On Saturday, April 29 2023, the BiOSC 2023 Family Gathering was held. This activity was part of the celebration of the 17th BiOSC Anniversary. This time the Family Gathering carries the theme IOS (Bonding BiOSC) with the jargon “Empower One Another”. This activity was attended by Prof. Dr. Endang Semiarti, M. S., M. Sc., as the BiOSC supervisor. In addition, this activity was also attended by 64 BiOSC members. In his remarks, Prof. Dr. Endang Semiarti, M.S., M.Sc. giving hope to BiOSC on this 17th Anniversary so that in the future it will be even more solid. Apart from that, he also hopes that BiOSC will be more responsive to the condition of orchids at UGM, especially at the Faculty of Biology.

To enliven the Family Gathering activities, each field with representatives from AD XVII made different performances. In addition to performances, in this Family Gathering activities various group games were also held. The BiOSC 2023 Family Gathering is very exciting and fun. Everything went smoothly. By holding the 2023 Family Gathering, it is hoped that it will strengthen the sense of kinship so as to create a harmonious relationship between BiOSC members

On Saturday, April 1 2023, PKPA Labskill X for Orchid Cultivation Techniques was held at the Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Biology UGM. This activity is a collaboration of the Research Division with the Cultivation Division of BiOSC. This activity was attended by Prof. Dr. Endang Semiarti, M.S., M.Sc. as BiOSC Supervisor Lecturer. Focusing on training and introducing basic material regarding in vitro orchid propagation techniques, this activity is intended to develop student abilities, especially in BiOSC membership. PKPA Labskill X Orchid Cultivation Techniques was successfully attended by 23 members from Diksar XV, XVI, and XVII BiOSC batches. This series of activities begins with a pretest for participants followed by guidance and direction regarding the basic material for in vitro culture of orchid seeds.

Next, participants were invited to practice sowing orchid seeds directly in Laminar Air Flow (LAF). The orchid seeds that were sown this time came from the Spathoglottis genus which came from the Karanggayan and Arundina Greenhouses which were obtained from the exploration results of BiOSC members. In this activity, participants will be taught the steps that must be taken, such as sterilizing tools and materials, preparing orchids for sowing, and how to properly plant seeds in a medium bottle using Vacin and Went medium. The steps in this method need to be considered carefully because it will determine the success of growing orchid seeds into new individuals. In this Orchid Cultivation Technique, participants are expected to have an overview and understand the basic techniques that need to be considered so that the cultivation of orchids from seeds can be successful.

Saturday, March 18 2023, the Student Senate (SEMA) Workshop was held with the Student Executive Board (BEM) of the Faculty of Biology UGM along with the ratification of the 2021 Faculty Student Representative Council Draft Law. This workshop is a meeting between SEMA and BEM with the aim is to submit the entire work program of each commission or department for one year of management period, namely the 2023/2024 service period. SEMA Biology carries the parliamentary name ‘Cakra Optima’ and BEM Biology carries the cabinet name ‘Laskar Aswattha’ in this year’s management period. This Workshop activity is open to the Faculty of Biology Student Society (KMFB), where representatives of three batches namely the 2020, 2021, 2022 and Study Groups/Institutions also attend and witness virtually.

This Workshop activity was carried out online through the Zoom Meeting platform with Nirina Adelia Putri as the Master of Ceremony. The activity started at 12.30 WIB with the agenda including the opening by the MC, remarks by Fathur Syahrian Ramadhani as chairman of the 2023 Biology BEM and continued by remarks from the chairman of the 2023 Biology SEMA namely Aqil Muhammad Hafiz, then continued with the Special Session for the Ratification of the 2021 DPM UF Bill, presentation by BEM, then presentation by SEMA, and finally closing.

From the presentations that have been delivered there are good suggestions from BEM to SEMA and from SEMA to BEM. These proposals can later be studied further and used as a basis if there are additions or changes to each work program that has been submitted. The workshop activity was then closed at 17.45 WIB and ended with an online photo session together

The series of Education and Training (Basic Education and Training), one of the XXIII KSK Biogama work programs, has been fully implemented offline in 2023. The series of KSK Biogama Education and Training activities consist of Outbound activities, Troop Deployments (gelar pasukan), and Field Training. Training XXIII aims to recruit potential new members and educate prospective cadres so they have the character needed in the organization. The XXIII Training has the theme: “Building competent, skilled and dedicated members of KSK Biogama to advance Indonesian maritime affairs”.

Outbound is one of a series of Basic Training Education (Diklatsar) events for prospective KSK Biogama members. In this event, participants consisting of 27 students received material from the committee at each post that had been placed. The material includes first aid, survival, making tents, making campfires, and learning sampling. The event was held on February 8 2023 at the UGM campus.

Troop deployment (gelar pasukan). In this event, participants consisting of 23 students made preparations for all the equipment and necessities that would be brought to the field training venue. Apart from that, in this activity the participants were also trained to built good tents so that they could be applied to field training events. This event was held on February 22, 2023 at Jalan Taman Biologi UGM.

Field training and inauguration are part of a series of Basic Training Education (Diklatsar) events for Biogama KSK member candidates. In this event, participants consisting of 23 students received field education for 3 days on 24-26 February 2023, by walking along Krakal Beach, Sarangan Beach, to Drini Beach, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. prospective members of KSK were appointed as young members of KSK Biogama by the Dean of the Faculty of Biology UGM, Prof. Dr. Budi Setiadi Daryono, M.Agr.Sc. who was accompanied by Abdul Razaq Chasani, Ph.D. as the Supervisor of KSK Biogama and A. Najib Dhiaurahman as the Chairman of KSK Biogama.

On Saturday, March 25 2023, a series of Seedling KSAT scientific material activities were carried out, namely Small Group Discussion 2 Landscape Architecture-Plant Diversity online through the zoom meeting platform. The purpose of holding the Archives-Ketam Small Group Discussion 2 is to increase Seedling’s knowledge and skills regarding the stages of work in garden design and plant macromorphology.The presentation of material was delivered by Ahmad Alfian Nafis (KSAT 2021) and Fika Zulfiani (KSAT 2021). The presenter explained the stages of work in designing a park which included program planning, site inventory and analysis, design development, and final design. After the presentation, it was followed by a question and answer session and a quiz via the Google Forms platform. After the quiz, followed by a short break. Then it was continued with materialization by the Plant Diversity Scientific Sub-Division. The material was delivered by Fharsya Febrildha (KSAT 2021) and Nurul Maf Qurrotun I. (KSAT 2021). SGD 2 KSAT activities in 2023 went smoothly and on time. It is hoped that holding this activity will increase knowledge and skills regarding the stages of work in designing gardens and plant macromorphology for Seedling KSAT.

On Sunday, March 26 2023, the new Cabinet of Matalabiogama held a Working Meeting via zoom meet. Work meeting activities are carried out from 09.00 WIB to 12.00 WIB. The activity was guided by moderators from young members Nikita Magdalena and Hanif Nashrudin which was attended by 20 participants from the core board, young members, BPO and Matalabiogama Trustees. The agenda carried out at this work meeting was the presentation of work programs by each division head from the core board. This event began with a speech by the Matalabiogama Supervisor by Dr.biol.hom. Nastiti Wijayanti, M.Sc., BPO’s speech and continued with the presentation of the work program of each division, where there are 6 divisions in Matala namely the Media and Information division, the Scientific division, the natural sciences division, the HR division, secretariat, and treasury.

the first presentation of the work program by the head of Matalabiogama which was delivered by Irfan Ari Prasetyo with an explanation of the vision, mission, logo and meaning of the Grantha Abyakata Cabinet. The logo of the cabinet in the form of an illustration of a rope with a tree has the same meaning as the name of the cabinet, namely “Grantha Abyakata” which is taken from Sanskrit which means “A Growing Bond” and its philosophy “successor, dreams and hopes, bonds, a complex thing that grows from simple thing”. After explaining the meaning of the logo and the philosophy of the cabinet name, it was followed by the presentation of the Vision and Mission of the Grantha Abyakata Cabinet.

The vision of the Grantha Abyakata Cabinet is to realize Matalabiogama as an organization that loves nature which is capable of educating its members, both technically and academically with a basic orientation showing that ‘nature is the greatest laboratory’, and continues with its own mission which is to prioritize recreational goals by maintaining a research base in the form of activities in nature as a first step in introducing the largest laboratory of Biology Faculty students, maximizing natural science techniques that support activities in nature, and developing scientific aspects that support academics broadly as a forum for research in advanced fields in certain fields. Apart from this, the head of Matala also explained his work program and continued with the presentation of each division head. After the work program presentation session, there was a discussion and question and answer session by the participants to the core management regarding the presentation of the work program that had been previously presented. Then, the working meeting of the Abyakarta Grantha Cabinet ended with a documentation session in an online forum. With the implementation of the Matalabiogama Working Meeting activities, it is hoped that this will be the start of the Grantha Abyakata Cabinet to work for the advancement of Matalabiogama

Yogyakarta, Saturday, March 11 2022 – The Entomology Study Club (KSE) held a KSE Entomeliora Cabinet Work Meeting 2023. This work meeting was held with the aim of discussing the work program of each division in the next 1 year of management. This activity is located in Building B room one, Faculty of Biology UGM, and is held from 08.00 s.d. 11.00 which was attended by active members of KSE and other study club representatives in the Faculty of Biology. This working meeting was chaired by Chandra Rifana Arifin (KSE XXIV) and Regina Nilamsari (KSE XXIV).

The work meeting started with remarks by the chairman of KSE followed by singing Indonesia Raya, UGM march, Biology march and KSE march. After that, continued with the presentation of work programs for each division represented by each division head, where there are 9 divisions in KSE, namely the research division, curriculum & scientific division, media and information division, network division, HRD division, entrepreneurship division, general secretary, secretarial division, treasury division, and presentation from the chairman. The presentation of this work program is accompanied by a question and answer session for each division. The event ended with a group photo session.

On March 25 2023, the Postgraduate Student Society (KMP) of the Faculty of Biology UGM held a Family Gathering and Welcome Party for the Postgraduate Student Society Management (KMP) which was held face-to-face at the Jasmine Corner Building, 2nd floor. The purpose of this activity was to strengthen ties of friendship between the management of the KMP for the 2022/2023 management. This event was attended by the General Chair of KMP (Yusril Ihza Farhan Wijaya, S.Si), Deputy Internal Chair (Aji Sukma Iqbal Najibulloh, S.Sc.), External Deputy Chair (Tondy Ukasha, S.Pd.), and KMP Management in 2022/2023 with a total of 36 people.

The event started at 16.30 WIB with an informal opening which was opened by the Master of Ceremony (MC), namely Wildan Alfian Fahmi, S.Si and Syefrina Rosyada, S.Si., then the activity started with name introduction games by all activity participants sequentially. All activity participants introduced themselves and mentioned the names of all other participants who had introduced their names. Furthermore, the second game, namely guessing the picture, was directed by the MC and followed by three groups, each group consisting of four people.

Then at 17.15 WIB, the formal opening was carried out and guided by the MC. The formal opening began with the recitation of the holy Al-Quran which was sung by sister Siska Noviana Dewi, S.Si. and followed by remarks from the chairman Yusril Ihza Farhan Wijaya, S.Si. said that KMP is a place and a home that can accommodate aspirations for Biology UGM Postgraduate Students

At 17.40-18.00 WIB, the committee prepared food and drinks for breaking the fast and the start of the joint iftar activities. Furthermore, the evening prayer is carried out and followed by eating together. As a closing, the activity continued with an Islamic singing competition which was attended by each KMP division representative and there were three divisions that sent their representatives to take part in the competition.

On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 09.00, the KSATalk 2023 activity was carried out, namely a seminar with the theme “Therapeutic Garden: A New Way To Heal Yourself” which was carried out online via the zoom meeting platform. In this KSATalk #1, KSAT invited Mr. Syafni Sukmana, S. P., M. Sc. from the Indonesian Landscape Architecture Association as a guest speaker. The KSATalk #1 activity aims to provide participants with knowledge about how to build a garden that is able to meet their physical, psychological and spiritual needs in order to provide peace for the audience. The KSAT Talk #1 activity was attended by approximately 150 participants.

The KSAT Talk #1 activity began with an opening by the MC, namely Syafa Erista Hidayah (KSAT 2021). The activity continued with a prayer session led by the MC, followed by opening and remarks by the KSAT coach, Dr. Wiko Arif Wibowo, S.Si. then continued with remarks by the head of the KSAT, namely Zildan Basara (KSAT 2020), as well as remarks from the chairman of the KSATalk committee by Hanifah Trihastuti (KSAT 2021). The next activity was guided by Fika Zulfiani (KSAT 2021) as the moderator by introducing the speakers along with handing over mementos in the form of certificates, and documentation activities.

Furthermore, the main activity, namely the material presentation session delivered by Mr. Syafni Sukmana as the resource person. The material presented included the notion of a therapeutic garden, the development of a therapeutic garden from time immemorial in Indonesia, the role and function of a therapeutic garden primarily as a means of therapy for hospital patients, the uniqueness of a therapeutic garden, types, requirements, and how to make a garden can be categorized as a therapeutic garden. The material presentation session went in two directions with the interaction between the presenters and the participants. After the presentation session, the activity continued with a question and answer session where only 8 questioners could answer regardless of the many questions due to the great enthusiasm of the participants. After that, the KSATalk #1 activity was closed with a prayer.

On Sunday, March 12, 2023, a series of scientific material for the KSAT Seedling was carried out, namely Small Group Discussion 1 of Plant Diversity. At SGD 1 this Plant Diversity was basic material on Plant Systematics and Making Herbarium which was delivered by the Plant Diversity Science Sub-Division. The purpose of holding a Small Group Discussion 1 of Plant Diversity is to increase Seedling’s knowledge regarding the Basics of Plant Systematics and Making Herbariums.

This activity began with the opening by the MC, Tsaabita Rona (KSAT 2021). After the opening, the activity continued with an opening prayer and presentation. The material was delivered by Sefilla Musdalifah and Latifa Noor Aisha (KSAT 2021). The presenter explained the basic knowledge related to plant systematics, the key to plant systematics, plant identification, and how to make a herbarium. The SGD 1 Plant Diversity activity was closed with a closing prayer and documentation. This discussion went smoothly and on time. It is hoped that this activity will provide a basic understanding of plant systematics and herbarium making.