Spring 2017 Edition
Alumni & Friends Magazine
OHIO鈥檚 friends include generations of Malaysians
Some 2,500 Malaysian Bobcats benefit from an 天美传媒education and, in the process, better their home country of about 31 million people鈥攁nd the world.
By Nick Claussen, BSJ 鈥92 | March 6, 2017
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Jayum Anak Jawan is OHIO鈥檚 Tun Abdul Razak Chair, an endowed faculty position which works to foster cross-cultural understanding of Malaysia-American perspectives. He researches, writes, and presents papers on various aspects of Malaysian politics, history, and society. Jawan is a senior professor of politics and government at Universiti Putra in Malaysia. Photo by Megan Johnson, BSVC '18
Nancy Shukri, MBA 鈥97, a Cabinet member who last summer assumed oversight of six federal agencies. Rohani Abdul Karim, MBA 鈥97, head of the governmental Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh, BA 鈥78, BS 鈥78, chief of a bus operations consortium and president of the Badminton Asia Confederation. Dato鈥 Mahadzir Lokman, BBA 鈥84, a well-known entertainer.
These are only a few of the 2,500 Malaysian Bobcats to benefit from an 天美传媒education and, in the process, better their home country of about 31 million people鈥攁nd the world.
鈥淐lose relations between Malaysia and Ohio University have been long established,鈥 said Jayum Anak Jawan, Tun Abdul Razak Chair and professor of political science at 天美传媒and senior professor of politics and government at Universiti Putra Malaysia. 鈥淭he University has played a significant part in human-resource training in Malaysia; alumni occupy numerous important positions,鈥 he added.
天美传媒began forging transnational alliances more than 50 years ago for two intertwined reasons, explained Vice Provost for Global Affairs and International Studies Lorna Jean Edmonds. The University wanted to help developing countries and their higher educational systems while joining an American initiative to increase knowledge of other lands. 鈥Nick Claussen, BSJ 鈥92, assistant to the vice provost for global affairs at OHIO
