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UPH Provides Team Building Debriefing to Jakarta Team who are Going to Participate in National Level SCR

23/05/2016 Uncategorized

UPH Provides Team Building Debriefing to Jakarta Team who are Going to Participate in National Level SCR

Universitas Pelita Harapan received the first chance to hold Team Building to SMK students? contingent team who are going to advance in the ?Lomba Kompetensi Siswa? National Level in Malang on May 23-28, 2016

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One of the teams playing at a station, as part of Event Building

 

 

Universitas Pelita Harapan received the first chance to hold Team Building to SMK students? contingent team who are going to advance in the ?Lomba Kompetensi Siswa? (LKS)  National Level in Malang on May 23-28, 2016. This event is initiated by Head of Education for Jakarta together with UPH through Grace Salim ? Executive Director of Business School UPH and Sport Department UPH, held on May 18, 2016 at UPH Karawaci, Lippo Village, Tangerang.

 

 

A total of 52 SMK students and guidance counselors, as well as 9 committees from the Department of Education, attended the event this time. According to Junaedi, Section Head for Student Affairs of SMK Jakarta Department Education, this Team Building event aims to nurture the mind, body, soul and also help to balance the basic skills or hard skills which have been acquired by students with soft skills consisting of a positive and open thinking, sportsmanship, cooperation, communication, as well as more skills which can be obtained through this activity. Junaedi also mentioned that participating in this competition, it is expected that students can develop themselves and channel their energy into something positive.

 

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“We are proud to be able to cooperate with UPH. The reason we choose UPH is because we know UPH has a good performance as well as a tremendous credibility in Indonesia. Previously, Jakarta has won the national ‘Lomba Kompetensi Siswa‘ for three times, and to win for the fourth time, we feel the need to work closely with strategic partners, namely UPH. We also believe that through this free support from UPH, we see the glory and grace of God for us all, so that later when we achieve another win, all is for the glory of God,? Junaedi said.

 

 

Lomba Kompetensi Siswa’ itself is a competition docked by Indonesia?s Government through the Ministry of Education and Culture, starting from the school level, Municipal, Provincial and National specially held for Vocational High Schools (SMK). 2016 is the 24th year for LKS to be executed. Of the 125 courses provided by the Vocational High School, as many as 51 fields were contested, for example, Ladies Dress Making, Beauty, Hair Dressing, Services Catering, Tour and Travel, Animation, Multimedia, System Network, Telecommunication System, Chemistry, Health, Engineering Technology, Automobile, Automotive, Marketing, Secretary, Accounting, Landscaping, Gardening, and more.

 

On the occasion, Grace Salim, Executive Director of Business School UPH, who also initiated the event, expressed her appreciation to the Department of Education for Jakarta who believes in to establish a Team Building activity alongside Department Sport UPH.

 

 

“Do not be lulled by praises, when we’ve done well, continue to strive to maximize our talents. Being good is naturally God?s law, and what we are going to do should be according to God?s will. God has given us ideas and talents for us to develop, and when you successfully hit the target as in this competition, do not forget to appreciate the hard work of your educators, namely the teachers,? Grace said to the students.

 

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Not only Grace, Stephen L. Metcalfe – Director of the Department of Sport also delivered his speech at the event. Through this opportunity, Stephen shared three principles that form the basis of the UPH Sport Department, namely athletic perfection, process-oriented, and a perspective on eternity.

 

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dan Stephen L. Metcalfe

?These three principles apply not only to sports, but they should also underlie every aspect of our lives. Whenever we do things, we must rest on the principle of eternity so that we will not be frustrated of the pressure given by the world, then we must be willing to undergo the process, to be the best and not to compare ourselves to the others. Enjoy the moment, I wish you the best,? Stephen said to the students, followed by the process of splitting the contingent team into 8 teams.

 
 

 

This Team building activity is equipped with different games in each station with the core message to grow the sportsmanship, communication skills, teamwork and creative problem solving. In addition to the game, this activity was also completed with a sharing session from Daniel Rahadi Gondosaputro – Section Head of the Department of Sport – related to a strong motivation and mental, which should be possessed by every person in doing everything.

 

Aside from sharing, at the end of the event, Laurentius Steven Oei, Eagles UPH team, who is not only excelling in sports but also in his academic value, delivered his testimony.

 

 
 

“Success is not about winning the competition, for me to win means doing the best preparation. Being confident that we are able to do our best, and not just focusing on the desire to win the competition,? Laurentius said. (mt)

 

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Laurentius Steven Oei
 
 
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A photo of 4th, 6th, and 8th Team, as the winners of Event Building

 

 
 
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