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UMSurabaya collaborated with U.S Consulate General in Surabaya to present Guest Lecture with the Speaker from Green Muslims
- Di Publikasikan Pada: 05 Apr 2023
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Universitas
Muhammmadiyah Surabaya held a Guest Lecturer with the theme “Importance of
Environmental Awareness from Religious Perspective”, The event was in
Auditorium 13 floor, At- Tauhid Tower Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya.
This event
was held on Monday, 3rd April 2023 by Sevim Kalyoncu as Executive
Director of Green Muslims. Green Muslims is a
Washington DC-based non-profit seeking to support Muslims in positive
engagement with the natural world.
This event
was attended by Dr. Mundakir, S.Kep., Ns., M.Kep as Vice Rector IV UMSurabaya,
Mr. Joshua Shen as Public Affairs Officer U.S. Consulate General Surabaya, lecturers
and over 700 participants from all faculties.
Dr. Mundakir
was starting his speech with warm welcome and high gratitude. “I highly express
our gratitude and pride to host this event, for being trusted by U.S Consulate
General for holding this International Guest Lecture.” said Dr. Mundakir in his
speech.
Sevim
Kalyoncu explained that “Our aim is to encourage a deep, spiritual connection
with nature and an understanding of environmental stewardship as an Islamic
obligation and also to provide a Muslim voice in American and global
environmental work and serve as a bridge between Muslims and other
environmental organizations”.
Mr. Joshua said that he’s very grateful to attend the event. He hopes this event can give insight to the students. One of the foreign students who attended also commented that the topic presented was very interesting. This also made many of the students interested and ask several questions.
You can
download the material from the event on the link below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aW-y8T0OM28gJBfrA5725J_VNTOBr-s5?usp=share_link