UNS — The Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) for Public Relations and Media welcomes a visit from the Pacitan State Community Academy (AKN) Public Relations Team in Meeting Room 1, UNS dr. Prakosa Building, Tuesday (25/1/2022). During the visit, the AKN Pacitan Public Relations Team was led directly by the Director of AKN Pacitan, Prof. Dr. Joko Triyono, and welcomed by the Head of UNS Public Relations and Media UPT, Dr. Deddy Whinata Kardiyanto, and the Coordinator of UNS Public Relations and Media UPT.
In his speech, the Director of AKN Pacitan, Prof. Dr. Joko Triyono, explains that AKN Pacitan is a vocational education institution designed for post-MA, SMA, and SMK (vocational high school) education, offering one-year Diploma and two-year Diploma Program. The curriculum in AKN Pacitan is established in collaboration with Polytechnics, the Industrial World Business World (DUDI), and market players, with sustainable and industrial professional development orientation. Institutionally, AKN Pacitan is a state educational institution under the supervision of the Directorate General of Higher Education.
Prof. Joko mentioned that his party wanted to learn further about public relations management at UNS because UNS has much more experience and maturity than AKN Pacitan. “Hence, we want to learn more about public relations. For that objective, I brought the AKN Pacitan Public Relations Team to learn from the UNS Public Relations and Media UPT,” explained Prof. Joko.
Prof. Joko and his entourage expressed their gratitude for the warm welcome ceremony provided by UPT Humas and Media UNS team. “Our gratitude went to the UNS Public Relation team for the warm welcome,” explained Prof. Joko.
The Head of UNS Public Relations and Media UPT, Dr. Deddy Whinata Kardiyanto, welcomed the AKN Pacitan team and explained the role and function of public relations in universities. Moreover, the team from UPT Humas and Media UNS also deliver material related to media management, branding, social media management, and how to carry out external promotions for the advancement of higher education.
“The role of public relations in a university is essential. Our task is to carry out public relations services, publications, media documentation, as well as managing information and documentation within the university (UNS),” explained Dr. Deddy.
Dr. Deddy expressed his gratitude for the AKN Pacitan Public Relations Team visit to UNS. “Thank you for visiting UNS. I hope this knowledge sharing can be useful for both parties,” said Dr. Deddy. Humas UNS
Reporter: Dwi Hastuti