Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo (UMPWR) - Saturday, 17 January 2025, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UMPWR and Universitas Muhammadiyah Cirebon (UMC) was held, followed by Benchmarking activities with the UMC Office of International Affairs (KUI) on the UMC campus. Benchmarking activities were warmly welcomed by UMC Vice Rector III Wiwi Hartati, S.Kom., M.Si., and Head of KUI UMC Muhammad Azka Maulana, M.Psi and UMC Animal Husbandry Study Program Lecturers including Dr.Fitri Dian P, Bastoni, M. Sc and Ir Mus Nilamcaya, M. P. From the UMPWR side, represented by the Head of KUI Dr. Jeki Mediantari Wahyu Wibawanti, M.Eng., M.Si.
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Tusino as Vice Rector IV for Cooperation and Al Islam Kemuhammadiyahan UMPWR stated that this agenda was an expansion of cooperation and collaboration between UMPWR and UMC. UMC's overseas cooperation can expand network collaboration with partners, especially overseas partners that have been established with UMC which later hopes to collaborate also in India, Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan.
One of the MoU implementations is from the UMPWR Animal Husbandry Study Program with the Animal Husbandry Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, UMC in the MBKM student exchange where three UMPWR students study for 1 semester at UMC and five UMC Animal Husbandry Study Program students take turns studying at UMPWR for 1 semester. In addition, a Guest Lecture was also conducted by UMPWR Animal Husbandry Lecturers with UMC Animal Husbandry Study Program students with the theme of Livestock Processing Results in supporting Food Security.
In the Guest Lecture activity, Dr. Jeki Mediantari Wahyu Wibawanti, M.Eng., M.Si., said that milk as one of the livestock products also supports Food Security so that it is necessary to strengthen the local livestock ecosystem which can result in increased livestock population and productivity so that it can provide milk for the community, especially for children because milk is a complete source of nutrition that can support optimal child development. (akb/KP)
