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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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This is What You Can Do as IGOV Students During Mid Semester Break

Yogyakarta (21/11) – On 21 – 26 November 2022 the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences held Mid Semester Break activities based on SE of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Number: 11 lo/A. I-II/VII/2022, and results of coordination meetings between Faculty Leaders and Study Programs as well as results from the RKT of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. Mid Semester Break is a 1 week’s break from lectures after the 8th (eighth) meeting ends.

Mid-Semester Break is the most eagerly awaited activity. A semester break is a right time to take a break and unwind after a busy college routine. Usually, students return home during the semester break. Some go on picnics and travel for refreshing. But some just stay at the boarding house or rent it out, then sleep a lot and keep playing games. Many activities can be done to make the holidays more memorable besides going home or sleeping in the boarding house and playing games.

As a student of the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY), several activities can be done to fill in the Mid Semester Break. The activities that can be carried out by IGOV UMY students are:

Improve Your Language Skills
Languages open up many possibilities. For example, networking internationally and discovering new career opportunities after graduation. However, you must speak the language frequently and persevere if you want to truly master it. Therefore, the Mid Semester Break is the ideal time to enroll in a course or try out a language app.

Looking for Student Exchange Destination
During Mid Semester Break, you can look for information about your destination for Student Exchange starting from the required administration, how their culture and habits, and Looking for benefits for you when you have to do student exchange in that country

Bonding with our foreign friends
at IGOV we have friends who come from abroad, therefore, Mid Semester Break can be used for bonding with them, such as traveling together and hangout

IGOV Matriculation
Good news for new IGOV students, in the Mid Semester break there will be matriculation and a welcoming party for you! There will be lots of fun waiting for you. So stay tuned!

So those are some activities that UMY IGOV students can do during their Mid Semester Break. (ARP)

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Foreign Students Study at IGOV UMY to Support Internationalization Activities

Yogyakarta (19/11) – Muda Mendunia is a jargon that is currently embedded in the citizens regarding Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY). Of course, this jargon is not just mere boasting to attract public attention to UMY. One form of UMY to prove this jargon is the presence of an International Study Program or what is commonly called an International Program, with an International Program students are able to get more facilities and internationalization which can increase students’ preparedness for a globalized world.

One of the International Programs at UMY is the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration UMY (IGOV UMY) which provides great support for its students to get internationalization. This support is in the form of programs created by IGOV UMY such as the Student Exchange Program, Visiting Professor, and International Government of Politics Summer School (IGoPSS) where IGOV UMY will hold a Summer School for students from all over the world. Apart from that, IGOV UMY also holds an Inbound Student Exchange Program where foreign students will study at IGOV UMY for one semester.

Currently, IGOV UMY has 4 foreign students studying at IGOV UMY, 2 foreign students with Full-Time Student status, and 2 foreign students participating in Student Exchange Program activities from Thailand. Having these 4 foreign students is certainly a plus for IGOV UMY students because they can more easily exchange ideas, gain insights and new perspectives from each country, as well as add to international relations. This was also confirmed by Awang Rajaprakoso Purnomo, one of the UMY IGOV students. “In my opinion, having friends from abroad really helps me improve my English and opens up new perspectives and knowledge from them.”

Furthermore, IGOV UMY will hold a Welcoming Party activity which is to welcome new IGOV UMY students along with Exchange Students and Cultural Exchange activities which go directly to cultural-based tourist attractions so that these foreign students can learn about Indonesian culture which is of course very different from their home country. they. It is hoped that the two activities that are currently on the closest agenda will be able to give a good impression when they have to return to their home country. “We hope that these 2 activities, will give a positive impression and useful knowledge for them when they have to return to their respective countries and they can share this knowledge on a small or large scale.” Said Sakir Ridho Wijaya, S.IP., M.IP., as the Director of IGOV UMY. (ARP)

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To prepare for a Gathering with Superior Schools, IGOV UMY Participated in a Meeting with UMY Admissions

Yogyakarta (18/11) – Since the reopening of new student registration on October 10, 2022, the Admisi Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Admisi UMY) invited study programs at UMY to create new and innovative strategies to attract a wider range of students. As of Friday, November 18, 2022, Admisi UMY invited international programs to discuss gathering preparations with the leading schools in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java. Since then there have been several promotional programs formed by Admisi UMY to attract new students such as Campus Roadshows, Socialization of New Student Admissions, etc.

the International Program of Government Affairs and Administration at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (IGOV UMY) is one of the international programs participating in this activity. As for the results of the meeting, Admission and UMY’s international program will hold a workshop and invite 65 top schools in D.I.Y and Central Java Provinces to introduce international programs at UMY. The activity will be opened directly by the rector of UMY Dr. Ir. Gunawan Budiyanto, MP., IPM.

In addition, each school is allowed to send their 2 best students to enter the international class without going through an entrance test. Of course, this activity is expected to help introduce IGOV UMY to the wider community and capture the best students so they can unleash their potential at IGOV UMY “With this activity we hope to help students who feel confused to continue their studies and provide a solution that there is a Study Program that is capable bring out their best potential, namely, IGOV UMY” said Foltama Juna Prasetya as the IGOV UMY Promotion Team. (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)

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Tips and Tricks in Facing the Midterm Exam

Yogyakarta (9/11) – The presence of special moments where you must sit still and focus on responding to the lecturer’s questions is one of the most horrible experiences in a student’s life. Moments like this typically occur at least twice a semester, namely when the UTS and UAS exams for the midterm and final semesters, respectively, are given. For those of you who have just started college, you should be aware that UTS is typically held in the middle of the semester, while UAS is typically held at the end. In any case, the Mid-Semester Exam (UTS) proved to be quite dangerous for students. How come?

The Mid-Semester Examination (UTS), even though it takes place in the middle of the semester, has a significant impact on your Achievement Index in the future. You must, of course, prepare yourself as much as you can to later be able to easily complete the questions for the lecturer’s Mid-Semester Examination (UTS). Many current students as well as new students experience severe panic attacks right before the Mid-Semester Examination (UTS). This is because they are afraid that they won’t be able to answer the questions on the Mid-Semester Examination (UTS) correctly and completely.

The Mid-Semester Examination (UTS) is a great opportunity to assess how well you have learned the science material that has been taught in class. On this occasion, MinGov will try to help by offering some advice for managing the college UTS so that you can run the Mid-Semester Exam (UTS) as well as possible. check it out!

1. Study
Studying is necessary if you hope to succeed when dealing with UTS. Use the overnight racing system (SKS) sparingly and don’t just rely on luck, you know! Since there are many UTS materials that you have never read or do not understand, you can imagine if the study time only includes one night before the UTS implementation. Even though you read the material all night, you are exhausted the next day, making it difficult for you to concentrate on the UTS questions. Therefore, you must prepare in advance to understand any materials that may be released during UTS.

2. Establish a timetable.
Utilize effective time management to make studying while facing UTS as easy as possible. The ability to balance studying, playing, and other daily activities are necessary. For instance, finish the tasks and agenda before UTS so you can divide your time fairly before you play games or hang out with your friends.

3. Look after your health
Many students typically feel exhausted the night before UTS because they worked too hard to prepare for a passing UTS score. But even if you put in all the effort—from studying to regularly completing practice questions—if your health isn’t in good shape, you won’t be able to answer the UTS questions accurately. To maintain good health and be in top physical condition to face UTS, eat healthful foods, take vitamins, and exercise frequently.

4. Write Brief Notes
You should be aware that the purpose of this tiny note is not to cheat, but rather to help you remember the information more easily, particularly from the grid that your lecturer provides for each of the courses you are enrolled in. Typically, students will find it simpler to remember, especially with the system of having the lecturer’s material rewritten. At the very least, you will recall and comprehend the writing points that you made from the source material.

5. Pray
The most significant action you can take after all your previous efforts is to pray. Don’t forget to pray to God Almighty after you have put all your effort into being well-prepared for UTS so that you will have the confidence to face UTS.