The cooperation between Melody Publishing and the University Al-Azhar Indonesia (UAI) began on December 4, 2024, where both parties held an international seminar and signed an Implementation Agreement (IA). Nevertheless, a formal understanding of collaboration was never formalized, until the latest visit by Melody Publishing delegations on April 22, 2025.
Endearing Visit
The Melody Publishing was represented by Prof. Yinghuei Chen, PhD, Senior Consulting. They were received in the Rector’s room by Prof. Dr. Ir. Asep Saefuddin, M.Sc., the Rector of UAI, Dr. Mohamad Ghozali Moenawar, Lc., M.M., the Head of Office of International Affairs and Partnership, and Muchammad Nasucha, S.S., M.Si., the Head of International Cooperation Section. Prof. Chen is UAI’s lifelong friend, wherein he and Mr. Ghozali were the precursor of a collaboration between UAI and Asia University, Taiwan. Now, Prof. Chen connected UAI with Melody Publishing, and in this visit, Prof Chen exchanged gifts with Prof. Asep. Afterwards, respective parties took a group picture.
A Profound Meeting
After the reception took place, the agenda shifted to an exploration of discussion, which was conducted in UAI’s meeting room. The UAI side was represented by Mr. Ghozali, Dr. Lusi Lian Piantari, S.S., M.Hum., Dean of Humanities, Era Bawarti, S.IP., M.Hum., Head of English Literature Study Program, and Nila Fitria, S.Pd., M.Pd., Head of Early Childhood Education Teacher Education Study Program. Prof. Chen remarked how the opportunity presented by UAI and Melody Publishing would serve UAI’s program studies well.
Our collaboration will enable an internship program, guest lectures, and student competitions that align closely with your study programs’ internationalization goals. We believe this will enhance UAI’s student capacity in the long run. Currently, we’ve more than 30 Indonesian interns and they will be finished in July, so we hope your student will be able to join us in August.
Dr. Lusi welcomed the collaboration initiatives and emphasized that the Faculty of Humanities wishes to maximize this opportunity as well.
I’m delighted with the collaboration prospects. We will inform all our students of your proposal, and we will discuss with the rest of the study programs the format of the internship and other programs. This will ensure we capitalize this momentous opportunity fittingly.
Ms Era echoed Dr. Lusi’s statement as she wished that there would be further concrete talks for this collaboration programs.
We truly appreciate Melody Publishing and UAI’s effort to facilitate us and our students. We could organize a nationwide speech competition in the future, have one of your trainers teach in our class, and our students can explore an internship program as translators. Therefore, a further talk will be required to realize this.
Then, Ms Nila agreed with Mr. Era’s statement by emphasizing the need to have a further talk and to have a training for lecturers as well.
Further talks would be instrumental in this regard, and if a training program for lecturers can be organized, it would be very appreciated as well. As it will ensure our lecturers to offer the best practice and knowledge to our students.
MoU Signing
With the discussion coming to an end, the MoU signing on the Tri Dharma Collaboration took place, as it will cover learning, research, and community service programs. The UAI’s side was represented by Mr. Ghozali, and Melody Publishing’s was represented by Prof. Chen.
Conclusion
As the MoU signing ended, a group photo was taken to commemorate the fruitful discussion. The relation between UAI and Melody was a new one, but the collaboration between the two parties was set to succeed in the long run, and it will certainly be secured if the programs under the MoU are realized. Aamiin. (BR).