Between the 9th of December and the 14th of December 2024, Universitas Ciputra’s International Business Management Student Union (IBM-SU) and Acculturate Festival committee collaborated to host a weeklong winter camp for international students visiting Indonesia from the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). UCIC was asked to help with this event due to our experience handling international programs.
On the 9th of December, the students arrived at Universitas Ciputra at roughly noon. They were given a short break before being taken on an hour long campus tour. During the campus tour, the SUSS students explored different floors of both the UC Tower and the UC Main Building, and guides from UCIC explained to them UC’s different facilities and their purposes.
The SUSS students were then led to the UC Main Building, where they took a short break. Afterwards, they proceeded to the tech space to the winter camp’s opening ceremony, emceed by members of UCIC. The opening ceremony included a dance and acoustic guitar performance, as well as welcoming speeches from UC’s faculty and a game session where they were provided the opportunity to bond with one another.
UCIC then proceeded to guide the students again on the Saturday city tour, which spanned from the early morning to the evening, and comprised the better part of their winter camp’s final day. The SUSS students visited Syrup Siropen Telasih, a traditional syrup factory, and Kantor Pos Besar, where Soekarno himself obtained his education. They were able to admire the historicity and age of these places. At the end of their tour, they were given the opportunity to freely roam Pakuwon Mall, whether to eat, or shop, or experience more of Indonesia’s culture.
They then returned to UC and took a short break before attending the closing ceremony, which was once again in the UC Main Building. UCIC provided two emcees once more for this closing, which involved thank you speeches from the committee and faculty, an awarding ceremony for the SUSS students’ team photos, and a nostalgic recap video prepared by the committee’s media team to thank them for their time here.
Afterwards, the SUSS students were invited to see the colossal drama known as Sepanjang Road to Memory in UC’s Dian Auditorium, a part of UC’s Acculturate Festival prepared by students from UC’s Creative Live Indoor Performance class, students from Sekolah Citra Berkat, and dancers from Kampung Bakat, sponsored by many prestigious companies. UCIC also provided emcees for this drama, which marked the end of the SUSS students’ experience in Indonesia.
Overall, it was an unforgettable event that the SUSS students will make many memories from, and we hope that they appreciated the time they spent with the IBM-SU, the Acculturate Festival committee, and UCIC exploring East Java and Indonesia.