After a vacuum due to the pandemic that happened in the past few years, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) decided to bring back one of their annual events called the Faculty Fair. This year, this event was held from March 18th to 19th, 2023, and took place at the Graha Sabha Pramana UGM. This event aimed to provide information and insight about all faculties and study programs in UGM for high school students.

The faculty of Cultural Sciences also actively took part in this event. Students who came to its booth were allowed to meet the representative of each study program to get first-hand information. It was essential and beneficial, especially for those who have not called clear information about the reality of university life. 

Other than having a question and answer session with each study program, there was also another interactive session in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences’ booth. There was a traditional clothes exhibition which was done two times, on the first and the second day. On March 18th, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM provided traditional clothes from Japan called yukata. On March 19th, there was another traditional clothes exhibition from the Republic of Korea called Hanbok. These events attracted visitors to come and visit the Faculty of Cultural Sciences’ booth. 

In order to create a World-class University and strengthen the identity of Universitas Gadjah Mada as a Pancasila University and a Cultural Center University, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University accepted 40 exchange students both from Indonesia and overseas.

This semester, first time in its history, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM accepted 21 exchange students from the Indonesian Consortium of Deans of Faculty and Cultural Sciences, which is a consortium that aims to develop education and research in Cultural Sciences through collaboration within 16 Faculties of Cultural Science throughout Indonesia. The Faculty of Cultural Sciences accepted 21 students from 9 universities, including the University of Indonesia, Airlangga University, Andalas University, Brawijaya University, Diponegoro University, Halu Oleo University, Jenderal Soedirman University, University of Sumatera Utara, and Udayana University.

In addition, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences also accepted 20 students from various countries namely the Republic of Korea, Japan, Germany, Czech, Brunei Darussalam, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and other countries. Most of them will study Indonesian culture and conduct research in various fields in Indonesia.

All exchange students were welcomed by the faculty in the Inbound Students’ Orientation (ISO) Meeting on February 8th, 2023, which was opened by the Deputy Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM, Dr. Nur Saktiningrum, S.S., M.Hum., and Head of Office of International Affairs (OIA) UGM, I Made Andi Arsana, Ph.D.. Both conveyed the expectations from the faculty and OIA UGM for students to utilize this opportunity to experience cultural diversity in Yogyakarta and to expand intercultural communication and the relation within students from all over Indonesia and the world.

Author: Cornelius Prabhaswara Marpaung 

Documentation: Vina Aulia, Habib Ghulam 

The Bureau of Journals & Publishing is continually committed to supporting the publication preparations of lecturers at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences. On Wednesday, February 8th, 2023, the Journal & Publishing Bureau provided assistance to find journals as media for publication of lecturers’ articles and training on using the reference management application, Mendeley in the event organized by the Unit of Research and Publication of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM. 

In this event, there were discussions about predatory journals, journal criteria from the lecturer’s PAK side, the diversity and high cost of journal publications, and various topics related to journal publications in other scientific online journals. The Journal & Publishing Bureau also provides assistance services for finding journals and submitting journal articles individually on weekdays in Room 202, Poerbatjaraka Building, Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM. 

Information and reservations can be made through WhatsApp +628812677023 and by email journal.fib@ug.ac.id.

From November 14th to 25th, 2022, the History Study Program, Class of 2020 held an exhibition of works resulting from the Oral History course with the theme “Soeara People in 1945-1965” at the Soegondo Basement. This exhibition is open to the public and free. In contrast to exhibitions in general, the Oral History Exhibition emphasized interviews with sources who have direct experience related to certain historical events. Interestingly, instead of focusing on the oral history of major figures, this exhibition was more about the point of view of society.

In this exhibition, UGM History 2020 took various themes, including education, military, family, and socio-politics. Each theme will present several sources along with transcripts of interviews that have been done by the students of the History Study Program Class of 2020. In addition, several pieces of documentation were shown in the form of photos and videos which represented events, as well as recordings of the interviews.

Not only exhibitions, but they also held a talk show event “Oral History Exhibition” on November 17th, 2022 in Room 707 of the Soegondo Building, inviting speakers from student elements. The speakers for the talk show included Wheli Sutra Pradana, Cindy Gunawan, and Annisa Noorviana, moderated by Egit Andre and Nasywa Nur Athiyya.

Head of the Department of History Study Program, Dr. Abdul Wahid, M. Hum., M. Phil, expressed his pride in the innovations made by his students. This is proof that history can be learned from any media, one of which is exhibitions. He is optimistic that the Oral History exhibition can be held every year with an increasingly interesting theme.

This exhibition received much appreciation from both educational institutions and mass media, such as ugm.ac.id, @ugmtoday, tekno.tempo.co, headtopics.com, beritabaru.news, yogyapos.com, sumutkota.com, and jakartainews.com.

Thursday, February 22nd, 2023, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences succeeded in inaugurating 148 graduates consisting of 43 male graduates and 105 female graduates. The second period of the graduation took place on the 7th floor of the Soegondo Building Auditorium. The event was opened with an opening speech from Prof. Dr. Setiadi, M.Sc. as Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences. Furthermore, there was also a traditional dance performance by one of the student communities named Sastra Oebah. 

The average GPA for the undergraduate program in this period is 3.58 and the average study period is 4 years and 9 months. Riqko Nur Ardi Windayanto from the Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program and Filipus Andika Wicaksana from the Japanese Language and Culture Study Program with a GPA of 3.96 were the graduates with the highest scores. The graduate with the fastest study period was won by Riqko Nur Ardi Windayanto with a length of study of 3 years 5 months 14 days.

The final session of the graduation ceremony was the capitulation of certificates from each department followed by a photo session with the deans, heads of study programs, and graduates from each department.

Congratulations to all graduates who have successfully finished their studies at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM. Hopefully, all the achievements will be beneficial in the future.