UPBA PROFILE 2022

 

 By: Triska Yuliananda

Who doesn't know what UPBA is? "UPBA" is already familiar to the public within the scope of the State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. So, UPBA (Unit Pengembangan Bahasa Asing) is a Student Activity Unit (UKM) under the auspices of the Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. The various languages which taught and will be studied together at UPBA are English, Arabic, Japanese and Korean. Besides being used as a forum for learning and improving about four languages, UPBA can also be used as a forum for self-development, one of which is to improve leadership skills. Wow, very interesting isn't it?

In the beginning, UPBA was formed on May 2^nd, 2002 with the initial name LPBA (Lembaga Pengembangan Bahasa Asing) and was ratified at the Office of the Student Executive Board of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training of IAIN (now become UIN) Sunan Ampel Surabaya. The formation of UKM UPBA is not without reason. The interest of PBA (Arabic Language Education) and PBI (English Education) Study Program students regarding the development of foreign languages and the desire to share knowledge about foreign languages to the students of State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya is the basis for the formation of UPBA.

It doesn't feel that at this time UPBA has entered a new management period, namely the 2022-2023 periods. Exactly on March 19^th, 2022, an inauguration agenda for new management was held, which was then continued with a Work Deliberation agenda—the agenda for the preparation and inauguration of various work programs that will be carried out for one full term. This agenda called MusKer (Musyawarah Kerja).

Amelia Fernanda, a student of English Education Study Program (PBI) has been officially inaugurated as the General Chief of UPBA for the 2022-2023 periods in the Inauguration and Work Deliberation agenda which was held on March 19^th, 2022 at Mukmin Mandiri Islamic Boarding School, Sidoarjo and also through Zoom Meetings.

After the agenda for the inauguration of the general chief of UPBA and new term administrators, the next agenda is the Work Deliberation which held on Saturday, 19^th 2022 until Sunday, March 20^th 2022. The agenda is for the preparation and inauguration of various work programs that will be carried out for a full period. Some of the work programs that have been inaugurated are the work programs of the BPH Division (Badan Pengurus Harian) such as Dies Up, Alumni Gathering, Annual Member Meeting, etc; work programs of the Language Development Division or FOLADIV such as Language Studies, TOEFL Studies, Online Test Competitions, etc; the work programs of Development and Cadreization Division such as Management Studies, OCB (Orientasi Cinta Bahasa), International Seminar, WOS (Workshop Organizing Skills) and Rihlah; Public Relations Division work programs such as Charity, Social Teaching, Comparative Studies, etc; the Publication and Actualization Division work programs related to content design, event posting, kaleidoscope creation, and design training; and then the PMB Division (Pengembangan Minat Bakat) work programs such as Podcasts, Public Speaking and Writing Studies for UPBA members also administrators, U-news, and etc.

During the 2022 management period, of course, it is hoped that UPBA will be better, all work programs that have been inaugurated can run smoothly, and all of the management board and members can remain united and maintain solidarity. As the General Chief of UPBA (2022-2023) said that “Every general chief wants his/her Student Activity Unit to be better in every period. Even though it's still a pandemic, I hope all the members and administrators can participate more actively in every UPBA activity/events. Solidarity is something I always emphasize. Don't let there be a split in UPBA”.