SARASEHAN EDCOM 2014

            (5/23/2014) EDCOM tried to hold “Sarasehan” event which was attended by the lecturers and the students of English Department UNS. This event that was exactly started at 09.30 am was deliberated for discussing more about “what lecturers want” and “what students want”. Sarasehan tried to discuss about the problems around the study and also to know about the perception between lectures and students. They can say everything here to make a clarification. Hopefully that lecturers or students can find their solution for the better English Department.

            Sarasehan was opened successfully by MC in the seminar room, building 3. Then, there was greeting from our head of English Department, Mr. Agus Hari Wibowo. He said about the vision and mission of the English Department. He also gave us many advices and recommendations. “English Department students should have a lot of achievements in major literature, linguistic, translation, American studies both international and national” he said. Mr Agus Hari Wibowo also takes big expectation to his students that they can graduate from college on time with stock of skill from here.

            Approximately at 10.00 am, it was the turn of students to give feed back to the lecturers. They said about the problem in study. Firstly, the student from 2012 asked question about transparency of the grades. Students want the lectures to be transparent about the grades, so students can know and learn more about their mistakes. Then, students from 2011 and 2010 also asked question to the lecturers about the apprenticeship program in English Department. They wanted English Department UNS pay more attention when giving information about it. They also shared their experience when they’re training in new place.  

            The conversation between lecturers and students was running well. Mr. Agus D Priyanto also helped to answer their student’s questions. “In training program or apprenticeship program, it should be a credible place. Then, students must project their specialization in training program. So, it can’t be useless experience for students.” He said. Some students from 2013 also asked about their problem, and the lecturers—Mr. Budi Waskito and Mrs. Ardianna Nuraeni tried to give them answer.

            Sarasehan was still continuing until 11.30 am. There were a lot of questions that have been answered by the lecturers. Finally, between lecturers and students can know each other and solve the problem one by one. As we hope, there’s no wrong perception if everybody wants to discuss about their problem.

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MISSION: We Bring Movie to Your Class

I guess movie is one of important sources of entertainment for us all. So what is better than having a movie time with a good crowd, with some good friends, especially when we also have a small discussion right after the credit end rolls?

Research and Development (RnD) Division of Edcom is trying to bring such experience in Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts by this new program, MISSION or Movie Discussion. This program aims to conduct a discussion towards selected movie as well as improve our skill in English speaking. It is held once a month on Friday, mostly on third week of the month.

MISSION has been conducted four times with various genre of each session. The first one, we had 2013’s blockbuster movies with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as the selected one. Even though it is a new program, we already get a high enthusiasm from the pupils. More than 20 students came that day. Despite its success on the first session, some participants complained about the long duration of the movie. We could not hold a proper discussion since we ran out of time.

Frozen Movie Discussion on Friday the 3rd of March. 
Darker room than the previous Mission (Movie Discussion)

The second one, we had better preparation as well as the choice of the movies. The selection of the movies was conducted by a survey via votes on internet and questionnaire. From the previous session, the movie duration also got some attention for this session. This one, we had animation movies as the theme with Frozen (2013) came out as the most voted one. The pupils were so enthusiastic, even better, especially we got special guest, Widya Saraswati from American Studies mainstream. She brought a feminism issue in Disney movie which was also in Frozen, making the discussion more interesting.

For the third session, as followed the month it was held (April) brought a comedy genre since April itself well-known by its April-mop. We had Eddie Murphy’s A Thousand Words. Even though it was a comedy, some participants stated that they also got some moral values from the movies such as doing things without thinking what we might get in return.

The fourth session was held for the special demand of Esty Diah Imaniar, an American Studies scholar to conduct a discussion about LGBT movies. The selected movie was The Kids Are All Right (2011). However, the crowd was not as many as the previous sessions since some of students went back to their hometown due to national holiday on the previous day. Even though it was a small crowd, the discussion went as interesting as the previous ones. This genre also helped open up our mind for some various issue among society. 

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EDCOM UPGRADING 2014: Meningkatkan Prestasi Organisasi Dengan Ceria

UPGRADING is one of EDCOM's annual event. This event is purposed to strengthen the management of EDCOM internal consolidation and improve the quality of knowledge about the basics of organization. 

The preparation before leaving campus

This year, UP GRADING held on 25 to 26 April 2014 in the Villa 41 Tawangmangu. This event was followed by EDCOM active members at 2013-2014 period. The event which was chaired by Adithea Rake Sanjaya (ED13)  ran well appropriate on schedule. Participants have gathered at Faculty of Literature and Fine Arts on Friday at 2:00 pm and left at 4:30 pm by bus.

Alvian Novi Arvianto, speaker of the recent year
EDCOM UPGRADING

The first day activities were provided by Alvian Novi Arvianto from English Education Department, he talked about organization material, and then followed by a quiz from DEMISIONER that was pretty entertaining. 

First game at the first night of UPGRADING

Mr. Agus H. W. while giving his speech

The second day was a special day for outbound activities provided by DEMISIONER. Started by giving a brief material about the organization by Mr. Agus H. W., the chairman of English Department, and continued with series of outbound activities taking place in the green area around the villa. 

The games during UPGRADING 2014

The whole series of UPGRADING could serve as a refreshing but still provided benefits for the participants. As we expected, after participating UPGRADING, the participants become closer and more familiar each other and have a provision to organize and build up for EDCOM.

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