Universitas Muhammadiyah Maluku (UNIMMA) is officially established as in the issuance of the Decree from the Minister of Education and Culture Number 1189/M/2020, Monday (08/01). The establishment of UNIMMA improved the number of Muhammadiyah-’Aisyiyah Higher Education Institutions (PTMA), which became 165 institutions all over Indonesia.

In response to the establishment, Muhammad Sayuti, as Secretary of Muhammadiyah Diktilitbang Council, appreciated the issuance of the Ministerial Decree, which has been worked on since 2017. “It becomes evident that the issue of Muhammadiyah can easily get the issuance of institutional permits is not true. Because of the process we went through the same as the others, as an example, UNIMMA went through approximately four years for the permit,” he explained.

He continued, UNIMMA establishment is due to the efforts and the collaboration of Muhammadiyah Diktilitbang Council and Muhammadiyah Regional Board. “It has to be a parameter of how important the organisation’s strengthening is in the regional and below levels. The university establishment is also influenced by organizational management,” he said.

In the end, he hoped UNIMMA could catch up with the other PTMAs. Additionally, it can make progress and become an inclusive campus based on the Ambon community in multicultural and multi-religious conditions “InsyaAllah, Muhammadiyah Diktilitbang Council will always be ready to assist,” he concluded.

Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Muhammadiyah ‘Muhammadiyah Institute of Economics’ (STIEM) Tanjung Redep is officially transform to Universitas Muhammadiyah Berau after has been launched officially by Vice Governor of East Kalimantan, Hadi Mulyadi and Berau Regent Ad Interim, Agus Tantomo as the first university in Berau, on the local campus (27/12).

Prof. Lincolin Arsyad, Chairman of Muhammadiyah Diktilitbang Council appointed Dr. Syarifudin, M.Pd. as Rector of UM Berau for 2020-2022, online. Being the first University in Berau, the University provides eight undergraduate study programs, including Management, Development Economics, Accounting, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Digital Business, and Conservation Biology.

In his speech, Dr. Syarifudin explained the current number of students in UM Berau is 1,577. The majority come from remote villages in Berau and Kaltara who are economically vulnerable to study outside East Kalimantan.

Meanwhile, Vice Governor of East Kalimantan and Berau Regent Ad Interim gave their high appreciation to Muhammadiyah, which has shown a real commitment to developing the Berau community. They both hoped UM Berau would be able to create Berau human resources that can optimize the local potential to build and make progress.

“I am thankful and highly appreciate the university establishment in Berau. It provides opportunities for qualified and competent human resources in many different studies. Therefore, there are many potential sectors to be developed. With these reliable human resources, our local potential can be processed to be competitive,” said Agus Samtomo.

Unisa students from the Biotechnology study program won 4th place at the 2020 Southeast Asia Global Innovation Challenge (SEA-GIC) event, Thursday (3/12). By themed “Battling Climate Change thru Chemistry”, SEA-GIC is an international event organized by Universiti Teknologi Petronas Malaysia and the American Chemical Society.

After passing the abstract collection of the project selection stage, Panji Aging Nugroho, Gradia Jati Pramareti, and Syarifah Tiara Noorintan presented their work through the MS team platform. The innovation named ‘Artificial Vertical Algae Forest for Carbon Capture and Marine Ecosystem Restoration’ mentioned the vertical artificial algae forest to absorb CO2 in marine ecosystems.

Being the only winning team from Indonesia, Annisa Khumaira, S.P., M.Biotech as the supervisor, hoped that her students could apply the concept because it can improve marine ecosystems and increase coastal communities’ income.

“In the future, I hope Indonesian students in general and Unisa students, in particular, can continuously innovate. These innovations can be in the form of policies, goods, or services that are beneficial for the entire world communities,” said the lecturer of the Biotechnology Study Program at Unisa Yogyakarta, called Ica for short. [] Diktilitbang

Seven UM Palangkaraya students won achievements in two different competitions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first competition was the Muhammadiyah Student Competition (KMM) and the Muhammadiyah Student Creativity Program (PKMM) organized by the Association for Science and Technology of Muhammadiyah Higher Education. The second competition was the Speech Contest organized by the Indonesian Genre of Palangka Raya City.

Sellin Falentino and Romi Pratama won 1st Place in the Business Plan Category entitled Maggot as a Food Source of Animal Husbandry in COVID-19 Era. “Maggot is an insect that can decompose organic waste well so that the use of maggot will provide multiple benefits such as reducing organic waste and being useful as a food source,” said Muh. Azhari, MSi as the supervisor for these two Environmental Engineering students.

Meanwhile, in the efficient MSME machine category, M. Nur Husfin, Al Furkan, and Ilham Sri Suncoro won 2nd Place. “The idea entitled Hammer Spring Design hopefully can be an effective innovation for MSMEs,” said Norseta Ajie Saputra, MT as the advisor. Rida Respati, M.T, as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics (FTI), also appreciated the achievements. “I hope our five students’ achievement can be motivation-driven for all other UM Palangkaraya students, especially FTI students, to keep the Faculty and the University proud,” he said Wednesday (4/11).

In addition, UM Palangkaraya also made achievements in the Speech competition organized by the Indonesian Genre of Palangkaraya City. Through the theme “Quality Planning Generation Welcoming the Golden Generation of 2045,” Indah Raudatul Jannah won 1st Place while Hutri Maulida won 3rd Place.

In the end, the Rector of UM Palangkaraya, Dr. Sonedi MPd appreciated the achievements and advised students not to be complacent and stay focused on other potential achievements. “It proves that the UM Palangkaraya campus is excellent in getting achievements, especially student achievements,” he said.

Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) students Zidni Ilman Nafian with his two colleagues, Alifia Oriana and Aldiansyah Wahyu designed the detector of suitable oil in Android-based. Under the guidance of Budiono, S.Si., M.T., the three UMM students successfully achieved funding research on Pekan Ilmiah Mahasiswa Nasional (PIMNAS). In addition, they also accomplished the Internasional Science Technology and Engineering (ISTEC) awards placed in Bandung a year ago. Not only the award, the detector also achieved the 3rd place on Pekan Kreativitas Mahasiswa antar Perguruan Tinggi Swasta Tingkat Nasional (PIMTANAS) competition, on last December.

Reported from the press statement, Zidni explained the ideas began by seeing the problems of motorized vehicles’ problems that potentially run out of gas on the way. “It should be hard because we have to push the vehicle and spend energy and time on the road,” he said Tuesday (19/01).

Technically, the detector is placed near the oil cover and measured if the oil is suitable to use. “Before demonstrating, we already measured what levels of suitable oil are. Then, we arranged a database for oil viscosity. There are several levels we made, starting from the good, moderate, or unacceptable oil viscosity level,” Zidni said.

He continued, the detector will send a signal to the application installed in the smartphone. The application will give the owner a warning sign and notification if the oil condition is not suitable to use. “It surely can ease the vehicle owners in estimating when they should replace their oil,” said the Mechanical Engineering student.

In the end, he hoped that the innovation would be beneficial for the community. “We are surely glad if the detector is useful to the communities, especially for those who own motorized vehicles. So they did not make assumptions or manually check their suitable oil,” he said.