Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Football Club (UAD FC) mengawali laga resmi di 2018 dengan mengikuti turnamen Walikota Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY). Laga ini juga menjadi pertandingan pertama klub berjuluk “The Sun Shine” dengan nakhoda baru, Anang Hadi.

Bertindak sebagai Head Coach, legenda PSS Sleman ini berduet dengan mantan penjaga gawang PSIM, Oni Kurniawan sebagai pelatih kiper. Keduanya akan menakhodai UAD FC mengarungi berbagai kompetisi dan turnamen sepak bola yang akan diikuti sepanjang 2018, termasuk kompetisi UAD FC di Liga 3.

Pada pertandingan pertama turnamen Walikota DIY, UAD FC ditahan imbang oleh POP dengan skor 1-1. Sempat tertinggal terlebih dulu di menit 74’, tujuh menit berselang UAD FC mampu menyamakan kedudukan berkat gol Febi di menit 81’.

Anang Hadi menyampaikan, anak asuhnya masih butuh waktu untuk adaptasi dengan gaya bermain yang baru. Selain itu kesolidan tim juga masih kurang, mengingat ada beberapa pemain yang baru bergabung dengan Orion UAD FC.

“Kami bersyukur atas hasil dari laga pertama ini. Laga awal biasanya memang sulit, masih perlu meningkatkan kesolidan tim. Yang tidak kalah penting adalah taktik dan stamina, saya melihat beberapa pemain belum berada pada kondisi fisik terbaiknya. Di pertandingan berikutnya, kami menargetkan untuk menang,” tandasnya.

Pertandingan selanjutnya, UAD FC akan bertemu PPAKY (7/2/2018), Manggala Siwo PWI (10/2/2018), Derby Muhammadiyah dengan HW UMY (13/2/2018), dan Mas Junior (16/2/2018).

Susunan Pemain UAD FC: Muhammad (PG), Wildan, Jumarno, Rahmat, Reynaldi, Warih, Wegha, Yudha, Febi (Gol, 81’), Idam (C), Wahyu

Cadangan: Jindar, Prasetyo, Suwandi, Dandi, Agung, Fiyanka, Aldi

A total of 27 companies received the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 2017 awards presented by Sindo Media (Sindo Weekly, Koran Sindo, and Sindonews.com). Of the many companies, only one university was included to receive the award, namely Ahmad Dahlan University (UAD).

UAD received the award from CSR in education field at The Ballroom Hotel Aryaduta, Jakarta, on Thursday (25/1/2018). The award was in regard of UAD's contribution to education. The rector of UAD, Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum., who represented UAD in receiving the award, said that the education in Indonesia needed attention. Moreover, he said that there were still many schools where it was not feasible to conduct teaching and learning process properly due to lack of facilities.

In 2017, UAD made an action by rebuilding Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Muhammadiyah (MIM) Wonosobo. The school, which was established since the 1980s, was helped by UAD because it was in a really bad condition.

"UAD gave a total donation of about 3.5 billion to buy the land, build the school, and occupy it with necessary educational items," explained Kasiyarno.

The school that is located in Wonosobo, Banjarejo, Tanjungsari, Gunungkidul was not only helped in terms of the building, but the teachers were also given training and salary.

The CSR assessed that UAD's contribution to schools was so great that it deserved an award. To date, CSR is known to give appreciation to companies that contribute greatly to society and environment through corporate social responsibility program.

The award is divided into several categories consisting of environment, education, health, culture, community empowerment, economic empowerment, village empowerment, sports, and CSR communication innovation.

CSR 2017 was attended by Minister of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Area, and Transmigration of Indonesia, Eko Putro Sandjojo, BSEE., M.B.A. and Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises of Indonesia Drs. Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga.

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) melalui Pusat Studi Astronomi (Pastron) dan Lembaga Pengembangan Studi Islam (LPSI) bekerja sama dengan Majelis Tarjih dan Tajdid Pimpinan Pusat (MTT PP) Muhammadiyah menyelenggarakan kajian ilmiah serta salat sunnah gerhana bulan. Gerhana bulan total yang terjadi (31/1/2018) dapat diamati di seluruh wilayah Indonesia, diawali dari gerhana bulan penumbra dan diakhiri gerhana bulan sebagian. Secara keseluruhan, gerhana bulan bisa berlangsung selama lebih dari 5 jam.

 

MTT PP Muhammadiyah menyatakan bahwa yang disunnahkan untuk salat sunnah gerhana adalah selama fase gerhana bulan parsial dan gerhana bulan total, tidak mencakup pada fase gerhana bulan penumbra.

 

Rektor UAD, Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum., pada sambutannya menegaskan kajian ilmiah semacam ini akan terus dilangsungkan, terutama untuk mendukung perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan. Selain itu, menurutnya, fenomena gerhana bulan menjadi momentum untuk lebih mendekatkan diri kepada sang pencipta.

 

“Fenomena gerhana bulan yang terjadi saat ini bisa dijelaskan secara ilmiah, jangan mengaitkan dengan takhayul atau mitos. Di sisi lain, ada salat sunnah gerhana bulan. Ini menunjukkan antara ilmu pengetahuan dan ilmu agama memiliki sinergi. Kegiatan yang dipelopori Pastron dan LPSI ini merupakan bentuk kepedulian UAD untuk mencerdaskan masyarakat,” tandasnya.

 

Sementara, meski gerhana bulan tidak terlihat di langit Yogyakarta, masyarakat, dosen, karyawan, dan mahasiswa UAD tetap antusias dan berbondong-bondong memenuhi Masjid UAD di Jln. Ringroad Selatan, Tamanan, Bantul. Dari penjelasan pakar falak, Drs. H. Oman Fathurrahman SW., M.Ag., meskipun gerhana bulan tidak terlihat di langit, salat sunnah tetap dilakukan.

 

“Bukan masalah terlihat atau tidaknya, tetapi momentum atau kejadian gerhana bulan yang menjadi dasar kita tetap ingat kepada Allah Swt.,” paparnya saat mengisi kajian ilmiah setelah salat sunnah gerhana bulan.

 

Di sisi lain, Yudhiakto Pramudya, Ph.D., Kepala Pastron UAD mengungkapkan, sejumlah teleskop yang telah dipersiapkan Pastron tidak bisa difungsikan karena keadaan langit dipenuhi awan mendung. Namun, sebagai gantinya Pastron bergerak cepat dengan menayangkan streaming gerhana bulan di belahan benua Amerika.

 

Anggota Divisi Hisab dan IPTEK Majelis Tarjih dan Tajdid PP Muhammadiyah 2015-2020 ini mengimbau untuk menumbuhkan kesadaran mencintai astronomi melalui pengurangan polusi cahaya. (ard/doc)

Communication Science (Ilkom) study program of Faculty of Cultural and Communication Literature (FSBK), Ahmad Dahlan University (UAD), in cooperation with the Association of Communication Science Education (APIK) Muhammadiyah Universities (PTM) held a workshop at Grand Orchid on Tuesday-Wednesday (23-24/1/2018).

This event was entitled "Internationally Reputable Article Writing Workshop, Accredited Journal Management, and Work Meeting of APIK PTM 2018". Present as the speakers of the event were Prof. Dr. Widodo Muktiyo from UNS, Munawar A. Riyadi, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. from UNDIP, and Andri Pranolo, S.Kom., M.Cs. from UAD.

UAD Rector. Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum., expressed his great appreciation towards the event in his speech at the opening of the event. It is because UAD is a university that has a quick response to technological developments and focused on the improvement of human resources.

"Currently, there are 25 Communication Science study programs in PTM. Cooperation among PTM, especially in Communication Science field, is needed and is very important in this competitive era. In the future, communication science has tremendous challenges. Technology is getting more advanced, and humans must adjust immediately," said Kasiyarno.

In addition, he highlighted that lecturers and students had to increase productivity in order not to be colonized by technology, such as using devices excessively. Productivity can be done by generating creative, innovative, and quality ideas. Kasiyarno expressed his expectation for lecturers to increase the number of article publication in nationally- and internationally-indexed journals. (ard)

Assembly of Diktilitbang Central Leadership (PP) Muhammadiyah held Leadership Training attended by leaders from 44 Muhammadiyah Universities (PTM) in Indonesia. The event which was held since Monday (22/1/2018) targeted Ahmad Dahlan University (UAD). The sessions that took place at UAD were about the best educational practices and were followed with discussions and shared experiences on PTM management in order to become a high-class university.

UAD, as one of the PTMs who just got accreditation of A from BAN-PT became one of the main purposes the Leaderhship Training participants attended the event. The presenters from UAD were the Vice Rector I, Dr. Muchlas, M.T., and Prof. Sutrisno who is a member of the Board of Daily Training (BPH). Furthermore, the Head of Board of Quality Assurance, Head of BISKOM, and several representatives from other bureaus and institutions.

In his speech, Muchlas explained that the Leadership Training was needed by leaders of PTM. "Training is needed to improve the ability of the leaders in managing universities to make it better in quality. A few years ago, UAD leaders also participated in this training," he said.

The main subject that was discussed in the best practice session was related to the synergy between the leader (rectorate) and BPH. The harmony between these two elements is very important in developing PTM into a university that can compete with the public universities. In addition, the main concern of the discussion was the development of university business and human resources management.

In the final session of the event that took place in the main court room of Campus 1 UAD on Jln Kapas 9, Semaki, Yogyakarta on Friday (26/1/2017), Sutrisno explained that with this kind of training, there would be a good cooperation among PTMs. He added, to make a PTM a superior university, there had to be synergy between leaders, BPH, lecturers and employees, and students. (ard)