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A Warm Closing Ceremony of International Students Program 2014/2015

June 7, 2015/in Event, News /by admin

It’s all about Togetherness

June 6, 2015, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan held a closing ceremony of International students program 2014/2015. Held in auditorium campus I UAD, this agenda was attended by vice rector III UAD, deans of faculties, heads of study program, head of International office, international students, and also some representative of local students. This year closing ceremony themed “Bringing Indonesian Fairy Tale Alive” performed “ANDE-ANDE LUMUT” the drama which is a famous Indonesian fairy tale.

Ida Puspita, M.A.Res., head of international office, reported that for the academic year of 2014/2015 there are 207 international students enrolls at UAD. They come from China, Thailand, Vietnam, Ukraine, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Egypt, and Timor Leste and study at UAD in various programs such as Darmasiswa scholarship, AIMS (ASEAN International Mobility Students), joint degree 2+2, credit transfer system 3+1, BIPA (Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers), Muhammadiyah scholarship, Unggulan Scholarship for Mindanao, and regular program.

Most of International students UAD that is more than 140 students will finish their program this year and go home country. However, so far there are more than 80 international students registered for the new academic year 2015/2016.

Dr. Abdul Fadlil, M.T., vice rector III UAD, that officially opened the closing ceremony hoped that all international students go home country with a bunch of great experience to share with family, relatives and friends. Chen Yumei (Lestari), an international student from China, represented all her friends expressed her gratitude to UAD that has given the international students a wonderful experience as long as they study in Indonesia. During the program, international students also performed various cultural performance such as national and regional songs, traditional dance, drama, traditional musical instrument, and others.

Dr. Abdul Fadlil, M.T.

Thailand Students

Piring Dance

Ande-Ande Lumut and Klenting Kuning

Angklung Performance

Photo session

The 5th UAD International Day 2014 “Wonderful Indonesia”

December 7, 2014/in Event, News /by admin

Office of International Affairs UAD held The 5th UAD International Day 2014 themed “Wonderful Indonesia”. The International Day is an annual event held by the OIA UAD since 2011 as a place for international students of UAD to interact with local students, lecturers and all UAD members.

Officially opened by Vice Rector IV UAD, Prof. Sarbiran, Ph.D., The 5th UAD International Day started on November 22 with the agenda of Story Telling Preliminary Round, then sport competition on November 23 and the peak of the agenda was the culinary festival held on December 6. The Culinary Festival itself consisted of some programs such as Bakmi Jawa Cooking Competition, Asing star competition, Story telling, and the announcement. These International Day programs were participated by all international students which are about 200 students.

Held at Green Hall campus I UAD, this year, the culinary festival was participated by 12 culinary booths from 9 countries consisting of 3 China Booths, 2 Thailand Booths, 1 Malaysia Booth, 1 Philippines Booth, 1 Vietnam Booth, 1 Timor Leste Booth, 1 India Booth, 1 Ukraine Booth, and 1 Indonesia Booth. Each booth provide 3 menus consisting of food and beverages from each country. At the stage, the international students showed their talents in telling a story, singing, dancing, martial arts, etc. All international student performers performed very well and got big applause from the judges and visitors.

Three Mindanao Students, Philippines, Graduated from Education Management Postgraduate Program UAD

October 3, 2014/in Darmasiswa, Event, News /by admin

September 2014, three Mindanao students, Philippines, graduated from Education Management Postgraduate Program UAD after studying for 3 semesters. They are Jehanie May A. Macaswang, Norcaisa G. Mudsol, and Saada Banadara Omar.

Jehanie successfully defended her thesis on “Access and Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in School Management in Mindanao State University Main Campus (MSU MC)”, and so did Norcaisa with her thesis ” The Alternative Learning System: Literacy and Numeracy Services to Learners of All Ages in Purok Maguindanaon, Malapatan, Philippines”. and Saada on “Classroom Management: Teaching and Students’ Learning in Kutawatu Darussalam College, INC, Cotabato City, Philippines”.

Jehanie, Norcaisa and Saada were Mindanao students who got Unggulan scholarship that is collaboration among Muhammdiyah, the International Affairs Bureau of Indonesia Directorate General of Higher Education and the Embassy of Indonesia in Philippines.

New International Students Enjoy the Friendship Night Held by Office of International Affairs UAD

September 30, 2014/in Event, News /by admin

Friday-Saturday, September 26-27, 2014, about 170 new international students of UAD joined a friendship night held by Office of International Affairs at Sarangan and Sadranan beach of Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. The new international students come from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Timor Leste, India, Vietnam, Ukraine, and Egypt. Taking about two hours from campus I UAD, the international students and OIA staff arrived at Sarangan in the afternoon and were directly welcomed by the sunset.

After enjoying the beautiful sunset, they continued the trip to Sadranan beach, about 10 minutes by bus from Sarangan. Arriving at Sadranan, they enjoyed dinner with fried fish, papaya leaves, tempe with green chili, etc. Enjoying dinner, they made bonfire, roasted corn and sweet potato. Spending the night at the beach, they slept in the tent together with friends from different countries. The next day, they played Indonesian traditional games. Finishing all activities, they left Sadranan beach with happiness and memorable experience.

Fun Bike – International Students of UAD with Tourism Department of Yogyakarta

September 1, 2014/in Event, News /by admin

Sunday, August 31, 2014, 9 international students of UAD joined “Fun Bike” Program held by Tourism Department of Yogyakarta. This program aimed to socialize and motivate society to cycling and reduce the use of motor vehicle. The international students together with other hundreds participants started cycling from Museum Perjuangan at Kolonel Sugiyono Street, cycling around Yogyakarta city and finished at the starting point.

All participants including the international students were really enthusiastic joining the program because each participant got a coupon which would be drawn after cycling. The lucky ones could get many door-prizes such as bikes, cellphones, and other prizes. One of the international students of UAD got a cellphone. Congratulation and Happy Cycling!

International Students of UAD 2014 at the Opening Ceremony of Orientation Program for New Students

August 28, 2014/in Event, News /by admin

Tuesday, August 26, 2014, new international students of UAD 2014 together with more than 4000 local students attended the opening ceremony of orientation program for new students. This new academic year, UAD accepted more than 170 new international students, so UAD now has more than 200 active international students in total for this year. The international students come from many countries such as China, Thailand, Timor Leste, Philippines, Vietnam, Poland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Romania, Egypt and India. Also attending the opening ceremony were Rector of UAD, Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum., Vice Rectors, Deans, Vice Deans, Head of Offices, and lecturers.

Marwah Daud Ibrahim, a legislative member of Indonesia who were invited by UAD to give keynote speech to the new students, motivated the new students to have dreams and reach them. She also explained the power of planning, how planning is very important in reaching what we dream. Even though many international students have not been able to understand Indonesian language very well, they enjoyed the opening ceremony. Wang Yan from China and Affan Saifulislam from Thailand represented all international students came to the stage and received the university’s suit given by Rector of UAD.

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The Festivity of Closing Ceremony for International Students of UAD 2013/2014

May 19, 2014/in Event, International Office Activities, News /by admin

All Together

Saturday, May 17, 2014, Office of International Affairs UAD held a Closing Ceremony for International Students of UAD 2013/2014 at Auditorium Campus I UAD. Themed on “Rediscovering Indonesian Legends”, this event was really festive and entertaining.

Some international students involved in performances such as singing Gebyar-gebyar song, Medley Indonesian Traditional Song, and 1=Sama song. Others also performed Enggang Dance from East Calimantan and Drama. Another special thing was the committee and master of ceremony wore the costumes of Indonesian legends such as Bandung Bondowoso, Roro Jonggrang, Malin Kundang, Nyi Roro Kidul, Srikandi, Gatotkaca, Timun Mas, etc.

Rector of UAD in his speech expressed his happiness to see that many International students have studied very well at UAD. Their Indonesian language has also improved as they study at UAD. Some deans, heads of study program, lecturers, and staffs of UAD also came to the event to enjoyed the performance of International Students. The international students themselves were really happy and sad at once. They were happy for finishing their study at UAD but they were sad to leave UAD, Jogja and Indonesia.

King and Queen of International Students

Master of Ceremony

Enggang Dance from East Calimantan Performed by Chinese Students

Speech from Head of Office of International Affairs UAD, Ida Puspita, M.A.Res.

Speech from Rector of UAD, Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum.

Drama Performance of Darmasiswa Students

Students from China and Thailand sang "Satu=Sama" song

Students from China and Thailand sang “1=Sama” song

CLOSING CEREMONY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF UAD 2013/2014

May 16, 2014/in Event, News /by admin

Awesome Performances of International Students at The 4th UAD International Day 2013 “Harmony in Diversity”

December 16, 2013/in Event, International Office Activities, News /by admin

All Participants and Committee of The 4th International Day 2013

Saturday, December 14, 2013, Office of International Affairs UAD cooperated with Faculty of Literature, Culture and Communication held The 4^th UAD International Day 2013 at Green Hall of Campus 5 UAD, Ki Ageng Pemanahan Street No. 9, Sorosuta, Yogyakarta. In this event, there were many programs included. They are International Culinary Festival, Cooking Fried Rice Competition, Asing Star, Final Story Telling Competition, and King and Queen of International Students UAD.

In the International Culinary Festival, there were 12 booths of 10 countries; China, Thailand, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Hungary, India, Philippines, Japan, Australia, and Indonesia. More than 1000 food servings were served on the booths and 900 food coupons provided by the committee were given out to the guests and visitors. Outstandingly, the food just run out in 20 minutes. All international students worked very hard for preparing the food and they were very happy because the guests and visitors liked the food so much.

The Cooking Fried Rice Competition was also amazing. The participants, who were international students, showed their capability in cooking Indonesian fried rice and all visitors enthusiastically supported the participants. The big surprise came from Asing Star Competition. The international students showed their talents in singing, dancing, martial arts, etc. All Asing Star participants performed very well and got big applause from the judges and visitors. Besides, Final Round of Story Telling Competition was also held. The 5 finalists performed their best, better than their performances in the preliminary round. During the programs, the international students and committee also voted for King and Queen of International Students.

At the end of the event, all winners were announced and got Medals and Prizes. All programs run very well and all international students were very happy. What an amazing day!

Asing Star Performances

Asing Star Singers

Asing Star Performances

Best Moment

Cooking Fried Rice Competition

The Booths, Participants, and Master of Ceremony

The Culinary Booths

Shamila (Han Renping), The Champion of Story Telling Competition

The Finalists of Story Telling Competition

King and Queen of International Students UAD with President of International Students Association

King and Queen of International Students with the President of International Students Association UAD

The Winners of Story Telling Competition

The Winners of Cooking Fried Rice Competition

The Winners of the Sports Competitions, Culinary Booths, and Asing Star

The International Sports Competition for International Students of UAD

December 9, 2013/in Event, International Office Activities, News /by admin

Futsal Competition

Sunday, December 8, 2013, Office of International Affairs UAD Cooperated with Faculty of Literature, Culture, and Communication UAD, held the International Sports Competition for international students of UAD. The Sports Competition consisted of Futsal, Basketball, Tarik Tambang, and Estafet.

The international students were divided into four groups (Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green), each group consisted of 26 to 28 students. Each group sent one Futsal team (male), one basketball team (female), two Tarik Tambang teams (one female team and one male team), and one Estafet team (mixed female and male). All international students enthusiastically played the sports game. The members of each group yelled to support their group’s team. The competition began at 8 a.m. and finished at 3 p.m. Even though all students and committee were very tired, but it’s worthy because they were all happy.

In the end of the futsal competition, the Yellow team won the Futsal game, and the Blue one became the Runner up. For the basketball competition, the Blue team won and the Yellow one became the Runner up. For Tarik Tambang, the male team of the Red group won, and the Yellow one became the Runner up, mean while the female team of the Green group won, and the Yellow one, again, became the Runner up. In the last competition, Estafet, the Green team won, and the Red one became the Runner up.