The collaboration between Metro TV and UNS will synergize three activities, education, research, and community services. The collaboration also covers the implementation of Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM), instructed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemdikbduristek).

The Vice-Rector for Planning, Partnership, Business, and Information Affairs UNS, Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Sajidan, M.Si., who represented the Rector of UNS, attended the signing ceremony directly. Prof. Sajidan stated that this collaboration is a means to align the academic, business, and industrial worlds. Prof. Sajidan also thanked Metro TV for the collaboration and the opportunity for an internship for Communication Science Program faculty members.

“In the digitalization era, we need to continue our self-development. In this context, the MBKM program has brought campuses closer to the business and industrial world that is expected to equip university students and faculty members to accelerate the education 4.0,” Prof. Sajidan stated.

The collaboration that will also provide an opportunity for faculty members’ internships is essential to improve faculty members’ capability in various fields and follow the current development. The Director of Program and Development of PT. Media Televisi Indonesia, Agus Mulyadi, who also attended the signing ceremony, mentioned that his station wants to strengthen the relationship with UNS as a means of information on communication science transfer between UNS and Metro TV.

“We have a long partnership with UNS, and we hope the collaboration agreed this year could contribute and improve the synergy. Metro TV is fully aware that in the media era, we could not stand alone; we could not sit still with our resources. We need to build synergy and collaborate with many parties to help each other,” Agus stated.

Besides the partnership in Higher Education Tri Dharma and MBKM, this partnership will also focus on broadcasting, socialization, and publication through digital and other media. The agreement will be effective for three years with the Communication Science Program UNS as the collaboration target. Humas UNS

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The visit from local governments in Central Java Province was welcomed by the Vice-Rector for Planning, Partnership, Business, and Information Affairs UNS Prof. Sajidan, Dean of FISIP UNS Prof. Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni, and the Head of Master Program in Communication Science Postgraduate School UNS Dr. Andre N. Rahmanto.

In his opening remark before opening the assessment, Prof. Sajidan stated that information disclosure in the reformation era is a need and responsibility for state administrators because people want to be involved in every policy-making process and demand accountable and transparent government according to the good governance principles.

“Moreover, the modernization of Information Technology and communication that provides freedom for people to get any information they want easily and rapidly,” he stated.

Therefore, Prof. Sajidan considers that government, institutes, and public agencies need to open themselves to the community and provide information surrounding their policies openly and accessible for people. Although, on the one hand, information openness is often abused for certain interests, Prof. Sajidan stated that technology modernization should be used as a momentum for the government to take strategic policies.

“This mandate encourages all public agencies in Indonesia, including public universities, to apply public information disclosure. This is an implementation of Law No. 14/ 2008 on Public Information Disclosure,” Prof. Sajidan explained.

The Commissioner of Provincial Information Commission (KIP) of Central Java Province, Ermy Sri Ardhyanti, explained in her speech that the assessment was held to provide a transparent perspective on public information for the community. In the two-days assessment, 15 districts/municipalities, 14 public hospitals at district/municipality and province/central region, and 29 provincial units at Central Java Province will be examined. KIP of Central Java will assess and classify the local government or public agencies into informative, moving to informative, quite informative, lack of informativeness, and not informative. Ermy Sri Ardhyanti mentioned that this public assessment had been held since 2014, and she hoped that this assessment could improve information transparency management by all local governments and public agencies in Central Java Province.

“Fifty-eight public agencies have passed the selection process wince May 2021. Including website check and social media managed (by the agencies). This public assessment is the fourth stage, and those who participate in this assessment are public agencies with a score higher than 80,” Ermy explained. Humas UNS

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The Public Relations Office and Media UNS were led by the Coordinator for Media, News Reporting, and Partnership, Dyah Yuni Kurniawati, S.Sn., M.Sn and was welcomed by the Chief of BKHM ITB Dr. Naomi Haswanto, M.Sn and her team in Rapim A Room ITB Ganesha Campus, Bandung.

This visit aims to learn and conduct a comparative study, as well as strengthen the relationship between universities. In her official release, Dyah stated that BKHM ITB is an appropriate example and place to learn because BKHM ITB has qualified experience in the public relations field. She also considers that BKHM ITB has demonstrated its ability to maintain ITB image at the national and international levels.

“This (visit) is like a visit from younger brother to their older brother, considering UNS is considerably younger than ITB and has the richer experience, especially in public relations,” Dyah stated.

During the discussion session that ran for around 1.5 hours, the Public Relations Office and Media UNS listened to a material presentation from BKHM ITB on crisis management, website management, international branding strategy, and strengthening the relationship with media and release production. On the occasion, the Chief of BKHM ITB also shared the function and performance of public relations implemented in ITB and its role in supporting the campus information sources for external media, especially during the COvid-19 pandemic.

“We welcome the Public Relations Office and Media UNS in our campus. Although UNS is considered young, it does not rule out the possibility that the younger could surpass the older because of the rapid technology development is,” Dr. Naomi stated.

The visit to BKHM ITB was concluded with a collective picture and delivering the UNS Magazine and a token of appreciation to Dr. Naomi Haswanto, M.Sn. Humas UNS

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The number of international students enrolled at a university contributes 5% in the assessment indicators of the QS World University Ranking. As one of the universities included in the First National Cluster, UNS is mandated to achieve World Class University predicate, which can be achieved through the QS benchmarks.

During the workshop on Thursday (28/10/2021), the Head of the UNS International Office, Rino Ardhian N., Ph.D., said that international students enrolled at UNS show a significant increase. “Registration for the 2020 academic year recorded a total of 105 applicants. However, the number is decreased in 2021 to 52 applicants because of the pandemic period, while the 2022 academic year increased to 241 applicants from 41 countries. This situation will be a challenge for the academic support staff to provide the best services for international students,” he said in his speech.

The first session of this workshop invites Marieti Debyora Gardiana, S.Si., as the Sub Coordinator of Administration for the UNS International Office. Gardiana presented her research on intercultural communication strategies for the development of the UNS international student service system. The research was conducted using non-APBN funding through the UNS Research and Community Service (P2M) program managed by the Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM) UNS.

“The idea for this research started from a discussion with Mr. Sulistiyo Joko Wahyudi, ST., along with the other UNS International Office staff colleagues, regarding the challenges in intercultural communication and the strategies that have been implemented to overcome them,” explained Gardiana.

The research, whose team consisted of Rino Ardhian Nugroho, Ph.D., and Albert Muhammad Isrun Naini, Ph.D., was conducted through in-depth interviews with 12 International Affairs Office staff from 5 (five) universities.

The second session was a talk show with three invited speakers, namely, Abdul Rohman, S. Hum., a staff from Diponegoro University International Office; Anas Fauzi, S.Pd., a Staff for Foreign Cooperation in Universitas Negeri Semarang, and Erna Mustikasari, MIKom., the manager of the Student Development Partnership (KNB) scholarship for the UNS Graduate School.

Led by Sulistiyo Joko Wahyudi, ST., the invited speakers share practical tips and tricks in communicating with international students according to their respective experiences. The workshop was attended by approximately 115 participants and was concluded with the distribution of a book entitled ‘Be Curious and Act Globally’ by Yudi Sastroredjo. Humas UNS

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The welcoming ceremony was opened by the Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FISIP UNS, Prahastiwi Utari, Ph.D., and aims to share information, knowledge, experiences, and potential of collaboration between the institutions. The ceremony was also attended by the Vice-Dean for Human Resources, Finance, and Logistics Affairs FISIP UNS, Dr. Ahmad Zuber; Vice-Dean for Planning, Partnership, Business, and Information Affairs FISIP UNS, Dr. Kristina Setyowati; the Head of Communication Science Program UNS, Sri Hastjarjo, Ph.D., the Head of Master Program in Communication Science UNS, Dr. Andre Novie Rahmanto, and faculty members of Communication Science Program  FISIP UNS. From the Faculty of Da’wah and Communication UIN Sunan Ampel, Pardianto, M.Si., Dr. Ali Nurdin, Abu Amar Bustimi, M.Si., Ariza Qurrata A’yun, M.Ed.Kom., Afifatur Rohimah, M.Ikom., Romdhon, M.Pd., and Ahmad Roziqin, S.Pd.I., attended the event.

On this occasion, Prahastiwi Utari, Ph.D., warmly welcomed the visit. As two institutions with a focus on communication study, she hoped that both programs could collaborate in achieving mutual development. Supporting FISIP UNS Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs, Pardianto, M.Si., as the Head of Communication Program FDK UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya emphasized the importance of synergy between the two programs.

“With this visit, we shared information and experience. We learned many things from the Communication Science Program FISIP UNS as an experienced and developed program,” he stated.

Sri Hastjarjo, Ph.D., in his speech, explained the profile of the Communication Science Program FISIP UNS, starting from its history, executive boards, faculty members, curriculum, teaching and learning process, facilities, and the excellence and institution achievements. He concluded the speech with a warm welcome for the visit that could expand the network of partnership among universities with communication science programs.

The potential collaborations that could be implemented by both programs are students exchange, joint class, exchange of journal articles and proceedings, book or book chapter collaboration, and laboratory partners.

“In our (Communication Science Program FISIP UNS), besides undergraduate thesis, there is final assignment or TA. So, a student could choose between an undergraduate thesis or TA. TA is adjusted to student’s specialization during their study: journalism, advertisement, public relations, radio, and video/TV,” the alumnus The University of Newcastle Doctoral Program, Australia, added. Humas UNS

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Odie, who is also active as a manager in the Student Association of Communication Science Program (Himakom) FISIP UNS, shared the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, including its policies and its impact on people’s lives. “In Indonesia, the government implemented PPKM policy (partial-lockdown) following the increase in daily positive cases. This policy has a significant impact on the economic and tourism sectors due to mobility limitation,” Odie explained to other delegations from Malaysia and Pakistan.

Odie also added that the Indonesian government has tried to disseminate information through social media and opinion leaders. Public communication through new and conventional media continues sharing information until the smallest level in the community.

“Influencers from community leaders, actresses, educational figures, and well-known figures are all help government to promote its program,” Odiea added in the event held on Saturday (17/7/2021).

Public relation performed by the government is vital to build public’s trust toward the government. Odie quoted the Directorate General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Information, Prof. Widodo Muktiyo, a Professor of Communication Science in UNS, that public relations institutions are vital in building messages for the general public. Therefore, the message is not only sent but delivered.

“Amid the pandemic, Covid-19 virus is dangerous, but disinformation is not less dangerous because there are many information or hoaxes regarding Covid-19 pandemic that reach the community and makes them confused,” Odie added.

At the end of the discussion, Odie explained the educational condition in Indonesia due to the Covid-19, which makes digital tools and technology as life support.

“We apply school from home activities using various online learning media. After applying (this method), student’s responses are not as natural as the offline learning process. The effect of online media is students difficult to understand learning map, anticipating a response, and hard to develop personal knowledge and abilities,” Odie concluded. Humas UNS

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