Yogyakarta, May 18^th 2020—UGM’s Social and Political Science Faculty (Fisipol) held the third period of graduation for Bachelors on Monday, May 18^th 2020. This is the second online graduation. The first one was conducted last April. This graduation is done through Zoom and can be joined by graduates, parents/guardians, the Dean and Vice-Dean of Fisipol, as well as the department coordinators in Fisipol.

In this third period, there were 62 graduates. There are 20 graduates from the International Relations department, 5 graduates from the Communication Science department, 13 graduates from Public Policy Management department, 11 graduates from Social Developlment and Welfare department, 10 graduates from Politics and Governance Department, and 3 Sociology graduates. The highest GPA belongs to Tantri Fricilla Ginting as a graduate from the Department of IR with a 3.89 GPA. There is also the fastest graduate from the PPM department. The graduate with 3 years, 5 months, and 19 days study term name is Latika Putri Barliani. read more

Yogyakarta, May 18^th 2020—Career Development Center or CDC of Fisipol UGM is back again with a career education live stream session. This session is filled by Reni Apriliawati, M.Psi, one of CDC’s psychologist. This talk raised the topic of psycho test. Guided by Dimas Wahyudi, an internship officer as well as CDC’s social media admin, the live stream session started at 4 pm.

The topic about psycho test was raised out of Dimas’s curiosity about the reason someone is accepted or rejected based on their psycho test. Reni explained that psycho test is meant to uncover whether a potential employee’s qualities match the need of the company. Through psycho tests, companies will try to find the employee that match the most, not necessarily someone who have a higher score on the test. read more

Yogyakarta, May 18th 2020—UGM’s Department of International Relation cooperated with the National University of Singapore to hold a discussion titled “Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Battle: Current Responses and Future Outcomes” with Mustafa Izzudin as a senior professor in National University of Singapore. The discussion was guided by Treviliana Eka Putri as a professor in UGM’s Department of International Relation. The discussion about ASEAN’s response to Covid-19 and future implications was explained through an international relations perspective.“Covid-19 has changed our view about geopolitics,” Mustafa explained to open the discussion. The analysis elaborated by Mustafa was packed with several perspectives. First, through the perspective of traditional geopolitics that looks at the interaction between nations. Second, through neoclassical geopolitics that opens domestic black box. Third, through regionalism that sees how regional cooperation and coordination is important in fighting this pandemic. Fourth, from the perspective of good international citizenship in which global interest is more important than national interest. Lastly, from the perspective of global governance.

“We can see how nations are helping one another. For example, there was India that helped to give medical supplies to 15 countries including Myanmar and Philippine. There was also China that conducts ‘mask diplomacy’ by giving medical supply to countries fighting the pandemic,” Mustofa elaborated.

“In ASEAN, we have countries that have a varying economic standard, bureaucratic capacity, health care, and characteristic of citizens. In Singapore, we have a higher case compared to Indonesia. This is because our region is filled by more citizens. Hence, the possibility for the virus to spread is higher and quicker. However, by conducting aggressive mass testing and a tight physical distancing measures, the pandemic can be controlled,” Mustofa said. read more

Yogyakarta, May 15th 2020 – Beyond the Great Wall brought an issue about the strategies that done by China in facing the health and security challenges. This issue was brought because of the condition of the China that not only just facing the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the South China Sea dispute that has not ended yet. To explain these two things, Beyond the Great Wall presented Fadhil Sulaeman, Head of Research and Development of SABRI UGM, that would talk about ‘China’s Strategies in the South China Sea’. And there was Muhammad Reza, Media Analyst of the PT. Indonesia Indikator, that would explain a topic about ‘Health Insurance System in China’. This Beyond the Great Wall, which used the online method for the first time, conducted through Google Meet platform. read more

Yogyakarta, May 14^th, 2020— Ramadan at FISIPOL (RDF) organized by the Muslim Community of FISIPOL (JMF) UGM held a discussion entitled “Individual Development Plan” with Isnan Hidayat from Petakehidupan.id which talked the “The Rules of Knowing Yourself” online through WhatsApp group chat

The first rule starts with “Comparing will only be an ingratitude”. Isnan furtherly explained that if someone changes because of comparing themselves with others, external motivation will emerge, they only do something to get what others have. “It looks like our performance got better, but it risks making us trapped in feelings of hasad (envy or jealousy) that ultimately makes us never be grateful for the favours we get,” added Isnan. read more

Yogyakarta, May 14th 2020 – UGM Update #Dirumahaja came back through YouTube channel, Instagram, and Facebook. Moderated by Iva Ariani, the PR of UGM, this episode entitled “Faculty Talk of Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, and Faculty of Philosophy”. This first episode of Faculty Talk presented three speakers from the three different faculties. They were the representatives of each faculties, Dahliana Hasan, S.H., M.Tax., Ph.D., the Vice Dean of Faculty of Law; Dr. Wawan Mas’udi, the Vice Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences; and Dr. Rr. Siti Murtiningsih, the Vice Dean of Faculty of Philosophy. read more

Yogyakarta, May 14th 2020 – Center for Digital Society or CfDS Fisipol UGM held a program known as Digital Discussion #20 on Thursday (14/5). This online discussion that has been held through WhatsApp Group brought a theme, “Holiday after Pandemic! Easy Tips to Manage Itinerary from Mobile Phone” and presented Ruth Tarullyna S. as the Event and SocMed Staff of CfDS as the discussion starter. The discussion was started at 03.00 p.m and was moderated by Made Bayu Agus Sudharma, Event Assistant of CfDS. read more

Yogyakarta, 13 Mei 2020ㅡGlobal Engagement Office (GEO) of Fisipol UGM is back again with the third episode of Exposure Talks. In this third episode, the Exposure Talks is quite different compared to the previous episodes. In this episode, Exposure Talk discussed the topic of internships abroad by having Arifiana T.P Warchani, a last year UGM Law Student, as the speaker. Last year, Arifiana – or commonly called as Tata – had the opportunity to have an internship in the Indonesia Republic Embassy in Bangkok. The discussion titled “Internship at the Embassy” started at 3 pm through Whatsapp group. read more

Yogyakarta, May 13th 2020-  FISIPOL UGM’s Center for Digital Society (CfDS) held a discussion session about the digital world. The discussion was streamed through the Instagram live feature on 4 pm to 5 pm. It was presented by Noel. In this opportunity, the topic was “The Social Media Now: Does it Bring Positive or Negative Effect?”, this event was open for everyone.

The event garnered a pretty big interest amongst Instagram audiences. The audiences gave also gave their opinion about the topic discussed, which was about social media. There were four people that joined CfDS’s live Instagram; Danis Fahreza, Gehang Ghofari, Anaqduanaiko, dan Arindaputri. read more

Yogyakarta, May 12^th, 2020– Center for Digital Society or CfDS Fisipol UGM held the Digitalk #40 program by collaborating with CODEX on Tuesday (5/12). The theme brought upon this occasion was “Digital Talent Preparation 101” presented by Hiroko Amanda, Chief of Employer Branding and Talent Management of CODEX powered by Telkom Indonesia. Through the Zoom Meeting Room and YouTube’s Live Broadcast Platform, the discussion started at 15.00 WIB moderated by Firya Qurratu’ain, CfDS Partnership Associate. read more