Students Support Facilities BINUS

A. Student Advisory and Development

1. Student Advisory and Support Center (SASC) @Greater Jakarta

For most high-school graduates, studying at university is a brand new experience. Students need to be independent and self–motivated. To overcome these differences, BINUS UNIVERSITY established the SASC in BINUS Kemanggisan and BINUS Bekasi to provide support for students in their new academic journey so that they can adapt and graduate on time.

As a centre, the SASC consists of three services: Counselling, Mentoring, and Disabilities Services Department.

• Counselling services aim to help students who had psychological problems related to the academic and non-academic fields that can interfere with their study at BINUS University. Services are provided for students and parents through individual counselling and specific programs as needed. Students who involve in these programs are expected to experience an increased feeling of psychological well-being, which able them to achieve optimal academic performances.
• Mentoring services provide learning facilities for students such as mentors, tutors, modules and learning environments to support students to learn creatively. Mentoring creates a learning community which managed by students and staffs so that students can achieve optimal performance.
• Disability Services Department is a special section that serves students with a disability who need assistance related to their particular needs in studying. This service is also helping students with special needs to be able to take part in the teaching and learning process at BINUS University optimally according to their potential. The Disability Services Department is only available at BINUS Kemanggisan.

All of SASC departments are dedicated to ensuring all BINUS UNIVERSITY students to be successful in their academic pursuit through advisory activities.

2. Student Advisory and Development Center (SADC) BINUS @Bandung

SADC is one of the support units at Bina Nusantara @Bandung which has a role to assist students in developing their potential. The goals of SADC are:

1. Providing support and services for students (academic and non-academic)
2. Increasing students’ employability skills
3. Coordinating various activities to help students from the first year until graduating from college
4. Fostering student organizations in order to develop organizational activities

Student Advisory

For students who need assistance to support successful learning during college, several services are available:

1. Counseling
Counseling services, both in academic and and non-academic fields that can interfere with their study at BINUS University. Services are provided for students and parents through individual counselling and specific programs as needed. Students who involve in these programs are expected to experience an increased feeling of psychological well-being, which able them to achieve optimal academic performances.

2. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Student Advisory will observe Students academic achievement, based on the GPA and Credit achieved in each semester.
• Minimum GPA is 2.00 in each semester, and cummulative credits achieved is multiple 15 credits per semester.
• Minimum grade should be achieved by students, otherwise Student Advisory will send Academic Deviation Warning Letter (SPPPA).

3. Mentoring
Mentoring services provide learning facilities for students such as mentors, modules and learning environments to support students to learn creatively. Mentoring Program is available for all students who need enrichment in specific subjects. Students who get under targeted GPA and Credit Cummulative per semester will automatically registered in this program. Students who have enough grades but require assistance in order to get better grades need to contact Student Advisory Officer to get a seat.

Student Activity & Development

a) Student Development
Students who want to develop their personal skills can participate in various activities, such as:

• Training: provides a variety of self-skills development training, both academic skills and employability skills.
• Campus activist development program (Mentor, Freshmen Leader, Student Organization Management).

b) Student Club & Activity
Is a part of students’ services in accommodating student’s clubs and activities in terms of coaching in improving students’ leadership and management skills through various activities. Assisting, controlling, and evaluating student organizations both on Student Association and Student Activity Unit.

3. Student Development Center (SDC) BINUS @Malang

SDC is one of the support units at Bina Nusantara @Malang which has a role to assist students in developing their potential. The goals of SDC are:

1. Providing support and services for students (academic and non-academic)
2. Increasing students’ employability skills
3. Coordinating various activities to help students from the first year until graduating from college
4. Fostering student organizations to develop organizational activities

SDC provide two support services units, namely: Student Advisory & Support and Student Activity & Development.

1. Student Advisory & Support
   For students who need assistance to support successful learning during college, several services are available:

     a) Counseling

• Counseling services, both in academic and personal problems which hindering students’ potentials to get higher academic achievement.
• Counseling services are provided to both students and parents.
• Student Advisory also provides counseling and support services for disability students.

   b) Monitoring and Evaluation

• Student Advisory will observe Students academic achievement, based on the GPA and Credit achieved in each semester.
• Minimum GPA is 2.00 in each semester, and cumulative credits achieved is multiple 15 credits per semester.
• Minimum grade should be achieved by students, otherwise Student Advisory will send Academic Deviation Warning Letter (SPPPA).

 c) Mentoring
Mentoring Program is available for all students who need enrichment in specific subjects. Students who get under targeted GPA and Credit Cumulative per semester will automatically registered in this program. Students who have enough grades but require assistance to get better grades need to contact Student Advisory Officer to get a seat.

d) Webinar Series
A psychoeducation program that designed to deliver psychological issues in classical. This program aims to increasing mental-health awareness in students and improving student’s well-being in sharing session. Webinar Series provided for both students (Webinar Carnival) and parents (in a series of Parents Gathering events that held in each semester).

2. Student Activity & Development
   Is a part of students’ supporting units which provide activities in developing soft skills and accommodate students’ club in improving talent, reasoning, and activities to the students communities, the following are the services:

a) Student Development
Students who want to develop their personal skills (Global EES) can participate in various activities, such as:

•  Training: provides a variety of self-skills development training, both academic skills and employability skills.
• Supporting activities: Seminars, Workshops, Campus Creative Class, Personal Development Day, by raising the latest topics and presenting professional speakers.
• Campus activist development program (Mentor, Freshmen Leader, Student Organization Management).
• Research and Academic Writing Program: Scientific Debate Program based on the paper of the latest issue in student’s environment.
• Assisting, controlling, and evaluating student organizations both on Student Association and Student Activity Unit.

b) Student Club & Activity
Is a part of students’ services in accommodating student’s clubs and activities in terms of coaching in improving students’ leadership and management skills through various activities, such as:

• LDK A (Activist Basic Leadership Training): Provides initial knowledge of student’s clubs hierarchy and the coordination among the members.
• LDK CP (Basic Leadership Training for Students Committee Candidates): Provide management skills and organization strategic planning for the candidates of Students Organization committee.
• Porsinara BINUS @Malang: An annual competition event for the students of Bina Nusantara University @Malang in involving themselves in sport and art competitions.

c) Community Development – Teach For Indonesia
Teach for Indonesia (TFI) BINUS @ Malang is a representative unit of the central TFI BINUS University which focuses on two program areas, namely Bina Nusantara social responsibility and social service activities by students in a program entitled community service. The social community service activity itself is part of student learning activities to hone their social sensitivity and ability in society through sustainable community development. The theme of coaching is divided into four categories, namely: health, environment, education, and community welfare.

4. Student Advisory and Development Center (SADC) BINUS @Semarang

a) Student Advisory

• Counseling
  Counselling services aim to help students who had psychological problems related to the academic and non-academic fields that can interfere with their study at BINUS University. Services are provided for students and parents through individual counselling and specific programs as needed.

• Monitoring & Evaluation
  – Student Advisory observe Students academic achivement, based on GPA and Credit achived in each semester.
  – Minimum GPA is 2.00 in each semester, and cummulative credits achieved is multiple 15 credits per semester.
  – Minimum grade should be achieved by students, otherwise Student Advisory will send Academic Deviation Warning Letter (SPPPA).

• Mentoring
  Mentoring Program is available for all students who need enrichment in specific subjects. Students who get under targeted GPA and Credit Cummulative per semester will automatically registered in this program. Mentoring services provide learning facilities for students such as mentors, tutors, modules and learning environments to support students to learn creatively.

b) Student Activity & Development

SDC is one of the support units at Bina Nusantara @Semarang which has a role to assist students in developing their potential. The goals of SDC are:

• Providing support and services for students (academic and non-academic)
• Increasing students’ employability skills
• Coordinating various activities to help students from the first year until graduating from college
• Fostering student organizations to develop organizational activities

SDC provide two support services units, namely: Student Advisory & Support and Student Activity & Development.

B. Language Center

Language Center prepares first-year students so that they can improve their language skills and communicate effectively. In addition, students will also be supported by an EESE (Employability and Entrepreneurial Skills Enhancement) program in English in accordance with the applicable context and more communicative setting. The aim is to improve verbal and nonverbal communication skills in a formal manner.

The interactive English learning process includes Synchronous and Asynchronous. Synchronous learning involves the use of online media for video conferencing such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams. In addition, Binus Maya Learning Management System (BIMAY LMS) serves as a learning platform with various learning content. In Asynchronous learning, students and lecturers communicate regularly through the Discussion Forum and Independent assignments to monitor the progress of learning each period through Binus Maya (BIMAY). Technically, the Language Center also provides MOOCs to enrich and improve students’ understanding such as Academic Writing. Furthermore, Language Center also encourages students to participate in teaching programs, English Tutors. In this program, the students will receive training from lecturers before EESE program (Employability and Entrepreneurship Skill Enhancement).

Language Center also provides Video-Based Learning (VBL) as more interactive content and education for all students. VBL can be accessed through the learning channel on the Language Center BINUS YouTube Channel. The materials in the Language Center microsite will help students to gather information and develop English literacy skills. For further information, please access the page www.lc.binus.ac.id or contact lcadmin@binus.ac.id. For Beelingua services, please contact admin.beelingua@binus.edu.