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Thursday (19/01), Jeonju Volunteer Center, the Republic of Korea visited Vocational College UGM (SV UGM) in order to enhance bilateral relations between the two institutions. Jeonju Volunteer Center is an organization doing social works focusing on children around the world. Composed of students from several universities in Korea, this organization every year visits on average 11 countries in Asia Pacific, including Indonesia.
Taking place at Vocational College UGM, there was Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing between Vocational College UGM represented by the Dean, Wikan Sakarinto, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D. and Jeoju Volunteer Center represented by Prof. Lee Hye Sook on behalf of the President.
The collaboration, which is previously initiated by Korean Language Study Program, aiming at developing rural and underdeveloped areas by performing socio-cultural joint-activities, volunteering, and education.
Wikan said that SV UGM, as the partner of Jeonju Volunteer Center and the representative of Indonesia, is willing to provide information support needed by the volunteers under the collaboration program.
“Both parties should be respectful to each other. In the future, we expect that not only students from Korea visiting Indonesia but vice versa,” said Wikan.
Attending and witnessing this MoU Signing Ceremony were Team Leader of Jeonju Volunteer Center Prof. Lee Hye Sook, Personal Manager Mr. Yoon Seung Hyeon and Assistant Manager Mr. Song Hyun Taek, Manager of Office of International Affairs SV UGM Andri Handayani, S.S., M.A., and Head of Korean Language Study Program SV UGM Supriadianto, S.S., M.A. (Trl by Tyas)
Following up the result of the meeting of Senior Experten Services (SES) Germany (10/01) to invite professors to SV UGM, Office of International Affairs SV UGM held the presentation of the proposals which already made by each study program or department in SV UGM.
This meeting participated by the representatives of study program and also attended by Adam Pamma, the representative of SES Germany. This proposal’s presentation aimed to propose Professor according to what the study programs or departments need. The cost of this collaboration fully funded by University, The study program is only need to provide the local transportation and meals during the contract.
The representatives of each study programs presented the proposals and led by Adam Pamma, hopefully the study programs or departments will get the best Professor for their units. The Professors will visit SV UGM in 3 weeks on average. This Collaboration is planned to start in the beginning of April 2017, this thing is in the same way with the target of SV UGM to bring in 20 Professors in 2017.
On Wednesday (04/01/2017), Vocational College (SV) UGM and PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk in Jakarta signed a Memorandum of Agreement on student internship and training program. The signing was attended by General Manager Human Capital PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk Agung Yunanto and the Officials of Vocational College UGM including Dean Wikan Sakarinto, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D., Director of Vocational Development Center Ir. Hotma Prawoto Sulistyadi, M.T., IP-Md., Vice Dean for Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives Radhian Krisnaputra, S.T., M.Eng., and Manager of Public Relation and TIK Supriadianto, S.S., M.A.
This collaboration includes activities aiming at enhancing the skill quality of students by attending industrial and technical internship and training program in PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk within 5 to 6 months.
This MoA Signing is a follow-up towards the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk and Universitas Gadjah Mada. Instead of Vocational College, there were Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Law of UGM signing the MoA at the same time.
“Each year, PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk demands 2500 human resources. This condition leads Vocational College UGM to establish collaboration which accomodates students in doing internship. It would also give us golden opportunity to promote our students to work in PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk after graduation by passing some screenings beforehand, “ Radhian said.
By this agreement signing, the student internship and training program agreed between Vocational College UGM and PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk could be organized further by full support from various aspects in Vocational College UGM.
Vocational College (SV) UGM and Ministry of Transportation of Infonesia (Kemenhub) agreed to establish cooperation on developing education on transportation.
Thursday (05/01), visit by Dean of Vocational College UGM Wikan Sakarinto, ST., M. Sc., Ph. D., Vice Dean for Collaboration and Strategic Initiatives Radhian Krisnaputra, S. T., M. Eng., and Director of Vocational Development Center SV UGM Ir. Hotma Prawoto Sulistyadi , M. T., IP. Md to the Office of Ministry of Transportation was warmly welcome by the Minister of Transportation himself, Budi Karya Sumadi, and staffs.
To support the training program for people in Yogyakarta, who could not pursue higher education due to economic causes, organized by Ministry of Transportation of Indonesia, SV UGM was appointed as its partner especially to prepare the human resources.
‘In March 2017, we expect to already collect the list of human resources who are willing and ready to take part in this program. Therefore, we could do some publications and screenings,” Radhian said.
The training program would be 100% free of charge for people in Yogyakarta who could not pursue higher education due to economic causes. Further, it is designed to graduate professional human resources who are ready to work as sailing crew, shipboard maintenance staff, or else, he added.
This collaboration aims at helping less educated people and improving transportation facilities in purpose to give abundant advantages to many people. It is recognized as strategic initiative by Ministry of Transportation for its focus on developing vocational education.
Besides, on the same day, Vocational College also visited Indonesian Aviation Academy or Sekolah Tinggi Penerbangan Indonesia (STPI) Curug to meet the Head of STPI Curug.
The Officials of SV UGM enjoyed a tour inside STPI Curug to see the laboratories and some essential tools used for teaching learning process. Further, referring to the plan of developing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of aircraft concentration under Study Program of Maintenance and Management of Heavy Equipment, during this visit, both of institutions were sharing thoughts about the history of establishing STPI Curug as well the aircraft maintenance system.
“As a state academy under Ministry of Transportation, STPI could be a good model for Vocational College UGM to establish professional education on aviation sector,” Wikan Sakarinto said.
This collaboration is expected to run smoothly and involve various units in Vocational College UGM. It could be a steppingstone of establishing solutions towards transportation problems and of developing public services. (Trl by Tyas)
Monday (09/01/2017). Considering the fact that there are few aircraft maintenance workshops in Indonesia, Vocational College UGM (SV UGM) realized that it is necessary to prepare skilful human resources on aircraft maintenance. A significant way to prepare it is by accelerating the formation of Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of aircraft under the management of Maintenance and Management of Heavy Equipment Engineering Study Program.
To support the idea of developing MRO concentration, SV UGM visited PT. Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) aiming at the agenda of mapping the demands of human resources in PT. GMF (5/1/2017). Attending this visit were Dean of Vocational College UGM Wikan Sakarinto, ST., M. Sc., Ph. D., Vice Dean for Collaboration and Strategic Initiatives Radhian Krisnaputra, S. T., M. Eng., and Director of Vocational Development Center Ir. Hotma Prawoto Sulistyadi , M. T., IP-Md. Visit from SV UGM was warmly welcome by Director Human Capital Heriyanto Agung Putra and staffs.
Further, Radhian said, MRO concentration would be added in Study Program of Maintenance and Management of Heavy Equipment Engineering to yield skilful graduates to work at institutions and companies regarding the human resources on aircraft maintenance. To be expected in the future, there is no need for Indonesian aircrafts to get maintenance abroad but in Indonesia.
SV UGM became the 10th educational institution to have joint project with PT. GMF following 9 polytechnics in Indonesia. Referring that collaboration, SV UGM be given opportunity to send some internship students to PT. GMF.
By taking advantages of establishing collaboration with PT. GMF, SV UGM expects to be an outstanding educational institution which is acknowledged of being the center of vocational education for aircraft maintenance both nationally and internationally. SV UGM also expects to be an independent, competitive and professional institution. (Trl by Tyas)
There are 7 Vocational College (SV UGM) students from Korean Language Study Program are participating Student Exchange Program and Advanced Study Program in 2 universities in the Republic of Korea. Five of them are taking part in Student Exchange Program. Leliyana Putritama, Anugrah Anggraeni, Ahadilla Nur’ais Hartono Putri and Mar’atus Solikhah are staying in Gangneung Wonju National University (GWNU) for 2 semesters meanwhile Irawan Setiadi is staying in Gyeongsang National University (GNU) for 1 semester. On the other hand, 2 other students namely Indhira Kusuma Wardani and Aruna Pandu Ardiyan are attending advanced study program for Bachelor Degree in GWNU Korea.
Supriadianto, S.S, M.A., the Chair Person of Korean Language Study program explained that those five students are granted scholarship from Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) to participate in Student Exchange Program. The scholarship covers the whole expenses.
“KGSP Scholarship is full scholarship for students. It covers round-trip flight tickets, tuition fee, dormitory, and living expenses,” Mr. Supriadianto known as Adi Kyosunim said.
Speaking of Advanced Study Program, Korean Language Study Program has been granted Global Government Scholarsip Program (GGSP) covering living expenses and dormitory for 2 graduates/alumni for 3 – 4 semesters.
According to Director of SV UGM, Ir. Hotma Prawoto Sulistyadi, M.T.,IP-Md., during his speech in farewell ceremony for those students on February 25, 2016, the Student Exchange and Advanced Study Programs are the realization of partnership between SV UGM and several universities and governmental institutions in Korea.
Hotma added that, every year, Korean Language Study Program frequently sends its students to Korea for either Student Exchange Program or Advanced Study Program (Bachelor Program).
“Instead of learning Korean Language intensively, the students will also learn about Korean culture and custom. They will be involved in various cultural events in Korea,” he explained. (Humas SV)
Thursday (17/12), located in the main lobby of Vocational College building, dozens of student works from Electronics and Instrumentation Study Program (ELINS) were displayed.
Besides seeing student works, visitor could also try using the electronic tools made by the students. One of the exhibited tools is automatic body height measurement made by Mario Elfan Niko Rahutama and friends from batch 2014. This handy tool works by placing it on head then it will calculate the height by using ultra-sonic sensor and record it on the display.
Mario explained that student works displayed came from the projects of ELINS Workshop attended by 3rd semester students of Electronics and Instrumentation.
“In the beginning, these works are made for laboratory project but after knowing that they would be displayed in an exhibition, we were very excited. Many visitors would come and see our works, “ Mario said.
On the other side, Saka Gilap known as Asha, a lecturer handling ELINS Workshop and an initiator of this event, said that the purpose of this event is to show the potentials of Electronics and Instrumentation students in designing and developing useful electronic tools.
“Through this event, we expect that students and lecturers from other study programs could acknowledge and appreciate the potentials possessed by ELINS Students. In the future, our students are very ready to collaborate with other students for PKM (Students Creativity Program), “ Asha said.
Asha also explained that on February 2016, there would be bigger exhibition event to accommodate broader participants. It will display not only students works from ELINS but also other study programs in Vocational College, UGM.
At least, there are 15 student works displayed in this expo. It would run from today to December 18th, 2015. Everyone interested in this event is very welcome to visit the main lobby of Vocational College building.
Wednesday (28/10), Tim Hibah Perencanaan dan Pengembangan Inovasi Akademik (Grants for Planning and Development of Academic Innovation Team) Sekolah Vokasi (SV) UGM paid a visit to Local Government of Kulonprogo to discuss about preparation of Teaching Industry project realization. The delegates from SV UGM were led by the Director himself, that is Ir. Hotma Prawoto Sulistyadi, M.T.,IP-Md. They were warmly welcome by the head of Local Planning and Development Bureau (Bappeda), Ir. Agus Langgeng Basuki.
Teaching Industry (TI) is a project under collaboration between UGM and Local Government of Kulonprogo, in which it was initiated by UGM to develop and improve the quality of vocational education in UGM.
According to Hotma, Teaching Industry program could develop knowledge based on applied research which could stimulate the creation and invention of innovation needed by society.
Hotma stated that through Teaching Industry the synergy between education and industry to embody the dignity as an independent nation could be upheld.
The application of Link and Match principle, which is elaborated into Teaching Industry concept, would be carried out in the arrangement of developing campus building nearby and access to real industry. In this case, UGM has been collaborating with Local Government of Kulonprogo.
Furthermore, to embody the sinergy between education and industry, Vocational College UGM as educational institution takes significant role in the development of industry, especially in Kulonprogo. Contribution of SV UGM academicians related to the development of knowledge based on applied research should focuses on agriculture products or agroindustry. Then, it would be implemented directly by industries in Kulonprogo.
Aside from visiting Local Government in Kulonprogo, delegates of Vocational College UGM also paid a visit to CV. Karya Hidup Sentosa known as Pabrik Traktor Quick (“Quick” Tractor Manufacturer) in Kulonprogo. Based on the arrangement, Vocational College UGM will also exchange mutual collaboration with Pabrik Traktor Quick to develop teaching industry in Kulonprogo.
