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UM Welcomes UBJ Delegation for One-Week Official Business Visit, Confers Honorary Degree to UBJ Rector

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Izza Aima Montederamos
May 09, 2024

The delegates from Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya (UBJ) with UM officials during the Professorial lecture of UBJ Rector, Prof. Dr. Drs. Bambang Karsono.

The University of Mindanao welcomed 8 officials and lecturers from the Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya (UBJ), Indonesia for a week-long series of academic collaboration between the two universities.

The official visit, which ran from April 15-19, 2024, set several academic collaboration projects in motion, including a conferment of an honorary degree to UBJ Rector, Prof. Dr. Drs. Bambang Karsono, a professorial lecture by the latter, and in-person meetings with UM and UBJ counterparts from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Teacher Education.

UM President, Guillermo P. Torres with the delegates from UBJ during the Cultural Night on April 18, 2024

UM hosted a professorial lecture by Prof. Dr. Drs. Bambang Karsono on “Global Security Management: Strategies for a Resilient Future” before an audience composed of faculty and students last April 18 at the Auditorium, UM Matina campus.

The Professorial lecture happened a day after he was awarded the honorary degree in Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice (with specialization in Criminology) during the 44th Mid-Year Commencement Exercises on April 17, in recognition of his exceptional influence and outstanding contribution to the police force and academic leadership in Indonesia.

Prof. Dr. Drs. Bambang Karsono delivers his lecture on “Global Security Management: Strategies for a Resilient Future” on April 18, 2023 at the Auditorium, UM Matina campus.

Moreover, two lecturers from UBJ’s Faculty of Communication and Faculty of Law were officially conferred as inbound exchange faculty.

Dr. Ciwuk Musiana Yudhawasthi, M. Hum and Dr. Erwin Syahruddin, S.H., M.H., inbound faculty to the BA Communication and BS Criminology programs respectively, are conducting joint research and guest lectures with UM faculty counterparts from March to May this year.

Among the two universities' recent programs are the reciprocal faculty exchange, where both UM and UBJ sent and hosted 2 faculty exchange for 3 months this year, and its monthly webinar lecture series, which has been going on since 2021.

Such commitment to international academic collaboration, which transcended geographical boundaries and enriched the academic experience of our students and faculty alike, are just some initiatives by UM to help attain UN SDG #4 for Quality Education and #17 for Partnership for the Goals.