NEWSLETTERUNAIR• S p r e a d i n g K n o w l e d g e f o r h u m a n i t y •

AUGUST 2018

Every 17th of August, Indonesia celebrates its independence day. This year, Indonesia will mark its 73rd year as an independent country, free from colonialism (Indonesia declared its independence on 17 August 1945). The question is what should we do to treasure the moment?In this edition the Rector of Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) Prof. M. Nasih says that sharing benefits or giving contributions to the wide community is one way to cherish our freedom. Therefore, every part of this civitas academica is expected to be creative and innovative in order to perform the task. In another article, a reportage is presented on a glorious achievement of UNAIR’s students in Australia

and Singapore. Their rewarded hard work is such a commitment to celebrate our independence. How come it’s not, they have successfully promoted our nation! On the next page, we bring you an article on a number of international conferences which were held in UNAIR last July; also, on the foreign students’ enthusiasm in joining KKN held by the campus.The alumni column presents you a profile of Khofifah Indar Parawansa. She is a Faculty of Social and Political Sciences alumna who was recently elected as the Governor of East Java and will serve for the next five years. She replaced the former governor, Dr. Soekarwo, who is also an UNAIR alumnus.

Dear Readers,

Indonesia declared its independence on 17 August 1945. This year, the sovereignty will mark its 73rd anniversary. There are so many things to do especially to reach the goal of a fair and civilized Indonesia and to achieve equal welfare in every field.

Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) as one of the higher education centers in the country has always been willing to contribute to the nation and state. One way to celebrate independence is by contributing to the wide community; giving concrete contributions to take part in prospering the community.

These contributions are not only given at local or regional level, but also at national and international level. Thus far, there have been many researches from UNAIR experts which are part of applicative breakthrough fundamental at global level.

Rector Prof. Dr. H. Mohammad Nasih, MT, SE, Ak, CMA says that the civitas academica will always put some efforts to improve self-quality especially in education. With practiced skills, contributions given to the community can be at their maximum excellence.

“Let’s celebrate this independence by keep sharing benefits with the community,” the born Gresik man states.

He also says that the implementation of Three Pillars of Higher Education namely education, research, and community service must be enforced continually and with quality. This is an obligation for every campus. On the other side, to celebrate independence we can as well feel grateful, ponder on the battle of our heroes and let it inspire us to do good things in life.

This year UNAIR also celebrates its 64th Dies Natalis, on the next 10 November 2018 to be exact. Nasih is expecting that the Dies Natalis momentum will encourage the civitas academica to stay productive for the sake of education quality in Indonesia.

The Independence Day in Indonesia is always celebrated solemnly yet festively; from flag ceremonies, seminars on nationalism, to races or competitions which will get every member of the community together.

UNAIR also annually celebrates Independence Day. Usually after a solemn flag ceremony the next activities are some festive races and competitions.

The races the campus regularly holds among others are rhymes and poems, yell-yell, Javanese karaoke, slow bike, and putting on make-up with eyes closed. Moreover, the campus once also held paddle race, Javanese news reading for foreign students, and many others.

Merdeka! The excitement of paddle race at UNAIR Independence Day celebration last year

Rector Prof. M. Nasih (left) participates in slow bike race at UNAIR Independence Day celebration last year

To Celebrate Independenceby Contributing to the Community

Every year a series of Independence Day celebration at UNAIR is begun with a solemn flag ceremony

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For the students of Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR), one way to celebrate independence is by making achievements whether at regional, national, or even at international level. Without doubt, they often participate in global level competitions and bring medals and awards home.

Recently, UNAIR delegation recorded an international achievement at the 19th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot (IMLAM) 2018 event in TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland, Australia which was held from 29 June to 3 July.

Two awards were successfully achieved by UNAIR Team, namely The Sarah Derrington Encouragement Award and Overall Runner-Up Written Memoranda. The awards were earned after winning over 28 participant teams from all across the world.

At the IMLAM event, UNAIR was the only university in Indonesia which successfully made the achievement. Besides UNAIR, other Indonesian delegations came from Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada, and Universitas Padjajaran.

Serving as the speakers were students from Faculty of Law (FH) named Regine Wiranata and Bima Danubrata Adhijoso. Meanwhile, other students who acted as the researchers were Shofy Suma Nisrina, Indarwati Atika Shanti, and Auly Nahdyan Mafaza.

The recent international achievement has confirmed and added the long list of success achieved by IMLAM UNAIR Team. Last year in 2017 IMLAM UNAIR Team marvelously reached the title of Best Newcomer.

“This victory is a booster for us to make more achievements at IMLAM next year in the Netherlands. We are committed to keep the alma mater’s name soaring at international level,” said Nilam Andalia Kurniasari, SH. LL.M, head coach of IMLAM Team.

To Hit a Homerun in Australia and Singapore

IMLAM is an annual international event for law students who are concerned about the issues of maritime law. The 19th IMLAM this year was participated by 28 teams from prominent universities in 13 countries.

Meanwhile, from 11 to 12 May a few months ago, a team from Student Club of Persaudaraan Setia Hati Teratai (PSHT) martial arts UNAIR were drunk with success in Singapore Open 2018. This recent bimonthly, high prestige event was held in Pasir Ris, Singapore. Four medals were gloriously reached by PSHT UNAIR Team namely one gold medal by Devy Nadya, one silver medal by M. Vendrika, and two bronze medals by Okta Satriatus S. and Uswatun Khasanah. (*)

Devy Nadya (spreads PSHT UNAIR’s flag) on the podium as the winner of Singapore Open, May 2018.

UNAIR Team at the 19th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot (IMLAM) 2018 bear fruit in TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland, Australia.

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As a university aiming for the Top 500 Best Univer-sities in the world, Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) often holds global level events, in the form of workshops, con-ferences, international seminars and many others.

From 16 to 20 July 2018, UNAIR held 5 Days In-ternational Workshop On Structure-guided Design of Drugs for Tropical Diseases SgDD 2018 at Institute of Tropical Disease (LPT). The workshop was inspired by various reasons such as drug discovery as a time-con-suming and expensive process. In the past, drugs were developed through extensive identification of bioactive compounds from, for example, traditional medicine.

The Head of Proteomic Laboratory LPT Prof. Dr. Ni Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih, M.Si said that there was Prof. Wim G.J. Hol, PhD (Structural Biologist) as the keynote speaker. He is a Professor of Biochemistry from Biomo-lecular Structure Center, University of Washington.

Meanwhile, on Monday, July 16, Student Executive Board in collaboration with Directorate of Student Af-fairs Universitas Airlangga held an International Confer-ence on Student Development and Leadership Malay-

The foreign students at Uni-versitas Airlangga (UNAIR) were enthusiastic during a Communi-ty Service Program (KKN) outside Surabaya. This fun education, sim-ple but meaningful event is called “KKN-CERIA”. The foreign students’ involvement was also to promote In-donesian tourism. In the event, the students also visited various towns and regions besides Surabaya which boast the natural beauty.

The foreign students’ high spirit will be the motivation to improve

this new program in the future. Hopefully, there will be more for-eign students interested in following KKN CERIA program.

“We hope there will be improve-ments in the future, either from the services or the programs,” said Mo-chammad Jalal, S.S., M.Hum., as the supervising lecturer.

Ihsan Idrees, one of the foreign students from Palestine said that he had followed a KKN program in Jember, about 199 kilometers from Surabaya. “It was my first time in

Jember. I was glad I could partic-ipate. The place had a cool atmo-sphere with lots of trees and the lo-cals were very friendly,” he said.

Besides for a community ser-vice activity, the KKN program ini-tiated by Institute of Community Service (LPM) and Airlangga Global Engagement (AGE) also invited the participants to know more about educational tourism destinations in Indonesia. (*)

Prof. Wim G.J. Hol, PhD., during his presentation at UNAIR(source: news.unair.ac.id)

The foreign students, M. Sufyan from Pakistan (in a football jersey on the left), Maybe from Zimbabwe (girl in a checked shirt), and Abdulmuhsen from Yaman (checked shirt on the right), enthusiastic with the locals during KKN.

UNAIR Continuously HoldsInternational Conferences

sia – Indonesia (ICOSDEL MALINDO 18). It was held in the Amerta Hall 4th floor of UNAIR Management Office Building and attended by 30 students from UNAIR and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).

Foreign Students Enthusiastic with KKN

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Alumni of Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) have per-formed in various professional field including in the realm of politics and bureaucracy. Their ability is un-questionable thus they have excellent competitiveness.

For example in East Java, the province where UNAIR is located, from 2008 to 2018 it was led by an alumnus of Faculty of Law Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soekarwo.

There are a lot of international students studying at Universitas Airlangga. One of them is Ahmed Muham-mad Omar Al-Madani from Palestine.

The student from Gaza, Palestine, known as Ahmed has completed his doctoral studies after he defended his dissertation in an open exam at Adi Sukadana Hall, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) UNAIR on Monday, July 16. In the exam, he defended his disserta-tion titled “Hamas and Iran: A Strategy Alliance between a State and a Non State Actor (2005-2015)”.

Ahmed has been an UNAIR student since November 2013. He studied by obtaining a Premium Scholarship for foreign students granted by the Government of Re-public of Indonesia through the Ministry of Education and Culture. (*)

Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Elected Governor of East Java, one of UNAIR alumni with competence in politics and governance. (Source: book, The Foot-prints of Airlangga’s Knight)

Ahmed Muhammad Omar Al-Madani, student from Palestine is glad for being able to study at UNAIR (source: news.unair.ac.id)

UNAIR Alumna Leads East Java

Student from PalestineCompletes Doctoral Degree Exam

During the leadership of this Madiun native, East Java made a great development in economic sector. It means that UNAIR graduates have made a great contribution in society, especially in the politics and bureaucracy.

Recently, regional election was held in East Java. The goal was to find a leader after Soekarwo, who has served for two periods as governor (each period lasts five years).

In this election, an alumna of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Universitas Airlangga took part as a candidate. She was Khofifah Indar Parawansa. Af-ter the election was completed, she obtained the most votes and is entitled to become Governor for East Java from 2018 to 2023.

One of the parameters which led to this success was her clear vision and mission. Her track record has been excellent as she served as Minister of Social Affairs of Indonesia. It means, the ability of Surabaya native has been proven.

Khofifah enrolled at UNAIR in 1984 in political sci-ence major and graduated in 1990. As she came from an Islamic high school, she had some difficulties to adapt. She involved actively in some campus organizations so she could understand the condition of the surrounding environment easily. There are two most impressive lec-turers for Khofifah, the founder of FISIP UNAIR, the late Prof. Soetandyo Wignjosoebroto and Prof. Ramlan Sur-bakti. “Lecturers at UNAIR do not only teach but also inspire the students, “ she said. (*)

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