The Head of the Fine Arts Study Program as well as the Organizing Committee of the 2021 FSRD UNS Matching Fund Program, Dr. Setyo Budi, M.Sn., said that the objective of this matching fund program is to establish a connection between universities and the Industrial World Business World (DUDI). “Millennial generation can understand the directions and maps on how to deal with problems. It is not just about graduating, but how to have a beneficial role in this nation,” said Dr. Setyo Budi.

On this occasion, the study program invites a Senior Professor from the Yogyakarta Art Institute (ISI), Prof. M. Dwi Marianto, MFA., Ph.D., as the FGD speaker, and Dyah Yuni Kurniawati, S.Sn. M.Sn., from the UNS Public Relations and Media as well as UNS FSRD lecturer, as the Moderator. In his warm opening, Prof. Marianto started the discussion with a topic entitled “Transforming Virtual Reality into Creative Ideas and Concepts.” Starting from this first point, Prof. Marianto emphasized the importance of student awareness as a subject in the scope of the arts. People who place themselves as subjects are considered well aware that they are actually thinking and planning.

However, people will not always act as the subject. The roles as subject and object certainly, can take place interchangeably. Prof. Marianto directs the discussion on design thinking, which involves empathy. The process of empathy provides an opportunity for someone who was originally positioned as a subject to try to blend with the observed object. “When we are looking for ideas, we transform the object as a subject to allow us in gaining knowledge and obtaining useful phenomena. These subjects and objects interact with each other,” explained Prof. Marianto

Another substantial point is the significance of an object’s in-depth observation. This effort is made to reveal the reality in it. At this point, Prof. Marianto advised the students to create an observed work of art in various creative ways. Prof. Marianto took this opportunity to share tips on starting a creative process. “If you are looking for ideas for a masterpiece, look for a topic according to your dream orientation. Make something that is based on your passion or what excites you when you work on it,” he explained.

The current creative process has also involved various roles of technology. The creation of manual and digital works of art can present simultaneously. The two methods can complement each other in the artwork creation process. Humas UNS

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Rudy explains that there are two reasons why the young generation must return to villages. The first is to use the pandemic momentum to transform the nation’s objectives and returning national ideals. According to him, there are five challenges in the management of a sustainable Village-Owned Enterprise (Bumdes). “They are institutionalization, business model, governance and management, resources management, as well as accountability and control,” he explains.

Empowerment and collaboration are needed because Bumdes is an entity that aims to facilitate collective business. Rudy added that the campus can take roles under this circumstance. First, a campus can select the Micro, Small, and Medium enterprises that are ready to receive assistance. The second is well-prepared process and supervision, and the third role available is good output quality and assurance
The second speaker, Dr. Sapja Anantanyu, S.P., M.Si., a lecture from the Agriculture Extension and Communication Study Program (Prodi PKP) FP UNS, explains the role of millennials in village development.

Village development requires three aspects, which need to be possessed by the young generation, namely, the preparedness to correct, nurture, and transform the current condition to achieve community development. According to her, any effort taken for a community empowerment program must be systematic, programmed, persuasive, and participative. Dr. Sapja states that intervention is crucial to establish an independent community.

“We need an intervention that involves community empowerment, extension, community development, and assistance to establish independence,” Dr. Sapja explains.

At the end of the session, Dr. Sapja shares tips for students to assist village development. The tips are including student capacity building, the establishment of an implementation team, enhancing social sensitivity, event development, building partnership with related stakeholders, and collaboration with the villagers. Humas UNS

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