UMS students use adversity as motivation to succeed


Phil Ryan (middle) with his aunt and younger siblings.

KOTA KINABALU: Two Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students have shown that hard work and dogged determination can overcome any adversity in life.

During UMS’ 25th convocation here, Sean Seadie Kuyubin, who was born with cerebral palsy, received his degree after passing his studies in Social Science (Industry Relations) with honours, achieving a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.42.

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