Being selected as top 5 Entrepreneurial Educator was a greatest moment for me in an academic world! However, the sense and spirit of Entrepreneurship never away where ever I go. After being served for more than 20 years in academic line and focusing on Entrepreneurship, Communication and Service Management, really inspire Dr Mass more and more towards engaging not only in class but goes beyond than that. Holding two post at one time for more than eight year (Dec 2015 - March 2024)as senior lecturer in School of Business and Economics(SPE) and also Director of Centre of Entrepreneurial Student Development and Graduates Marketability(CEM)of University Putra Malaysia (UPM), really make me more engaging and continuously actively together with students and even staff of university in making the entrepreneurship keep on moving and appreciate by all. Being as lecturer of Entrepreneurship and of course as a great mentor to the students, every moments count especially with entrepreneurship program and expose the students, engage with various activities and unique learning journey. From Basic entrepreneurship until Master Entrepreneurship Dr Mass always engage and involved community, industrial linkages with the students. Teaching and learning with knowledge transfer, mentoring opportunities of Entrepreneurship becoming more excited and impactful within ecosystem that encourages creativity, risk taking and collaborations. - Evaluation involved community such as engaging and interview, learned and contribute back to micro business owner. More than 50 business owner had been engage and benefitted from the program with students. - Develop Caselet (short cases) base on visit and engagement with real business owner - Bring the students (also include the disabilities students in campus) together with outsider from Centre of Training Disabilities (PLPP)in a program such as 'Special and Engage': sharing experience with short module of Entrepreneurship and expose them with Business Model Canvas(BMC) to share and highlight their idea and present it with small token. - Engage the student (not only knowledge they gain in class with theories etc.) but also with certain selected group such as single mom (Malaysia we have AIM) where those really interested to run a business however need guidance. This is where the students assist them via developing Apps and promote the product/service with social media shared. - Development of Living Incubator such a great contribution by Dr Mass in campus. Via CEMARA coffee shop also acting as 'training and mentoring session lab exist where students in class may do visit and contributing ideas for advance growing of the shop.
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Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award
Mass Hareeza Ali
Finalist of the Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award
Universiti Putra Malaysia - Malaysia
"Moment of Entrepreneurship: Engage . Impact . Appreciate!"
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Summary
Key People
Dato' Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah
Vice Cancellor of UPM
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Prof Dr Bany Ariffin Amin Noordin
Dean of School
School of Business and Economics,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Mdm Fazilah
Micro Business Owner
Aldinawari Enterprise
Wilson Phang Kong You
Student successful entrepreneur in campus
SPE,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dr Pheng Choo
Founder of Australian Foundation-STEM
Australian Foundation
Acknowledgements
Thank you to UPM Vice Cansellor Dato Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan, Dean of SPE Prof Dr Bany Ariffin for the continuously support the journey of entrepreneurship in campus and networking engaged. Also thankful to Ministry of Higher Education, agencies involved such as SME Cop Malaysia, Cedar, Cirnet and others in supporting fund, time and long lasting engagement in making sure the program and activities giving high impact to students and community involved.
Images
Experienced -Innovation in teaching and leadership at GOOGLE, DUBLIN
Nasional Micro Enterprise Pitching Competition among Malaysian Universities - student from class to nasional level
Putra Scented Hand made candle attract judges during Innovative Product at Nasional level
Industry Engage - JALEN Dark Soy sauce: Expose student with experienced on product development and real life of Entrepreneurs
Appearance on TV: Digital & Entrepreneurship among youth- sharing with students on the content
AGROTOPRENEUR; where student engage in planting 'Chilli Kulai'and sell it, as part of courses and engagement with agency such as Malaysian Agriculture and Research Institute (MARDI). Students also encourage to register SSM (Companies Commission of Malaysia), to be more presentable in the market.
Engage student with entrepreneur's community at Sungai Timun (village) with Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Black soil for planting. Student engage for AI and Iot to the business owner towards more efficient in the business. Student also learned from the entrepreneurs and come out with caselet (short cases) as task back in campus.
Working with the task for Entrepreneurship major classesrequired for engage with 'special' group. Hence collaboration with PLPP (Centre of Training-for disable people) in program where combine the idea from students with disable centre may create new ideas and impactful. Presentation with AI and technology assist seems very engaging and high impact for them. assist
Presenting the activities of entrepreneurship from class to impactful with Softskill emphasised via poster competition. Good platform where all institutions and agencies get knowledge on what being practiced about entrepreneurship besided only typical traditional in classroom.
Collobariations with AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS Dr Pheng Choo and Mr Miro came to trained and learned with students of Entrepreneurship. Sharing on the Runc link and STEM details and how it link to Entrepreneurs also focused. Students engage and practised with all tools involved with guidance from Dr Pheng and Miro. Communicating via online also happened towards strengthening and updating the importance of it.
IMPACT STORY
Impacting lifes
- Students from early stage: Semester 1 (course Basic Entrepreneurship MGM3180) expose to real product development in group, and need to sell the product in real for 4 weeks. SPE having one day Business Carnival where all students having MGM3180 need to sell their product. Competition and experienced gained by students really make them think and learned a lot.
- Student moving forward different level: enter competition where they win many awards and recognition such as Wilson Phan Kong Yu and Azeem from second semester win the best innovation idea of making Candle with Rambutan's base (one of Malaysia favourite fruits).Really touching moment especially for Wilson (with physical disability) who win few awards on entrepreneurship and chosen for Social Youth Entrepreneurship program conducted in Connecticut, USA 2023.
- Manage to produce more than 3o students successful in business startup with creative idea and innovation engaged. Wilson himself really appreciate giving platform to run the business in School (SPE) on Canyou Ice drinks.
- Students also awarded during the graduation day on Entrepreneurship Best Practice while acting as student (selected by panel of judges base on their achivement on entrepreneurship before graduated. Awarded RM 5000 with gold medalsponsored by Groups of Shell Retailers, really inspires other in campus to go for it!
- Dr Mass had received Award of Fellowship Vice Chancellor UPM 2023: student development category because of all the work she did and embedd creatif activities in class as part of evaluation. 'Back to community' always being emphasised for those especially around the campus. Program on Rural Agricultural also being focused with the help on growing Chilli Kulai species, in a fertigation concept exposed to community.So far, more than 40 groups of community already engage and benefits from the program.
LEARNINGS
Lessons learned
- Work as a team really give high impact with more ideas especially in the world of Entrepreneurship
- Catch up with fast changing technology, AI and Iot to be embedd/assist in activities such as agriculture. making other sees agriculture as challenging work and chosen as career path!
- Innovation and leadership skills: learned via engaging and having good networking with agencies and industrial . Dr Mass attending Innovation in teaching in Dublin for four weeks, past few years to exposure with current technology and entrepreneurship.
- Networking such as STEM: importance of it in entrepreneurship - Dr Mass engage with Australian Foundation where the introduction of Runc Link as one platform easier and efficent way in entrepreneurial platform. More than 100 student expose to this program face to face and virtual learning.
FUTURE PLANS
What's coming?
A driving force in shaping the future of entrepreneurship education on global scale allign with UPM vision: To become university with international repute.
Engage fiercely with university ALUMNI towards Food Security campaign and involved aggressively in campus. Program on agriculture also embed with the student and community support.
Activities engaging school at early stage also had started where Dr Mass and students of Entrepreneurship visit school and having 'entrepreneurship fun' program This is also align with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and provides pupils to encourage on entrepreneurial mindset at early stage in life.
