{"id":7135,"date":"2025-12-23T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unnes.ac.id\/sdgs\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:20:07","slug":"unnes-includes-student-faculty-and-educational-staff-representatives-in-its-highest-governing-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unnes.ac.id\/sdgs\/unnes-includes-student-faculty-and-educational-staff-representatives-in-its-highest-governing-body\/","title":{"rendered":"UNNES Includes Student, Faculty, and Educational Staff Representatives in Its Highest Governing Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) continues to strengthen inclusive, transparent, and accountable university governance through formal mechanisms for selecting and appointing student, faculty, and educational staff representatives to its Board of Trustees (Majelis Wali Amanat\/MWA). These mechanisms ensure that different university stakeholders have designated representation within the institution’s highest non-academic governing body, contributing to strategic planning, institutional oversight, and university decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, UNNES reinforced this representative governance framework through documented MWA activities, formal membership updates, and strategic institutional decisions. These developments demonstrate the continued implementation of representative governance beyond the MWA’s initial establishment in 2022, supporting Sustainable Development Goal 16, which promotes responsive, inclusive, participatory, and representative decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Representation through a Structured Election Process<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

UNNES provides one dedicated student representative seat within the MWA, with candidate selection organized by the Student Executive Board (BEM KM UNNES). This mechanism establishes a formal process by which student organizations participate in selecting candidates for representation at the university’s highest non-academic governing body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Article 13 of UNNES Board of Trustees Regulation No. 2 of 2023<\/strong>, BEM KM UNNES organizes the candidate selection process and submits three student candidates to the University Academic Senate (Senat Akademik Universitas\/SAU). The Senate subsequently considers the candidates and recommends one candidate to the Rector for formal designation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: UNNES Board of Trustees Regulation No. 2 of 2023, Articles 13.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Student candidates must meet institutional eligibility requirements, including active undergraduate enrollment in semesters five to seven, a minimum grade point average of 3.5, academic or non-academic achievements, and organizational leadership experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student representatives serve a one-year term without reappointment, allowing periodic renewal of student representation within the MWA. The regulation also provides an alternative designation mechanism if the prescribed candidate selection process is not completed within the stipulated period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This structured process connects student organizations to institutional governance and provides a regulatory basis for student involvement in selecting their MWA representative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Faculty Representation through Senate Nomination and Lecturer Appointment<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Academic faculty members are represented within the MWA through two lecturer representatives and five members originating from the University Academic Senate. This arrangement ensures that academic perspectives are formally included in the university’s non-academic governance structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Articles 11 and 12 of MWA Regulation No. 2 of 2023<\/strong>, representatives originating from the Academic Senate are proposed through the Senate’s institutional procedures, while the two lecturer representatives are designated by the Rector.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: UNNES Board of Trustees Regulation No. 2 of 2023, Articles 11\u201312.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Lecturer representatives must fulfill established professional and academic requirements, including a minimum academic rank of Associate Professor (Lektor Kepala<\/em>), at least five years of service, and compliance with institutional professional standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These procedures provide formal channels for academic representation in the MWA. The Academic Senate’s involvement connects academic governance with broader institutional oversight and strategic decision-making. However, the documented nomination and designation procedures should be distinguished from direct elections by the entire lecturer community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational Staff Representation through Regulated Appointment Procedures<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

UNNES also allocates one MWA seat to an educational staff representative, recognizing the importance of administrative and professional staff perspectives in institutional governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Article 11 of MWA Regulation No. 2 of 2023<\/strong>, the educational staff representative is designated by the Rector through the university’s established appointment procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidates must meet professional eligibility requirements, including at least five years of institutional service, relevant administrative or functional qualifications, satisfactory performance, and demonstrated integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mechanism provides formal recognition of educational staff as a constituent group within the MWA. It establishes an institutional channel for representation of non-academic employees alongside students, lecturers, university leadership, alumni, and community representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By including educational staff within its governing structure, UNNES recognizes the contribution of professional and administrative personnel to university management and institutional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strengthening Institutional Governance through MWA Activities and Strategic Decisions in 2025<\/h6>\n\n\n
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The UNNES Board of Trustees (MWA) was among the institutional stakeholders attending the external financial audit opening meeting on March 10, 2025. Image source: UNNES Internal Supervisory Unit \u2013 Entry Meeting Audit KAP Tarmizi Achmad<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Beyond its established selection and appointment mechanisms, the Board of Trustees (Majelis Wali Amanat\/MWA) continued to carry out its institutional responsibilities through financial oversight and strategic decision-making activities throughout 2025. These activities demonstrate the Board’s active role in university governance, extending beyond the formal representation of students, academic faculty, and educational staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One example was the MWA’s involvement in the opening meeting for the external audit of UNNES’s 2024 financial statements, held on March 10, 2025, at the UNNES Rectorate Building. The meeting brought together representatives of the MWA, university leadership, the Internal Supervisory Unit (Satuan Pengawas Internal\/SPI<\/em>), and the public accounting firm KAP Tarmizi Achmad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the meeting, participants discussed the audit’s scope, methodology, and implementation schedule to support transparent and accountable university financial management. The involvement of the MWA reflected its continuing institutional oversight responsibilities and its participation in activities supporting financial accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the continuing institutional role of the MWA is reflected in the UNNES Rector’s Annual Report 2025<\/strong>. The report identifies the Board of Trustees, Rector, and University Academic Senate as the university’s three principal governing bodies, each performing complementary responsibilities within the institutional governance framework.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: UNNES Rector’s Annual Report 2025<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The report highlights the MWA’s responsibilities in overseeing non-academic governance, supporting institutional policies, and contributing to university accountability. This institutional framework provides formal channels through which different stakeholder groups are represented in the university’s highest non-academic governing body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maintaining Stakeholder Representation through MWA Membership Updates in 2025<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Alongside its institutional governance activities, UNNES continued to maintain its representative governance structure through formal membership updates during 2025. These updates reflect the university’s efforts to ensure that changes in the composition of its Board of Trustees (Majelis Wali Amanat\/MWA) are documented through established institutional procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, the university’s MWA membership was formally updated through Ministerial Decree No. 135\/M\/KEP\/2025<\/strong>, concerning the dismissal and appointment of Board members for the 2022\u20132027 term. This decision provides evidence of membership developments during the reporting year and demonstrates the continued implementation of formal procedures for maintaining the university’s governing body.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: Ministerial Decree No. 135\/M\/KEP\/2025<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The membership update complements the university’s established mechanisms for student, academic faculty, and educational staff representation, supporting continuity and accountability within its governance structure. Together with the MWA’s documented institutional activities throughout 2025, it reflects UNNES’s continuing commitment to transparent and inclusive university governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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