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Ga-

brielle Devana was born in Jakarta on

June 19, 1993. “Gaby”, as she is often

called by her closed friends, is a

PresUniver majoring in management

batch 2011. Her favorite color is purple

and her hobby is photo shoot (editor’s

note: that’s why we feature her in

April’s edition as she is indeed photo-

genic!).

As a Presuniver, she also involves in

various student organizations and activi-

ties. For instance, she was elected as

the Vice President of PUMA Interna-

tional Business, the Vice Presi-

dent of ICX PresUniv AIESEC, and

member of the PACT. Her name recent-

ly came out as the runner up for

The United States (US)

has donated one

@America Kiosk to

President University.

The Kiosk is a touch

screen-information

machine where all use-

ful information, photos,

and videos about

America, scholarship

information, and others

are stored.

PresUniv News Casting Competition

2012. Just like other Presuniver, Ga-

by has a high aspiration for her future

career, which is to become the CEO of

an International fashion

and beauty company. Her favorite

quote to succeed in life is: “Doing the

best at this moment puts you in the

best place in the next moment.” –

Oprah Winfrey.

If you want to know more about Gaby,

you may add her Facebook account:

Gabrielle Devana /

gg.brielle@hotmail.com or her Twitter

account: @gabrielledevana.

Ngo Van Thanh

(Mgt’11) Vietnam

Being a student of President Uni-

versity is one of the best things

that ever happened to me. I got

some information about PresUniv

from my senior when I was a sen-

ior high student. He said that

President University was an Inter-

national campus, the learning ac-

tivities used English, and there

were so many foreign students so

that they had to communicate in

English all the time. I wanted to be

fluent in English hence I chose

PresUniv to continue my study.

Even my English was not so good

at that time, fortunately my

friends and lecturers here always

helped me to make my English bet-

ter and better. Oh yeah, and I was

really amazed when I arrived here,

I saw the dormitory was so big, the

facilities of dormitory and also the

campus were sufficient. I hope that

most students will come to study in

President University, not only

from Indonesia but also from for-

eign countries.

Voice from PresUniver

Ms. April’s profile

USA donates American Kiosk

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2

Ms. April’s Profile

Gabrielle Devana

Voice From PresUniver

Ngo Van Thanh

USA donates American

Kiosk

5

Define your

leadership !

6

PresUnivers

Visit Korea

7

Korean students

visit President

University

8 –9

PresUnivers Celebrate

Spring Festival 2012

10

Two Netherlands’ Uni-

versities Take Interest

in President University

A PresUniver publishes

a book

11

Shu-Te University

Taiwan Visits Presi-

dent University

12

Chareport : Chariteach,

a small Action for a Big

Improvement

13

The District Head of Ta-

kalar Visits President

University

The scholarship Tests

schedule batch 2012/

2013 reminder!

Page 4 P R E S U N I V

14

Guizhou Delegation vis-

it President University

Project Manager Train-

ing 2012 !

15

Fantastic April Mo-

ments Wall !

16-17

Career Day of PresUniv

18

PresUnivers visit

Transcorp

19

PresUniv GPS Socializ-

ing the Earth Hour

20-22

Executive Report:

President University’s

lecturers Invited to

Korea

23

April Fool’s Day

24

Pictures of Fantastic

events in PresUniv

25

Create your meaningful

life !

26

President Professional

Development Center

Languages training

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DEFINE YOUR LEADERSHIP

Why defining our leadership is im-

portant? In order to be a good leader,

we should be able to manage and en-

gage with other people, either our sub-

ordinates or supervisors.

In the opening session, Mr. Suresh

gave a speech for this seminar. He

mentioned, “Business is not talking

about making money, but how to

make people want to do whatever you

want them to do. Socialization is very

important in order to do business.”

This statement was one of the reasons

why PUMA of BA brought up this

topic.

The participants had a lot of fun join-

ing in this seminar. During the

seminar, there was a session when all

of the participants had to fill a paper

with statements. The purpose of this

session was to determine our personal

character and to find out what kind of

leaders we were. The types of leadership

were Direct, Spirit, Considerate, and

Systematic.

Furthermore, all participants were com-

manded to make a group with other par-

ticipants who had the same characters.

They were given three questions to

describe themselves. After finishing the

discussion session, each group should

present the answers. In this session, all

of the participants, both international and

local students showed their enthusiasm.

President University Major Assosiation

of Business Administration (PUMA BA)

proudly presents a seminar “Define Your

Leadership” by Ade Darmawansyah as

the planning, monitoring and evaluation

manager. As the youngest manager in his

company, he would like to share how to

be a good

leader. This event was held on Thursday,

March 1, 2012 at the Auditorium

building A, President University. Even

though, the host of this event was from

Business Administration program, there

were more than 130 students from 10

majors participated in this seminar.

As the summary of the seminar, Mr. Ade

explained the strengths and weaknesses

of each character, how to make a deal

and manage people with different types

of leadership.

“The seminar was great, the speaker is

also good. However, I would like to say

this is a workshop, not seminar. Even

though there are so many participants, I

still can feel the group discussion was

good,” Anthony Perkasa, PR 2010, com-

mented the events.

( Source: PUMA BA)

Page 6 P R E S U N I V

PresUnivers Visit Korea

The Korea Model United Nations

2012: 5th Winter Session was an

annual event held from the 31st

January to the 3rd February 2012.

The event was aimed to encourage

participants to experience how con-

ferences in the United Nations were

conducted. KMUN took place at Ko-

rea University Anam Campus,

S e o u l , K o r e a .

The President University Model

United Nations Club was dedicated

to support its member to be able to

join such conference, especially in

terms of sponsoring and supporting

all related activities and prepara-

tions. After a lengthy and tight se-

lection process since late 2011, Pres-

ident University was able to select

and send 11 delegates as partici-

pants, namely Andre Revian Danu –

the head of delegations, Dikta Pra-

dika, Achmad Fai-zal, Wening Pra-

nayadipta, and Rizky Muda Farsyah

from International Relations Batch

2010 and also Fajar Iqbal, Uswatun

Hasanah, Lia Margareth, Made

Yaya, Putu Ayu and Jonathan Davy

from International Relations Batch

2 0 1 1 .

The delegates departed from In-

donesia on January 29th this

year and they just returned to

Indonesia on February 5th. At-

tending winter conference would

be a very special experience for

the delegates because none of

them had ever experienced win-

ter conference before. Each of the

delegates was representing one

country, and allowed to choose

between two different commit-

tees, which

were ECOSOC

(Economic and

Social Council)

a n d N S S

(Nuclear Secu-

rity Summit).

In the ECOSOC

committee, the

delegates would

discuss two ma-

jor issues which

were Evaluat-

ing the role of

a d v a n c e d ,

emerging, and

infant economies in preventing com-

petitive currency devaluation and

discussing how to alleviate the nega-

tive consequences of austerity

measures in European countries. At

the same time, other delegates in

the Nuclear Security Summit would

discuss other two main agendas,

namely strengthening of IAEA and

protecting the nuclear material and

related facilities and preventing il-

licit trafficking of nuclear material

and technology.

PresUnivers Visit Korea

versity on Feb-

ruary 21.

The purpose of

the visit was to

discuss the pos-

sibility for both

Universities to

engage in a pro-

j e c t c a l l e d

“Assistance Pro-

ject in Fostering

L e a d i n g -

Universities in

Internationa l

Cooperation” offered by the Korean

Education Development Institute

(KEDI), an affiliated organization

of the Korean Ministry of Educa-

tion, Science & Technology.

The project for this year will select

two Korean universities that would

best improve education in undevel-

oped/developing countries. It will

provide about US$350,000 per year

and selected Korean university

should also provide US$$100,000

After signing a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with one of

the most prestigious universities in

South Korea, Silla University, 2

Korean professors and 8 students

from Silla University visited Presi-

dent University, Indonesia, on Feb-

ruary 27 this year. Prof. Moon Jae-

Hak and Prof. Yoo Yung-Myung

came on behalf of Prof. Kyung Tae

Kang, the Dean of International

Relations of the University, who

previously visited President Uni-

per year to the program for four

years. The project has two goals:

one is to improve university educa-

tion and the other is child educa-

tion. President University has

been selected by Silla University

out of its 80 university partners

around the world.

Accompanied by Prof. Banyu, the

Head of International Relations of

President University, and Jhang-

hiz Syahrivar, the Head of Public

Relations Division of President

University, the delegations from

Silla University had a short tour

around the campus area and the

student housing. Along the way,

the delegations also met some Ko-

rean students who were studying

in President University.

All in all, the visit was one of many

upcoming visits between the two

Universities who aimed to be one

of the best world-class universities.

All the best for both President Uni-

versity and Silla University.

Korean Students Visit President University Page 7 P R E S U N I V

Monday evening, the 13th of February 2012, Presient University Student Union (PUSU)

conducted an event called Spring Festival 2012 at President University Student Hous-

ing as the continuation of Lunar New Year Celebration previously conducted on Janu-

ary 23rd, 2012

This event was held in front of the New Hall of President University Student Housing

at 7 PM. There were many performances during the event, such as Vietnamese Tradi-

tional Dance, Chinese Dance, Ninjutsu, Vietnamese Bamboo Dance, B-Boy, Dragon

Dance, Costume Contest, BonOdori, and the fireworks. The committee also provided

free snacks, like dimsum, bakpao, bolu cakes, moaci, and Vietnamese pudding.

All participants were very excited during this event. All foreign students who stayed in

the student housing also contributed to this event, especially those from China and Vi-

etnam. The committees of Mr. and Ms. President University also participated by selling

chocolates, cakes, and flowers to celebrate the Valentine day on the next day. Hopefully

this event would unite all the students of President University. (external communica-

tion PUSU 2012)

Vietnamese Tradi-tional Dance, Chinese

Dance, Ninjutsu, Viet-namese Bamboo Dance, B-Boy, Dragon Dance, Costume Contest, BonOdori, and the fireworks.

Monday evening, the 13th of February 2012, Presient University Student Union (PUSU)

conducted an event called Spring Festival 2012 at President University Student Hous-

ing as the continuation of Lunar New Year Celebration previously conducted on Janu-

ary 23rd, 2012

This event was held in front of the New Hall of President University Student Housing

at 7 PM. There were many performances during the event, such as Vietnamese Tradi-

tional Dance, Chinese Dance, Ninjutsu, Vietnamese Bamboo Dance, B-Boy, Dragon

Dance, Costume Contest, BonOdori, and the fireworks. The committee also provided

free snacks, like dimsum, bakpao, bolu cakes, moaci, and Vietnamese pudding.

All participants were very excited during this event. All foreign students who stayed in

the student housing also contributed to this event, especially those from China and Vi-

etnam. The committees of Mr. and Ms. President University also participated by selling

chocolates, cakes, and flowers to celebrate the Valentine day on the next day. Hopefully

this event would unite all the students of President University. (external communica-

tion PUSU 2012)

She was the runner-up for the essay

competition entitled, “Negeri 241 Juta

Malaikat.” This achievement does not

only bring pride to herself, it also be-

comes the pride for her Alma Mater

President University because the name

of the university was also published in

that book. She thanked to all of her lec-

turers especially in International Rela-

tions Program Study who always support

her to read a lot. She believes with her

lecturers’ advice, “More you read, more

you know, more you don’t know.”

Page 10 P R E S U N I V

Two Netherlands’ Universities Take Interest in President University

The book launching entitled “Sebuah

Persembahan dari Pemuda untuk Indone-

sia” at @america, Pacific Place on Satur-

day, February 18th, 2012 was held by

ISMKI (The Student Association of Indo-

nesian Doctors )/(Ikatan Senat Maha-

siswa Kedokteran Indonesia) pioneered

by Universitas Indonesia. The book pub-

lished the masterpieces of the 20 grand

finalist of essay competition and 10 grand

finalist of photographer competition.

President University represented by Isti

Toq’ah, the International Relations stu-

dent Batch 2010.

en has nine faculties, nine gradu-

ate schools, 27 research centres

and institutes, and more than 175

degree programmes.

Meanwhile, Wageningen Universi-

ty and Research Centre (also

known as Wageningen UR; abbre-

viation: WUR) is a Dutch public

university in Wageningen, The

Netherlands. It consists of Wa-

geningen University, the Van Hall-

Larenstein School of Higher Pro-

fessional Education, and the for-

mer agricultural research insti-

tutes (Dienst Landbouwkundig

Onderzoek) of the Dutch Ministry

of Agriculture. Wageningen UR

trains specialists (BSc, MSc and

PhD) in life sciences and focuses

its research on scientific, social and

commercial problems in the field of

life sciences and natural resources.

In the field of agricultural science,

the university is considered world-

class.

The event was attended by some

lecturers, such as Mr. Jhanghiz

Syahrivar and Mr. John Mewburn,

the Head of Public Relations Divi-

sion and the Head of English De-

partment respectively. RUG and

WUR have added the long list of

foreign universities who take inter-

est in President University and its

graduates for the last three years.

Monday, the 20th of February 2012,

President University, Indonesia,

hosted some delegations from two

Netherlands’ universities: Universi-

ty of Groningen (RUG) and Wa-

geningen University (WUR). Ms.

Ponti Caroline, the representative to

both Universities, took this oppor-

tunity to share and promote scholar-

ship programs of both Universities

to more than 100 PresUnivers at

President University’s auditorium,

Cikarang, beginning at 10.30 o’clock

in the morning until the noon hour.

The University of Groningen

(Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Groning-

en), located in the city of Groningen,

was founded in 1614. It is one of the

oldest universities in the Nether-

lands as well as one of its largest.

Since its inception more than

100,000 students have graduat-

ed. The University is in the top 3

of European research universi-

ties in the fields of: Ecology, Ma-

terial Sciences, Chemistry and

Astronomy and is a member of

the distinguished Coimbra

Group. Moreover, the University

of Groningen is also a member of

the so-called Excellence Group of

the best universities in Europe.

The Excellence Group has 56

members, which is 1.3 percent of

the approximately 4,500 Europe-

an institutions of higher educa-

tion. The University of Groning-

PresUniver Publishes a Book

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Shu-Te University Taiwan Visits President University

LSCFriday, the 2nd of February

2012, some delegations from Shu-

Te University, Taiwan, visited

President University, Indonesia, to

get to know each other and to dis-

cuss the possibility of collaborating

in different university areas under

student grants. Shu-Te University

was represented by Ms. Pi-Yun

Chen, Ph.D., an Overseas Vice

President and an Assistant Profes-

sor of Business Administration,

who were welcomed by Mr. Sendy

Widjaja, MBA and Mr. Jhanghiz

Syahrivar, SE., MM., the Vice Rec-

tor and the Head of Public Rela-

tions Division of President Univer-

sity subsequently. During her visit,

Ms. Pi-Yun Chen was also accom-

panied by her colleagues: Mr.

Charles C. Li, the Deputy Repre-

sentative of Taipei Economic and

Trade Office – Indone-

sia; Mr. Leonardi Laud

and Mr. Hengky Lau,

both were from Ikatan

Citra Alumni Taiwan

Indonesia or ICATI.

Shu-Te University was

initially known as “Shu-

Te Institute of Technolo-

gy” founded in Yen

Chau, Kaohsiung, Tai-

wan, in 1997. Three

years later, in 2000, the institution

was renamed “Shu-Te University”

after obtaining accreditation from

the Ministry of Education, Taiwan.

Shu-Te University currently con-

sists of five colleges, fifteen depart-

ments, and nine graduate schools,

and has approximately 12,000 stu-

dents on and off campus.

After having a 1-hour meeting

started at 11.00 am, the delega-

tions were brought to see around

the campus and student housing

areas. After that, delegations from

both President University and

Shu-Te University were having

nice lunch at President Executive

Club.

Page 12 P R E S U N I V

It was a usual sunny afternoon in

Cikarang. Some girls went out from

President University Student

Housing and walked to the west, away

from the student housing. No,

we were not talking about the famous

legend of “Journey to the West”. More

importantly, they were not a priest and

the 3 pupils. It looked like they were

in a hurry. An “angkot” came closer

and the driver asked whether they

were going to Lippo. One of them

smiled and said no to the driver…

They kept walking until the cross

junction. It was difficult to recognize a

small alley on the right side of the

road where they made their turn to a

small village named Simpangan.

There were many shabby

looking houses. Yes, the

residents were not prosper enough in

this village. There was an elementary

school,SDN 6 Simpangan. The

condition of the school was not far

better than the houses.

Back to the girls, they were following

the alley which was more like a

labyrinth if you did not know the

place quite well. The alley was so

narrow. Sometimes they had to move

aside when there was a

motorcycle coming from the opposite

direction. Eventually, there were about

40 children welcoming them

cheerfully because the girls were

going to teach the children for free.

The girls were Chariteam or Charity

Club’s members.

This activity was called “Chatiteach”.

It was a regular program of

President University Charity

Club conducted from

Monday to Friday, usually at 3 to

5 PM, in a resident’s house. As

for this time, the owner was Mrs.

Erna. She let her house to be used

by the children in that area to

study together. Everyday,

there were around 40 children (1st until

6th graders) coming to her house.

Of course she could not handle the

children all by herself, that was why the

chariteam was there to help her.

The children who gathered at her house

were lack of education. I ever taught a

6th grade student who could not answer

a simple math problem like 3x5.Imagine

a student who was going to

have a national exam but she still could

not answer a simple multiplication. But

fortunately, the children were

enthusiastic to study. Indeed they were

very dilligent and keen to learn.

One of the teacher was Audiva Navisha

(IR ’11). She said, “Teaching is so

amazing! Besides, I love the children, I

also want to share the knowledge that I

have. Eventhough I just can share a little,

but I believe it can be a big useful thing

for them.” Yup, that’s right! For your

info, this program is open to all

PresUnivers. If you want to contribute

to people around you like Diva, you can

join us by contacting Dilya at

085624319830. (Charity)

Chareport : Chariteach, a Small Action for a Big Improvement

The cooperation is aimed at developing

human resources in Takalar gradually,

especially through sending selected stu-

dents from Takalar to study in President

University. The graduates were expected

to return to Takalar and develop the dis-

trict. "International standard education is

the main reason why President Universi-

ty was chosen for this purpose," Added

the head of Bappeda of Takalar District.

The Pemkab of Takalar hoped that the

MoU could be made and signed by both

parties as soon as possible.

by the Rector of PresUniv, Prof. Dr. Er-

maya Suradinata; the Vice Rector IV of

PresUniv, Dr. A.S. Hikam; and the As-

sistant Director of Marketing, Paulus

Mimery. to the conference room. The

meeting mainly discussed the interest of

the local government of Takalar to

establish a mutual cooperation with

PresUniv. "The cooperation may be in

the form of sending some students from

Takalar to study at President University

each year under student grants or schol-

arships from the local government of

Takalar," Said Ibrahim Rewa.

Thursday, February 23, 2012, the Dis-

trict Head of Takalar, Dr. H. Ibrahim

Rewa visited President University. Ibra-

him was accompanied by the Head of

PDAM of Takalar District, the Head of

Bappeda of Takalar District, and some of

his staffs. Ibrahim with his entourage

visited the University to discuss the

framework of cooperation between the

two parties.

Takalar Regent and his entourage arrived

at President University promptly at

11.00 am. The guests were soon greeted

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The District Head of Takalar Visits President University

SCHOLARSHIP TESTS SCHEDULE BATCH 2012/2013 REMINDER!

(visit: www.president.ac.id)

JAKARTA

Sunday, 29th April 2012

President University’s Main Campus (A Building)

Jl. Ki Hajar Dewantara – Kota Jababeka, Bekasi 17550

08.00 – 12.00 (All faculties)

Page 14 P R E S U N I V

Project Manager Training 2012

Guizhou Delegation visits President University

Self-Development PUSU 2012 just conducted the Project

Manager Training on Monday, February 20th, 2012. This

event was held at President University’s Auditorium at 5 pm.

The participants of this event were PUSU, PUSC and the

representatives of each club in President University. The

purposes of this event were to enrich the Project Manager

skill and to share the knowledge on how to be a good Project

Manager.

This training involved a speaker from University of Indone-

sia, Yudhitia, as the Public Relations and the founder of KO-

PHI (KOalisi Pemuda Hijau Indonesia). This event started

with the theory of leadership and moved on to the leadership

test. All participants were very active in asking and responding

to the materials brought by the speaker.

This event finished at 8 PM. The committee wished that this

event was able to enlighten the participants, especially when

they became a Project Manager in the future. Moreover, Self-

Development PUSU 2012 will also conduct the next training

namely the Organizational Management Training in April. See

you on the next event!

Source: External Communication PUSU 2012

25 March 2012, as many as 8 governors from Guizhoug prov-

ince, China, visited President University, Indonesia. During

their short visit, the governors were accompanied by Mr. Sendy

Widjaja, MBA, the Vice Rectors 3 of the University, and some

PresUnivers from China. Mr. Sendy briefly introduced the de-

velopment of President University, the learning environ-

ment, and the living conditions of students, especially those

from China. He also showed the new design of “President Uni-

versity Chinese Student Alumni” web (www.pucsa.net) called

“PUCSA”. Guizhou Governors gave out many constructive

suggestions to develop President University and expressed their

willingness to cooperate in certain areas of tertiary education.

The two parties exchanged gifts at the end of their friendly

meeting, by some student representatives to visit the Student

Housing .

After the meeting at the campus, the governors were escorted

by some student representatives to visit the Student Housing

located near the campus area. They deeply felt satisfied with

the students’ dorm and they also expressed their hope that

Chinese students and the local students could mingle, com-

municate and learn from each other.

Finally, the governors and Mr Sendy treated some Chinese

students for dinner in the Golf Club. There they talked to

each other closely on how to improve the satisfaction of Chi-

nese students who were currently studying in the University.

Postfix: The Guizhou delegation’s travel was companied and

arranged by Roy Wang, who is a manager of Nusaraya Inter-

national Tour Travel, he is also a graduate of Present Univer-

sity, if any PresUniver needs their service, please contact

them with:

Telp : +62-21-6345946,+62-216345948

Fax : +62-216334201

Adress : Komplek Duta Merlin Blok B No.36,

Jl.Gajah Mada No.3-5,

Jakarta Pusat 10130

Welcome to our wonderful Moments Wall. Tons of

fantastic events going on in President University,

Here are some enjoying moments of PresUnivers

Welcome to our wonderful Moments Wall. Tons of

fantastic events going on in President University,

Here are some enjoying moments of PresUnivers

On-site

interview

Please send e-mail to:

icc_pu@president.ac.id

Register for the next Career Day

Some attend-ing companies of PresUniv Career Day

Wednesday, 29th Feb-

ruary 2012. In a jam-

packed crowd of

students, lecturers, and

industry represenatives,

the Internship and

Career Center held its

annual “CAREER DAY

AND CAMPUS HIRING

WEEK” attended by

many companies and

almost 250 graduating

students, alumni and

interns. The objective of

this program is to give

companies the

opportunity to recruit and select

talented graduates, alumni, and

interns. In total, there were 19

participating companies from

various industries, specifically

from manufacturing, IT Solution,

automotive, and retail business.

Some of the distinguished

companies participated in this

event were, PT. Astra

International, Tbk; Ranch Market

Indonesia, Panin Bank, Triputra

Investindo Arya, and PT. Nissan

Motor Indonesia

. The 2012 CAREER DAY AND

CAMPUS HIRING was also

attended by notable Chinese

companies who are also looking for

new hires. PT Huawei Tech

Investment, PT. D&C Engineering

and Tianjin Julong Group

participated in this event. Many

China-based enterprises operating

in Indonesia have a huge demand for

the Chinese graduates. President

University is the only university with

the largest number of graduates from

China. Their fluency in English

combined with their understanding

of Indonesian culture makes them

very attractive candidates in the

Industry .

One important part of the Career

Day is the campus hiring program

where companies can do direct

recruitment and pre-selection

processes such as conducting

psychological tests or interview in

Campus. This March, ICC will

facilitate the direct hiring process for

more than 5 companies such as PT.

Djarum, Panin Bank, PT. Avery

Dennison Indonesia, and Ranch

Market Indonesia.

Career Day and Campus Hiring is a

regular program organized by the

Internship and Career Center. Since

it was first launched, ICC has hosted

not less than 15 Career Day and

Campus Hiring, through which they

can obtain their first job opportunity.

Going forward in 2012, ICC plans to

expand the professional links and

conduct various programs which can

help network the students and

university to the industries. (ICC)

@PRESUNIV

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PRESUNIVERS VISIT TRANSCORP

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In February 2012, PresUnivers from the Faculty of

Communication and Multimedia of President Uni-

versity Batch 2010 and 2011 visited Transcorp Ja-

karta, one of Indonesian television channels. The

visit was divided in three waves, on 22nd, 27th, and

28th of February 2012. The visits were conducted to

provide a real-life knowledge and experience about

the television industry

in Indonesia.

Activities conducted

at Transcorp Jakarta

included the presenta-

tions of Transcorp’s

founding history, pro-

grams, and duties of

each division. After

that, the students

were also invited for

a tour to see some studios available at that time and

how each program was carried out inside the studio.

"We were even invited to see the control room and

the master control room!” Theodora Balinge Lapenta

(PR'10) said enthusiastically. “Unfortunately, we

were just not allowed to enter the master control

room, not all staffs could get inside," she added,

looking disappointed.

Theodora also revealed that media visit this year

was a giant progress in comparison to the previous

year’s visit to a different media. "At that time, we

were just invited for a short tour but now we got

the knowledge of what was really happening in

Transcorp. We can know further

about Indonesian Television indus-

try not just from the Public Rela-

tions’ point of view," Theodora

said. Theodora and her friends

hoped that the upcoming visits

would give better experience than

the previous media visits.

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To celebrate the Earth Hour 2012,

Green Planet Supporters (GPS) con-

ducted 4 events similar to last year’s

events, such as Seminar, Goes to

School, Campaign and Celebration.

Actually, the Earth Hour day is cele-

brated on March 31, but because all

PresUnivers were having a holiday

on that day so the committee of the

Earth Hour decided to celebrate it on

April 19 in our dormitory. The

theme for this year’s event is “One

Hour for Better Future, Priceless” in

which we will ask everyone in the

campus to turn off the electricity for

one hour to show their care for this

planet. And they do not have to pay

a singleamount of money to be part

of it. Also there will be so many

interesting activities and

performances performed by

Muscom, Saman, PU Idol and others

The seminar on Earth Hour was held

on Friday, March the 2nd. This year

the committee invited WWF and

Earth Hour Indonesia as the speak-

ers. WWF was represented by Lid-

wina Marcella, who was an activist

volunteer in WWF, Vice Chairman

In Earth Hour Indonesia, and Chair-

man in KOPHI. Meanwhile,

the Earth Hour Indonesia was represented

by Fahmi Ramadhan who was the Chair-

man in Earth Hour Indonesia and Vice

Chairman in KOPHI. The comittee also

invited President junior high school as the

participants. The event was opened by the

Jaenong performance. Continued with the

speech from GPS Advisor, Mr. John Mew-

burn, and a speech from seminar’s PM,

Mira Meutia Utami Galy. During the talk

show, Fahmi talked about earth hour

events and earth hour organization itself,

whereas Lidwina talked about people’s

participation in Earth Hour. They said

when people came into this seminar they

had already been signed up to Earth Hour

World Organization to count the number

of people who supported Earth Hour in

Indonesia. After the talk show finished,

there were some performances from Pre-

sUniv idol, Yoanda Marpaung. The semi-

nar was closed with a QA session followed

by a conclusion of the seminar by the

MC. The other event was Earth

Hour Campaign in the street. I Putu

Feriawan Theja, the Project Manager, and

his team comprising 20 students did cam-

paign for 2 days. On Friday, the 24th of

February 2012, they came to Sentral Gro-

sir Cikarang (SGC) to socialize the

Earth Hour with the visitors and also

some monger. They wore human ban-

ners and played a puppet show. They

also did the similar activities the next

day; however, on the second day, the

activities were conducted in the morning

around PresUniv area and in the after-

noon at Lippo Cikarang.

During PresUniv Goes to School event,

the committee went to eight schools

around Cikarang, namely President Sen-

ior and Junior High Schools, Penabur

Elementary School, Al-azhar Elementary

School, SMA Negeri 2

Cikarang, Penabur Junior High

School, SMP Negeri 4 Cikarang,

and SMA Negeri 1 Cikarang. In the

schools, we were socializing about Earth

Hour, showing some videos, playing

some games like komunikata,

writing romantic sentences which were

related to Earth Hour or global

warming and also singing a song. (GPS)

PRESUNIV GPS SOCIALIZING THE EARTH HOUR

.

One interesting thing to note was this small

timer device which emitted light and beep-

ing sound when our orders were ready. Oh,

did I mention about the snow? Yup, it was

snowy back in Seoul – crazy weather!

The presentation in front of the judging

committee went smoothly. Prof. Banyu and

Prof. Kang were high spirited during the

presentation. To be noted, President Uni-

versity and Silla University made it the

final round along with 5 other universi-

ties. There were a total of 40 universities

from Asia and Africa participated in the

project.

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Just recently, 23 March 2012, Presi-

dent University sent two of its bril-

liant lecturers to Seoul to fulfill the

invitation from Silla University,

Busan-Korea, to jointly promote Offi-

cial Development Assistance (ODA)

project in front of the judging com-

mittee of Korean Education Develop-

ment Institution (KEDI). The ODA

project is aimed to improve the Facul-

ty of Business and International Rela-

tions of President University and to

help the children from underprivi-

leged families in Cikarang. If the pro-

ject is successful, Korean Govern-

ment will support the University for

four years. The two lecturers who

were sent to Korea were A.A. Banyu

Perwita, lecturer in International Re-

lations, and Jhanghiz Syahrivar, lec-

turer in Management (Marketing).

Below is their exclusive report:

Prof. Banyu and I (Jhanghiz) departed

from Indonesia on 23 March 2012 at

11.30 PM and we arrived the next

morning in Incheon International

International Airport, Seoul, at

8.30, a 6 hour-flight using

Garuda Indonesia! Our first

impression about the airport:

magnificent beyond words! It

was supposed to be spring in

March but we had been informed

by the locals that it was 3 degrees

Celsius – very cold! I need to wear a pair

of gloves and a sweater.

From Incheon International Airport, we

had to depart to Gimpo International

Airport to meet Prof. Kyung Tae Kang

from Silla University. It took 30 minutes

using an airport bus from Incheon to

Gimpo and it cost 5,000 Korean Won

per person. We hooked up with Prof.

Kang at 10.30 AM and we went directly

to the presentation place using a taxi.

Three interesting things about Korean’s

cars: the wheel was on the left side as

opposed to Indonesian cars, the cars

equipped with both AC and heather, and

to top it off, they were fueled with LNG

(Liquefied Natural Gas) instead of gaso-

line! One of the most important ad-

vantages of natural gas is that its ex-

tremely clean burning when used in in-

ternal combustion engines hence it is

environmentally sound and safe.

Our presentation was carried out in some

hotel in Seoul 2.00 PM; however, we

arrived one hour earlier, just in time for

lunch and a cup of coffee. The restaurant

where we had our lunch was said to be

visited by many celebrities, including

Park Min Young :) We had our coffee in

“ H e a u n d a e ”

(tsunami) movie was filmed –

Busan was very popular as a

place for movie industries and a

place where the annual film festi-

val in Korea was held, Shinsegae

– the world largest mall based on

Guinness record where all the

expensive and branded stuffs

were sold, and lastly, the shop-

ping paradise for “poor” (LoL)

tourists like us, Nongpodong.

There was one interesting thing

when we had meals in some food

courts and coffee shops in Korea:

after finishing your meals, you

had to clean up your own trashes

and returned the tray, along with

the plates, back to the food coun-

ter. It was one of amazing Kore-

an ethics! So never leave your

trashes on the table after you

finish your meals.

At 7.00 PM on the same day,

Prof. Banyu and I were brought

to, again, an expensive restau-

rant claimed as the official res-

taurant .

There was a hole beneath the dining

table so could still sit as if you sit in a

regular chair. They designed it that way

so that the customers would feel warm.

After we finished our dinner, we went

to the guest house of Silla University

located just 10 minutes from the restau-

rant. The guest “house” resembled that

of an apartment, cozy and spacious. Our

room alone was that of a small indoor

soccer field – no exaggerating here –

equipped with heather, a 60” plasma

TV, and Wi-Fi. Within the room, there

were three small rooms, two bathrooms

(for man and woman), and one living

room. No kitchen or place to cook be-

cause there was a canteen on the ground

floor. One interesting to note, the dormi-

tory in Silla University was co-ed mean-

ing male and female students may occu-

py one building.

The next morning, 25 March 2012,

Prof. Kang was so kind as to take

us on a tour around Busan. During

our short tour in Busan, we man-

aged to visit Beomeosa temple on

the hill, a beach where the famous

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Provided that both universities passed

the final round, President University and

Silla University would be supported by

Korean Government financially. After

finishing the presentation, we headed to

Seoul Train Station located in the cen-

tral of Seoul. We planed to visit Silla

University in Busan, the second largest

city in South Korea, on the same day

using a train. It took us 3 hours to reach

Busan, enough to see some beautiful

scenery along the way.

We finally arrived in Busan’s train

station at 7.30 PM. We were wel-

comed and escorted by Mr. Yoom

Im-Seog, a graduate of Silla Uni-

versity, who took us to a nice – I

would also say “expensive – sea-

food restaurant for dinner. Most of

expensive dining restaurants in

Busan were quite unique in a

sense that you would hardly found

a regular chair with four two to

four legs. Instead, they designed

the chairs resembling a tatami in

Japanese restaurant, except that

Marketing comm.

Dept.

T. Manivasugen

President University’s Lecturers invited to Korea

for the delegations of Asia-Pacific Eco-

nomic Cooperation (APEC). In the res-

taurant, we met some professors from

Silla University and also Mr. Tae-Hak

Park, Ph.D, the Head of Industrial &

Academic Collaboration Foundation.

Mr. Tae was in charge of getting finan-

cial supports, funds and donations for

Silla University so that the University

could grow rapidly.

On 26 March 2012, early in the morn-

ing, we returned to Seoul by taking a

domestic flight from Gimhae Interna-

tional Airport, Busan. We arrived at

Incheon International Airport just in

time to take a direct flight to Jakarta at

10.30 AM.

All in all, it has been a wonderful trip to

Korea. Beautiful country, beautiful cul-

ture, and Yeputta (beautiful) Korean

women made us feel that at least we had

to spend two more days in Korea, per-

haps to attend 2012 Seoul Nuclear Secu-

rity Summit on March 26-27, 2012.

President President

UniversityUniversity Where tomorrow’s leaders come

together

Unlike most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, some-

times called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. It is not like Halloween, where despite

an interesting history, most people just put on Halloween costumes, get candy, and

leave it at that. There really wasn't a "first April Fool's Day" that can be pinpointed on

the calendar. Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the

same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.

The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in

1582, in France. Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, begin-

ning on March 25. The celebration culminated on April 1. With the reform of the calen-

dar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was

moved to January 1.

In Scotland, for example, April

Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to

pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The

origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance.

In France and several other European countries, April 1 is often referred to as

April Fish. The prank is to stick a paper fish on the back of another person

without being noticed.

Mexico's counterpart of April Fool's Day is actually observed on December 28.

Originally, the day was a sad remembrance of the slaughter of the innocent

children by King Herod. It eventually evolved into a lighter commemoration

involving pranks and trickery.

Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool's Day. Sometimes, elabo-

rate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day.

The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once

shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti

farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees.

April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Nobody is expected to buy

gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody

gets off work or school. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which

one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!

However, communications being

what they were in the days when

news traveled by foot, many people

did not receive the news for several

years. Others, the more obstinate

crowd, refused to accept the new

calendar and continued to celebrate

the new year on April 1. These

backward folk were labeled as

"fools" by the general populace.

They were subject to some ridicule,

and were often sent on "fools er-

rands" or were made the butt of oth-

er practical jokes.

Pranks performed on April Fool's

Day range from the simple, (such as

saying, "Your shoe's untied, or I

accidentally stepped on your glass-

es!), to the elaborate. Setting a

roommate's alarm clock back an

hour is a common gag. Whatever the prank,

the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his

victim, "April Fool!"

This harassment evolved, over time, into a

tradition of prank-playing on the first day of

April. The tradition eventually spread to

England and Scotland in the eighteenth cen-

tury. It was later introduced to the American

colonies of both the English and French.

April Fool's Day thus developed into an

international fun fest, so to speak, with dif-

ferent nationalities specializing in their own

brand of humor at the expense of their

friends and families.

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Fantastic events in PresUniv

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Too many of us live like goldfish, swimming in the same orbit day in and day out feeling un-

inspired, tired, bored and sometimes worse. Life is much too precious to waste that way.

Every person has a unique purpose in life. I implore you not to waste your days berating

yourself for what you don't know and don't do well. Instead, discover your strengths, pas-

sions, purpose and build your life on those.

Here are 10 ideas about living a meaningful life, as I understand them. Embracing even a

few of these will help you begin the exciting journey of self discovery.

* We are all here for a purpose. Your being here makes a difference. Your purpose may be

obscure to you and a challenge to discover. Start now. There are many resources, coaches

and books to help you with this endeavor.

* The secret to fulfillment is self knowledge. Start the exciting journey of discovery.

* The second part of the secret to fulfillment is to apply your self knowledge to what you do

and how you live. The more you know, the more you can actively pursue your true purpose.

* Don't waste time lamenting what you don't do well. Concentrate on your strengths. Those

reflect who you are. Leave the other things to people who do them well.

* Build on your strengths. Do more of them and give yourself recognition for doing the

things you do well.

* Pay attention to the small details that you enjoy in your everyday life. Do more of them.

* Pay attention to the small details you don't enjoy. Find ways (such as delegation) to elim-

inate as many of them as possible.

* Keep a journal and put particular emphasis on the things about yourself and events in

your life for which you are grateful.

* Make an effort to release the negative aspects of your past. Try not be imprisoned by your

past. Do not define yourself by your past.

* Jumpstart your self-esteem by giving back to the community. Volunteer in a meaningful

way that suits who you are and your interests.

Enjoy the journey. You will get to know and like yourself in a whole new way. Work with a

friend, hire a coach, and use the resources out there, to help you with objectivity. Have

someone point out the good things about you that you have a tendency to overlook. As soon

as you stop doing what you hate and start doing what you love, you may find your life more

meaningful and fulfilling.

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