Yogyakarta, August 13, 2024 – The Faculty of Humanities of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) successfully held the inaugural lecture for new undergraduate students of the Class of 2024 with the theme “The Role of Humanities in the 21st Century”. The event was held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, from 08.00 WIB to 11.00 WIB at Soegondo Building, UGM. Facing the number of participants reaching 700 people, this inaugural lecture was held offline at Soegondo Auditorium and online in various classes that had been determined. The division of rooms for this event was as follows:

– Soegondo Auditorium: Students of the Cultural Anthropology, Indonesian Language and Literature, and Tourism Study Programs.

– Soegondo Room 707: Students of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture, French Language and Literature, and History programs.

– Soegondo Room 625+627: Students of Korean Language and Culture Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 521+522: Students of the English Literature Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 407+409: Students of the Arabic Literature Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 310: Students of Japanese Language and Culture Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 226+227: Students of the Archaeology Study Program.

The event was attended by Heads of Departments and Heads of Undergraduate Study Programs (S1) and guided by the moderator, Dr. Wulan Tri Astuti, S.S., M.A.. This event certainly presents excellent speakers: Prof. Dr. Fadlil Munawaar Manshur, M.S., Prof. Dr. Bambang Hudayana, M.A., Prof. Dr. Sangidu, M.Hum., and Prof. Dr. Hendrokumoro, M.Hum. The speakers gave in-depth presentations on the contribution and relevance of the humanities in the context of the 21st century, providing valuable insights for the new students to start their academic journey. With high enthusiasm and spirit, new students are expected to absorb knowledge and inspiration from this inaugural lecture to build useful knowledge in the field of humanities.

Circular letter of the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada Number: 4981/UN1.FIB/KP/2024 concerning the prohibition of smoking in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada addressed to Lecturers, Education Personnel, and Students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada referring to the Rector’s Regulation of Universitas Gadjah Mada Number 29/P/SK/HT/2008 concerning Smoking Free Areas and the Rector’s Circular Letter Number 3830/UN1. P/SDM/PR/2021 on the Implementation of Health Promoting University at Universitas Gadjah Mada as attached, it is hereby conveyed that the Faculty of Cultural Sciences respectfully appeals to create a comfortable, healthy teaching and learning place, and to maintain health in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences environment, hereby convey the following matters:

1.Establishing the Faculty of Cultural Sciences as a Smoking Free Area.

2.The Faculty prohibits all people including the Faculty of Cultural Sciences community (Lecturers, Staff, Students) from smoking in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences environment.

Thus this circular letter is submitted for attention and implementation. Made in Yogyakarta, August 8, 2024 and electronically signed by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Prof. Dr. Setiadi, S.Sos., M.Si.

Copies:

1.Vice Dean

2.Head of Administrative Office

3. Field Coordinator of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM

The new academic year 2024/2025 has begun, which means there are new students who will pursue their education at the university level. This is also the case at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. This time the good news came from the Anthropology department. This year the Anthropology Department accepted 105 new students. Then the department together with the departmental association, Kemant, held an orientation period for new students of the Cultural Anthropology Bachelor Program.

The orientation period was held in a series of events that were packaged creatively and innovatively. The first activity was Meet the New Students, this activity was held on August 11, 2024. This activity is a gateway to introduce new students to anthropology. Through this activity, the committee and Kemant gave an overview of the Anthropology Department by socializing what activities are in the department, such as field research, exchange programs, tandem research, and many more. Then the new students were also divided into several groups that would be accompanied by a guide. The purpose of forming this group is to get to know each other and for various things that will be faced in the world of lectures. “Sharing is caring…”, said Deta as the public relations committee. This activity was closed with a jamming session.

Furthermore, students will get to know more about cultural anthropology in the activities in the coming week, some of which are: (a) group discussions that will be divided into several topics; (b) Rembukant, a talkshow type activity that will present speakers; (c) Writing Workshop; (d) Puncak Berkawant. So, let’s look forward to a series of other activities.

On Monday, August 12, 2024, the Department of History of Universitas Gadjah Mada has successfully held a special meeting for new students of the Master of History Program. This event took place offline in Soegondo Room 325 from 10:00 to 12:00 WIB. The meeting was attended by lecturers and all new students, and led directly by the Head of the Department, Dr. Abdul Wahid, M.Phil. During the two hours, participants received various important information about their study program, including curriculum, facilities, and upcoming academic activities.

The event aimed to introduce new students to the academic environment and build a good initial relationship between students and faculty. With a warm and interactive atmosphere, participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and discuss matters related to their studies. The lecturers appreciated the enthusiasm and attendance of the new students, and hoped that this meeting would be a good start to their academic journey in the Master of History program. The event went smoothly and ended with high hopes for academic success and productive collaboration in the future.

On Sunday, August 11, 2024, the Welcoming event for Linguistics 2024 students was successfully held at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. The activity began with a warm welcome from the Head of HMJ Linguistics, Yuliana, who welcomed the new students. Furthermore, participants were introduced to the profile of KALINGGA (Keluarga Linguistik Gadjah Mada), a linguistics master graduate student association.

The event continued with the election of the new class president, followed by an ice breaking session involving a Kahoot game with questions about the material that had been presented previously. During this session, participants were also divided into groups based on their specialization concentration, namely descriptive, translation, or social linguistics.At the end of the event, participants conveyed their impressions and messages before taking a group photo to conclude the activity. The whole event went smoothly and successfully, marking the beginning of a promising journey for the new Linguistics 2024 students.