UNY Faculty of Engineering always support for any positive student activities both on academic and non-academic fields. Those activities hopefully will help students to earn better insight and experience. Every year, new student’s organization management is inaugurated. For this year, hundreds of students from 15 student organization bodies in Faculty of Engineering is officially inaugurated. The ceremony was held on 27 January 2020 at KPLT hall.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta earned the trust of Regional Civil Service Agency (BKD) from Banyumas, Cilacap, Purbalingga, Kebumen, Banjarnegara, and Rembang Districts to host Computer Assisted Test (CAT) for the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) for prospective civil servants in the six districts. According to Setyo Budi Takarina as the Head Bureau of Academic, Students Affairs and Cooperation said that UNY test location will be attended by BKD, Inspectorate and representative of Ministry of Communication and Informatics as the exam supervisor.

Institute of Research and Community Service (LPPM) organized Work Meeting on 24 to 25 January 2020 at @K Hotel Kaliurang. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson and Institutional Secretary, Chair and Central Secretary, Journal Editor, Structural and all LPPM UNY Education Personnel. In accordance with UNY's Rector Regulation Number 17 Year 2019 on the Work Procedures of Research and Community Service Institutions, LPPM UNY has the task of carrying out coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of research and community service activities.

Learning problems on Pancasila and Civic Education for teacher ideally put cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspect. Unfortunately, current learning process has been viewed as uninteresting and unenjoyable. This condition naturally cause the lack of motivation for students. For students, learning Pancasila and Civic Education is not as challenging as other subjects because of its monotonous and boring approach as well as not a national examination material.

A total of 110 students of Biology Education study program Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Education from UIN Raden Fatah Palembang conducted field studies at UNY’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences from Monday-Wednesday, 6 to 8 January 2020. Field lecture activities are conducted with presentation of material and practicum in FMIPA Biology Education laboratory.

In the latest UNY Organization and Work Procedure, Coordinator of Study Program is the manager of study program who is given the assignment from 1 January to 31 December 2020. This position will be appointed annually. Similar policy also set for the head and secretary of non-structural center who will be appointed annually. There are some merging among study centers to improve their effectivity and efficiency. Another changes is set for the World Class University Team who will work directly under the rector to boost the activity implementation.

UNY’s Faculty of Engineering actively support the effort to improve vocational education quality especially on building construction, sanitation and maintenance competencies. To give real support, the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Herman Dwi Surjono, Ph.D signed MoA with Principal of SMKN 2 Yogyakarta, Dodot Yuliantoro, M.T. and Principal of SMKN 2 Pengasih, Sumarno, M.T (08/01/2020). The head of Civil Engineering and Planning Education Department UNY, Dr. Slamet Widodo, M.T witnessed the signing ceremony.

UNY Students Creativity Program Team won as favorite winner in National Student Scientific Week (Pimnas) in Bali recently. The team consisting of Muhammad Faqihul Imam and Lilis Riyanti (Physics Study Program), Ardi Jati Nugroho (Mechanical Engineering Education Study Program), Yuda Aldeika (Electrical Engineering Education Study Program) and Hestiana (Natural Science Education Study Program), created a work entitled “Cutter and Cleanser Catfish Machine (Cutle-Machine) to Improve Catfish Fish Processing Efficiency”.

The Minister of Villages/PDTT, Abdul Halim Iskandar, M.Pd pointed out the importance of cross-institutional synergy in village development during Studium Generale at UNY on Saturday, 4 January 2019. UNY also had significant role because UNY, as a teacher training tertiary institution, had multiple empowerment programs for rural communities.

Halim knew very well that UNY had many community service programs.  Because Halim is an alumni of the 1987 Philosophy and Sociology of Education at UNY.

Bachelor degree is the foundation, master degree and doctoral degree are the toppings. Therefore, it is important not to leave bachelor alma mater because we have to focus. Our only goal is to learn with all the challenges. If you have master degree then you already have a background of activity. Therefore we cannot be separated from the bachelor alma mater because there are so many things we get. As stated by the Minister of Villages, Abdul Halim Iskandar in the UNY Alumni Association Meeting at the UNY Hotel Saturday (4/1).