MOU Signing Between UPH and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

(left-right) MOU signing by Prof. Pat. Walsh and Jonathan L. Parapak	(left-right) Prof. Rob Rabel, Raymond Liu, Prof. Pat. Walsh and Jonathan L. Parapak

On Wednesday, October 15, 2012, UPH received a visit from representatives the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. They were Prof. Pat. Walsh (Vice-Chancellor), Prof. Rob Rabel (Pro Vice Chancellor), Shelagh Murray (Executive Director), and the representative of New Zealand Embassy, in Jakarta. They were welcomed by Jonathan L. Parapak (Rector of UPH), Raymond Liu, (President of UPH), Budi Yuwono (Vice President 4 UPH) and Natalia Fifi Budiman (Director of International Affairs). 

They joined the campus tour, and followed by a meeting about the possibilities of academics cooperation. In the meeting, there were also representatives of Faculty of Law and Business School, Henry Soelistyo Budi (Head of Magister of Law), Susi Susantijo (Director of Faculty of Law), John Riady (lecturer of Faculty of Law), and Antonius Herusetya (Head of Deppartment of Accounting). The meeting was the follow up meeting after what they have discussed last year.

In the meeting they discussed the possibilities of academic coopertation, Jonathan L. Parapak conveyed the developing programs in UPH, such as the plan to collaborate Faculty of Law, Business School, and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Related to the plan and and to improve the quality of a good program, UPH is being very selective in choosing its partner university.

Responding Mr. Parapak, John Riady, in his capacity as the Associate Director of the three faculties said that UPH was thinking hard to improve and make their faculties more relevant. ?We want to create lawyers understand finance, businessman understand politics, and also having what they called zoom-in zoom-out capacity things.? he said. He wished that the students could have the global perspective. They can communicate, dialogue, and compete with students from other countries.

In the meeting, Prof. Pat. Walsh also mentioned their Ph.D program cooperation could grant full scholarship for students from Indonesia. He invited the academic staffs of UPH to use this opportunity as one of the possibilities of academic cooperation between the universities. (jjs)