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Teknokrat Webinar Series Now Talks about “Lampung Culture and Language”

English literature study program, Faculty of Arts and education, Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia held a Webinar Series with the theme ‘Lampung culture and language’. The event was held virtually on Saturday, September 18 2021, with Dr. Afrianto, M.Hum and Suprayogi, M.Hum as the speakers. More than a hundred participans attended the webinar with great enthusiasm.The slogan “Prioritize Indonesian, preserve regional languages, and master foreign languages” colors the linguistic treasures in the archipelago. However, have you ever thought about the extent to which local languages are preserved? Forgotten, abandoned, until finally extinct.Lampung has a language (known as Lampung language) which is divided into two main dialects (API and NYOW). Each dialect has different characteristics, various sub-dialects and has a writing system in the form of letters. This shows that the Lampung language is rich in linguistic elements when viewed linguistically.In addition, geographically, Lampung Province is a transit area (stopover) between the islands of Java and Sumatra, especially the land route. In addition to the natives, the people who live in Lampung come from various regions outside the province of Lampung, so it can be said that the people of Lampung have blended various ethnicities, cultures, and languages. Having a diversity of languages and being a transit area affects the use of the Lampung language. In the fields of commerce, government, and even daily communication, people tend to use Indonesian.

Universitas Teknokrat Inodnesia Built a New Green Spaces and Adequate Parking Area

Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, the best private university in Sumbagsel, has a new, spacious and adequate parking lot. The existence of the new land is located behind buildings C and D Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia. There are several advantages of this new UTI parking lot when compared to other parking lots. First, apart from being spacious, its location under dense trees makes this area so cool even in the sun. Second, the area is large. Making this parking lot able to accommodate a large number of motorcycles and cars. And third, is the path to the parking lot that can be used for ‘jogging’ or sports in the early morning with a shady natural atmosphere. The total parking area owned by the Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia reaches 3276.95 m2. There are 3 parking areas located in Building Area A, ICT Building Area and Public Works Area (marked in red line). For the parking area of Building A, it reaches 1049.95 m2. Parking area in the ICT building with details of 1,402 m2, and Public Works Parking with an area of 825 m2. With a total campus area of Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia reaches 16380 m2, it has 3 main buildings, namely Building A and Building B and the Rectorate Building. Details of Building A’s own area is 1981 m2 for the total land area with a building area of 2371 m2 and Building B with an area of 345 m2.

Teknokrat Continues Campaigning A Recycling Program for Waste

One of green campus programs conducted by Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia (UTI) is the processing of plastic bottle and glass waste. The processing is to reuse the waste by recycling those plastic wastes. The recycling process is to change the function into another purpose. There are several things that can be reported, such as the use of tire which is painted then arranged in between plants (flowers) and plastic bottles which are decorated to be a beautiful vase. This activity will always be programed as a regular treatment for the recycling waste management at Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia.  It also becomes one of the campaigns.  As the Best University in Southern Sumatera Region, it becomes a responsibility to campaign the green campus as a way to the world green. Go Green! In an event, Vice Rector I, Dr. H. Mahathir Muhammad, SS., MM. said that UTI will always commit and keep campaigning green campus in order to create a better environment for students and all elements in UTI. Furthermore, there are several gardens which have been decorated with the used bottles and glasses. In this case, this activity also engages students from several student organization, such BEM, HIMA, and UKM.

Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia Held Cultural Talks Webinar Series

Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia (UTI), as one of the best private universities in Lampung, held a Webinar Series for Cultural Talks “Cultural Talks”, Friday, Agustus 27, 2021. This UTI virtual event is part of the Nusantara Student Exchange program with the Credit Transfer System supported by Information Technology (Permata Sakti), one of the implementations of the Independent Learning Program and the Merdeka Campus.“The purpose of this activity is to introduce the diversity of culture among youth throughout the archipelago. This program is expected to increase unity and integrity in the midst of our cultural diversity,” said Vice Rector 1 of the Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, Dr. H. Mahathir Muhammad, SE, MM, in his speech.Mahathir explained, Indonesia has a very high cultural diversity, from Sabang to Merauke. With the Independent Learning Curriculum, students from all over Indonesia can not only experience learning at other campuses, but also have the opportunity to get to know the culture of other regions.”This of course can strengthen our sense of unity and oneness as Indonesian youth, and also increase our love for Indonesia as a reflection of the Youth Pledge which we will commemorate tomorrow,” he said.It should be noted that the Government through the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia has launched the Independent Learning Program and Independent Campus which gives students the right to study for 3 semesters outside the study program. Based on data from the Minister of Education and Culture (2020), there is a gap in the quality of education from around 4,670 universities and 8 million students in Indonesia.“Uneven access, both access to facilities and access to quality learning (teaching staff and processes), makes the quality of education uneven,” said Mahathir.Therefore, he continued, the Merdeka Learning curriculum is a solution that has the opportunity to narrow the quality gap.“We have committed to the success of this program by welcoming students from all over Indonesia to join in carrying out lectures on our campus, with lecturers who are qualified in their respective fields,”Mahathir hopes that this Webinar series can bring benefits to students. And hopefully the Merdeka Learning Campus Independent curriculum will not only improve the quality of education but also our sense of nationalism towards the Indonesian nation.

Universitas Teknokrat Established Inorganic Waste Treatment

Through its Department of Facilities, University of Teknokrat Indonesia runs such a system managing the waste treatment in order to differentiate inorganic wastes from other waste types. The department ensures that inorganic waste is treated by following the green aspect of waste management. For example, the department implements the policy of reducing, recycling and reuse (3R). In this case, University of Teknokrat Indonesia is committed to continually integrate sustainable practices to waste management. University of Teknokrat Indonesia has several campaign programs to reduce the use of paper and plastic on campus, such as reduce the use of plastic water bottles by providing water dispenser. In addition to reduce the waste, some specific wastes are treated and sorted to designed recycle facilities. To accommodate the management, recycle bins for inorganic waste are easily found in strategic places around the campus. Plastic, metal and glass are separated at the point of disposal. Metal is treated for other purposes to recycle vendor. Certain types of plastic such as plastic bags and bottles are treated for further recycling process or delivered to the Bank Sampah or other recycle vendors. Glass waste is separated at disposal point and delivered to recycle vendor.

Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia Supplies Automatic Hand-Washing Tools for Ministry of Religious Affairs

Pesawaran, – As one of the best private universities in Lampung, Universita Teknokrat Indonesia conducts Community Service (PKM), at the Ministry of Religion, Pesawaran Regency. PKM was marked by the handover of automatic hand washing equipment, Monday (3/8/2020).Chairman of the PKM Technocrat University Andi Nurkholis, S.Kom, M.Kom. The PKM activity at the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion took the theme “Implementation of an Automatic Handwashing System to Minimize the Spread of Covid-19. The PKM Teknokrat team consists of seven people, chaired by Andi Nurkholis, with members; S. Samsugi, SKom, M.Eng, Damayanti, SKom, MKom, Debby Alita, SKom, M.Cs, Styawati, SKom, M.Cs, Fajar Dewantoro, ST, M.Ars, and Tri Widodo, a Computer Engineering undergraduate student.Automatic Hand Washing Assistance as a form of concern for the implementation of prevention and handling of the spread of the corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19), by the community service team (PKM) Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, one of the best private universities in Lampung Province.The Office of the Ministry of Religion of Pesawaran Regency is a partner in implementing community service activities to implement science and technology in the form of an automatic hand washing system to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in Pesawaran Regency by the PKM Team of the Technocrat University.This assistance was received by the Head of the Hajj and Umrah Organizing Section of the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion, H. Khuzil Afwa Kahuripan, SH., M.H.I., representing the head of the Pesawaran Ministry of Religion Office, H. Farid Wajedi, S.Ag., M.Kom. This hand washing equipment assistance is installed right in front of the Hajj service building as a form of excellent service to pilgrims who want to register for Hajj. Khuzil explained, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hajj registration at the Hajj and Umrah organizing section of the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion continued to run according to existing SOPs while still prioritizing health protocols.“Prospective pilgrims who come to register for Hajj must follow standard health protocols, namely checking temperature at the office entrance using a thermo gun, wearing masks, and being asked to wash their hands with soap or use hand sanitizer and sit by implementing social distancing,” explained Khuzil.Representing the Head of the Pesawaran Ministry of Religion Office, Khuzil thanked the Indonesian Technocrat University PKM team for providing the opportunity to the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion Office, as a partner for community service programs by providing automatic hand washing equipment assistance.Andi Nurkholis explained that PKM activities are based on the low level of public awareness of cleanliness which is an important factor in preventing/minimizing the spread of Covid-19 which is increasing every day.The system developed is an application in the field of computer science, especially embedded systems, which is the advantage of the Computer Engineering S1 study program at the Technocrat University. The implementation carried out today is a series of PKM activities that have been initialized since mid-July 2020.Within these two weeks, the PKM team carried out system development activities starting with the collection of the required components, which were then assembled into a unitary tool to programming the tools to automate the system. Finally, the tool was implemented in the destination area, namely the Ministry of Religion, Pesawaran Regency.

Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia Appointed by Polda Lampung as the COVID-19 Vaccination Center

Rector of Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia Dr. HM. Nasrullah Yusuf, SE., MBA. with the Head of Kedaton Police, Kompol Ery Hafri, SH., MH., Head of Kedaton Febriana, S.STP., M.IP., and Kedaton Village Head Vera Hidayati, SE., MM. at the local campus, Saturday (24/7). Lampung Regional Police, again collaborated with Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia (UTI) to become the center for the Covid-19 vaccination service on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Teknokrat Campus also mobilized all human resources (HR) and facilities to support the implementation of health protocols (Prokes) in order to maintain safety and comfort, and residents during the vaccination process. Beside police officers and students, Teknokrat education personnel are also directly involved during the vaccination process. The hundreds of people who attended were arranged in such a way that they did not cause the crowds that are common in some other places. Also attending the event was the Head of the Kedaton Police, Kompol Ery Hafri, SH., MH.; Sub-district Head of Kedaton Febriana, S.STP., M.IP.,; and Head of Kedaton Village, Vera Hidayati, SE., MM. The Head of Kedaton Police, Kompol Ery Hafri, SH., MH., said that the vaccination targeted around 200 residents of Kedaton and Labuhan Ratu. “So far, the obstacle to the implementation of vaccination is the crowd due to the high interest of the people who want the vaccine. But in this place, there are no crowds because all the residents who come have been arranged so that it is safe for all,” he said. Similarly, Kedaton Sub-district Head Febriana, S.STP., M.IP said that the condition of the indoor arena for Teknokrat University students was very comfortable as a COVID-19 vaccination booth. The arena is spacious, ventilated and seats are arranged safely apart.

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