Tea Meetings with President for graduating students has been a tradition in UTAR since its first cohort of graduates. In March, UTAR President, Ir. Prof. Dato' Dr. Chuah Hean Teik met with graduating from different faculties namely Faculty of Creative Industries, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Faculty of Accountancy and Management and Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at Petaling Jaya.

Final year students were provided with the golden opportunity to mingle with UTAR President and UTAR senior officials, Information counters were also set up by Department of Alumni Relations & Placement (DARP), Division of Programme Promotion, Centre for Extension Education and the Department of Soft Skills Competency during the high tea sessions to provide useful information for the graduating students.

In his opening speech, Prof. Chuah shared several practical and valuable tips on attending job interviews with the students. He urged them to be wise in choosing and finding their niche in the working world. He stressed to the students that having the academic skills alone was not enough to ensure them a good job. They should also be aware of other important criteria for selection such as leadership abilities, teamwork and communication skills.

Prof. Chuah also advised students to develop positive work attitude in securing theirs jobs. He added that fresh graduates should be realistic and should not be too selective in their job search. They should learn to gain worthwhile experience from their first job and continue learning in order to prepare themselves for the new challenges that they will encounter in working life.

After the president's speech, Ms. Sum Kwai Seong, Head of the Department of Alumni Relations & Placement (DARP) introduced the role of DARP as well as the services provided by DARP to UTAR alumni and graduating students. She highlighted the importance of alumni updating UTAR with their contact numbers and addresses and informed them of the up-coming Career Days in March and April 2010 as well as information on the coming convocation in August. She closed her speech by encouraging students to continue close ties with their alma mater.