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Yogyakarta—International Relations Division of Khon Kaen University hosted community meeting called 1^st KKU Blood Indonesia Reunion on Saturday (11/11) that took place in Alana Hotel, Yogyakarta. This agenda mainly aimed to gather Indonesian alumni who had finished their master and doctoral degree from various departments, ranging from nursing, engineering to humanities and social sciences.
In that event, Susilo Nur Aji Cokro Darsono, SE., M.RDM, IPIEF alumni (batch 2011) and KKU alumni (2016) in Master of Rural Development Management, was appointed to be the first chairman of KKU Indonesian Alumni, the organization established to coordinate Indonesian alumni, to ensure the cooperation among alumni coming from Indonesia and also to help Indonesian students who want to pursue Master and Doctoral there with precise information. He added, saying:” This community agenda will annually be held in order to maintain our widespread network of Indonesian alumni. As a consequence, this community will definitely need a close coordination and extra effort to achieve the main objective of this organization.”
“Not only did this agenda has the purpose of coordinating Indonesian alumni, but also to disclose detailed information about how to pursue Master, Doctoral and Postdoctoral degree in this University. To that end, KKU will hold such an exhibition event in several big cities here in Indonesia, enabling Indonesian students who want to undertake postgraduate programme to ask for all information they need”, source said.
It is worth noting that the international cooperation is becoming increasingly crucial nowadays for Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), particularly International Program for Islamic Economics and Finance (IPIEF) since its vision is to be the leading department in ASEAN. It can be seen, for instance, from the mutual cooperation promoted by IPIEF UMY with Khon Kaen University (KKU) Thailand through initiating the collaborative programme namely visiting professors that has previously been held. Finally, IPIEF lecturer’s election as a President of KKU Indonesian Alumni will probably strengthen academic culture between both universities. [Aw]