To taste the academic spirit in the United Stated is no longer merely a wish for Janu Muhammad, S.Pd, a Geography Education graduate, since he just recently grabbed the chance to attend short course in Arizona State University in Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship on Civic Engagement. YSEALI took place from 20 February to 26 March 2016. This is a youth exchange program in ASEAN aiming at giving leadership training in the scope of environment, civic engagement, and entrepreneurship.

Culinary Art Education Study Program, Faculty of Engineering (FE), Yogyakarta State University (YSU) held a cooking class with Chef Zulkarnine Bohari, a Teaching Expert of Department of Skill and Development, Ministry of Human Resource Malaysia (23-26 / 02).

A total of 8 students of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMNS, Yogyakarta State University (YSU) followed the credit transfer program in Thailand. There are two students of the department of Mathematics Education who study at Prince of Songkla University. While six other students study at Yala Rajabhat University. Three people are from the department of Biology, two are from the Biology Education department, and one person from the department of Physic Education.

“Bravo Cooperation in Indonesia, Bravo...! Deposit Mart,. The Glorious Maritime..!” that is the jargon glorified by delegation of Student Cooperation, Yogyakarta State University in presenting their paper in Bandung Technological Institutr (20/2). The YSU delegate was announced the champion in Call for Paper ITB Cooperative Day 2016.

Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst) belongs to plant tubers native to Indonesia that are not cultivated but grow naturally. This time, gadung is cooked with flour or processed into gadung crisps, whereas gadung has potential to cure varying diseases, especially Chronic Cholecystitis, a kind of gallbladder inflammatory. Therefore, it is necessary to make innovations to treat Chronic Cholecystitis naturally by using flour made from gadung.

Wonderful Indonesia totally displayed its charms at Chingay Night Fiesta 2016 in Singapore. In the pre-parade at F1 Pit Stop, the Carnival team of the Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University (UNY), who won the Grand Champion World Costume Festival 2013, has participated and brought the culture of Yogyakarta.

As an effort to continue producing competitive graduates in the global era, Faculty of Sport Science, Yogyakarta State University (FSS YSU) is always trying to dynamically increase the competence of lecturers and students. This vision is actualized by cooperating with Klima Anlage Jaya Limited in the dissemination and promotion of the handball sport. A subsidiary of PT New Armada is very concerned with the sport in Indonesia, especially handball. Vice Dean of FSS YSU, Dr. Or.

A face mask is one of natural skin care methods, particularly for whitening, smoothing as well as moisturizing face. Up to these days, face masks are still highly demanded by public in general, particularly women for facial care and maintaining appearance. In addition to face masks, several other face care products have persistently produced with variations in the ingredients used, namely Yam bean, rice, chocolates, and much more. The ingredients must come from nature that provide a lot of benefits and minimize side effects.

AKSIMASA or Akuntansi Masuk Desa (Accounting Goes to Villages) comic for optimizing accounting standard in managing village fund has brought the delegates of YSU, namely Tegar Galang Anantha (Accounting 2014) and Safira Alma Choirunisa (Accounting 2013) to be the Second Runner Up in Accounting Writing Competition (AWC). The competition is part of 9th Hasanuddin Accounting Days (Hadays) in University of Hassanudin Makassar (11-15/2). This year, the event carried the topic of “Bringing Village Fund into Transparency and Accountability for Fair Allocation”.

ASEAN community is just around the corner. In the next few years, we should be ready for a flux of workforce from ASEAN countries entering Indonesia. Competition is getting tougher, everyone is challenged to have qualified skills in their respective fields in order not to be crushed by the demands of this era. Youth as the spearhead of civilization are also required to be able to show its role in the development of the country and establish good relations with other countries.