Rate My Professor Valerie Nagreg

Valerie Velina Nagreg serves as Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of General Studies (MPU) within the Faculty of Humanities and Health Sciences at Curtin University Malaysia. She holds the position of MPU Program Coordinator, managing the compulsory Mata Pelajaran Umum (MPU) units required for all undergraduate students at private higher education institutions in Malaysia under the Private Higher Education Institution Act 1996. These units focus on fostering responsible citizenship, personal growth, and essential humanity skills within the Malaysian context, equipping students to contribute to a harmonious multicultural community. As Faculty Chair for Community Engagement, Nagreg leads extensive outreach efforts, including student projects such as painting child protection murals at SK Merbau, raising and donating RM4,000 from an ethnic food carnival to a primary school in 2019, partnering with DBNA Miri for pandemic relief aid in 2020, organizing women's health awareness outreach in Kampung Bidayuh communities in 2024, hosting Indigenous Awareness Day in 2024, and distributing bubur lambuk during Ramadhan 2024. She also chairs special sessions on SDG-based competitions at the GlobeCoRes 2024 conference and leads the Volunteer Coordination Committee.

In May 2017, Nagreg was appointed to the National Higher Education Panel, recognizing her contributions as a lecturer in culture and language studies, previously known as the Department of Culture and Language Studies. Earlier, in 2014, she conducted workshops on essay writing for Bahasa Malaysia at SMK Luar Bandar. Nagreg is Chief Investigator on a research project alongside Dr. Anita Jimmie, Dr. Noraisikin Sabani, Esther Tong, and Farahezza Hairon Nizar, exploring topics relevant to private higher education students. She contributed content to the Miri Coffee Table Book for the Miri City Council and is pursuing a doctoral thesis at Curtin University Malaysia under Professor Claire Smith's supervision. Her leadership extends to roles such as Associate Dean of Community Engagement.