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.

As part of an international event Tangerang Global Innovation Forum (TGIF) 2016, Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education and the city government of Tangerang Selatan host National Innovation Competition (NIC) 2016, organized by Business Innovation Centre (BIC). As an attempt to disseminate the information regarding the competition, BIC in collaboration with Yogyakarta State University (YSU) held Presentation and Information Session of NIC 2016 on Monday (21/3/2016).

Prof. Madya dato, Dr. Abdul Razaq Ahmad (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) were to give keynote speech in the studium generale organized by Educational Policy study program, the Department of Philosophical Sociology Education with the theme of `Policy of Nation and Character Building: Comparing Indonesia-Malaysia`. The agenda attracted 159 participants at the Abdullah Sigit room, FE YSU (10/3). The Dean of Faculty of Education YSU, Dr. Haryanto, M.Pd. urged the participants of this studium generale to gain knowledge on the education in Indonesia and Malaysia.

The students of YSU who joined the team of YSU Students’ Activity Unit of Research, Rifaldy Fajar (Mathematics Dept 2014), and Rini Winarti (Biology Education Dept 2014) recently achieved two gold medals at the event of The Egyptian International Invention and Innovation Exhibition (EGYPTINVENT) 2016 in Cairo, Egypt, taking place on 8 – 10 March in El Gezirah Youth Center.

Three students of Chemistry Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMNS) namely Shinta Pramudyasiwi, Asti Dian Arini and Fitri Handayani were announced the 2nd runner up for National Scientific Writing Competition, as part of Student Scientific Festival (Festival Ilmiah Mahasiswa/FILM) 2016 held by Student Scientific Study, Sebelas Maret University, from 4 to 6 March, 2016.

Students class of 2013 of Mechanical Engineering Education of the Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University (FE YSU) created electric pedicab named `Simple Electric Tricycle` (7/03). They are Yondi Akirudin, Risna Sari Dewi, Dwi Hari Purnomo, Aris Sulistyo, Wisnu Pamungkas, and Rio Rizki Khanigia. They constructed this work under the guidance of Dr. Eng. Didik Nurhadiyanto, M.T., Febrianto Amri Ristiadi, M.Eng.Sc., and Prof. Thomas Sukardi, M.Pd. This electric tricycle uses an electric motor that can go up to 40 km / h.

On Monday (7/3/2016), housed in Abdullah Sigit, Faculty of Education, Yogyakarta State University (YSU), an information session on study in Aichi University of Education (AUE) Japan was held. The agenda was designed to promote the study in AUE Japan. Representing AUE were Prof. Kazuhiro Doki, Yoshitaka Kozuka, and Kenji Iwamitsu. Prof. Kazuhiro Doki as the Deputy Director for International Exchange also allowed question-answer session for the attendees. Over 90 students of varying departments in YSU joined the event.