NIB is a program developed by President Joko Widodo for MSMEs who faced difficulties caused by slow Business Certificate (Surat Keterangan Usaha) issuance. NIB is free for MSMEs, and applicants could fill oss.go.id website without the need to go through a complicated administration process. After completing the data entry, the NIB will be generated automatically. NIB would ease the community to secure financial aid or capital loan to expand their business. Unfortunately, before the KKN program, not many local people have this facility due to the lack of education and information access.

Before implementing the registration process, the team received training from One-Stop Integrated Service and Investment Service (PMPTSP) because the village was the first in Paranggupito Subdistrict to participate in the program. The group then held a meeting in the Village Hall, inviting the Head of Subdistrict, Village Chief, Head of Hamlet, and Head of RT/RW at the beginning of February. Johunut Village Chief, Kismiyati, stated that she fully supported the program and would help in its implementation. “Because this is greatly beneficial for the local people, especially those who have a micro, small, and medium business,” she added.

Rahmat Arianto, the Group Coordinator, stated that the group conducted data collection at night because most of the villagers work as farmers and ranchers, who are busy with their fields and animals during the day. During the data collection, the group was accompanied by the Head of Hamlet and received high enthusiasm from the people. Thirty-nine business owners registered NIB for their business. The largest number of registrants in the village. At the end of the program, the group successfully help the issuance of 249 NIB, meeting the target set by PMPTSP with 200 NIB for each village. The majority of businesses registered are farming and ranching.

In their farewell ceremony, Rahmat Arianto thanked the village government and his team’s hard work in implementing the program. The program did not only help business owners but also launched Paranggupito Subdistrict to ranked first with 2,400 NIBs in Wonogiri from its previous position in the 2nd last ranking. Humas UNS

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Yuan Efano Sofyan, Adam’s colleague, also pointed out that the outcome of this project will be the village masterplan design. The design provides the public facilities needed by the village residents.

After the presentation held in February 2022, the project was continued by the students of the Civil Engineering Study Program. Their role involves the calculation of the building structures. This student collaboration, according to Yuan, is very helpful in calculating the stadium structure and the multi-purpose buildings that were previously designed by the Architectural students. “Previously, there was an idea to collaborate the Architectural with Civil Engineering students. That is to measure the stadium structure and the multi-purpose buildings we designed. Hence, we can know whether the design can be implemented or not. That’s how it goes,” Yuan explained.

There are numerous expectations for this MBKM project. The design that has been made is expected to be useful for many parties. UNS students can also gain hands-on experience to apply their knowledge. The students reveal that they are happy if the designs that have been made can be realized in the future.

In addition, according to Adam, scientific collaborations can also be applied to other projects. Indeed, it must be applied in an effective and efficient way in order to get quality results.

“This MBKM program is highly helpful. The problem is that Architectural engineering needs more experience, such as a presentation in front of lecturers is different from a presentation made in front of public agencies. It feels very different. So there is the experience (through this project),” Yuan said. Humas UNS

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Grimbal Hamlet is selected because it has rich cultural activities but has low interest from the people. With this background, Himagiri held a community service program in Grimbal Hamlet for two days to develop the village’s potential.

Vice-Chairman of Himagiri UNS, Fauzan Hadyan, stated that he is proud of Grimbal Hamlet’s persistence with high enthusiasm in preserving Javanese Culture. The culture including karawitan that is still taught to small children in the hamlet. Fauzan also mentioned that there are many experiences that make him find the meaning of being grateful for the grace of God. “And my adoration to Grimbal Hamlet people to continue trying in nguri-nguri Kabudayaan Jawi (preserving Javanese Culture) and maintain unggah ungguh (courtesy) that are instilled from a young age,” Fauzan stated.

Himantara has four main programs by collaborating with the Education and Culture Office (Disdikbud) Wonogiri District in conducting the cultural socialization, creating village park, film viewing with local people, and conducting kerja bakti with Grimbal Hamlet people. Socialization also aims to provide additional spirits and knowledge for rural people to explore their cultural potential and disseminate it to people. The event was attended by 15 managing committees from Himagiri UNS, Paguyuban Karawitan Yoga Laras students, and Grimbal Hamlet people offline under a strict health protocol.

Besides socialization, Himagiri also created Grimbal Village Park to decorate the hamlet. Himantara also tries to involve children in Grimbal Hamlet through movie viewing activities. Two movies viewed in the event were the Malin Kundang musical and the Laskar Pelangi movie. Both movies were expected to give noble examples for Grimbal Hamlet people to always respect parents and prioritize education.

The event was welcomed by Paranggupito Village Chief Dwi Hartono. Dwi considers this event to have positive values in motivating the young generation in the village to continue their education. “The education level in Paranggupito is considered to be low. On average only Junior High School (SMP) graduates or equal. We hope Himantara could motivate Paranggupito children to continue education as high as possible,” Dwi Hartono concluded. Humas UNS

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The three-days training offers 3 (three) in service and 1 (one) on service assistance, with total participants of 70. The event started with a remark from Dr. Yuli Bangun Nursanti as the Head of the Wonogiri Education and Culture Office. In her speech, she states that the objective of this training is to solve the problems in long-range learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. “The objective of this training is to find the solution for the problems in virtual learning during this ongoing pandemic. In this session, you will learn about how to prepare an interactive educational media using Nearpod,” Yuli explained in her remarks.

After the statement from Dr. Yuli, an opening remark from the representative of the English Language Education Study Program FKIP UNS is delivered by Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd. “Hopefully, we can always collaborate and work together until the end of the session,” Dr. Ngadiso wishes through his remarks on Wednesday (18/8/2021).

The material delivered through the program is followed by direct practice. At the beginning of the training, the participants were directed to register for a Nearpod account and filling a questionnaire. The instructor, then, disseminate the lesson objectives of the training, namely, to identify problems and strategy in English Language education during virtual learning, and to learn about the overview of Gagne’s nine events of instruction.

Hasan explains that teachers need to choose the best media to be implemented in the learning process. “There are numerous media available; feel free to choose the best media according to your need,” Hasan said. Further, Hasan explains Gagne’s nine events of instruction that consist of gaining attention, informing learners of the objective, stimulating recall of prior learning, presenting the stimulus, providing learning guidance, electing performance, providing feedback, assessing performance, and enhancing retention and transfer.

“These nine steps can be combined. Basically, those steps will be beneficial if integrated into online learning,” Hasan explained. Additionally, Hasan explains in detail the available features, informs the many options they can do, and explains how to use Nearpod extensively. He also provides the strength and weaknesses of the media, as well as the strategy to overcome the weakness of Nearpod. Humas UNS

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The event that was scheduled as an online event was implemented offline under strict health protocols, and all team members passed the swab test as required by the village apparatus. The team has nine members: Reni Dwi Septiani (PG-PAUD),  Puji Astuti (Pharmacy), Hadi Prayitno (Fine Arts), Tasya Santi Rahmawati (Industrial Engineering), Zetira Rezkina Zahra (Architectural Engineering), Ramizah Ariq Sakinah (Special Education), Resti Sukma Nastiti (PPKn), Fadilla Intan Nurlaili (PGSD), and Ali Prakoso (PJKR).

Covid-19 vaccination is the focus of the socialization that shared the information on the importance of vaccination to stop Covid-19 infection, the safety of the vaccines, and vaccines are not a cure but a preventive action to strengthen the immune system. The socialization also emphasized the importance of implementing health protocols. The representative from the group, Reni Dwi Septiani, stated to uns.ac.id that her group hopes that this socialization becomes a means to improve community awareness on the importance of Covid-19 vaccination and the danger of the new coronavirus disease.

“Hopefully, this socialization could make people who are denying Covid-19 to be aware. Additionally, by sharing information on the Covid-19 vaccination, it is expected to reduce people’s dread over the vaccine myths that circulate in the community. Therefore, helping to stop the spread of Covid-19,” she stated on Tuesday (24/8/2021)

Reni also mentioned that the local community and government warmly welcomed the program, especially those related to Covid-19. The Village Chief of Sugihan even asked them to conduct other socialization in RT RW meeting and village apparatus meeting on the same topic: health protocols and hoaxes that make people reluctant to get vaccinated. She added that after the socialization, more people are aware of the health protocols and vaccination. “Some people also believe and willing to participate in the vaccination program,” Reni said.

Besides the socialization, the team also has many other programs during their eight days stay in the region. The first program is distributing hand washing basins, handwash, and hand sanitizer in several public places in Sugihan Village, Wonogiri. Secondly, on Covid-19 and environmental cleanliness, the group trained the local community to make and install mask connectors and socializing a healthy and clean lifestyle. Thirdly, the group conducted socialization on designing and exciting packaging for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Fourth, they perform socialization on children with special needs and how to communicate with them according to their disabilities.

“In the Indonesian independence day occasion, we also held poem competition on nationalism and developed TPA students’ creativity by creating tie-dye tote bag in Nglasep Hamlet, Sugihan Village,” Reni added. Humas UNS

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