FEB UNAIR AGAIN SENDS DELEGATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT OUTBOND

On November 25 2018, FEB UNAIR dispatched 6 students from the Islamic economics study program: Fadillah Nur Syafira, Dita Trisna Puspita Martha, Nanda Zubaid, Ulis Fajar Khairun Hisan, Prilo Perdana Kusuma and Rahma Rabbi, and an assistant lecturer from the Islamic Economics department, Eko Fajar Cahyono went to Prince Of Songklah University (PSU) Pattani campus to become a delegate from UNAIR. PSU has 5 campuses and the location between campuses is a bit far so it takes 1 to 2 hours from one campus to another. Arrival of the group UNAIR to Prince of Songklah University received a good reception from the dean, lecturers or what is called 'acan' in Thailand and also PSU students, they were introduced to the language, food and culture on the PSU Campus, this is certainly a new experience for the delegates. The UNAIR delegation plus a supervisor took part in the class at PSU with the material "Business ethics for Islam" brought by Prof. Farok Bin Zakaria and the “Zakat and Taxation” class by Prof. Orawit Boonthom and compare the process of collecting zakat between Indonesia and Thailand. The delegates had time to visit the market in the Pattani campus area to look for dinner, which is only open on Mondays and Thursdays from 4 pm to 8 pm which sells various types of Thai food and drinks with a price range of 5 to 25 baht. around 2.500 – 12.500 rupiah. The delegates also presented their papers in front of the acan and PSU students. The acans there provide suggestions and input for the delegates and are even ready to guide them to complete the paper to make it more perfect. After that, the UNAIR delegates and supervisors had lunch with the dean, the head of the Islamic economics department, and acan at PSU, the PSU dean wanted this activity to be continued in the future and even offered postgraduate scholarships for interested UNAIR students. The day before returning home, the delegation and supervisor were invited to take a city tour by PSU, starting from visiting PSU in Hat Yai, visiting "Hat Yai Muncipal Park", enjoying the beauty of Samila Beach which around the beach area there is a statue of "The Golden Memeid" and Dajak to see “The Great Serpent 'Nag'”, and buy souvenirs at the Hat Yai floating Market. The next day on December 2, the entire group left Hat Yai with a heartwarming farewell to the PSU students. The whole group returned to their homeland safely and got new experiences.