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Guest Lecture: Urgency in Theorizing Urban Governance

Yogyakarta (1/12) – Visiting Professor (Guest Lecturer) is one of the internationalization programs of the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) which aims to present Visiting Lecturers from foreign universities, especially those who are included in the 100 QS World University Rankings or who has a cooperation agreement with UMY. The Visiting Professor Program can be proposed by two or more Study Programs, either under the same Faculty or across Faculties. The output of the Visiting Professor Program is the publication of research results with UMY lecturers in reputable/indexed international journals. In addition, with the Visiting Professor program, students can explore and receive new knowledge and knowledge that lecturers do not necessarily teach at UMY. It can also provide an internationalization experience for UMY students who register for the International class.

Therefore, the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) held a Visiting Professor activity which became a routine activity at IGOV UMY. In this Visiting Professor, IGOV UMY invited Abdullah Zed Munabari, S.IP., M.SI., from the National Consultant for Smart Green ASEAN Cities (SGAC). The activity was held on Thursday (1/12) through Zoom Meetings to fill in the Urban Governance course taught by Eko Priyo Purnomo, S.IP., M.Sc., M.Res., Ph.D.

In this activity, Mr. Dullah brought up the topic of Urgency in Theorizing Urban Governance which discussed Managing Urban Growth as a challenge in the twenty-first century. The focus of the discussion this time is on managing population mobility with the procurement of the MRT in Jakarta and roads that are friendly to cyclists. Besides that, the discussion continued with Water privatization, water privatization is when private corporations buy or operate public water or wastewater utilities. If this is implemented properly like in the city of Manila, the Philippines will become a strong opportunity to fight water scarcity. Through market competition, higher water prices, and cap and trade programs, water supply can not only be controlled but also be effectively managed. (ARP)

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Held a Welcoming Party, IGSC Discussed Self Compassion and Critical Thinking

Yogyakarta (28/11) – the International Government Students Community (IGSC) has just held a Welcoming Party activity, a welcoming event for new students of the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) and at the same time a ceremonial event that they have officially become fully a UMY IGOV Student and a IGSC member. This event was held on Sunday (27/11) and took place in Desa Wisata Pulesari, Sleman. Besides being attended by new IGOV UMY students, this activity was also attended by IGSC management and IGOV UMY managers.

This time the Welcoming Party presents the topic of Emphasize Self Compassion, Embracing Critical Thinking which focuses on caring and being kind to oneself in facing life’s difficulties and obstacles that will be faced through critical thinking. Some of the activities at this welcoming party this time are sharing between classes, games, ice breaking, outbound, and the connotation of queen and king for 2022. These activities were chosen to bond each class and increase the solidarity and critical thinking of new IGOV UMY students.

The Welcoming Party has mandatory activities that must be carried out, this activity is the determination of the king and queen of the class of 2022. The determination is judged by their activeness, ability to guide their friends, and how enthusiastic they are in participating in the activity. On this occasion, the ones who had the opportunity to become king and queen were Reyga Pramudita and Hasna Nabila. They said that they were very happy to be chosen as King and Queen at this year’s welcoming party.

“Didn’t expect to be chosen as King on this occasion, because previously I didn’t expect to even know that there was an election to become king and queen at this event.” Said Rega Pramudita

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IGOV UMY held a matriculation activity with the topic English and Abroad: Deal with English, then leave Indonesia

Yogyakarta (26/11) – As an International Program that has differences from regular programs, of course, there must be a similar perception and mindset for students so that they get an overview of the activities and obstacles they have to face when carrying out activities as International Program students. Therefore, the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) held a matriculation activity which has become an annual agenda that must be carried out.

The activity was held on Saturday (26/11) which took place in Pulesari Tourism Village, Sleman. This activity is intended for new IGOV UMY students so they can find out what they will face at IGOV UMY and the importance of being able to master languages ​​other than Indonesian. This goes straight with the topic used in this year’s matriculation activity, namely, English and Abroad: Deal with English, then leave Indonesia. This topic is used so that new IGOV UMY students can adapt and accept that currently, the use of English is very important to increase their value.

In addition, IGOV UMY invited a speaker and IGOV UMY Batch 2015 alumni, Mia Rosmiati, S.IP., to share her experience of how Mba Mia came from a small village with inadequate facilities to learn English and had to enter IGOV UMY who must use English in learning activities until becoming an English mentor. In the sharing activity, Mba Mia advised that don’t make language an obstacle for you to build relationships, make it a link so you get to know more people.

“Language is not to take you somewhere, but language can make those who don’t know you to become know you,” said Mba Mia. (ARP)

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Studying Disaster Management in Bantul Regency, Exchange Students From Maejo University Visit BPBD Bantu

Yogyakarta (25/11) – To exchange information on disaster management between Indonesia and Thailand, the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) invited 2 exchange students from Maejo University, Thailand (MJU) to visit the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Bantul Regency. besides being a forum for exchanging information on disaster management, this activity was carried out to monitor and evaluate research-based internship activities by the Director of IGOV UMY which at the same time developed the mandate to become the PIC of the Program Kompetisi Kampus Merdeka (PK-KM) of the UMY Government Science Study Program.

As exchange students who are currently studying in Indonesia, of course, it would be a shame if they did not develop their thinking and stimulate their creativity through exploring learning resources in Yogyakarta which does not necessarily exist in Thailand. From these activities, they can find out how the emergency response plan to the strategy in responding to the emergency response in Bantul Regency. Apart from that, the activity continued with a seafood processed dinner at Depok Beach which could be new information for them because each country must have a distinctive taste image that makes the country’s identity.

Of course, this activity makes learning not monotonous and provides benefits for each party. As stated by Amnat Arthan, who is often called Neck. “It was very nice to have the opportunity to be invited to take part in these activities. Apart from gaining knowledge about Monitoring and Evaluation, we can share knowledge and information about disaster management from each country.” (ARP)

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IGOV UMY Attends Gathering Activities with Favourite Schools

Yogyakarta (23/11) – Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University held a meeting with representatives from top schools in the city of Yogyakarta and its surroundings, Wednesday, 23 November 2022. This event took place on the Ground Floor of the K.H. Mosque. Ahmad Dahlan UMY. This gathering was carried out to introduce international program classes at UMY and establish cooperation with Favourite Schools.

An introduction to international programs at UMY was delivered by Dr. Imam Suprabowo, S.Sos., M.Pd. as the Head of the Admissions Bureau. He introduced 8 international study programs, starting from the International Program of International Relations (IPIREL), the International Program of Law and Sharia (IPOLS), the International Program of Islamic Economics & Finance (IPIEF), the International Program of Governmental Studies (IGOV), International Program of Accounting (IPACC), International Program of Management and Business (IMABS), International Program of Islamic Communication (IPICOM) and International Program of Communication Studies (IP-COS).

UMY also signed memorandums of understanding with top schools. This memorandum of understanding contained cooperation between UMY and the top schools that were established in the context of distributing students to international programs at UMY. Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University provides a quota of 16 students from each superior school. Of the 16 students who have been selected, two students will be included in each of the 8 international programs at UMY.

The top schools that have established this collaboration include Muhammadiyah 1 Klaten High School, Trensain Muhammadiyah Sragen High School, MA Al Irsyad Tengaran, Yogyakarta 1 MAN, Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah 2 High School, Yogyakarta 8 State High School, Yogyakarta 3 State Senior High School, Muallimin Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta MA., Abu Bakar Kulon Progo High School, Yogyakarta 1 Public High School, Al Mukmin Muhammadiyah Tembarak MA, Yogyakarta 1 Muhammadiyah High School, Yogyakarta 6 Muhammadiyah High School, Darul Quran MA, Mujahidin Muhammadiyah Wonosari High School, Darul Hikmah Kutoarjo High School, Baitul Quran High School, Muhammadiyah 7 High School Yogyakarta, MA Ponpes Ibnul Qoyyim Putra Bantul, and Muhammadiyah Boarding School Pleret. (ARP)

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Since the Welcoming Party Will Be Held, IGSC and IGOV Held a Meeting

Yogyakarta (22/11) – Welcoming Party and Matriculation are annual routine events held by the International Government Students Community (IGSC) to welcome the new students of the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY). This event aims to introduce the IGOV UMY campus environment to new students more deeply. In addition, this event also brought closer relations between new students and old students. Through this event, it is hoped that new students can adapt more easily at IGOV UMY.

In connection with the Welcoming Party activities for IGOV students batch 2022 tomorrow, the IGSC management and IGOV UMY managers held a meeting regarding the distribution of Person In Charge (PIC) for assigned tasks so that the welcoming party and matriculation activities proceeded properly. The meeting was held on Tuesday, 22 November 2022 which took place in Tutorial Room 1, Postgraduate Building, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, and was attended by Adibah Dhivani Gusmi, S.IP., as the PIC of the activity and the IGSC team.

Even though the welcoming party this time was different from the previous year because it was combined with the matriculation activity, the organizers were optimistic that this activity would be much more exciting and certainly beneficial for them. “Although this time the welcoming party activity is combined with the matriculation activity, we still guarantee that the event will excitingly take place by providing games and a warm welcome for them. Apart from that, with this activity we hope that there will be no gaps from each generation and make each IGOV UMY closer,” said Dilan chairman of the Welcoming Party activity committee. (ARP)

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IGOV UMY Welcoming of 2 Exchange Students from Maejo University, Thailand

Yogyakarta (17/11) – The Student Exchange Program as a result of the collaboration between the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) and Maejo University, Thailand is conducting stages of sending its students to each university after being confronted by the co-19 pandemic which caused the student exchange program to not be carried out. At this time, IGOV UMY is accepting 2 students from Maejo University, Thailand who will study at IGOV UMY for 1 semester. The two students were named Amnat Arthan and Chakorn Auppala.

Of course, the arrival of the 2 exchange students is expected to be able to add to the relations of IGOV UMY students and they can share experiences, learn about each culture, and provide insight and new perspectives from the exchange students. As stated by Awang, one of the IGOV UMY batch 2020 students, “With the arrival of these 2 students, we hope that we can broaden our insights and perspectives about the world. In addition, we hope that we will be able to exchange positive thoughts and culture with them.” This is of course in line with the mission of IGOV UMY which wants to make IGOV UMY graduates able to compete nationally and globally with the provision provided as well as broader insights and perspectives.

As this of course also has a positive impact on these exchange students, with this program they can learn new knowledge about the Indonesian government which is certainly different from Thailand which adheres to a constitutional monarchy form of government. “We hope that this activity can provide new knowledge about the Indonesian government and upgrade our English skills,” said the two of them. The two students will study with IGOV batch 2020 students for 1 semester. Using presto is very much attached to pretzels, it would be a shame if you remove the pretzels themselves, therefore using a new brand to load new products (multi-brand) will be more suitable for this case

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Optimistic for Student Exchange to Malaysia, IGOV UMY Holds Interviews for Student Exchange

Yogyakarta (15/11) – For the umpteenth time, the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) again selects its students for student exchange activities abroad. This activity, which is a routine agenda for each semester, is one of the mandatory graduation requirements for IGOV UMY students. In addition to being a mandatory requirement, this activity certainly helps students in developing their values ​​so that they become graduates who are able to be competitive both nationally and globally.

On Wednesday, November 14, 2022, IGOV UMY has just held an interview for 3 IGOV UMY students who will conduct a Student Exchange at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. This activity was held in the Jusuf Kalla School of Government UMY (JKSG UMY) Room and the selector in this interview session was Adibah Dhivani Gusmi, S.IP., one of the IGOV UMY staff who is in charge of International Mobility and Cooperation. The purpose of this selection activity is to determine the English language skills of prospective students who will do Student Exchange, the benefits they get for their individual after participating in the activity, and to find out how serious they are in participating in the activity.

“This interview activity is of course not only to prevent falsification of TOEFL/IELTS scores by knowing firsthand their English language skills, but to find out their seriousness in participating in student exchange activities. Of course we don’t want to send students who have a goal to travel without thinking about their scores. there,” said Sakir Ridho Wijaya, S.IP., M.IP., as the Director of IGOV UMY

In this interview session, 3 students of IGOV UMY Batch 2021 were attended which was their first experience in interviewing as a selection process for Student Exchange activities, of course as their first experience, they felt nervous and nervous even though they felt well prepared for this activity. As stated by Kevin Arya Praja “Although we have prepared for this activity, we are very nervous because this is our first experience participating in an interview for Student Exchange. However, we are optimistic that we will go to Malaysia” (ARP

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To Maximize Students Graduates, IGOV UMY Held a Final Year Students Meeting for Bachelor Thesis

Yogyakarta (14/11) – To help students complete their undergraduate education on time which is also an important aspect in assessing study program accreditation, the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) has just held an IGOV activity Final Year Students Meeting for Bachelor Thesis. This activity was held on Monday, 14 November 2022 which took place in Classroom 405, Postgraduate Building, UMY, and was attended by IGOV UMY Team and IGOV UMY students. As an international class, this activity needs to be carried out because the international class has procedures for submitting and working on theses that are different from regular classes.

There were several discussions in this activity such as giving directions from the director of IGOV UMY, conveying the obstacles faced by IGOV UMY students, and collecting data regarding whether students had fulfilled the administration requirements for graduation. In addition, IGOV UMY provides facilities in the form of mentors for IGOV UMY students who have difficulties in the process of working on their thesis, such as processing data, using tools that are currently a requirement in the thesis, and assisting in scientific writing.

In this activity, Mas Sakir as the director of IGOV UMY gave directions for IGOV UMY students to be able to graduate quickly while still following existing quality standards “We hope IGOV UMY students can complete their thesis quickly but still pay attention to existing quality standards”. In addition, he explained that if there is a difference with the supervisor it is normal and can be resolved “If you have a conflict or difference of opinion with your supervisor it is normal and needs to be communicated properly and can be resolved well together” said Mas Sakir. (ARP)

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IGOV UMY Students Participate in the National Conference at Universitas Muhammadiyah Lampung

Yogyakarta (10/11) – Success in the world of work is not due to his academic ability. Not because of one’s technical ability / hard skills. Many studies show that one’s success in the world of work is not based on technical ability. The technical ability only accounts for ten percent of its success, and the remaining 80 percent is contributed by non-academic abilities or so-called soft skills. Soft skills currently support someone who will work or create jobs. This shows that most companies prefer prospective workers who have excellent soft skills but lack hard skills. Compared to choosing prospective workers who have strong hard skills but lack soft skills.

In this era, the capacity building of students at the University is being intensified to hone the soft skills of the students to prepare graduates who can compete globally. Many tactics and strategies are used by universities and study programs to improve students’ soft skills. One of the efforts made is to create a Capacity Building program that leads to students participating in national and international competitions, participating in international conferences, participating in national conferences, etc. Thus, students are expected to be able to improve their soft skills and get achievements in non-academic and academic fields

One of the Study Programs that aggressively encourages students to continue to improve their students’ soft skills is the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) through one of the capacity-building programs that it has created, IGOV Hello Research. At this time IGOV Hello Research is sending 6 IGOV students to a national conference held by the University of Muhammadiyah Lampung on Thursday, November 10, 2022, through Zoom Meetings. In this activity, participants presented the results of their research after they participated in the national seminar the participants were able to publish their research results in nationally reputable journals.

Positive activities like this cannot be separated from the contribution of IGOV UMY in providing excellent facilities through the Capacity Building program, namely IGOV Hello Research. As stated by Muhammad Ariq Rafi. “Participating in this activity is certainly a special opportunity where other students may not get this golden opportunity, of course, this opportunity cannot be separated from the support provided by IGOV UMY through IGOV Hello Research which allows students to continue to develop and prepare us to become quality graduates”. (ARP)