king and queen – Office of International Affairs

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

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!