Seleksi Beasiswa Aktivis Nusantara 3

Beasiswa Aktivis Nusantara (BAKTI NUSA) adalah investasi sumberdaya manusia yang mengelola biaya untuk pendidikan, pembinaan, pelatihan, serta pendampingan bagi aktivis mahasiswa. Program BAKTI NUSA bertujuan mengembangkan pengetahuan, pemahaman, dan sikap peserta program, yang akan mengarahkannya menjadi sumberdaya manusia yang berkarakter pemimpin yang bertanggung jawab dan mampu berkontribusi di tengah masyarakat.

Adapun Misi dari program beasiswa aktivis adalah:
1. Pengembangan diri pesrta program yang berbasis karakter dan nilai
2. Membangun dan mengoptimalkan jaringan
3. Mengoptimalkan peran penerima manfaat dalam aktivis pemberdayaan masyarakat.

Batas akhir pendaftaran tanggal 8 Februari 2013. Berkas Pendaftaran dikirimkan ke: HRD Beastudi Indonesia (Bumi Pengembangan Insani – Dompet Dhuafa. Jl. Raya Parung – Bogor Km. 42 Desa Jampang. Kecamatan Kemang Kabupaten Bogor 16310. Email: beastudi@beastudiindonesia.net)

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SODC Invitation Letter

ATTENTION! Due to some considerations, SODC 2013 will be held one day earlier i.e. 25th-27th 2013. The detail of the information can be seen here.

Here is the invitation letter of the event for those who may need it:

(click to get a bigger picture)

We look forward to your participation, many thanks.

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What These Three Leaders Say About “Osmaru”?

Osmaru (Orientasi Mahasiswa Baru) can be simply defined as a welcoming event for new students, it happens annually in most departments in this university, including English Department. With different concept and committee, every new student has their own experience in the way they acknowledge the department. Here is the interview with three different leaders of the Osmaru committee held in three different years.

What was the theme? Why did you choose that?

Desi Nursita (The Head of Committee of Closer 2010)

We chose music as the concept of the Osmaru. It had been discussed and everyone agreed. Closer stands for Camaraderie League of Star Serenade, which means a community of friendship and serenade of the stars. Moreover, it has a purpose to introduce the new students to their upper class seniors and the department.

Galang Pradipta (The Head of the Committee of Coffee Bean 2011)

The theme is about film genre.

Ryan Erwanda (The Head of Committee of OffAir 2012)

It has a concept of TV Shows, with “broadcast yourself with ED” as a jargon.

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SODC Upgraded to a National Level

The upcoming event of Edcom FSSR, SODC (Solo Open Debate Championship) was upgraded to a national level. The committee of the event which is planned to be held on January, 26th-27th 2013 changed the competition level due to a meeting decision. Rahma, the head of the committee said that the word "Open" in SODC means that everyone can join the event. There are no age or place requirements to be a participant.

"Even someone who already has a job can enroll, and then the head of our adjudicator was reprimanded by a debater which almost threaten the reputation of SODC and UNS" Rahma added her explanation.

Talking about the progress of the event preparation, Rahma explained briefly,

"The preparations had reached the registration phase" [cahyo]

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Linguistics Mainstream in UNS’ English Department

By Alifa Irlinda (ED’09)

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is one of the four mainstreams conducted by Sebelas Maret University’s English Department. Every year, it draws many English Department students interested in the study to deepen their Linguistics knowledge within classes.

Linguistic Levels

Linguistics can be divided into several sub-studies, i.e. language structure, language meaning, and language in context. The first category deals with the grammar of a language, meaning some sort of rules obeyed by the users of a language concluded in the study of morphology, syntax, phonology and systemic functional grammar. The second scoop of study deals with language meaning. It is concluded in the study of semantics and pragmatics. The third sub-study sees language as it is influenced by social, political, cultural, and historical matters. It is concluded in the study of sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and discourse analysis.

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HMBI Udinus and Edcom Conduct a Comparative Study

The Association of English Student of Dian Nuswantoro University (HMBI Udinus) and English Department Community (Edcom) Sebelas Maret University (UNS) successfully held a comparative study in Faculty of Letters and Arts (FSSR) UNS on Sunday (10/12/12). This event was also attended by some lecturers from both universities.

HMBI Udinus visited Edcom FSSR in order of their series of partnership. This time HMBI wanted to learn about organization from Edcom. Rini, HMBI’s advisor lecturer stated that the HMBI must take something from Edcom.

“We want to learn from Edcom, comparing to us, you are older and have many experiences in organization” Said Rini in her greeting speech.

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