Community Services

The Faculty of Language, Arts and Culture of Yogyakarta State University organized a social service outing for FBSB UNY International Students at Parangkusumo Beach. With the title "Beach Clean Up", this activity is a social service of beach cleaning, eco-bricking workshops and literacy-based fun activities with children around the beach. This activity involved international students taking credit transfer, bachelor and master programs at UNY. Forty-five international students participated in this activity.

Coconut is one of the tropical plants. The majority of regions in Indonesia must have plants whose fruits are multipurpose. Bojong Panjatan Kulonprogo is no exception, as almost all areas have coconut trees. This fact became the target of UNY Vocational KKN students in Bojong IV, who processed it into something different. The students processed it into pastries to utilize local food potential. In addition, this program can also help welcome the formation of MSMEs.

Dharma Wanita Persatuan (DWP UNY), on Sunday (2/4) visited the Muhammadiyah Sayegan Orphanage led by the chairperson of DWP UNY, Sulastri Sumaryanto. Present from the Sayegan Muhammadiyah Orphanage welcomed the DWP UNY group, the Chairman of the orphanage foundation Sutarto, Siswo Sarjono as the elder of the orphanage, Dana Nurhana as the administrator of the Development Section, as well as several representatives from the Branch Leadership Council (DPC) Aisyiyah Sayegan Branch.

"Education is an investment in civilization. It has become our passion to give quality education. Let us implement our passion directly to the community because our core business is education,” said UNY Rector at the send-off ceremony for Community Service and teaching practicum programs on Wednesday (1/3) at the UNY Auditorium. The Rector, accompanied by the Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs and the Vice-Rector for Planning and Finance, sent 281 students for community service and teaching practicum this semester.

"Officially, the debriefing of the community service program and educational practice for the 2022/2023 Academic Year has started... Fweet!," said Prof. Dr. Siswantoyo, M. Kes. as Vice-Rector for Academic, Student Affairs, and alumni of UNY while blowing the whistle at the UNY Auditorium on 23 February 2023.

One of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) UNY’s professors, Prof. Dr. Nahiyah Jaidi Faraz, M.Pd. passed away last Friday (13/1) at Annur Yogyakarta Hospital. Born in Pekalongan, on January 8, 1952, Nahiyah became the second professor at the Management Department of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) UNY when she was inaugurated in December 2014. At that time, Nahiyah raised the title "Servant Leadership, an Alternative Leadership Model in the Business World for a Better Indonesia" which is in the field of HR Performance Evaluation Science.

Dr. Nani Ratnaningsih STP MP, Dr. Mujiyono ST MT W.Eng and several UNY students are committed to improving the quality of soun products at Adi Mulya Cooperative in Manjung Village, Klaten. Manjung village has been producing soun since the 1950s. In Manjung Village, there are around 70 soun entrepreneurs (including MSMEs) and as much as 30% of the total population of Manjung Village depends on making soun. Every day, they are able to process around 200-300 kg of palm starch into 50-90 kg of dry rice noodles.