NEWSLETTER ENEWS JULY . 2020 sampoerna.university FOR MORE INFORMATION SCAN HERE sampoerna University FOR VIRTUAL TOUR 0821 62 800 800 or (021) 5022 22 34 sampoernauniversity.ac.id MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OF SAMPOERNA UNIVERSITY Greetings from Sampoerna University. On behalf of our faculty, staff and students, we extend our best wishes to you and your families during these challenging times. As many of you know, the Government has provided guidance to close universities to traditional, face-to-face instruction through December 2020. As a result, we will be maintaining online instruction for the remainder of the Summer and Fall terms. While this has seriously disrupted the higher education plans for many students, I am pleased to report that our transition to online learning has, thus far, been very successful. We are the only Indonesian university using Canvas, the leading learning management system (LMS) in the world. Our faculty and students benefit from using this LMS---the same one used at top universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge. And, the hard work of our faculty to produce engaging online courses really paid off! Dr. Marshall E. Schott Student attendance was recorded at 96% President of Sampoerna University and average GPA differentials showed no significant difference from the same courses offered in a face-to-face format. The current situation has forced many Indonesian students to forego attending university next academic year. Still others are contemplating taking a “gap year” that will delay their studies and graduation. We are very grateful that this is not the case at SU. Indeed, we expect to see a record number of transfer students from the US when classes resume in August 2020. As always, we appreciate your interest and support for Sampoerna University. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 1 STUDENT AFFAIRS Since May 2020, Sampoerna University Student Affairs has held several events as follows ONLINE JOB INTERVIEW SIMULATION To improve students’ interview performance, SU Student Affairs conducted an Online Job Interview Practice for 11 days from Thursday, 16 April 2020 to Friday, 8 May 2020. It was held virtually on Microsoft Teams. In the simulation, the students practiced a one-on-one online job interview simulation with our invited business practitioner, Mr. Pierre Alexander as Career Coach, Ms. Jasmine Kharissa as Recruitment Consultant and also Ms. Ayu Resky Oktavianti as HRBP Manager at Sampoerna University. All of the students received feedback on how to improve their performance for their next real job interviews. Fifty-five (55) students joined this simulation session enthusiastically to ace their job placement process. Each of them was given 45 minutes for interview practice and review discussion on their CV, interview and career choice. The simulation aimed to prepare all SU students for the kind of job placement they will experience. In addition, this simulation allowed students to be more aware of common mistakes made by candidates during the recruitment processes. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 2 CAREER PREPARATION WORKSHOP In order to prepare our graduates for the challenging job market, Student Affairs held “Introducing Career Preparation and Culture in FMCG (A Career Preparation Workshop)” on Friday, May 15th, 2020 in collaboration with Mondelez Indonesia. The event was held virtually on Microsoft Teams, starting from 09.30 am to 11.30 am. During this session, the attending students learned directly from HR expert Nadiasari Wahyuhardini (HR Business Lead at Mondelez Indonesia). They found out that employers are looking for qualities beyond academic qualifications, such as being “a good fit” and being able to adapt to a company lifestyle. Academic achievements are necessary, but employers consider other non-academic aspects as well before recruiting. After the event, the students learned more about career opportunities and how to prepare for certain industries. In particular, they learned what skills/attributes are valued by recruiters in FMCG companies. They also learned about the intense, fast-paced work culture at many FMCG’s. By attending this event, SU students will be even better prepared for internships and job placement. In addition, this session allowed students to learn more about what they should prepare for after graduation and the kind of careers in which they might have an interest. There were 102 students who attended the sessions. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 3 CENTER OF RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE From May 2020, Center of Research and Community Service successfully held three (3) major events as follows: DISSEMINATION: “FROM RESEARCH TO SOCIETY, THEN TO TEACHING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIELD” Center of Research and Community Service (CRCS) supports research and community service activities by providing grants. Following up on the internal grants from AY.2018-2019, the recipients of research and community service grants disseminated the results of their activities. For this purpose, CRCS held an event entitled, “From Research to Society, then to Teaching: Lessons Learned from the Field.” This event aimed to communicate the result of research and community service activities to raise awareness, understanding and action to a wider audience from different fields/topics. The recipients of research and community service internal grants shared the result of their activity using poster as the media. The poster exhibition was held on Friday, 23rd August 2019 at the Creativity Center 1 & 2, 7th floor. The posters exhibited were reviewed by both internal and external reviewers. The reviewers selected the two best presenters Sepwin Nosten Sitompul, M.Sc. (Faculty of Engineering) as the best presenter for research poster, and Santo Tjhin, M.M., M.Ds., M.Cht. (Faculty of Engineering) as the best presenter for community service poster. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 4 PROPOSAL WRITING SEMINAR CRCS held an event to facilitate and provide opportunities for SU faculty members in applying for DIKTI grants. The workshop entitled “Workshop on Research Proposal Writing for DIKTI Grants” featured Prof. Dr. Achmad Nizar Hidayanto (Professor at Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, and the recipient of DIKTI grant, PDUPT Scheme 2018-2019). This workshop was held on Friday, 17th January 2020, at 10.00 – 11.30 a.m. in 7F-02, 7th floor. INTERNAL GRANT In the academic year of 2019-2020, CRCS has provided internal grants to support 34 research projects and 16 community service projects. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 5 LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER Learning Resource Center held one (1) major event. RESEARCH WRITING TRAINING AND DISSEMINATION The research writing training and dissemination program is one of LRC’s unique initiatives for students of Sampoerna University to nurture and showcase their research skills, evaluate and exchange their ideas, and to respond to other’s argument in the form of academic writing. This program provides intensive training and guidance to disseminate students’ research paper in an international academic conference that will enhance students’ ability to become future professional scholars and allow them to work collaboratively. LRC held an academic research paper writing training for students who are interested in doing research in the field of Teaching, Education and Learning which can be seen from the perspective of various disciplines. LRC lecturers and instructors will implement research writing workshop/training for the students from October to December 2019. Students will then submit the abstract of the research paper to the 28th ICTEL 2019 – International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning that will be organized by Teaching & Education Research Association (TERA) on 18-19 December 2019 in Ibis Bali Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 6 CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING In the first semester of 2020, Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning held one (1) public event. Disrupt.ED EDUTECH CONFERENCE CETL organized Disrupt.ED EduTech Conference on January 11 and 12, 2020. The main objectives of this conference were to position SU as the leading organization in EduTech K-12 Training and to create a Professional Learning Network (PLN) for Tech Educators around Indonesia. This event included numerous speakers, for example Natali Ardianto (Co-founder & CEO itmi.id – Indopasifik Teknologi Medika Indonesia), Fairruza Ahmad Iqbal (Senior Manager Newsroom – Bukalapak), Norman Sasono (Chief Technology Officer of Dana) and many more. SU . NEWSLETTER . JULY . 2020 7 RECRUITMENT LIVE WEBINAR BY FACULTIES During the first semester of 2020, SU Recruitment Unit successfully coordinated 3 (three) live webinars on Zoom platform led by faculty members of our three faculties (FET, FOE, and FOB). Aiming to show our university’s high-quality American Curriculum and to promote available study programs to prospective students, the event was joined by high school students who showed interest in enrolling in SU. Below is the live webinar series: “How to Enhance Your Public Speaking Skills” (May 15, 02.30 pm) by Bakti Abdillah Putra, M.Int.Comm. (Lecturer of Faculty of Education) “How to Build a Brilliant Idea for Your Startup” (May 22, 02.30 pm) by Ivan Butar, Ph.D. (Dean of Faculty of Business) “The Future of The World: Robots and Smart Machine” (May 29, 02.30 pm) by Muhamad Rausyan Fikri, S.Si., M.Eng (Lecturer of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, IoT Lab) LIVE INSTAGRAM: “LEARN ON HOW YOU CAN STILL EARN A U.S. DEGREE IN JAKARTA DURING THIS PANDEMIC” On Sampoerna University’s Instagram account @sampoerna.university, University of Arizona Jakarta Location Manager Greg Bardzell presented an exposition on U.S. degree and how to take the degree safely in Jakarta during the pandemic. Broadcast on 20 May 2020 at 04.30 pm, the event was viewed and joined by around 900 people. LIVE INFO SESSION: “HOW TO GET UP TO 100% SCHOLARSHIP IN SAMPOERNA UNIVERSITY” At our info session in June 2020, we invited interested high school students to get to know more about what Sampoerna University is, its uniquely designed Two-Degree Program, and Scholarship opportunities for new students planning to enroll in August 2020.