By Aisyah Karina
GOMBAK, 17 November 2019: In an effort to disseminate psychological information, academic exhibitions and activities focusing on community engagement were conducted during the Psychology Day 2019 on Thursday (15 November).
Carrying the theme, œTime is now: The Contribution of Psychology to the Community, the annual event was successfully held at IIUM organised by the Secretariat of Psychology (PSYCSTA).
Various activities were carried out consisting of both academic and non-academic events which involved psychological fields such as clinical, media, sports, and physiological.
Several academic booths displayed issues related to mental health, social behaviour and body health.
The academic exhibitions and community engagement activities were presented by Psychology students themselves which sparked the interest of the audience who took part in the event.
Some of the activities were also demonstrated previously outside of the campus as an act of engaging with the community.
The event’s Executive Manager, Nur Aqilah, shared, “The programme is organised every year to exhibit research and work done by students majoring in Psychology.
She explained that the aim of the programme was to promote Psychology itself by “not only focusing on Psychology students, but the whole IIUM community.
The event was also attended by students from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) who visited the campus.
“We were very happy and satisfied with the hospitality provided and it was truly a great event,” said one of the visitors.***