Yogyakarta (6/2) – Ibaraki University visited SV UGM on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at SV 233. The guests were Mr. Keito Motegi, representative of Ibaraki University KUI staff who was accompanied by Ni Nyoman Indriyani from the UGM Faculty of Agriculture UGM, Listya Puspita Pandanwangi from ASMI Santa Maria, and the staffs of KUI SV UGM.

The visit was part of the agenda of Staff Exchange program from Ibaraki University Office of International Affairs (OIA). One of the activities was visiting OIA exchange information at faculties in UGM.

During the event, SV UGM representative shared about Sekolah Vokasi UGM, then shared about the possibility of collaborating with Ibaraki University such as Student Exchange, Internship or Community Service, which had previously been carried out by the Faculty of Agriculture UGM, especially in the field of Agriculture and Agroindustry. The program then continued with question and answer session and ended by giving a token. Mr. Keito Motegi expressed his delight at his visit to SV UGM.

Ibaraki University is a university that was founded in 1949 in Bunkyo, Japan. The university has five faculties, they are College of Humanities, College of Education, College of Science, College of Engineering, and College of Agriculture.

Sekolah Vokasi (25/1) – English Study Program Sekolah Vokasi (SV) UGM hosted the Public Relations Family (Kapurel) Meeting Goes to Campus. Kapurel always holds regular meetings every month and presents different speakers. The event was attended by inviting guests from lecturers of the English Language Study Program and PR from various business organizations or institutions in Yogyakarta.

As the Head of Kapurel Yogyakarta, Mr. Hairullah Gazali in his remarks said that “This meeting is different because it is our first time to conduct it in campus. Usually, the meeting is held in the hotels. This time we bring the theme ‘Creating Brand Value’, about how Public Relations can work together with marketing in building a brand,” he said.

Then, Ms. Erlin Estiana Yuanti, S.S., M.A., as Head of English Study Program, welcomed and thanked the guests for coming.
“We aim that in the future the curriculum will focus on the application of English in the Business Communication specifically for Public Relations. Hopefully, we can all work together,” she said.

The speaker of Kapurel Goes to Campus at SV UGM is Mr. Agus Putranto, M.Sc., Head of Cooperation and Promotion Office and Lecturer of Communication Studies Program at Universitas Atma Jaya, Yogyakarta. He explained that “Brand is the asset with the greatest value compared to other assets in a company, so that the company must have credibility and be able to build a good image through reputation and have a clear direction of business development.”

Yogyakarta (7/1) – Dean of Sekolah Vokasi UGM, Mr. Wikan Sakarinto, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D., officially signed a MoU with Yayasan Indonesia Rumah Kebinekaan (YIRK) in academic, research, and community service sector he also attended the launching of Digital Encyclopedia “jogjapedia.org” (11/1). Yayasan Indonesia Rumah Kebinekaan (YIRK) is the initiator of jogjapedia.org.

jogjapedia.org is a digital literacy platform with positive content to against various kinds of irregularities and abuse (hoax, hate speech, cyber bullying, cyber radicalism, etc.). The background of the digital encyclopedia “jogjapedia.org” development is to fulfill the need for collaboration between government and society based on digital culture. Moreover, jogjapedia.org has a special function in terms of education, literacy, synergy, cohesion and promotion. In addition to tourism in the Yogyakarta region, jogjapedia.org also provides opportunities for students as a digital-based learning facility in the form of e-learning activities.

The cooperation between Sekolah Vokasi UGM with YIRK consist of publication, research, promotion, data validation, etc. SV UGM lecturers might help in authorizing the works done by the organization. In addition, both lecturers and students could become informants in conducting research, especially for tourism field or others field related to Yogyakarta.