I have many nicknames. People often called me,  the ‘campus car’. Sometimes they also called ‘Odong odong campus’. In fact, said a lecturer who regularly goes abroad,  in abroad university, it is called a ‘campus car’ or ‘cam bus’. It doesn’t matter to me what they call me. But I am proud of my job to be able to drive for students, staff and lecturers to and from their faculties.

Now I have been on long vacation for almost a year. No activity. No trips around campus. I lay motionless in the cold garage on my campus. Only occasionally my partner, the campus driver, cleaned my dull face, and routinely cared for and turned on my machine even though my wheels didn’t move. Actually I want to walk around campus. Having fun with students and university staffs. Even if it’s only a few minutes with me. I really miss  all my customers : students, staff, or lecturers who regularly need my services.

Before  covid-19  hit campus. Our routine is a lot of fun. Every morning we often hear students chatter happily.  Full of cheerful expression,  full of jokes. Sometimes, there  are also expressions of grief. I’m also used to have smell  various perfumes. Starting from the fragrant perfume to the odd pungent perfume.

That’s all daily activity  before covid-19.  I serve and dedicate my office hour  to carry passengers from the gate to the front of the faculties around the campus. I often heard chatter of users varied, soon after they got their seat. Some of them told that they want to immediately enter the class and praise the lecturers who are proud of them, few of them say that  some lecturers behave unfriendly. I just listened in silence. Often, they talk about politics and campus policies. It can be heard faintly from their conversation. There are those who are upset because the study period is almost over, or break up dating with their seniors or because of tuition fee slowly increased even though the money sent from their parents has never changed. Really, I miss their cheerful jokes mixed with other sad stories. I also sometimes wonder where they are now and how they are. Ah, I hope  they are  fine.

Sometimes, I was called  when special guests come to my campus. I was proud when the Rector or campus management sat side by side with this special guests. I took them around this beautiful, leafy, green and cool campus. I am very honored to hear their expression, “it is a fantastic campus with an open nice campus car”. I can only guess. Maybe they are happy with me even if only for a moment (Dinn Wahyudin)

Kab. Bandung Barat, UPI

Soon, the village of Pasir Ipis Lembang will have a Dance and Art Performance Studio (Padepokan) which will be a center for training, learning, and performing traditional dance. The establishment of the Padepokan was marked by a groundbreaking ceremony which was attended by a number of academics, community leaders, government agencies, and artists in the city and district of Bandung, Wednesday (13/1/20).

The Padepokan, which is named “Muara Beres”, was initiated by Tatang Taryana, M.Sn., a dance artist who is also a lecturer of Dance Education Study Program, FPSD UPI. According to Tatang, ‘Muara Beres’ can be interpreted as ‘a place to arrange or reconcile’. In accordance with his expectations, it is hoped that this Padepokan can become a place for young artists to hone, organize, and channel their dancing skills and talents as well as the other potential performing arts through learning, training, and performances.

The series of ceremonies began with remarks by Abah Nana Munajat which contained a description of the Padepokan’s establishment, followed by the Ruat / Rekes ritual of laying the first stone. Then the recitation of the ballad Rekes Galindeng Sangkuring by Tatang Taryana, chanting of rhymes and lutes by Dedi Warsana, M.Sn. and Samsul, and the screening of a sundanese song by Tatang Taryana. The inauguration and ground-breaking was represented by Dr. Zakaria S Soeteja, M.Sn. The agenda for the ceremony, which was hosted by Radio Cakra announcer, Ucan Susanti, ended with a ‘sawer’ snack for the local community who also attended the ceremony at the Padepokan site.

A number of art practitioners, academics, agency representatives, and community leaders who attended this ceremony included Mr. Kawi, M.Sn. (Dance Artist), Usup Suherman S.Sn, Ervan, S.Sn. (Head of West Bandung Cultural Affair), Kiki Mulyakin, S.Sn. (Artist), Yeyep (Chairperson of RW 06 Pasir Ipis), Abah Yanto (Head of Padepokan Kalang Kamuning), Rizki Rojali, S.Sn, (Jaipong Music Composer), and local communities.

Even though it is located in Kampung Pasir Ipis, Jayagiri Village, Lembang District, this Padepokan is generally open to art practitioners and academics both inside and outside the Bandung area. In addition, this Padepokan is not limited only to performing arts, Tatang is also very open to the potential of other arts to be developed through the Padepokan, in line with its establishment as a place to preserve traditional arts, an alternative space for art learning, as well as a form of Tatang’s scientific dedication to art. (Beni)

Bandung, UPI

Film and Television Study Program FPSD UPI held film exhibition and screening (4/1/21). The events, set during covid-19 pandemic, were held on the behalf of semester’s final examination of FTV’s students. Maintaining the health protocol, the events were carried out in blended studies method where 50 percent of students as their group representative had the exam on the spot (in campus) and 50 percent rest online. This method was selected due to the practical learning process was deemed to be hardly presented in online. The examination accommodated simultaneously 5 subjects including Video and Sound Editing, Lighting, Artistic, Script Writing, and Psychology of Communication.

This examination process took place in several stages, including: film screening, presentation of scripts and poster exhibition. There were 15 fiction film works examined therein, and these works were the result of one semester lecture, examined and evaluated by Dedi Warsana, M,Sn., Irwan Sarbeni, M.Sn., Dipl.-Kunst Erik M Pauhrizi, M.Sch, Dr. Harry Tjahjodiningrat, M.Pd, Iwan Gunawan, M.Sn., and Salsa Solli Nafsika, M.Pd. Joko kurnaen, M.Sn.

FTV is a new study program, and this exam was the prime collective exam and evaluation for 3rd semester students who are the first batch. By these events, it is hoped that from the beginning of the learning program, FTV can prepare aspiring filmmakers who can compete in the Indonesian and global film and television industry. In principle, this events aimed to test students’ arguments in defending the concept of their work based on the research they have conducted and theories.

This event was also attended by Nia Dinata, an Indonesian film director and film maker who rightly appreciated this event. Nia hoped that through such these events there will emerge young filmmakers who can compete in national and international level of cinema.

On this occasion, FTV also discussed several collaborations that may be carried out with PT. Kalyana shira film, which is a production house currently producing a hits film made by Nia Dinata. The collaboration which will take place is going to discuss film production activities, such as grip preparation, location sets to workshops with the ICS (Indonesian Cinematographer Society) in 2021. Nia also hoped that there will res/ult many activities which can be collaborated with the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, especially FTV Study Program in the near future. (Heri Udo)

On last December 17^th-18^th, 2020, a series of events commemorating the 3-year partnership between the West Java government and the Japanese government of Bu Shizuoka Prefecture “SINCE WE: Meet Shizuoka” has been going on with great fanfare. There are eight different activities that have been carried out and one of them is the SINCE WE: Meet Shizuoka Student Short Animation Competition 2020. The competition was attended by 130 applicants, and there were 51 works that passed the selection.

One of the winners was Sultan Dipa, a student from the Visual Communication Design study program class of 2018, FPSD, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. As the third winner, and he was entitled to a cash prize of 3,000,000 rupiah. Even though the UPI DKV study program is relatively new compared to other participants from the more established DKV study program, the animation quality that have been work by UPI DKV students is very competitive according to the councilors from the industry, the councilors are Daryl Wilson (Ainaki / Kumata Studio), Deputy Governor of West Java Mr, Uu Ruzhanul Ulum, S.E. and Kinoshita Hidehiro Representative from Shizuoka Prefecture Japan.

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Awards and prizes were handed over by the West Java Deputy Governor at Gedung Sate today, Wednesday, December 23, 2020. with this the series of events SINCE WE: Meet Shizuoka also come to an ends. Thank you for celebrating this event. Let’s meet again next year. In the name of creative! (Irvan)

Rector of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Prof. Solehuddin, M.Pd., M.A accompanied by the Vice Rector for Resources and Finance Prof. Dr. H. Agus Rahayu, M.P, Secretary of the University Prof. Riswanda Setiadi, MA., Ph, D and the Director of UPI Tasimalaya Campus Dr. Nandang Rusmana, M.Pd inaugurated the Internet of Thing (IOT) and Digital Learning (DL) digital business laboratory at UPI, Tasikmalaya Regional Campus (21/12/2020).

On the inauguration agenda, the institutional profile of the Internet of Thing (IOT) and Digital Learning (DL) digital business laboratory was also elaborated, the profile of the undergraduate program (S2) of the Industrial Product Design Study Program (DPI) and the Master Program (S2) of the Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program. (PGSD). The introduction of the Internet of Thing (IOT) and Digital Learning (DL) digital business laboratory profile was conveyed by the Head of the Digital Business Study Program UPI, Tasikmalaya Campus, Adam Hermawan, S.Kom., MBA and Lecturer of the Entrepreneurship Study Program as well as the Laboratory Development Project Manager Ismail Yusuf, ST, MBA.

Along with the inauguration, an entrepreneurship Webinar / Talkshow was also held with the theme “Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurship Education” which was held online through the TVUPI media. A number of internal speakers from the Universitas Pendidikan Indoensia filled the material, name such as Prof. Solehuddin, M.Pd., M.A, Prof. Dr. H. Agus Rahayu, MP, Prof. Dr. Wawan Setiawan, M.Kom, Dr. Yadi Ruyadi, M.Si and Dr. Cepi Riyana, M.Pd. In contrast the external speaker is Mr. Darjana as Deputy Director of BI for West Java Region. The webinar was attended by participants from UPI and the community.

Director of UPI Tasikmlaya Campus Dr. H. Nandang Rusmana, M.Pd explained that the inauguration of a digital business laboratory and multimedia room at the UPI Tasikmalaya Campus and a webinar with the theme “Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurship Education” were successfully held with the support of all parties including the Rector and Vice Rector of UPI, Deputy Director of UPI Tasikmlaya Campus, UPI Academic Community, Tasikmalaya Campus, Heads of Study Programs in the UPI Tasikmalaya Campus.

The Rector of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Prof. Solehuddin, M.Pd., M.A stated that the digital business laboratory and multimedia room at the UPI Tasikmlaya Campus are the superior facilities of UPI that are the best facilities among other universities in Tasikmalaya. This facility was developed to support various university and community activities in the development of entrepreneurship education and learning. The existence of the Internet of Thing (IOT) and Digital Learning (DL) digital business laboratory at the UPI Tasikmalaya Campus will encourage various innovations in the fields of entrepreneurship and the creative economy, especially in the Tasikmalaya area. Director of UPI Tasikmlaya Campus Dr. H. Nandang Rusmana, M.Pd, Deputy Director of UPI Tasikmalaya Campus and Chair of the UPI Tasikmalaya Campus Entrepreneurship Study Program Arief Budiman, SS, S.Sos, IMSMEs as the pioneers of developing entrepreneurship programs and various digital-based innovative facilities at UPI Tasikmalaya Campus have prepared activities inauguration of the program, the Internet of Thing (IOT) and Digital Learning (DL) digital business laboratory and the holding of the Webinar / Talkshow very well. Hopefully the programs and activities held will have a positive impact on the development of UPI Campus institutions that are more superior and innovative in the future (Humas UPI)