Participants of PMKB 2018 Commemorate Youth Pledge Day

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A total of 105 participants of the National Student Cadre Training (PMKB) from 20 Muhammadiyah universities from 11 provinces in Indonesia held a ceremony to commemorate the 90th Youth Pledge Day on Sunday (10/28/2018). This ceremony is a part of the event series of PMKB organized by UAD in collaboration with the Council of Higher Education, Research and Development (Diktilitbang) of Central Board of Muhammadiyah and Muhammadiyah Al Manar Galur High School.

The ceremony took place solemnly and was led by Andika Sahputra from UM Bengkulu and Muhamad Sofian from UM Yogyakarta as the inspectors of the ceremony. All ceremonial officers were selected from a number of participants of PMKB 2018 that took place from 26 to 28 of October 2018 at Muhammadiyah Al Manar Galur High School, Brosot, Galur, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta.

The ceremonial officers included Fera Elvayuni (bearer of Pancasila) and Dwi Irma Mutia (reader of the 1945 Constitution) from UAD, Yorenza Melfinda (conductor) and Wikan Kurniawati (protocol) from STKIP Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung, Diki Bayu Aji (reader of Youth Pledge) from UM Purworejo, and Resky Gustiandi GI (prayer reader) from UM Surakarta. Although some are from the same university, they all come from different regions.

In his speech, Muhamad Sofian invited all PMKB participants to have a sense of togetherness and to care of others. "Indonesia is a country with many differences. Therefore, we need to make it as our power. Show mutual respect and tolerance," he explained in front of the participants.

In addition, the man from East Nusa Tenggara conveyed that the moment of the Youth Pledge must be a trigger to advance the Indonesian nation. Real implementation must be carried out by generating ideas and innovations that can support the improvement of the living standards of the Indonesian people.

In the ceremony that was held in the morning with a drizzle, the participants still showed their enthusiasm for nationalism. This moment is one of the many activities carried out by the current youth to welcome Indonesia's progress in the future. In addition, these young people will later become the golden generation that will bring the progress of civilization throughout the nation. (ard)

Memoirs of Noeng Muhadjir: From IKIP to UAD

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One time, when Prof. Dr. Noeng Muhadjir was still serving as the Rector of Muhammadiyah Teaching and Education Institute (IKIP), he visited a house at Jalan Deresan No. 38. In the house, he met Prof. Dr. Sarbiran, Ph.D. (red: Vice Rector IV of UAD at present).

From the story told by Sarbiran, his coming to Jalan Deresan was to express his desire to develop IKIP Muhammadiyah to become Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD). "He has the desire to make IKIP Muhammadiyah a better and more advanced institution," Sarbiran said when interviewed on campus 1 of UAD at Jln. Kapas 9, Semaki, Yogyakarta.

At that time, the talk was only focused on the development and change from IKIP institution to be a university. There had not been any proposal for the name of the university. Noeng asked Sarbiran for help in advancing IKIP. "Firmly, I answered that I agreed with his idea, very good, with thumbs up," he said while repeating his thumbs-up gesture.

After the meeting, Sarbiran asked one person who could be trusted to Noeng. He was assigned to convey information related to the plan to change IKIP to become a university. These changes certainly brought pros and cons. So, Sarbiran believed that an informant wa needed to obtain important information.

The information obtained from Hartono (ed: trusted informant) was used as the consideration and for the analysis for the goodness of IKIP Muhammadiyah. Hartono was asked to find information about the state of IKIP after Noeng Muhadjir had the idea to turn it into a university.

"Alhamdulillah, I have someone I can trust. He can be trusted about the state of IKIP. I thought the late Noeng Muhadjir needed to deal with people who might not have been able to accept IKIP as a university. So I asked for Hartono's help who was young and energetic at the time."

In its process, the change from Muhammadiyah IKIP to UAD went well. Many parties supported and accepted these changes. Until now, UAD has become one of the best universities in Indonesia. The idea initiated by Noeng to turn into a university has resulted in great outcome.

Now, UAD has six campuses, which were originally only one on Jalan Kapas. Over time, UAD opens 48 study programs, 11 of which are postgraduate programs. In addition, there are also several professional programs.

The late Noeng Muhadjir, who passed away on October 28, 2018 at the age of 88, had a large share in the development of IKIP and UAD. He served as a Rector from 1990-1994 (IKIP Muhammadiyah) and 1995-1999 (UAD). In his old age, this man who was born in Bukittinggi, November 13, 1930, still served as a lecturer in UAD Postgraduate Program.

Kuda Sarpin UAD Juara 1 Event I3E

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Kementerian Riset, Teknologi, dan Pendidikan Tinggi (Kemenristekdikti) Republik Indonesia menggelar Inovator Inovasi Indonesia Expo (I3E), Kamis-Minggu (25-28/10/2018) di Jogja City Mall. Gelaran ini merupakan tempat para inovator memamerkan hasil kerjanya kepada masyarakat tentang produk startup yang berbasis inovasi. Event tersebut diinisiasi oleh Direktorat Jenderal Penguatan Inovasi guna memamerkan inovasi generasi milenial Indonesia.

Pada ajang nasional ini, tim dari Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) memperoleh juara 1 kategori kompetisi inovasi dengan karya Kursi Beroda dengan Sarung Tangan Pintar (Kuda Sarpin). Tim Kuda Sarpin beranggotakan Ahmad Yogaswara, Iqbal Cahya Kurniawan, dan Muhammad Annas dari Teknik Elektro, serta Ferosa Ardina Wardani dari Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat (FKM). Dosen pembimbing tim Kuda Sarpin Anton Yudahana, S.T.,M.T.,Ph.D.

Dari penjelasan Ahmad Yogaswara, pembuatan Kuda Sarpin dilatarbelakangi belum maksimalnya penyandang disabilitas memperoleh fasilitas umum. “Misalnya kurangnya akses layanan transportasi, bangunan, pendidikan, dan pekerjaan merupakan beberapa contoh yang menjadi penghambat dalam kehidupan sehari-hari para penyandang disabilitas.”

Sementara Anton Yudhana menyampaikan, ia dan tim asuhannya siap mempromosikan produk-produk inovasi teknologi hasil karya anak bangsa, khususnya UAD, kepada masyarakat luas. Sehingga hasil inovasi dari para inovator benar-benar terasa manfaatnya bagi masyarakat.

Pameran I3E 2018 diikuti oleh 261 startup inovasi teknologi. Peserta berasal dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Di antaranya terdiri atas bidang pangan, kesehatan, informasi teknologi, expan material, transportasi, teknologi pertahanan, energi terbarukan, dan manajemen kebencanaan.

Event kali ini mengangkat tema “Startup: Optimisme untuk Bangsa”. I3E telah dilaksanakan selama tiga tahun terakhir yang merupakan sarana bagi perusahaan rintisan berbasis teknologi untuk mulai berhadapan dengan pasar, investor, dan pemangku kepentingan yang lebih luas.

Sebelum menjuarai salah satu kategori dalam event ini, tim Kuda Sarpin UAD masuk 10 besar finalis Pagelaran Mahasiswa Nasional bidang Tekonologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (Gemastik) 11 Tahun 2018. Tim ini masuk 10 finalis lomba piranti cerdas, sistem benam dan IoT (Smart Devices, Embedded Systems and IoT). (ard/doc)

Pentingnya Hilirisasi Hasil Penelitian untuk Program Pengabdian Masyarakat

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Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM) Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) Yogyakarta selenggarakan Seminar Nasional Hasil Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat 27 Oktober 2018 lalu. Seminar yang diselenggarakan di Hotel Jambuluwuk Malioboro tersebut diikuti 51 pemakalah dan 4 peserta dari berbagai perguruan tinggi negeri maupun swasta seperti Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Universitas PGRI Madiun, Universitas Widya Dharma, Universitas Kristen Petra, Politeknik Kediri, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo, Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, dan tentu saja UAD sebagai tuan rumah.

“Tema ‘Hilirisasi Hasil Penelitian melalui Program Pengabdian Berkelanjutan’ sengaja dipilih mengingat masih minimnya hasil riset yang dilakukan oleh dosen di perguruan tinggi yang ditindaklanjuti sebagai program pengabdian kepada masyarakat,” tutur Dr. Widodo, M.Si. selaku Kepala LPPM dalam sambutannya.

Dr. Muchlas, M.T. selaku Wakil Rektor I UAD juga menyatakan hal yang senada. Menurutnya, perguruan tinggi memang perlu meningkatkan Tingkat Kesiapan Teknologi (TKT) yang tidak hanya berhenti pada kajian ilmiah di tingkat perguruan tinggi saja, tetapi kebermanfaatan hasil penelitian tersebut harus dirasakan langsung oleh masyarakat melalui program pengabdian masyarakat. Oleh karena itu, ia memberikan apresiasi yang setinggi-tingginya atas terselenggaranya seminar tersebut.

“Untuk sampai pada tingkat TKT yang advance, perlu adanya kerja sama. Ketika hanya ilmu dasar yang diaplikasikan, akan sulit untuk sampai pada tingkat 7 sampai 9. Sehingga hasil penelitian tersebut hanya selesai sebagai laporan saja dan masyarakat tidak bisa menikmati hasilnya. Oleh karena itu, hilirisasi hasil penelitian ini penting untuk diaplikasikan,” ungkap Dr. Okid Parama Asitin, M.S. selaku pembicara utama sekaligus reviewer Direktorat Riset dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (DRPM). (Fy)