Friday, 31 October 2014 was a historic day for Unimus particulary Department of Food Technology for being successful to have Coolnova Technology from Germany as partner in organizing workshop in Indonesia, including research and Coolnova application development in food storage industry for fish, meat and other agricultural products. Coolnova® is a modern device used for freezing and defrosting for food products such as meat, fish and the such. Being representatives who signed the agreement; Coolnova Technology was represented by Commissioner of the Company Prof. Trobjorn Trondsen, and Head of Study Programme of Food Technology Unimus Siti Aminah, STP, M.Si, witnessed by the Rector Prof. Dr. H. Djamaluddin Darwis, M.A. Coolnova® offers defrosted output quality = fresh input quality as before freezing, as a result the food has similar quality like fish that has just been caught, meat right after slaughtering, fruit soon after being picked, said the Professor of Fisheries from Norway. “There is no drip loss, dehydration or oxidation, while defrosted food will usually lose its wight up to 3-5% after being frozen. Dehydration and oxidation normally cannot be avoided in stored food products that cause discolouring on fish and animal meat. Coolnova® offers processing efficiency up to 75% that involves decreasing defrosted period, save more energy for it only requires 2-5% energy than of manual defrosting method,“ he added. Related video can be seen on the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XONx_MvidcM The Rector as witnessed by Vice Rector III in Student and Cooperation Affairs Dr. H. Djoko Setyo Hartono, S.E., M.M., S.H., MKn. And Vice Rector I in Academic Affairs Dr. Ir. Nurrahman, M.Si. gladly appreciated this partnership that has been initiated by Department of Food and Technology Unimus, as it is in line with the vision of Unimus to be a global quality university and to conduct research on international scale. M. Yusuf, PhD as the Head of International Affairs Division of Unimus expected the lecturers and students at Department of Food Technology, Chemistry Education, and Mechanical Engineering to make use of this partnership in improving institutional capacity by learning advanced technology from its pioneer that is Germany.

Office of International and Cooperation Affairs (KUIK) of UNIMUS is a new institution that was officially legalized with SK Rector Number 069/UNIMUS/SK.KP/2014 on 24 November 2014. This institution hierarchy is under the Vice Rector III in Student and Cooperation Affairs. KUIK’s objective is to serve international affairs (scholarships, student exchange, academic visit, research collaborations) and also develop cooperation (MoU) with foreign universities in improving UNIMUS capacity to be “A University for the Excellence“. Dr. Djoko Setyo Hartono, S.E., M.M., S.H., M.Kn., (Vice Rector III) in his speech said “The establishment of an institution that serves in international and cooperation affairs is aimed at strengthening UNIMUS position as good quality educational institution and to be competitive institution on international level in the future.“ 6/1/2015. On Wednesday 24 December 2014, as it was stated in a letter from Vice Rector III No. 371/UNIMUS/KS/2014, KUIK UNIMUS conducted its first visit as regards comparative study and partnership in the office of International Affairs (KUI), University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto (UMP). On this visit, KUIK UNIMUS was welcomed by Ir. Regawa Bayu Pamungkas, M.T. (Assistant of Rector IV UMP) and Shanty Herawati, Ph.D. (Chief of Cooperation and Development Division UMP). “Strategy implementation such as initiate communication and strengthen communication among KUI institutions on national level and Muhammadiyah Universities in Indonesia will help to enlarge connection“ said Shanty Herawati, Ph.D. She also added that KUI should be able to get cooperation opportunity as much as possible with foreign universities through (1) correspondence, (2) offering of a visit, (3) confirmation of information that can be followed up. Besides discussing above relevant topics, on this visit KUIK UNIMUS also talked about the initiation of Darmasiswa scholarship programme for foreign students on campus, through Indonesian government programme and foreign countries programme. A programme offered by Board of Foreign Cooperation DIKTI and that has already been conducted by UMP is “Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing“ or BIPA (“Bahasa Indonesia for Native Speaker“). Cooperation, Correspondence, and Information KUIK UNIMUS is now opening an offer of cooperation with embassy foreign countries to participate in CORNER KUIK that provides books about foreign cultures, scholarship information, and cooperation programme. In addition, KUIK UNIMUS also asks and gives opportunity to scholarship donors such as AMINEF, DAAD, NUFFIC/NESO, IDB, AusAID, and other scholarship donors to visit and inform their programme at UNIMUS. (M. Yusuf)