The Student Affairs of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the State University of Yogyakarta (FEB UNY) recently conducted a visit to the Faculty of Economics and Business at the State University of Semarang (FEB UNNES). The delegation was led by the Vice Dean for Academic, Students, and Alumni Affairs of the Faculty of Economic and Business UNY, Dr. Sutirman, M.Pd., and attended by student supervisors as well as the Head of Administrative Services and representative of FEB UNY administration staff. The delegation was welcomed by the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of FEB UNNES, Agung Yulianto, S.Pd., M.Si., the Vice Dean for Planning and Resources Affairs Prof. Dr. Amin Pujiati, M.Si., representatives of student supervisors and also some student organization administrators.

In his speech, Agung Yulianto welcomed the delegation of FEB UNY. “We are grateful to FEB UNY for allowing us to visit some time ago. After the visit, we implemented the recommendations that we got there. These include appreciation and awarding to outstanding students,” Agung explained.

Responding to Agung, Sutirman said that FEB UNY believes that the student affairs of FEB Unnes is now more advanced. “This is indeed our return visit that aims to improve students achievements in FEB UNY,” he said.

Agung continued, FEB Unnes through student affairs has created many programs to advance students' achievements. “Student Activity Forum (UKM) is the spearhead of achievement development centers. We also compiled a soft skills development guidebook to help students develop according to their potential,” he continued.

“There are several development patterns, The first is soft skills and career, including entrepreneurship, public speaking, and career coaching. Second, students' achievements in the form of Mapres (Mahasiswa Berprestasi) mentoring and awarding achievements. The next is character and leadership, including studium generale, workshops, etc.,” Agung explained.

After the visit, the delegation of FEB UNY conducted a workshop on student affairs guided by Endra Murti Sagoro, M.Sc., and Yolandaru Septiana, M.Pd. Endra, who often supervises the Student Creativity Program (PKM), said that lecturers play an important role in improving students’ achievement.

"Lecturers should be able to help students to focus on achievement, provide motivation and inspiration, strengthen student competencies, and provide resources and guidance," he explained.

Meanwhile, Yolandaru shared several ideas to increase students’ participation in achievement. "For students' achievements to be optimal, it certainly requires the role of supervisors, supportive campus policies, and awards for those who excel. Students can also be encouraged to participate in competitions in several ways, whether by their initiative, appointed by lecturers, or involved in writing articles with lecturers," Yolandaru explained.

In addition, Yolandaru continued, the role of alumni is equally important in assisting students’ development. "Alumni are assets that need to be empowered, especially those who as students often excelled in various competitions. The campus should not cut off communication, especially during the process of mentoring or guiding competitions. They can also be involved in writing articles with lecturers, and rewarded with appropriate honorariums or fees," said Yola. (tyan-ella-fdhl)

More than 300 participants attended the international seminar entitled International Conference on Ethics of Business, Economics, and Social Science (ICEBESS) 2023 which coincides with the Annual Conference on Management Challenges (ACoMC) 2023. As the speakers are, a lecturer of the Accounting Education Department Dr. Ratna Candra Sari, M.Si., CA, CFP., a lecturer of Universiti Malaya Malaysia Prof. Dr. Noor Ismawati Binti Jaafar, and a lecturer of Nagoya University, Japan, Frendy, Ph.D. The seminar was attended by the lecturers, students, and the representative of UNY officials. This annual seminar was opened by the Rector of UNY Prof. Dr. Sumaryanto, M.Kes., AIFO who attended the seminar online. This seminar was held in collaboration with several co-hosts., Iin the opening speech, Sumaryanto greeted the audience. “Artificial Intelligence provides opportunity and potential to improve the quality of education, economy, and business. We must be able to provide solutions with the existence of AI to facilitate our lives,” he explained.

Moreover, Prof. Setyabudi Indartono who gave a speech representing The Dean of FEB UNY stated that the seminar is aimed at providing opportunities for researchers, professionals, practitioners, and academics to share their ideas. “This seminar is expected to publish various articles that can enrich empirical findings and contribute to world civilization,” he said.

As the first presenter, Noor Ismawati stated that AI can be beneficial for economic and industrial labor. “With the advantages, AI can help in fostering decision-making by providing data analysis. AI increases the accuracy and the speed of prediction of industrial maintenance thus cutting the cost and production time. Besides, AI can be used for improving cybersecurity effectively and efficiently, and also help to find fraud quickly,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Ratna Candra Sari stated that ethics must be a thing to consider in the use of AI. Ratna raised several issues, including how AI interacts ethically with other AI, how AI interacts with human beings, and how AI interacts in society. “AI can monitor data, including humans. Besides that, the use of AI has an impact on carbon emissions which is are bigger than humans,” she explained. 

Frendy added, AIathat canis able to interact with humans directly, generates images or text, and shows NLP (Natural Language Processing), iswhich are one of the sub-groups of AI named ‘AI Generative’. “AI Generative is trained using big data, which is basically cillwritten by various people. Based on McKinsey Global Institute data, AI contributes at least 2,6-8 trillion dollars to the global economy. The advantages of AI are extraordinary., Chat GPT can even pass the CPA test. Blake Oliver, a public accountant, argues, AI Generative can drive the productivity we always wanted, especially in the fields of auditing and taxation,” Frendy explained.

Frendy continued, in the end, as one member of professional accountants advised, it doesn’t matter how good AI is, but the humans as the users who must take an action to accept, reject, or change what has been processed by AI. (ella/tyan/fdhl)

After approximately 5 months of closure, Al Fatih Mosque was reopened and inaugurated by the Dean of FEB UNY Dr. Siswanto, M.Pd. The signing ceremony was held along with the faculty’s islamic preaching and the delivery of ZIS (Zakat, Infaq, Sedekah) to the poor. Lecturers, supporting staff, and the representatives of students and the poor who received the donation. In addition, Ustadz Drs. H. Saebani, M.A. become the speaker in the preaching session.

“This FEB’s Mosque can now be used again as a character building laboratory for moslem students of FEB UNY. Hopefully, this place gathers various potentials of FEB students and contribute to the progress of the faculty,” stated Prof. Setyabudi Indartono as the host of the event.

In his speech before signing the inauguration document, Siswanto gave a message that students could enliven this mosque. “It will be used later as the secretariat of UKMF (Student Activity Forum of Faculty) Al Fatih FEB UNY, so the hope is that it can also be a proper mosque. In addition, every prayer time, it is hoped that all services will stop for a moment and educational staff can attend prayers together  here,” he ordered.

Saebani, who is also the Chairman of MUI Bantul for 2021-2026 expressed her admiration. “This mosque is well built. It was said earlier, hopefully, it will become a place for mental and spiritual guidance for students. Because that is the purpose for which we humans were created; life is for worship,” he explained.

Ustadz, who has a humorous delivery style, reminded the audience to always remember Allah. “Nowadays, the call to prayer is eclipsed by the death announcement from the mosque. When we hear the call to prayer, we are ignorant. But when we hear the death announcement of innalilahi, we lower our voices and listen carefully. Two-thirds of human beings may fall victim to the devil’s temptation, without realizing it they become ‘hizbush shaithan’. Therefore, we must always ask Allah for protection or isti’adzah, and ask Him for help or isti’anah,” he said.

This event was closed with the distribution of Zakat, Infaq, and Sadaqah(ZIS) from FEB UNY to the poor. The poor were chosen from relatives or neighbors of lecturers and staff in FEB UNY. Chairman of the Senate of FEB Abdullah Taman, S.E., M.Si., Ak. gave the donation accompanied by the dean. (ella&tyan)

Salah satu tugas pokok Direktorat Kemitraan dan Penyelarasan Dunia Usaha dan Dunia Industri (MITRAS DUDI) adalah membuat program Penyelarasan Pendidikan Vokasi dengan DUDI. Sebagai implementasi tugas tersebut, Direktorat MITRAS DUDI menggandeng Direktorat Riset dan Pengabdian Masyarakat Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (DRPM UNY) untuk menyusun instrumen penyelarasan. Menurut Koordinator Penyelarasan MITRAS DUDI, Dr. Sulistio Mukti Cahyono, S.E., M.B.A., penyusunan instrumen ini merupakan kegiatan berkelanjutan berdasarkan roadmap Penyelarasan Pendidikan Vokasi yang telah disusun, dan kerjasama dengan UNY telah dilakukan dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Hal ini juga disampaikan oleh Prof. Dr. Samsul Hadi, M.Pd., M.T., Direktur DRPM sekaligus ketua tim Penyusunan Instrumen Penyelarasan Pendidikan Vokasi 2024, yang menyampaikan bahwa UNY berkomitmen untuk mendukung penyelarasan Pendidikan Vokasi dan DUDI, dan sekaligus untuk mendukung pelaksanaan Indikator Kinerja Utama (IKU) 3 dan IKU 6 UNY dengan bekerjasama dengan lembaga/institusi pemerintahan.

Eka Ary Wibawa, M.Pd., Sekretaris Tim Penyusun menyampaikan bahwa kegiatan penyusunan instrumen tahun 2024 ini yang merupakan pengembangan dari kegiatan kajian di tahun sebelumnya. Dari kajian penelitian sebelumnya, ditemukan 6 dimensi dalam penyelarasan Pendidikan Vokasi dan DUDI yaitu: kurikulum, pembelajaran, pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan, peserta didik, sarana dan prasarana, serta kemitraan untuk tiga satuan Pendidikan Vokasi, yaitu Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK), Perguruan Tinggi Penyelenggara Program Pendidikan Vokasi (PTPPPV), dan Lembaga Kursus dan Pelatihan (LKP); dan Industri Mitra. 

Lebih lanjut, Eka Ary menyampaikan bahwa rangkaian kegiatan penyusunan ini melalui beberapa tahapan, yaitu penyusunan instrumen dan panduan pemberian skor, validasi instrumen, dan panduan pemberian skor, uji keterbacaan dan uji coba terbatas, bimbingan teknis penggunaan instrumen, dan uji coba skala luas. Diharapkan melalui kegiatan ini, akan ada keselarasan antara Pendidikan Vokasi yang dilakukan di satuan Pendidikan Vokasi dengan kebutuhan industri, dalam hal ini DUDI. 

Adapun tim dari DRPM UNY terdiri dari Prof. Dr. Samsul Hadi (Direktur DRPM), Dr. Khusni Syauqi, M.Pd. (FV), Eka Ary Wibawa, M.Pd. dan Arum Darmawati, MM (FEB). Kegiatan ini juga melibatkan mahasiswa Program Pascasarjana: Rahmat Darmawan, S.Pd., Yolandaru Septiana, M.Pd., Kartianom, M.Pd., dan Andi Harpeni D., M.Pd.