Yogyakarta, Thursday, June 6, 2024 – The Arabic Literature Study Program of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held an offline Tourism Arabic Lecture at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM. The lecture presented a practitioner from UGM Faculty of Cultural Sciences Alumni, Ghifari Yuristiadhi Masyhari Makhasi, S.S., M.A., M.M., C.H.E. who currently works as a Tourism Lecturer at UGM Vocational School. In this activity, Ghifari shared experiences and practical knowledge on how to become a proficient Arabic tour guide.

The students were very enthusiastic about the lecture, especially because they could directly interact with practitioners and get first-hand insight into the challenges and opportunities in the tourism industry using Arabic. Ghifari also provided a tour guide simulation, where students were invited to play the role of tour guides and tourists. With this lecture, students are expected to be better prepared for the world of work and have additional skills that can increase their competitiveness in the global market.

This lecture is part of the UGM Arabic Literature Study Program’s efforts to improve the quality of education and curriculum relevance to industry needs.

On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the UGM Directorate of Student Affairs held the UGM Student Organization Administration Workshop 2024 aimed at all Faculty / School Student Institutions, Student Communities, and Student Activity Units (UKM) at Universitas Gadjah Mada UGM to be given material on student organization administration. This activity was held in Multimedia Room 1 3rd Floor, UGM Main Office, inviting a number of student affairs resource persons to provide a number of material topics. Topics discussed included correspondence, information technology services, and organizational administration management.

In this activity, one of the students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM who represented the Gadjah Mada Debating Society UGM Student Activity Unit, I Putu Adhimas Radiansyah Aryawan, as Secretary, attended the workshop agenda which began with a speech by the Head of the Subdirectorate of Organization, Facilities, and Student Welfare, Mrs. Desi Yulianti, S.E., M.Acc.. Then, it was continued with correspondence material and correspondence script in accordance with applicable language and structure rules. On the topic of this material, representatives of student organizations were given practical examples interactively through reviews of examples of correspondence scripts of several student organizations by Mrs. Martindah Hanurani Budi Sukmarhayu, S.Pd.. Followed by IT services and information systems by Aziz Hendra Atmaja, S.Kom., from the UGM Information Technology Directorate, discussing information technology services such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, and others that can support the administrative work of student organizations.

After the break session, the last material agenda was the Administration of Student Organizations presented by Ahmad Yuana Putra, S.Si., Staff of the Directorate of Student Affairs UGM, who is also a former administrator of the UGM UKM Communication Forum (FORKOM) and former Chairman of BEM Biology UGM. In this agenda, Mas Yuana shared his memorable experiences about the importance of managing well-documented organizational administration when he was an active UGM student who had been involved in various committees and organizations. After the experience sharing session, the activity began to end with a random group quiz session by answering 10 quiz questions correctly.

Through the administrative workshop activities held, it is hoped that the organization administrators can understand the workflow and orderly in working on appropriate organizational files and administration and students are also closer to the UGM Directorate of Student Affairs from various facilities and infrastructure that have been provided to support student organizations.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM participated in a webinar on the Kick-Off of Micro Credential Development for University Leaders through UGM Online organized by the Directorate of Academic Studies and Innovation, Universitas Gadjah Mada. This activity aims to introduce the term Micro Credential which is a certificate or recognition given to individuals after completing a course or learning module that focuses on certain competencies or skills. In conjunction with the learning management system portal through UGM Online, to form a new educational ecosystem to support continuing education and lifelong learning for students and alumni by obtaining online learning resources. Microcredentials that are delivered through the types of online learning classes offered are usually short in duration and highly focused. They are designed to enhance certain skills or master specific competencies to the point of recognition for learning credits.

Microcredentials are divided into six different classes, namely:

• Technical Skills Class
• Professional Development Class
• Soft Skills Class
• Compliance and Regulatory Class
• Entrepreneurship Class
• Industry Specific Classes

Each class is designed with a specific focus to develop different skills. This specific skill development is able to support each individual to deepen their knowledge and insight in a specific focus for career advancement and improve individual competence. Module or course development of micro credentialing modules is developed from courses that are then packaged and reproduced according to the principles of micro credentialing. Lecturers can develop micro credential modules from their expertise, which has strategic value in the community/market to be accessed widely and massively. The module may be different from the material in the course and what is taught to students.

The evaluation and preparation of the BPK Region X Technical POS was held on April 23-26, 2024 at the Solia Zigna Hotel, Surakarta. This activity is part of the 2024 work program of BPK Region X, which in the previous year had compiled POS Technical Activities for several types of main tasks and functions of the working groups within BPK Region X. Participants who attended were all staff from the BPK Region X office from each working group. The activity began with a presentation from a resource person related to the main task of the BPK (Cultural Preservation Center), namely the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Promotion Objects, especially the Protection aspect which includes Cultural Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Given that the Development and Utilization tasks are currently under the newly inaugurated MCB (Museum and Cultural Heritage) office. On this occasion, material was presented on aspects related to preservation activities in accordance with academic principles and rules according to the scientific field of archaeology. At the beginning of the presentation, the challenges of the field of archaeology in the future, especially those related to the preservation of cultural heritage, the parties who are stakeholders and have an interest in cultural heritage, were presented.

Changes in the scientific paradigm and also the condition of society also affect the scheme of involvement of stakeholders with an interest in cultural heritage. The development of research methods in the academic world needs to be conveyed to the participants in an effort to maintain the scientific spirit of each working group’s activities at the CPC. The presentation was closed with discussion and questions from the participants.

Sunday, January 28, 2024, Lecturer of the Javanese Language, Literature and Culture Study Program, Dr. Arsanti Wulandari, S.S., M.Hum., was present as a guest speaker in one of the Dimyati Podcast episodes entitled, “Manuscripts as a Window to the Past”. Dimyati Podcast is one of the American podcasts that talks a lot about Indonesian studies from art, culture to politics. Manuscripts as one of Indonesia’s traditional cultural products are raised as one of the themes discussed, because the cultural products of manuscripts contain the mindset of the people of that time. The text contained is data and documentation of past culture which, if revealed, we can also benefit from.

In the context of telling the past of Javanese society at that time, the recording of a series of events, recording of treatment, and the values disguised in a story in the manuscript can reveal civilization, thinking, and even the technology used in past life. Various kinds of manuscripts and their functions are briefly conveyed on the Dimyati Podcast. In addition, the podcast tool is also one of the media to raise one of the cultural products such as manuscripts and increase the reputation of the Javanese Language, Literature and Culture Study Program, to be better known internationally.

The podcast video link is as follows:

• Manuscript as a Window to the Past by Dr. Arsanti Wulandari, S.S., M.Hum