On Thursday, March 31, 2016, held at the University Coordination Meeting Room, YSU, Office of International Affairs and Partnerships (OIAP) and the representation of the Yogyakarta State University’s academic community received the visit of Dr. Dely Elliot as the representation of the School of Education, University of Glasgow. The event was opened by a speech from Vice Rector IV, Prof. Hj Suwarsih Madya, PhD.

In Indonesia, sexual education is still a taboo to introduce to children. This leads parents to be a bit conservative when explaining information related to sexuality to their children. As a consequence, children grow in confusion that makes them look it up on their own, namely on social media and the internet which most of the information related to sexuality leads to pornography. As parents have power, their attitudes on this issue sometimes inhibit the implementation of sexual education in schools. It requires the same perceptions between schools and parents regarding this issue.

Garuda Hybrid (GH) 16, a hybrid car by Yogyakarta State University’s racing team will be the only car made by Indonesian students participating in the upcoming International Student Car Competition 2016, right now is undergoing its test-trial.
“On this test trial, the driver of Garuda UNY Team (GUT) already conducted some routine exercises, three times on this week at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman. Along with this trial, the development is still going on to yield a maximum output.” said Teguh, as the chief of ISCC team.

Skillful hands playing plastic cup instruments on the table, followed with the strum of the guitar and clapping hands formed harmonic gestures and sounds. The vocalist sang a song accompanied by a simple yet unique rhyme. This unique orchestra amazed the audience to applause.

The lecturers at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMNS) YSU joined the Workshop of Active Learning in the Sciences, on Wednesday (23/3) at the FMNS. The speakers on this were occasion Allen Price, PhD (Associate Professor at Emmanuel College Boston, USA) and Ana R. Otero, Ph.D. DVM (Senior Lecturer at Emmanuel College Boston, USA).

A team consisting of Yogyakarta State University (YSU) students succeeded to grab a silver medal at Innovation Practices Education and Industry Exhibition 2016 (I-PEINX 2016) in University of Technology Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia (14/3). The students comprised Fauzi Solichin (Informatics Engineering Education), Indra Dwi Suryanto (Electronics Engineering Education), Mega Ayu Wulandari (English Education), and Amin Sri Wahyu Ningrum (Chemistry) under the supervision of Andik Asmara, M.Pd.

The Office of International Affairs and Partnerships (OIAP) YSU held a socialization activity on the program of internship for the achievers educational employees at YSU to UPM on Wednesday, 23 March 2016, taking place at classroom B OIAP. The content of the socialization was delivered by Retna Hidayah, Ph.D as the head of International Relationship Division OIAP. The activity was attended by Siti Amironah, S.T. (Faculty of Education), Ristina Rahmawati, S.E., M.Sc. (General Bureau of Planning and Finance), Jumanto (Faculty of Mathematics and Science) and M. Hendro Kuncoro, A.Md.

On Wednesday (23/3/2016), taking place at the East Meeting Room 3 (LKBH) and Study Room A2 OIAP YSU, Yogyakarta State University held an interview for candidates in the program of study visit of the YSU’s Students Organization to the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). This test was joined by a total of 19 students from many faculties and organizations. From the selection process, 12 students will be selected for taking this program of study visit to UPM.

Students of Mechanical Engineering Education year 2013 Yogyakarta State University, namely Agung Pratama Putra, Ahmad Zainudin, Dwi Nor Wibowo, under supervision of Dr. Eng. Didik Nurhadiyanto, MT have just launched their innovative work that is a multifunction bed designed for minimalist rooms. The lenght of the bed is 1880 mm, width is 900, and height 760 mm. This bed is expected to save space, perfect for students living in a dormitory.

The strength of the bed lies in its ability to be folded to serve several functions, either as a flat bed, cozy bad, sofa, shelves, or table.

A critical factor in the success of an organization is the presence of capable and skilled employees with high morale, so satisfactory work can be expected. However, there are many factors that cause a decrease in the work ethic among employees behavior, namely less discipline, less strict regulations from office to its employees, to the facility and the state of agency that tend to make employees bored and lazy. In this case, the adequate office facilities will support employees in work. One of them is a chair, a tool widely used by employees to support the work process in office.