester. Do wait for it!
