Pre-requisites Activity Report 1
Activity Information
- Program: CGMA BOXTROLLS 2023
- Date: 13rd May 2023
- Venue: Dewan Kuliah 1, L50, UTM
- Organizer: CGMA
Graduate Attributes
- Career Skills
- Communication Skills
- Thinking Skills
- Problem-solving Skills
- Leadership
- Teamworking Skills
Position/Role in the Activities
- Participant only
Mini Report
Boxtrolls is an industrial sharing and bonding event that is organized by the Computer Graphics and Multimedia Association (CGMA) for all students from SECV (Graphics and Multimedia Software). The event is held at Dewan Kuliah 1, L50 in UTM and the event time was from 8.30 am until 5.00 pm. After the registration session, we had a briefing about the tentative program and some students were randomly picked to introduce themselves simply. After that, we had the industrial sharing session in which our seniors from Year 4 who had finished their industrial training will share their experiences of internship. There was a Q&A session between the seniors and juniors to share more details about the internship such as the interview process, salary, skills required, company environment, etc. We had an hour's lunch break at 1.00 pm and after that, we had to take the second attendance before the next session started. At 2.30 pm, the activity was team building. In this session, we were divided into several groups, each involving 8 to 10 students from different years. The team activity is that we should build our own tower and also a weapon that is used to attack other groups' towers. We are provided with some materials such as cardboard, paper cups, scissors and tape. After discussion, my group decided to build a simple tower with a great bottom area to ensure its stability. We created a paper gun as our weapon but it was too weak to attack and destroy the big tower. Each group was given three chances to attack other groups' towers. The judge gave the marks based on the design, height of the tower and the endurance of the tower. Before being dismissed, we had a closing ceremony which included a prize-giving session and a photo session.
Self Reflection
Boxtrolls is the first CGMA activity that I participate in physically after the pandemic. After involving in this event, I was able to know new friends from different batches. Besides, I have a general understanding of the internship that I am going to train in the fourth year of my university. I also improve my creative skills by involving myself in the session on building the tower and weapon. My communication skills have levelled up through the group discussion and we complete our group tasks by working in a team. After attending this activity, I feel more that I am one of the CGMA since we finally conduct the activity face-to-face and it has strengthened the bonding between every CGMA member.