The ornamental chicken business of student of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, Mino Farm, won 1^st place in the innovative product category at the UGM Character Festival 2018 on November 24, 2018. The three students run the business were Akhmad Arif Sulthoni (student batch 2017), Muhammad Hafidzuddin Tsabit (student batch 2015), and Hutomo Abdurrohman (class of 2015). All three are part of the UGM Entrepreneurial Student Program.

“We chose this ornamental chicken business because of the increasing market needs. Beautiful color patterns make ornamental chickens getting more popular with ornamental chicken lovers. In addition, the knowledge of imported ornamental chickens is not yet known by the public,” said Akhmad Arif Sulthoni or familiarly called Arif, when contacted on Friday (14/12) at the FAS Campus. read more

Innovation and collaboration are two important things in entrepreneurship. The innovation that is needed is one that is able to answer the problems of the community and not necessarily something sophisticated.

“The key is to create products that are relevant and customer-driven. Tongsis, for example, is a simple tool but is successful in the market because it can meet people’s needs for selfie,” said a young lecturer at the Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Satyaguna Rakhmatulloh, S.Pt., M.Sc. Saturday (8/12) at the Politeknik LPP in Yogyakarta. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM will open pre-international classes for students start from the 2018 student batch in the even semester of the 2018/2019 academic year. This is in line with Fapet UGM’s vision to be one of the best 10 faculties in tropical countries in the field of animal science in the next 5 years.

“With the opening of pre-international classes, it is expected that it will further strengthen itself as one of the centers of excellence in the field of tropical animal science and technology development that should be disseminated to the international community through world-class science education and livestock industry (world-class faculty of animal science),” said the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU, when contacted on Sunday (9/12). read more

FAS UGM won second place in the UGM batik fashion show competition on Saturday (1/12) at the Grha Sabha Pramana UGM organized by the Dhrama Wanita Persatuan UGM. The fashion show was represented by Renata Angganararas Cantyadati Daneswari, or familiarly called as Raras, FAS UGM student batch 2018.

“Through the batik fashion show competition with female students as the participant, hopefully the younger generation will get to know and love batik cloth as a cultural heritage and characteristic of the Indonesian nation,” said the head of the FAS UGM Dharma Wanita, Dr. Ir. Chusnul Hanim, M.Sc., IPM, when being intervewied at FAS UGM campus, Tuesday (4/12). read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM won the 4^th place in the medal achivement of the 2018 Porsenigama (Gadjah Mada Sports and Arts Week) after the Faculty of Engineering, Vocational School, and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. FAS UGM won 9 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze in the event.

“Congratulations to the students, coaches, supporters, and sponsors (Student Parents Association) and all the supporting teams of FAS UGM students. It’s really proud since if we compare the number of students (total student body) of FAS UGM which are far less in number with the Vocational School, Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. However, sports and art achievements reach the fourth place after the major faculties,” said Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU when contacted via the short message application, Tuesday (4/12). read more