Reported by Miss Kho Siew Chin, Translated by Miss Fu Yek Ming
To welcome the commencement of the new Academic Year 2016-2017, the International Buddhist College (IBC) held a three-day New Student Orientation Program (NSOP), from July 27 to July 29, 2016. The committee members received all new students with joyfulness in order to make the students feel a warm welcome.
There are about 50 new students, more than 30 undergraduates and 18 post-graduate students for the new intake. The new freshmen come from 13 countries, from all over the world, to pursue Buddhist studies in International Buddhist College. The University anthem “For the Goof of the Many” kick-started the NSOP 2016. Besides the committee members, a group of Kalyana Mitra from Than Hsiang Foundation, Penang, presented at the NSOP too, to give their support and to assist new students to adapt the new life in IBC.
In order to create a more comfortable learning environment, IBC has upgraded the facilities of the campus. Besides re-painting the whole campus, the classrooms have been equipped with air-conditioners and multimedia devices.
On the third day of the program, the committee members of IBC organized a trip around Hatyai, in order to let the freshmen get familiar and be acquitted with the local environment. They visited the Buddha Statue, Phra Buddha Mongkol Maharaj on top of the Khor Hong Mountain. All of the members enjoyed an authentic Thai cuisine Buffet with Prof. Kapila at Lee Garden Hotel's 33rd Floor Sky Buffet. They had a shopping at Hatyai Downtown too.
