S1 students of the Sharia Banking (PBS) Study Program of the Faculty of Education and Islamic Studies of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (FAI UAD) and Postgraduate students of English Language Education (PBI) of UAD, in collaboration with the Centre of Tourism & Creative Business (COTRES) of UAD, conducted a clean-up activity in mangrove area in the south coast of Bantul, on Sunday (2-12-2018).

A total of 175 students and lecturers from PBS and 25 PBI graduate students, together with a number of UAD Tourism Lovers volunteer students were deployed to the field to clean up garbage in the mangrove ecotourism area of ​​Baros beach.

Akhmad Arif Rifan, S.H.I., M.S.I., as the Chairperson of Sharia Banking Study Program, who was present to accompany the students and lecturers said that this activity was part of the agenda of the study program that was related to the environment, which was a manifestation of real contribution to the environment from UAD PBS. In addition, he said that this activity also aimed to instill a love for environment for PBS students as well as a manifestation of contribution from UAD as an educational institution in tourism development.

As the coordinator of this activity, COTRES Director, Nur Rifai Akhsan, explained that the activity could help grow a love and concern for the environment for the younger generation. The activity was also aimed at helping the government in developing tourism, especially in Yogyakarta. Nur Rifai Akhsan, who is also a lecturer at English Language Education of UAD, shared his expectation that the movement they carried out would be beneficial and could inspire the people awareness and concern and for all parties to work together to develop tourism in Indonesia. (PEP)

Electrical Engineering Student Association (HMTE) and Robotic Development Community (RDC) of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) held Ahmad Dahlan Robotic Competition (ADRC) of 2018. This National Robot Contest on SD-SMA/K level has entered its seventh year, since it was held in 2011.

"The activity was attended by 93 robotic teams, including 27 elementary schools and 66 high schools. The event, which was held on Thursday, December 27^th, 2018, was attended by teams from various regions such as Semarang, Surakarta, Gresik, Bandung, Magetan, Jakarta, Banyumas, Purworejo, and Yogyakarta.

Opening ADRC of 2018 at Graha Wanabaktiyasha, the Vice Rector III of UAD, Dr. Abdul Fadlil, M.T., said that today we were entering a new era in the industrial revolution of 4.0 which focused on information system. He expressed his hope that through ADRC, students would love science and technology early. "Hopefully, students' interest in the field of robotics is increasingly developing in line with the theme of the 2018 ADRC, which is to innovate and inspire people in Robotics," he said.

Two categories are competed in ADRC 2018, Sumo and Line Follower Robot Contest, to compete for the Cups of Governor, Mayor, and Rector of UAD. In Sumo category, the selected champions are those with powerful robots that are capable of taking down their competitors, just like sumo sport. Meanwhile, in Line Followers category, the participants compete to speed towards the finish line. The winners for Sumo category include SD Unggulan Aisyiyah (1st and 4th place winners), SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta (runner up and 3rd place winners), SD Muhammadiyah Bantul Kota (Best Design and Best Innovation), MTsN 6 Sleman (Best Endurance). Meanwhile, the winners for Line Follower category include SMAN 5 Semarang (1st place winner), SMK N 3 Yogya (runner up), SMA N 1 Yogya (3rd place winner), SMK N 2 Yogya (4th place winner and Best Design), serta SMP N 1 Bantul (Best Strategy).

Author: Phisca Aditya Rosyady

Bertempat di Kampus empat Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), Sabtu (5/1) akan diselenggarakan pentas wayang kulit. Pagelaran wayang kulit ini akan dipandu oleh dalang kondang Ki Seno Nugroho dengan mengangkat lakon Amarta Binangun.

Lakon Amarta Binangun menceritakan tentang sebuah epik perjuangan Pandawa membangun hutan Wana Marta menjadi sebuah kerajaan yang masyur. Diceritakan dalam Amarta Binangun, setelah Pandu Dewanata sebagai Raja Hastina meninggal dunia, kelima anaknya yakni kesatria Pandawa, menuntut hak di kerajaan Hastina yang belakangan dikuasai oleh pamannya, Prabu Destarata. Akan tetapi, kelima kesatria itu tidak diberikan hak apapun atas kerajaan Ayahnya. Prabu Destarata justru memerintahkan Pandawa untuk membangun kerajaan sendiri di hutan tandus Amarta.

Meskipun berat, sebagai kesatria, Pandawa tetap menjalankan perintah Prabu Destarata yang telah menduduki posisi raja menggantikan ayahnya. Perjalanan dari Hastina menuju Amarta tidak dilalui dengan mudah oleh para kesatria Pandawa, banyak halangan dan rintangan namun tidak menghentikan langkanya menuju hutan tandus itu. Setelah sampai di hutan Amarta, para kesatria Pandawa tetap menemui hanyak halangan dan rintangan ketika membangun hutan belantara tandus menjadi sebuah kerajaan. Meskipun demikian, para Pandawa tidak patah arang hingga meraka berhasil membangun sebuah kerajaan baru yang besar dan maju dengan rakyatnya yang makmur dan sejahtera.     

Kordinator Seksi Pagelaran Wayang Kulit Unggul Haryanto Nur Utomo M.Si menyampaikan, wayang kulit merupakan salah satu kesenian asli Indonesia yang telah diakui dunia, sehingga wayang kulit merupakan salah satu simbol identitas bangsa. Wayang kulit juga merupakan kesenian yang sarat nilai-nilai luhur. Menggelar pentas wayang kulit adalah wujud melestarikan identitas budaya sakaligus menyuguhkan tontonan berisi tuntunan.

Lebih lanjut, Unggul mengatakan pemilihan lakon Amarta Binangun bukan tanpa alasan. Dalam lakon itu perjuangan para kesatria Pandawa membangun hutan hingga menjadi sebuah kerajaan yang besar dan maju dapat menjadi contoh dan dipetik nilai-nilai luhurnya. Apa yang dilakukan para Pandawa juga dilakukan para pendiri UAD. Sebelum menjadi sebuah universitas yang besar dan maju seperti sekarang ini, UAD juga memiliki proses yang panjang dan tidak mudah.

“Dimulai dari IKIP Muhammadiyah, sebuah institut yang hanya fokus di keguruan, hingga akhirnya berkembang menjadi UAD yang memiliki banyak fakultas. Termasuk Fakultas Kedokteran yang dulu dianggap tidak memungkinkan. Waktu telah membuktikan UAD terus berkembang dan selalu berusaha memberikan yang terbaik untuk bangsa melalui dunia pendidikan,” kata Kordinator Seksi Pagelaran Wayang Kulit yang juga Dosen Psikologi.

Unggul juga mengemukakan, pagelaran wayang kulit kali ini juga mendatangkan sinden bernama Elisha Orkarus Allaso, sarjana Pedalangan lulusan ISI Yogyakarta yang juga seorang Magister Psikologi asal Sulawesi blasteran Venezuela dan Perancis. Sesuai dengan tema Milad “Membangun identitas Bangsa yang Berkemajuan Berbasis Budaya”, pagelaran wayang kulit ini diharapkan menjadi kegiatan yang dapat memberikan banyak teladan nilai untuk memajukan bangsa dan wahana merefleksikan.

“Elisha meskipun bukan orang Jawa, namun mau dan mampu menjadi sinden. Selain dapat memetik banyak pembelajaran dari lakon Amarta Binangun, kita juga dapat belajar dari Elisha untuk membangun dan memajukan bangsa yang beridentitas,” ucap Unggul. (Efri). 

Pada Minggu (9-12-2018), Budi Mulia Dua mengadakan kegiatan “BMD FEST 2018 PASTA COOKING COMPETITION” di VHS Budi Mulia Dua, Jalan Raya Tajem km. 3, Wedomartani, Ngemplak, Sleman. Berawal dari inisiatif untuk mengikuti perlombaan tersebut, Maretta dan Krisna mencoba menyampaikan maksudnya dan meminta izin kepada dosen Program Studi Bisnis Jasa Makanan (Bisma). Setelah mendapatkan izin dan dukungan, dua mahasiswa tersebut menyusun konsep yang akan dibawa saat lomba nanti. Bisma mengirimkan tiga tim yang terdiri atas Maretta dan Krisna sebagai tim pertama, Heni dan Putri sebagai tim kedua, serta tim ketiga yaitu Anisa dan Isma.

Ketentuan dari BMD FEST 2018 PASTA COOKING COMPETITION antara lain tim harus terdiri atas dua orang, memilih salah satu jenis pasta (fettucini, fusilli, spageti, atau lasagna), membuat olahan pasta sebanyak dua porsi dengan teknis bebas dan dengan biaya harus Rp40.000,00 untuk dua porsi, membuat menu dan resep untuk diserahkan kepada panitia, serta hanya disediakan waktu selama 45 menit untuk pengolahan pasta dan clear up (kebersihan meja kerja, alat pengolahan, bak cuci, dan piring display).

Menu yang dibuat oleh tim pertama adalah “Fusilli Pasta with Kallio Sauce”, tim kedua membuat “Fettucini Matcabor” yang merupakan perpaduan saus carbonara dengan sambal matah, sementara tim ketiga membuat “Fettucini Bolognese”. Mereka sangat bersemangat mengikuti perlombaan tersebut dan sangat berharap ada yang memenangkan lomba dari perwakilan Bisma.

PASTA COOKING COMPETITION dibagi menjadi dua sesi, sesi pertama pukul 09.15 WIB dan sesi kedua pukul 10.00 WIB. Tim Bisma mendapatkan giliran pada sesi kedua, sehingga perlombaan selesai pada pukul 10.45 WIB. Waktu berjalan terasa sangat cepat pada saat lomba berlangsung karena dalam waktu 45 menit, konsep memasak harus selesai semua termasuk clear up. Alhamdulillah, tim Bisma dapat selesai tepat waktu, bahkan tim pertama dapat menyelesaikan perlombaan sebelum juri mengingatkan sisa waktu 15 menit. Pengumuman pemenanng lomba dilakukan setelah salat Zuhur.

Ucap Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamiin, Allah Swt. mengabulkan doa. Mahasiswa Bisma berhasil mendapatkan juara 2 yang diperoleh tim pertama. Hasil tidak akan mengkhianati proses. Proses dari inisiatif mahasiswa kemudian mempersiapkan semuanya, berlatih memasak sebelum pelaksanaan lomba, hingga bersungguh-sungguh mengikuti perlombaan, akhirnya menghasilkan hasil yang sangat memuaskan dan membanggakan.

2018 Open Senate Session of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) to celebrate the 58th Milad (anniversary) of the university scheduled the Rector Annual Report of 2018. On this occasion, the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Muhadjir Effendy, M.A.P., was present to deliver scientific speech. The event which was held at the UAD Amphitarium on Saturday (12-29-2018) was attended by academic members and students of UAD, government officials, leaders and officials of PP Muhammadiyah, UAD partners, as well as the stake holders.

The Rector of UAD, Dr. Kasiyarno, M. Hum., in his annual report, highlighted several important matters. Some of them were related to institutional development, leading research center, business unit development, and welfare improvement.

"This Milad program is not only aimed as a tool to measure performance accountability, but also as an expression of gratitude to Allah SWT, who has given His gift, so that UAD becomes a higher education institution that gains trust from stakeholders and is able to make meaningful contributions to the nation," said Kasiyarno in his speech.

Currently, UAD is one of the leading private universities in Indonesia with A accreditation for the institution, which was obtained in 2017. There is a total of 48 study programs, 18 of them are accredited with A and 21 are accredited B.

UAD students do not only come from Indonesia, but also from abroad. The total number of active UAD students is 27,401. Of this number, 151 students come from Thailand, Malaysia, India, China, Uzbekistan, Hungary, Japan, Timor Leste, the Philippines, Iraq, Egypt, Vietnam, Ukraine, South Korea, Yemen, Laos, and Tunisia.

"The increasing interest of foreign students to study at UAD indicates that the Muhammadiyah university has been recognized internationally. This is in accordance with its vision of becoming an internationally recognized university that is imbued with Islamic values," he explained.

Another thing that also deserves recognition is the increasing achievement of UAD students from year to year on regional, local, national, and international levels. Another one that we need to be proud of is that the Center for Integrated Research and Innovation (CIRNOV) of UAD managed to make Merapi Missile in collaboration with the Indonesian Army Dislitbang and PT Pindad.

For this achievement, UAD established a new business unit, PT Adi Multi Teknologi (AMT), in addition to eight business units that it previously owned. From Kasiyarno's statement, PT AMT would work with other related institutions to produce Merapi Missiles used for Indonesian military combat training.

In the field of education, UAD has established new school units (USB), which are a junior high school and a vocational school, that are used as a Lab School in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, one of the 3T regions with the funding obtained from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud). In addition, in supporting the internationalization program of Muhammadiyah, UAD will build a Muhammadiyah school in Australia and Muhammadiyah Da'wah headquarter in Egypt.

The Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, Muhadjir, expressed his pride in UAD that had paid attention to 3T regions. "In the era of industrial revolution 4.0, this region became the focus of the government realize education equity. So, there will be no regions that are left behind," he said.

In addition, Muhadjir said that he was happy with the current development of UAD. He expressed his hope that UAD would become a university that was ready for technological development and could support technological progress for the benefit of the nation.

On the other hand, the Chairperson of the Central Board of Muhammadiyah, Dr. Haedar Nashir who was present at the event said that Muhammadiyah universities had to become a madrasah (school) of thought. According to him, being a madrasah of thought could only be done by PTMs of class A, such as UAD. "In the future, UAD and Muhammadiyah must be the center of research as well as agents of change."

Haedar advised UAD and Muhammadiyah to be able to evoke the role of Islam that was able to acculturate culture in the midst of modern culture. Moreover, he advised them to improve advanced modernity, and strengthen progressive national integration. (ard)