Twenty-six students of Public Health, Unimus, diagnosed community health problems in Godan Village, Tawangharjo, Grobogan. After a week of observation and data collection in the community, it finally led to a Village Community Meeting (MMD) attended by the Village Head and his apparatus, the community, and also the Head of Tawangharjo Health Center. The main health problem found was the prevalence of hypertension.

The findings of the health problem in community will be followed up with a series of programs that will be implemented in the next two weeks. Various activities that will be carried out as an effort to overcome these main health problems include conducting medical check ups and educating to continuously maintain a healthy lifestyle. In addition, the students also invite the community to maintain fitness and create mind relaxation by doing morning exercises together.

The field practice of Unimus Public Health students was conducted for a month and will end on Monday, February 19, 2023. Considering the wide area of Godan Village, the students were divided into 2 groups to implement the program more effectively. The first group involved 13 students under the guidance of Dr. Ratih Sari Wardani, S.Si, M.Kes, while the second group with the other 13 students was accompanied by Dr. Didik Sumanto, S.KM, M.Kes (Epid).

Apart from being a medium to improve skills in diagnosing public health problems for students, the program was also expected to be a driving force for independent activities by the community after the program is over. The education that has been given is expected to be implemented in everyday life by the people in Godan Village so that the physical and mental health conditions of the community are maintained.

To disband the committee of UMS 64th Commemoration, UMS held social gathering on RM Rasa Mirasa Kartasura, Sukoharjo, Wednesday (8/2). This annual commemoration became a special moment due to coincide with the 48th National Congress (Muktamar) of Muhammadiyah ‘Aisyiyah. Where UMS hosted the congress.

Also attending the occasion, were among others, Prof. Dr. Kelik Wardiono, SH, MHum, the committee chairman; Dr. dr. Flora Ramona Sigit Prakoeswa, MKes, Sp.KK, the vice chairman; and Prof. Dr. Anam Sutopo, SPd, MHum, the Secretary; and all committees. “We are so glad, it (the commemoration) was successfully organized. We had worked really hard as the committee,” Prof. Dr. Kelik Wardiono said.

UMS 64th Commemoration became the most impressive and extraordinary because it coincided with 48th National Congress (Muktamar) of Muhammadiyah ‘Aisyiyah in Surakarta. “It is a rare opportunity,” added Dr dr Flora.

A series of agenda had been organized in the commemoration, she mentioned fun walk and bazaar, commemoration ceremony, puppet show, and international conference ‘The International Summit on Science, Technology and Humanity (ISETH). The topic of the agendas also related to the big agenda, the National Congress.

Kelik added that the committee gave a high appreciation for all parties who participated in the annual commemoration. He also apologized for the imperfection they made. “Alhamdulillah, the internal audit result for the financial and managerial report was on Unqualified Opinion,” he said.

Badminton Club of Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang (PB UNIMUS) received a visit from UMS Badminton Club in UNIMUS Multi-purpose Stadium. They played a friendly match on Saturday (11/02). Ten men’s doubles pairs from UMS Badminton Club were directly received by the Vice Rector II UNIMUS, Dr Hardiwinoto, S.E., M.Si. In his remarks, he highly appreciated the visit. “Besides practice, it is good to elevate the togetherness between Muhammadiyah Higher Education Institutions (MHEIs). With this brotherhood, insyaAllah all MHEIs will gain unlimited blessings”. In the end of his remarks, he also explained that they also planned a visit to UMS in the future.

Before the friendly match, it started with the opening ceremony and social gathering. The players who competed involved lecturers and educational personnel in these two institutions. The match used rally-point in two sets without a win, not as part of a competition. It was a lively match punctuated with jokes and laughter. It showed the warm togetherness from the two institutions. After the tenth game, it ended with them having dinner together.

The Public Health Faculty of Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang (Unimus) held a Workshop for Public Health Laboratory Development, Friday (10/02). Located in the Fourth Floor of Unimus Integrated Health Laboratory, the workshop was followed by all management in Health Laboratories, including Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Work Safety and Health, Health Promotion, Reproduction Health, and Entomology Research.

Dr Sayono, SKM, MKes (Epid), the Dean of Public Health mentioned that the workshop aimed to produce excellent services in Public Health Laboratory. The laboratory is involved in a priority program to implement the Faculty’s vision, improve the graduates’ competency, and become a medium to develop science through various research. “On the other hand, the laboratory also becomes an income generating unit for the faculty,” he added. In her remarks, Dr Rahayu Astuti, M.Kes as the Head of Public Health study program explained the urgency of the laboratory in the learning process. The students should develop their soft skills in the laboratory instead to earn knowledge as a theory. These soft skills will be developed more in practical methods in the laboratory.

The Public Health Faculty continued to improve the role of campus laboratories as in public health laboratories in a wider perspective. In the future, the laboratory will be developed not only for the Public Health student, but also comprehensively developed for sports as an important aspect in public health. The faculty currently has three study programs, including the Public Health, Sports Education, and the Graduate Program of Public Health that continuously improve health status in broader communities.

The Community Service (PKM) team of Graduate Program in Sociology, Universitas Muhammadiyah (Unismuh) Makassar held a Training for Integrating Character Values through Pancasila Student Profiles for Disabled Students. One of the outputs of the RisetMu Research Grant funding from the Muhammadiyah Council for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD) was carried out at SLBN 1 Jalan Daeng Tata Parangtambung Makassar, last January.

The program was also attended by 30 children with disabilities and accompanied by their teachers, school principal, and other education personnels. Dr. Fatimah Azis MPd as Chairwoman of the PKM Team mentioned the aim of this activity was to improve integrative skills of character values through the Pancasila Student Profile in six components namely noble character, critical reasoning, global diversity, mutual cooperation, independence and creativity. “Children with disabilities are very vulnerable to the current social phenomena. Many of them have been bullied or experienced some violence cases,” she explained.

On the other hand, the Principal of SLBN 1 Makassar Andi Hamjan SPd MPd added that students who are fostered in his institution includes in 5 types of specialization, namely Blind Children, Deaf Children, Mentally Disabled Children, Physically Disabled Children and Autistic Children who need intensive treatment and assistance. “So, they can understand the values of good character, they can sort and choose behavior that is appropriate for them to get along with their surroundings, so they are not easily influenced by bad behavior in the society,” he said.

Andi also explained that the training program was very useful for the students in socializing both within the school and community. “It is very useful for the provision of students in socializing and interacting both within the school and in the community,” he added. He hoped that in the future, similar activities will be held with different topics from Unismuh Makassar lecturers.

The regulations governing cases of sexual violence acts need to be reviewed. Because, there are many cases of sexual violence that are not reported to the authorities. Even if reported, the case handling by the authorities is quite complicated and it is also related to the good name of the victims of violence acts. It was the conclusion of the seminar entitled “Prevention of Sexual Violence in Higher Education” held by Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Bandung (Unisa Bandung), at the Balai Santika building, Bikasoga, Bandung, Tuesday (07/02).

In the seminar opened by the Chancellor of Unisa Bandung, Tia Setiawati, S.Kp, M.Kep, Ns, Sp.Kep.An, it invited various speakers, Police Grand Commissioner Adjutant Taufik Rohman representing the West Java Regional Police Chief; Inspector General of Police Drs. Suntana, M.Si; Dr. Atalia Praratya, S.IP., M.I.Kom, and Eddi Broccoli.

The atmosphere of the seminar was warm, when Atalia “Cinta” Ridwan Kamil combined her presentation with video slides of sexual violence cases and practical self-defence simulations tackling sexual violence acts. The moderator of the seminar, Rahmat and Atalia Praratya guided a self-defense simulation which involved all audiences. In addition, the participants who also filled the balcony had the opportunity to witness the choir from the Unisa Bandung Arts team led by Gabriele Stefhany Teesen.

Related to the conclusion of the seminar, Taufik Rohman and Atalia Praratya agreed that so far, the public tends to assume that victims of sexual violence acts are women. Based on the facts in society, it turns out that men also experience the sexual violence. Ironically, the mass media usually reports on cases with women victims only.

Taufik Rohman said, in several areas in West Java, several cases of sexual violence acts also happened to men. On the other hand, for the police it is actually quite complicated to deal with sexual violence acts. In some cases, the police have taken it seriously. The team of investigators had already worked according to the existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). While in the process, the informant/victim suddenly withdrew their cases. There were also informant who apparently did not understand enough about the facts of sexual violence acts.

“Investigators asked about the incident, from A to Z. For example, with whom did the victim come to the hotel and enter the room? Who took off the top, bottom skirt, and who started it. When told by the victim, investigators finally concluded that there was no act of sexual violence. Because there was a similar case in Kuningan Regency recently, it turned out that the victim was aware that s/he entered the hotel room, even after the incident, s/he had time to eat at a restaurant with the perpetrator. It means that the definition of consensual is included in the case,” he said by adding that the police were actually reluctant to handle cases of sexual violence allegation due to its sensitivity and complexity of the matter.

In her remarks, Tia Setiawati stated that the 1945 Constitution states that independence is the right of all nations. Consequently, we have the right of independence both physically and spiritually. “Currently there is a lot of colonization in various fields, including economic, social, colonization and others. One form of “colonization” is sexual violence in education institution. This type of colonization can take away the independence of academic civitas at the university, so it can counterproductive the potential of the individuals concerned,” said Tia Setiawati.

Regarding the topic of the seminar, said Tia Setiawati, Unisa Bandung has formed a Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (PPKS) to support the independence right of students, lecturers, education staff if they experience unpleasant conditions. She also mentioned the functions of PPKS to receive services and complaints from academic civitas. “We hope that Unisa Bandung can create a good academic culture, an independent campus according to Unisa Bandung’s values, namely good morals, professionalism, and high integrity,” said Tia Setiawati.

Riki Saputra was again appointed as the rector of Universitas Muhammadiyah (UM) Sumatera Barat for 2023-2027, Tuesday (7/2). “I highly appreciate the trust in me as the Rector of UM Sumatera Barat for the second time. It is a mandate that must be implemented collectively and involves various external and internal stakeholders’ support,” he said. Riki Saputra added at least five outlines of UMSB milestones in 2023-2027.

First, accelerating the accreditation status of study programs and higher education institutions. “As an educational institution, our responsibility to the public is accreditation,” he said. He also added that currently, from 28 study programs at UM Sumatera Barat, 90 percent of them have Good and Very Good grades, but none has excellent accreditation status. In the future, he hoped that at least 35 percent would have excellent status.

Second, as a private higher education institution, UMSB will experience fluctuations in financial condition and the number of students. “Our target is to maintain and maximize it (finance and students) and we will have business units to be an income generator in order to maintain, strengthen and stabilize the university going forward,” he said. Third, socializing the education 4.0 where digitized learning process is mandatory.

Riki admitted that during the Covid-19 pandemic, educational institutions were forced to be more implementing digital literacy in a positive context. A blessing in disguise, the pandemic forced all private universities to change and be digitally literate. Fourth, we keep implementing the values of Islam and Muhammadiyah. These values must be integrated for public concern and research.

Fifth, how to manage internal change management. It encouraged all structural officials and civitas academics to work from their hearts, work sincerely, fully committed and dedicated to be the super team. “In the previous period, we had implemented a super team method. From 2020 onwards,  based on three survey institutions, we were named as the best private university in West Sumatra, and become the big 4 private and state universities in West Sumatera. We believe that with super team work, our target to be the 3 top-ranked universities will be achieved,” he said.

During his first period, 65 percent were invested in infrastructure and campus appearance and 35 percent were in human resource development. Meanwhile, in the second period, 65 percent will be used for human resource development and 35 percent for infrastructure. UMSB also highlighted an internationalization program. “We have international students from Yemen and there are also American students who study online. We hope it will increase,” he said. Currently, said Riki, there are 5,300 students at UM Sumatera Barat and they are targeting to raise about 8,000 in the future.

Universitas Muhammadiyah Sukabumi (UMMI) students had won various achievements from the provincial, national and international levels in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 academic year.

UMMI Student Affairs as the coordinator of all student activities, gave appreciation and rewards to all outstanding students. The award was given on Friday (03/02) in the UMMI Auditorium. Also attending the award, were among others the Vice Chancellor III, Vice Chancellor I, the Deans of each Faculty, and the Heads of Study Programs.

In his remarks, Dr. Andri Moewashi IH, S.Th.I., M.M., the Vice Chancellor III of UMMI was proud because there were so many achievements from the students in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 academic year.

In this semester, students had won competitions from various categories and levels, for the provincial level they won 9 categories, while 29 categories at the national level and also 26 categories at the international level, the total rewards for the students were 38,500,000.

“Our highest appreciation to all students who have competed since mid-2022. Today is our appreciation that we have planned for a long time,” he said.

Dr. Andri also explained that currently, he had proposed to the Chancellor to provide additional rewards in tuition subsidies for these outstanding students. He hoped that the students would be more motivated to excel. Lastly, Dr. Andri hoped that all students could continue to maintain their achievements or even be able to improve the achievements they had received.

Universitas Muhammadiyah Bandung (UM Bandung) held Kid’s Theater in Mini Theater Room of UM Bandung, Saturday (04/02). The program invited all Islamic Early Childhood Education (PIAUD) students. The fifth-semester students demonstrated a theater show with various themes. It became a series of final semester tasks for 73 PIAUD students who followed arts for early childhood class .

The lecturer of arts for early childhood, Lilis Lismarina SPd MPd mentioned that the theater that was lively, delightful, and joyful was a project for children. She explained that the students implemented all materials in arts for early childhood class with face painting  and character outfit. “In this program, they develop creativity and create a lot of interesting and educative stories for children,” she said.

She also said the students on their show implemented varied theatrical properties, including two dimensional and three dimensional. Therefore, Lilis also hoped it can trigger inspiration for students. “I hope this program can inspire them to implement various positive activities for childhood education, especially in arts,” Lilis said.

On the other hand, one of the students, Siti Nur Latifah admitted she was grateful for the final task. She mentioned it as an inspiration for herself and her friends in developing PIAUD teachings. “It is so enjoyable and inspiring for all of us where we can implement other childhood education practices,” she said.

SIti brought various characters in animals, including elephant, lion, turtle, bear, bird, monkey, and many other characters. Siti and her friends prepared their final assignment in two weeks. “We already prepared it for two weeks, including for the property, stories, and others,” she concluded.

Universitas ‘Aisyiyah (Unisa) Bandung held an acceleration program for educational achievement about international trade, by opening and launching an Investment Gallery of Indonesian Stock Exchange in the second campus of Unisa Bandung, Jum’at (03/02). The gallery was initiated by the Faculty of Business Economics and Social Science (FEBIS) Unisa Bandung as a breakthrough to bring students and academic civitas exploring international trade. The launching of the Investment Gallery was a collaboration between Unisa Bandung and DX Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI), PT Phintraco Sekuritas, dan Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK).

In his remarks, ‘Aisyiyah Province Board (PWA) West Java, represented by the Vice Chairwomen of PWA West Java, Heni Nur’aeni responded positively to the launching of this Investment Gallery. Similar to Heni, Tia Setiawati, Unisa Bandung Rector also launched the gallery enthusiastically. They agreed that it was an urgent and significant program for students in achieving their knowledge about capital market, investment, and international trade. “The gallery aims to be a student medium to learn, especially for the Unisa Bandung students to know more about the learning practices in interacting in stock exchange and capital market,” she said.

Related to the Investment Gallery, Heni Nur’aeni hoped students can be more active to learn. People also can use the gallery as one medium to improve their interest. “Learning the stock exchange and capital market is important, especially the students in International Trade,” she said.

Besides the launching of this Investment Gallery, Unisa Bandung also organized capital market seminar about ‘Investment vs Recession” that invited Febriyanti Dimaelita, the Capital Market supervisor KR 2 OJK West Java; Sri Herlinawati, Capital Market Consultant of BEI West Java; and Megasari J Putri, Senior Executive Relationship of PT Phintraco Sekuritas. The warm dialog forum led by Sarah Sentika, the Head of International Trade Program (FEBIS) due to actual important issues.